Ford's answers to the NHTSA 6.7 Investigation
There was a request for a link to Ford's answer's to the NHTSA investigation posted on a previous thread, since closed. Here is the link: Ford's NHTSA Answers to the 6.7 investigation This PDF i...
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NewsW wrote:
Niners:
I need more than photos, really need you to find a local facility that knows DLC and have the inspection equipment to look at it and dissect it.
We are talking about coatings that are a few microns thick, so that probably mean Scanning Electron Microscopes, and I honestly dont know off hand how they would go about figuring out what coating is on it... though I do know there are standard ways to do so out of the semi industry, which is where the techniques originated.
For the life of me, Bosch has had facilities all over the US that could rebuild and re manufacture diesel fuel pumps and injectors. I'd think for certain any Bosch center that can remanufacture a CP 3 ought to have some knowledge about the CP4 series of pumps, parts, spares, spare rollers, followers, one over pistons, etc as well as machining features to clean up the bore for a new piston?
Unfortunately, I no longer have said piston, or roller or the whole HPFP... no sample to take in to get reverse engineered. I think Ricatic has 2 pistons and 2 followers currently? Hit him up.
Something to think about, where does Bosch go to do their DLC coating? Germany? too much pollution from manufacture, China? I don't know enough about the procedure, what it takes, how its done, is it electrically applied? catalyst hardener? sprayed on?
