Freightrain

How easy to get? Part number? Someone have one laying around close to NE Ohio? I need to change out my single disc flywheel so I can upgrade my transmission. I have a flywheel already.

Mark? I met him at South Bend. Very cool piece. V8 cat if I recall?

A B model for more comfort? That is going in the wrong direction. Lol. My heat works great in the summer and the AC works good in the winter. 😂. Unless you do a lot of upgrades, they are drafty old trucks(kinda like an army truck). I've used mine for the last 23 summers to drag my race car around the East Coast. I added a 237 for some power, cruise control, AC, air steering, air ride. Still rides like a slow moving 50's buckboard. You will miss that 400 Cummins! I would recommend an R model with some factory power.

My hand pump clamp never comes loose? Just light snug and it is good. Never really use it much. I ran mine low on fuel once, sucked air and stalled. I pumped it up for 20-30 seconds and my air starter lit it off easily. Stumbled a few seconds and then was fine. I was on the side of road with no air available, so I only had once chance to get it running.

Bob's eyeing up that U hood. 😆. You'll see his post below about his start on it now that he is retired and bored to death. 😜 Nice project.

I keep my head up but we all know what happened the last time. We were in a good place but "they" couldn't handle it and just made a mess anyplace they could(of course in their cities).

That scene is from Planes, Trains,and automobiles. I think from where they spun out on the highway.

Depending on the OD, it could be 12 pitch which you could buy a fine thread bolt, cut it off and mill a slot. Presto, replacement.

Found this one finally. https://www.facebook.com/reel/755480683425230?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

I've dreaded this whole mess. They win, we're screwed. We win and they make our lives hell for 4 yrs. Who wins?? No one.

The upper port, in the head, is the output. The lower port just below is the intake. Mine has a small box with foam filter bolted directly to compressor . Many older trucks had rubber hose coming from air cleaner tube up at engine. This is picture of my 237 before stripping it down and getting it installed. I already removed the fittings from the compressor. I actually installed the compressor from my 673 because it was already rebuilt.

I realize there is no vacuum,but I was looking at it backwards. It is actually leaking boost like others said. Unless there is a poppet valve or regulator in that fitting. Sounds like the previous owner might have just made a mistake installing it??

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1625021305077822?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v There have been a few TikTok videos lately that I can't find now. Came across this.

Besides the libtards burning towns and tearing down statues....... 🙄

Kinda like a PVC system? Drawing vacuum on the engine while running.

They weren't overly strong and they tended to loose the rubber plugs up top for the shift rails, loose fluid over time and then it would eat itself. The shift forks were just another issue. They were not much different then the T5 that was in the mustangs. Just a bit easier to disassemble/assemble. I can do a toploader blindfolded but they just have a different sequence with all the tapered bearings.

We got good service from the truck. Yes, it had Zf5, as I put a clutch in it once all by myself. Ugh. Wrestling that big bastard around on a floor jack was not fun. Of course being a shop truck it just got beat to death by the time I sold it. I converted my 89f150 from AOd to the Mazda 5 spd. I hated that Aod. The bad thing with Mr5od was if you rested your hand on the shifter it would eat the shift forks. They were only aluminum and with only auto transmission fluid it did not take that kind of wear very well. The box I bought used was eaten up on 3-4 fork. I went through it and it worked good for the time I had it.

I have a younger pair living across the street from me. The one hasn't said more then "hello" when they moved in. The other, she's a diehard gearhead and we talk all the time. She calls my garage a clown shop, as she never knows what I'm going to drive out next. Lol. She likes all my toys. She's working on a 78 Camaro and it will be a nice cruiser. She has a couple guy friends that come to help. Talking with them a few weeks ago when they were all out in the driveway it comes to find out they know a lot of people I know. They both dress "normal" and wouldn't pick them out in a crowd.

Hey, I have a car just like that .... 😆.

Oh, that's a lightweight model. Nice. I'm still torn about how to go about changing transmission in mine. Find another triplex and rebuild it, pull mine and rebuild it, or swap up to a Eaton? No matter, I have to borrow a parking spot from a fellow I know.

Ya, yours was fuel injected. His had a 1 bbl carb. We bought a new 95 f250 here at work. 300/5 spd. It ran well.

My friend had an 81 f100 300/4spd 30 yrs ago. It was absolutely gutless. 65 mph on highway flat out on the floor in OD. Downshift back to 3rd and it would crawl faster but barely. I borrowed it a few times but couldn't bear to drive it on the highway. He raved about them but I wasn't impressed.

Here is a video from a couple years ago. He was still able to drive at that point. https://youtu.be/o-XE1HwD_6g?si=9LuEpn55yq_Wt5Wy

We keep getting south breezes the last few weeks and it has kept it mild. The bottom will drop out before we know it. I got my wagon put away yesterday for the winter. Trailer is prepped and ready for deep freeze weather.

So a racer friend of mine called a few weeks ago and asked me a favor. He has diminishing eye sight and is now legally blind. He asked me to run his car since he just did some changes. He has brothers but they aren't stick racers. He knew I could jump in a go without assistance. The car is a 65 Comet with a destroked 300 6 cylinder(272 CI) and a Doug Nash 5 spd. The car is LIGHT at 2450#, though it has a 8.50 cert chromemoly cage it only runs low 11.10 @ 119 mph. Myself, being 100# lighter then him will get it going faster, it needs some clutch tuning also. My best pass was 10.89 @ 119 mph. It still needs a bunch of clutch taken out as it is brutal at gear changes. It jumps around on the track. We ran out of time but we may try again this Saturday as the weather looks like 60* again. It was a good day. It definitely drives differently then my 3820# car with near 700 HP and 600+ lb/ft of torque. It has that high winding, heavy flywheel sound. Something I always wanted to have someday. He will have some videos to post on his YouTube channel.