Making Noise when Making Noise Isn't Really Do

[randydupree2000]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>greg,there is indeed a gasket from DD.i would glue it down for sure
with hi-tack or something.its a thin gasket and i think it only has
8 bolts holding the turbo down. on ernies coach its kind of a PITA
to get the turbo off,the older pt's had a lower bedroom floor than
the 84.5 models and you really need to take the cold side turbo
shell off to lift that turbo out of there,its very close to the
compartment roof/bedroom floor. maybe a 3 hour job all
total,ok,maybe 5 hours! no screens in the gaskets on a turbo
detroit,just the non-turbo ones as far as i know.
been there done that and didnt have to sue anybody to get it fixed.
randy dupree
> Maybe no gasket is required if the surfaces are true I wonder if
DD
> puts one on in production???. Thanks for the stretch bolt tip,
makes
> sence. I always check the thread socket to see that the bolt will
> not bottom out from being too long or having debris in the socket
> from scraping the gasket. If the bolt is close I run a nut on it
and
> grind the bolt down. removing the nut helps clean the thread so
the
> bolt wont cross when reinstalled.
>
> I think Hank and George bring up a good question, the cause of the
> failure? Hank hints to who, George hints to what.
>
> I alway feel sorry for repair shops that get hit by one of those
TV
> Stings where an Actor comes in with a blown fuse. The shop that
> replaces the fuse and slams the hood shut is praised. The shop
that
> spent two hours looking for a problem that never existed and would
> have been found in 15 min if it did exist is marked . IMO the good
> shop looked for the 'cause of the failure'. But there are bad
shops
> Like Hemet Chrysler.
>
> Gregory O'Connor by order staying 200 ft from HC
> 94PT40
>