Freightrain

Glad to hear. My g/f went through breast cancer this past year. Had a 3" tumor removed from left breast. Radiation, diet, pills has it in control. Now the concern is it might work its way down to ovaries. That surgery is scheduled for February. Stay strong!!

Got my custom version.

Well, it works. I left the aux in neutral and set the Mack boxes in 5th OD and ran it up to 60 mph and calibrated it. I then was able to set it and accel/decal it, cancel and resume it. Works really well. Time will tell next spring when I can get it out on the road but I think it will do just fine. The issue with running two things off the single sending unit, seems like a moot point. The speedo held the same speed no matter what I did with the cruise. It didn't flicker to change drastically. I'm pretty excited.

I got a BIG mouth!!!!!!

look....Squirrel........ Lol! Thats ok Mike.

Mike, this is for the radiator shutters, not the wipers. My wipers work fine.

Nope, I'll fix the air solenoid. I'm crafty enough to make it work better. It works, but it bleeds a lot of air.

Paul, thanks, I can never remember his screen name to search it quickly. Brocky, ya, I know................. If I could just get my spoke/rims blasted and repainted I wouldn't mind them so much. They were pretty nice looking 15 yrs ago when I bought the truck and painted everything, but the old spray bomb paint has done faded away. Alum budds would just give it some easy "bling" to doll it up some. I would even take steel 5 holes painted? I just want to clean it up some.

I know the bore is a common size, like 1 3/4"? I know it shouldn't be too hard to find, but..... My truck used to puke oil when the compressor needed rebuilt. Everything(like the wiper motor and this) was FULL of sludge. I cleaned it up and it does work. Just hisses a lot til it gets fully closed. I'm sure this is another reason why my truck loses air so quickly after shutdown.

I tried doing a quick search for his build, but couldn't find it. Yup, he cut, welded and ground it down so you could not see it.

When Jim put the bus axle under his B, he cut the middle and welded it back together. Might not have caught that in one of his post, but I did. I already have the budd hub setup for the rear axle, just trying to find something to convert the front.

I was trying to download pics from my phone and it was giving me grief and that was the only one that made it. I can't wait to try it out on the road. I tested the brakes and it disengages it properly. They make a comment about LED bulbs and it not working correctly and you might have to install a std bulb in the system to get it to react. Since I have four LED taillights I guess it must be okay. I need to clip the excess cable off and make sure it doesn't get caught up in anything. It was really pissing me off last night when it kept shutting down and then wouldn't activate. Then it would sorta then kick off randomly, etc. It has a checklist for when stuff doesn't work but I couldn't figure out why suddenly I would have lost a ground? Ugh, that is when I looked at the voltmeter and saw it was going down below 12v. That is when it all clicked and I hooked up the battery charger and it worked flawless. Jeez o pete. The little bushing I made mimics the little sheetmetal tab that was on there for the hand throttle. I just made this out of a piece of 3/8" square stock. Milled a 1/4" hole and installed a nylon bushing(from home depot) for the cable to slide through. They give you an alum arm with bushing in it to use, but it won't work with my throttle linkage. All the pictures they give you with the instructions is all late model stuff. Go figure. I was also concerned originally about the release of the cable when you turn it off. It snaps off, like it has a locking paw that releases. Then you hear the servo motor run for 3-5 seconds, I guess to get it back to its starting point.

Well i got it finished up and working. Made up my little bracket for cable and slip bushing for throttle. Got it adjusted and works fine. One note: make sure your batteries are up. Wow...i spent a few hours chasing my tail til I realized the batteries are down a bit and apparently it keeps track of input voltage and will shut off if under 12? volt, or whatever. It started messing with me and I couldnt figure it out. Hooked up battery charger and it works flawless. Go figure. Picture shows WOT.

I need a Mack axle. Weight rating not critical for me. Has to be B model as R is wider.

Ok mine has worked okay for years but it really leaks mid stroke. I pulled it apart and the rubber piston seal is near rock hard. Google turned nothing up. Anyone know where I might get a new seal? It is a Kysor D-11999. I will add pics later.

I am just on the hunt for budd hub axle. Only problem is finding a one WITH brakes. I do have front brakes, as truck is a single axle.

I fixed the link in my earlier post so that it goes DIRECTLY to website instead of through Facebook. I did that post on my phone and didn't realize it had to go to FB first. Ugh, go figure.

Looks like it has brakes on it. That's what I'd like to find for my truck.

Little aux's. are out there. Just have to find one. Gear Vendors are popular, but it won't give you a second stick. Pricey too. I was sniffing around one back when I had my new 2000 PSD 6spd dually. But at near $3K dollars it was out of my price range.

The lady selling these shirts has these:

Pretty nice shirts. Not bad for $15. I ordered the std shirt and then she said she messed up and sent me the wrong one. I told her I'd order the other one too(which I ordered two). They are Gildan, heavy cotton shirts. Not quite the quality of a $30 mack shirt, but for $15 I'll wear them.

Hope this works: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MnMsShirtShop If you tell you want Larry's version it will be three sticks! She made it special for me. (I fixed the link so it is directly to website instead of Facebook)

Oh like Budwieser?

Check your facebook Tom. I linked your name to the psge.