There are just some days I wish I didn't turn wrenches

[OR VietVet]

The clearance ("air gap") of a Hall effect sensor is a precision specification. Do you recall the crankshaft sensor shims for the Vortec 350 and 4.3? On higher mileage engines, the wear in the crank bearings allowed the crank to move ever so slightly, mostly at high RPM, and the reluctor on the crank would actually contact the sensor tip. GM released a shim kit that was two .005" ring washers to space the CKP sensor away from the reluctor. You installed one and tested, then the other if one wasn't enough. That cam sensor is the same style and if it has visible slack, especially putting it AWAY from the reluctor, then I'd say that was the problem. If the PCM doesn't know where the cam is, it'll shut down all operations.

By the time the Vortec engines came about I was running shops and not wrenching, not even at home. Plus, as an advisor, I never came across that problem in my shops. Thanks for the info.

 

[OR VietVet]

So, I replaced a passenger side mirror on a 2022 Prius this morning. Pretty easy job but I did have the cover of the fuse/relay box under the hood and found this: Ants and ant eggs. Kind of startled me when removed the cover and within 15 minutes, they were all gone and so were all the eggs.

 

[Fless]

So, I replaced a passenger side mirror on a 2022 Prius this morning. Pretty easy job but I did have the cover of the fuse/relay box under the hood and found this: Ants and ant eggs. Kind of startled me when removed the cover and within 15 minutes, they were all gone and so were all the eggs.

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So now those poor ants are homeless?

 

[Tahoe14]

Homeless, heck no, they now have a new home at VietVets house.

 

[OR VietVet]

I looked under the front end and checked the ground. Nothing there and I sprayed with a high pressure hose of water, because I was worried about that.

 

[OR VietVet]

Have a drop off for tomorrow work. Gonna be here around 6 to drop. Gonna do the oil cooler assembly replacement. Will be taking off both the upper and lower intakes. Biggest PITA, when I have done these, is the oil bath clean up where the base of the oil cooler attaches. It is like a bath tub down there and can have about 1/2" to 3/4" of oil standing there. Thankfully, this is a transverse engine and is actually easier to do than the inline engines. The antifreeze coolant hose is a PITA to deal with on the inline engines compared to the transverse engines. As you can probably tell, I have done this particular repair before. Pics to come.

 

[OR VietVet]

Some pics of the broken mirror and the ripped wiring and the wire connectors having pulled out of the other female connector that stays on the door:

 

[OR VietVet]

Did the 2017 Cherokee today and found a mangled boot on the snorkel, where it attaches at the throttle body. I cut the mangled part out and sealed fine after. You will see all the mixture of oil and coolant from under the oil cooler. All back together and runs great.

 

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