Check your Engine Cover Mounts.

[ForumBlue]

The other day, on my dads 2000 dually, I noticed one of the nuts on the engine cover was ratteling around in it's hole. When I picked it out of there, the stud it screws onto was completely rusted thru. So, when I was working on mine I had to take the cover off to get to the fuel filter bowl, and noticed the entire mount was rusted. so I took it off and cleaned it up and rust-proofed it.
A word to the wise. If your cleaning parts with a wire wheel on an electric drill, don't lock the motor in the on position. The wheel grabbed hold of the leather glove I was wearing, ran up to my wrist, and went underneath the glove.OUCH!!! You WILL lose this battle.

 

[Crumm]

That looks like an OUCH... I am glad we don't have the rust problem around here.

 

[Glassdude]

OOOuch. I wish I could say "I've never done that!" but I would be lying. I too I'm quilty of a few saftey violations. Hope your wrist has a speedy recovery.

 

[95_stroker]

The engine cover support looks good, the wrist looks bad. Thats how I usually end up looking after a day in the garage. Matter of fact, I took 8 stitches in the wrist earlier this spring in a wrist VS. miter saw incident.

 

[CHPMustang]

Nice job there Forum on the metal bracket

I had done a similar re-do to the thermostat housing a year or two ago and has held up quite well,I may also do the HPOP cover bracket next weekend

Been there with the wire wheel a couple times myself

Bill

 

[RenoF250]

I had the same problem with rust, bolt snapped off. I painted it up and put in stainless bolts now it is all pretty.

Luckily I have never been ground that bad by a wire wheel, just a little on the fingers but I have had the part tear me up as it was ripped from my hands and thrown across the room.

 

[ForumBlue]

Bill, since you showed me how to put those cool little url links to my pitures in my posts I'll use any excuse to play aruond. When I run out of stuff I'll even resort to self mutilation as a reason to post.

 

[CHPMustang]

When I run out of stuff I'll even resort to self mutilation as a reason to post.

Don't have to go that far for interesting posts

 

[bigdaddyTank]

Same thing happened to mine. So I did this.

 

[CHPMustang]

Same thing happened to mine. So I did this.

Is that fella still selling those BDT?