7.3 diesel mechanic

[CRAIG_HALL]

My truck needs a couple injectors. (Acted like this some time a year ago and replaced 2 or 3) basically it runs like crap when cold but once warmed up it's fine. you can actually feel it when it makes this change if hard on the pedal, it's like you put a plugwire on a sparkplug.

Guy I used to use is no longer around, I have no problem using Ford if they know what they are doing and don't rape me, any one have a good mechanic ? truck is an 01 SD (7.3) 260,000 mi

Thanks

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[cusico]

Injectors are not too bad to do on a 7.3L. It may just be the wiring harness. If so just buy it from www.accuratediesel.com. You can check the injectors at the valve cover plug to see if it's bad. There is a good guy in Temecula. I do most of the work on my trucks myself, BUT I have a few friends that have had very good luck with this guy. He is a Ford Diesel tech, Fords are his wheel house 100%. Other than him, I can only recommend John Wood in Holtville, CA. John Wood is the 7.3L king in the West. The most honorable Mechanic/trans guys I have ever met.

Murrieta Diesel and Auto.
Contact Information
Telephone
951-304-9301
Address
26622 Jefferson Ave. Murrieta, Ca 92562

E-mail
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Business Hours
Mon - Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm & Sat 8:00am - 4:00pm

[SROWE]

In hemet we have to great diesel guys russ at maximum diesel 634 9595 and loren at diesel tech 634 4859 both these guys are great good luck !!!

[DezertRaders]

Its not that close, but I have a really good tech and would be more than happy to extend employee pricing here at Capo Ford in SJC

[Tony_Barraza]

Another vote for Loren at Diesel Tech in San Jacinto! ONLY shop that puts their hands on my PowerStroke!

Diesel Tech - 951.634.4859 / 951.766.5777
www.dieseltech1.com

Tell Loren Tony B. sent ya! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!!!

Good luck!!

[CRAIG_HALL]

Thanks for the replies guys !

[Perfect Race]

What about your fellow tech guy and flag waver Rob @ Scottys in your hometown?

[CRAIG_HALL]

Lol, that's why I come here for help..

[DEZERTSUB]

Go to Capo Ford and see Rich. He has always taken good care of me

[cusico]

I can't say enough good things about John Wood Auto. I just got home after dealing with my trans through him. He is the most honorable mechanic I have ever met in my life. I will make the story short:

Last Wednesday I went out there to have him fix/look at my trans as it was slipping under load. Got there at 7am, road test with the computer, everything is fine, but still slips, so it must be the Torque Convertor. 9am the trans is out, he is out of stock of the big race TC's like in my truck, so I get a rental, and take the TC with me to drop at the TC builder up near my house.

Get to TC builder, and they cut it open, no real problems, the say they will rebuild it and ship out next day. They did.

John Wood gets the "NEW" TC back on Friday and installs the trans. The trans slips still. John digs deeper into it, and there is nothing wrong electronically at all. He pulls the trans again, triple check.

He installs it again and mic's the end play of the "NEW" TC. It is .200" shorter than a stock one. YES, ALMOST A QUARTER INCH! And we are talking a $1600 Torque Converter, not an off the shelf piece, these are true custom.

That alone won't make the TC slip, but could wipe out the front end of the trans. The TC has a piston style clutch, and the pistons crack sometimes.

My "NEW" TC was built with my old cracked piston inside.

So John messed with my truck until 11pm last night fighting a broken "NEW" TC. He calls me and says can I wait another day, I said yes I understand 100%.

This morning John calls me and says my truck is done??!!??? What did he do? John Wood took one of his newer model (last 9 months or so) TC that are being made somewhere else for this very reason, and put it in my truck. His cost is $1200 for those 1100HP TC's, no joke!

When I picked up my truck, the man would not take any money from me!!! Read that again. He put a $1200 TC in my truck, R&R my trans 4 times, put 25 gallons of synthetic tranny fluid in my truck, all because the TC builder did shotty work, and tried to sneak broken old parts into a "NEW" TC.

John Wood is the most honorable mechanic I have ever met. He could have said an electronic issue is the problem, or how I drive it, anything, and I would have just paid the bill to get it fixed because he has earned my trust, but these are the reasons he HAS earned my trust.

John makes a good living, and he is very honorable and honest. Most mechanics feel you must only pick one, and that is just not the case, you can do both.