During this last week of class I had an assignment that for some reason I was just ready to jump on. The assignment was to preform a Cylinder Balance Test or Relative Compression Test a on the yellow International below. The first day the assignment was given out, I jumped right on it with a few other classmates. That's when the problems started, there was several of us trying to do the same thing with one laptop and the wrong data link connection. After watching the circus for a minute I decided I would be better off doing this assignment by myself like I was asked. When I finally got the opportunity. I grabbed the correct data link, the laptop, the keys and got to work. It didn't take me to long to preform this test. I was able to find my way around Internationals tech.service program- Service-Max fairly easily and once I located the Relative Compression Test, I ran it. These were the results.
Another assignment we were asked to do this week was to take a piece of hydraulic brake line about six inches in length and using two different styles of flaring tools (left pics below) put a double flare on each end and then put a 90 degree bend in it. This all sounded and looked to be pretty easy and it was. The hardest part was using the tools to flare the ends correctly. It took me a couple try's before I was comfortable with the end result.
Below are two links. The first is video I watched twice, it's a little longer but has what I thought to be a great explanation on the principles of the operation of hydraulic brakes. The second is to a short video that really helped me get a grip on Pascal's Law and how it is applied in hydraulic brake systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP58X0pxYQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLTDtaRCZk
My reflection for the week would definitely be more of a reflection over the last year and a half. I have learned so much from this program and all my peers in it. It has been a lot of work to get to the end and all of it seems to have gone by so fast and not with out some head scratching. I think if there is one thing that I will really take from all of this, it is to take the time to understand what you are really dealing with, whether it be mechanical, electrical, or any type of system. Because if you don't you will go nuts chasing squirrels. This will be one of my last posts of my actual schooling, I will continue to learn like I do everyday only now my posts and the things I will learn will come from the field.
Week 10
Hours 21
Total Hours 250ish
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