Week 7 "CAT 3516 assignment and a little more"

This last week of school was shortened a little by the long weekend, but Tuesday morning I was right back at it. In my last blog I had posted how me and my group were pretty much done with our engines assignment, well we officially are. All we had to do was put the exhaust guard plate on, the valve cover on and clean up our work area. Again I really enjoyed getting into this engine.

Along with finishing the group engines assignment I began my next assignment of removing the1 cylinder head, 1 piston, 1 liner, 1 cylinder of valves, injector from this CAT 3516.

I was able to get everything removed and apart so I could start measuring and beginning re-assembly

 Here are some pictures of my progress, the removal of the head and injector. I got the cylinder of valves off along with the riser. I was then able to remove the piston, this was a little awkward at first. I ended up having to get the piston to the top of a stroke.I then had to turn the crankshaft back so I could fit a block of wood  between the rod and the crankshaft. I then turned the crankshaft until the block of wood pushed the piston out of the liner enough for me to grab. I was then able to get set up and remove the cylinder liner. One thing I began to notice right away was that nobody had ever taken this cylinder head or anything else off or out. I was chipping paint when taking off bolts and I couldn't believe how dirty everything was. Needless to say I was stoked.

 The thing I want to reflect on this week is definitely how different projects require different attitudes. Now I don't really mean like good mood or bad mood attitudes. I mean the confidence, the resourcefulness, the ability to adjust to your environment or project type of attitude. For me this was quite apparent  jumping from a big diesel engine to a huge diesel engine. When I was doing the same type of assignment on the Detroit s60 that I am doing on the 3516 now, I felt extremely confident, it wasn't that big I had a whole group to work with. Now I have no group and have to do the same things and more on an engine that is taller than me; and one cylinder head weighs 2/3 of my body weight. This can be kind of a daunting thought. That's what I mean though, it really isn't. These are the times when we pull up our pants and realize that if we bring the same type of confidence and resourcefulness to an even bigger job the end result will be the same except bigger.

Schematic for Sensor Testing Quiz

Week 7
Hours 21
Total 168ish