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  1. Freightrain
    When shoot Hank. Good to hear from ya Eddy. Glad you joined us. Geoff, I know it's a "mack" website, but the more the merrier and most all of you guys have plenty of help to add to any of the sections of this forum. Heck we even have a post in the Odd and Ends that is for "Off track" stuff that happens with most of the posts there. It's been a running joke for quite some time, so a post was started.
  2. Freightrain
    I wouldn't worry about manually opening them. As long as everything is plumbed correctly it will work just fine automatically. Mine open and close going down the road. You can hear the fan change pitch if it gets cold and they shut(around 160*). Pull a load and they open. When truck is off they will open and close as the temperature changes. Until it runs out of air and opens.
  3. Freightrain
    And if you cranked the handle, the pressure would increase. If you did, it would blow the inner tube. I made that mistake one day. Dad wasn't happy with me because I cranked it up as he was filling it and didn't know it. Lol.
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    Typical shutterstat has air supply to the stat and from the stat to shutters. Yours looks like it might have a shut off valve from the dash to remove air supply so shutters are always open? Like mentioned above, it takes air pressure to close them(sprung open for safety). Note: the shutterstat is marked IN and OUT. If you supply air to the wrong side, they won't open again(I found out personally LOL).
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    Shoot...I was almost there. Guess I'll head north again.
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    Was at a 4th parade and did a little people watching. Ya, there aren't many "thin" young people around anymore. It's crazy how bad people just don't care. I was 5-10, 155# out of school. I'm 57(next week) and just 170#. It takes a lot of determination to not let yourself go. A good friend did and he is now 70 and near crippled due to being so overweight for the last 25 yrs. He has been my main reason to watch what I eat.
  7. Freightrain
    Good to hear from you Jim. Glad you are on the mend. The man upstairs ain't done with you yet.
  8. Freightrain
    How much is "a little" and how hard do you run the truck? I don't know how hard oil is on a drier? It's likely only going to get worse, so I would say replace it when you can.
  9. Freightrain
    I think that is his intention. No, 24.5" rims will not bolt to 22.5" spokes.
  10. Freightrain
    My welding supplier just told me the end of July for Stellite hard facing? Um, wth am I suppose to weld with?? Saw a couple customers last week, one told me that an OEM took 9 months to get him a new extruder screw. I don't feel bad when we are 6 months behind. No materials, no help. We're just screwed all the way around.
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    Yup. Leaning on a Holmes Lumber Longhorn. Who cut and pasted the Mack hat on years ago?? Lol.
  12. Freightrain
    Joey, you will find that Geoff is a world book encyclopedia of information! He will be a great addition to BMT.
  13. Freightrain
    Jim Tomer(Tundra) is from a frozen land(Alaska), and Idaho. He made a stop in Ohio some years back and we spend an afternoon looking at Bighorns. I even got pictures (somewhere). Jim Hancock got in a bit of a tiff on here a few years ago and he and a few others left abruptly. Sad.
  14. Freightrain
    Absolutely fantastic work.
  15. Freightrain
    Hey Tony. The gang is migrating here?
  16. Freightrain
    Starters do NOT reverse rotation with polarity changes. The power goes into the armature and windings. Thus reversing both which cause it to run the same direction no matter what. Story: Few years back, at the motor shop I use they were putting an FE on the dyno. They threw one of their "shop" starters on it and it won't start or build oil pressure. They were stumped for quite a while....until they pull the cap and saw the distributor was going the wrong way. Seems, somehow they got their hands on a REVERSE Rotation starter(used on twin engine boats). They only go ONE way no matter how the wires are put on.
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    SPAMMER AleRT!!! Lol!!! Hot Dog Jim. Glad to hear from you. Pull up a chair once and awhile and participate. Lawd have mercy if we'd get Bento over here.
  18. Freightrain
    When I stretched my truck and added the aux transmission, I had to play around with things to get the angles to all balance out. I think motor was like 4* down, so I had to hang the aux box tilted 4* down to match(but on the same height as motor) and then the rear was close enough. Each end of the shaft has to equal 0* to make the joints work smoothly. Mine has no noticeable shake, besides being a 60 yr old truck!
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    Love it when a plan comes together!
  20. Freightrain
    Crack a line and see if the transfer pump is moving any fuel?
  21. Freightrain
    Typical pipe fittings should have enough give to align a fitting and seal okay. As long as you don't try to over tighten it and then try to back it up.
  22. Freightrain
    Looks great!
  23. Freightrain
    Checking parts is very time consuming. I've built my fair share of motors through the years. Never a large diesel but that would just add to the complexity and time. Not to say anything about the size of the parts too!
  24. Freightrain
    Lucky mine isn't violent. Just feel and hear the exhaust note surging as I try to hold a steady speed with little throttle application. Heavy load, no issue.
  25. Freightrain
    I was thinking that myself. Like is he just running everything together with just an impact gun or what?? 🤣

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