Freightrain

66rmack what is the part number on that? I unscrewed the cover off mine and found: 347GC215. Which is the narrow tang drive. I can't find any valve stem seals on my heads. The kit came with o rings but no grooves on the stem for them and no umbrella style seals to be found.

Yardo you're holding back again. Tell us how you really feel?

Yes it has fire rings. That part is handled. I was curious about the o rings(if that was what they were) around the water holes in the deck. I can get a picture. Was wondering if that was a factory style headgasket compared to the felpro. OK. I won't worry about the pump drive. Just thought I would ask if I could improve it. I saw Ron had posted to the other question and said there was a procedure to upgrade to later drive.

I couldn't imagine actually changing all the oil on a locomotive engine!

Thanks for the pictures. Now the $22000 question: can it be upgraded? Or just replace it and hope for the best for another 10-20 yrs? I got all winter(hopefully it is a short winter), but want to address this now.

Ya, that's it. Mine does have the screw in plug for the pump. Guess I need to get it unscrewed and check it out. Can you adapt to newer set up?

Ok, getting ready to put the heads back on my project motor. I found some nests in two cylinders and got them cleaned out. Scraped and cleaned the deck. Cleaned and re installed all the studs. Re tapped all the nuts. Going to put new valve stem seals next. One question. When removing the original headgaskets, it looked like it had rubber o rings around some of the water passages. The new Felpro gasket set doesn't include anything like that. I'm guessing the o rings were a factory only thing? The Felpro looks like any other typical car head gasket I'm familiar with, having the silicone rings around the water passages. This is a new game for me and don't want to have to do it twice. I did pull the cover off the pump just for a look see. Glad I did as I found two plungers stuck. Some finesse and some oil have all six going up/down like they are suppose to now. I remember reading a post just a month back or so about somebody having an issue with their early 237. Something about the coupler for the pump breaking? It is a weak design? I tried to search, but couldn't find the post. What should I look for to determine if mine has the same coupler? Remove the inspection plug at the coupler? If there is an upgrade I'd like to do it now so I don't have to deal with it someday later.

Sounds like he got the deal he really wanted and took it. You know how the saying goes........."money talks". Bummer it wasn't in your favor.

Ya, it is definitely a Krylon used car lot rebuild. Too bad. It might have actually been a relatively decent looking truck without all the new runs, drips and errors.

But it comes with safety chain..........

Heck of a lot better deal then the old Mack bus for $5K and stuck in the weeds.

I use Ultra grey RTV on anything I need sealed up. I was petrified when I changed gears in my housing and had to silicone that thing and get it swung into the hole and bolted up without disturbing the silicone, etc. Still dry after 4 yrs. One thing I learned was put a thin coating on both sides, let tack and then stick together. Seems to bond better then just squirting it on one side and putting it together. Not much different then a lil old Ford 9", but just a LOT bigger and you can't just pick it up with your hands LOL.

There was one similar to that around here about 10 some years back. Running and driveable, guy brought it to the race track for the weekend. Very cool. Full air ride, 673/5spd. Trying to find the pics I had. $5K for that mess? Uh, no.

Love that ltl. Watch it on Lindsay's videos from way back. Good sounding iron lung! Very classy large car from back in the day.

I'm familiar with Bisom. They have that maroon B model I've drooled over for years.

Twin stick pappy is good. I hear about having both in neutral like pappy. I start in 3rd and it is not good to have them both in neutral then. Even pappy only does it in 1 and 2nd gear. After that he only shifts one at an time.

Where did they get the R and cruiseliner?

McDonald makes the "Big Mac" sandwich.

You da man!

Can't link stuff while on my phone. How come you didn't link your video?? Few people have dropped off YouTube so videos arent there anymore. Guess I need to load them myself someday?

If it is a 10 speed (duplex) you split each main gear. Now that is in a fully loaded situation. You can skip gears if it won't lug the engine. Get on YouTube as there are plenty of B model videos showing shifting technics.

Awesome. I'll start some PM's to figure this out.

I don't recall the fellows name, Kirkland was last name. ATHS member from California. He had some of these. He was featured on one of the early ATHS videos from the 90's. Betting he is up in age by now and not sure what all he would still have.

Thanks for the offer F model. I can get stuff back from Ken in PA if need be, it's only 4 hrs away. Ranch has everything but it is 7+ hours away. I'm still trying to do some local searching and come up with something before I commit to a road trip.

Ahhh, "body shop prison". Yup, you aren't the first. Won't be the last. It is looking good though.