Bollweevil

Heat checking on a high millage engine is not uncommon. What condition were the rings in? Damage from detonation is more common to a gasoline engine, but from what I can see the top ring land has had too much heat. Check the ring ends to see if they have butted. If that is the case slip one into the bore and check the end gap. I can't think of another reason to fracture the second ring land. If the ring gap is correct, and the rings have butted together, You are putting too much heat into it.

Is there anything specific that you want to see?

A little later, and you can see a Ring-necked Pheasant on every fence post.

If you are havig issues with oil pressure, now is the time to deal with it. Crankshaft bearings are a lot cheaper than a crankshaft and a set of bearings. If the oil pressure increases when you let off the throttle, the mains are probably about gone. Don't wait too long. Manuals from Mach are pricey, I have seen some on ebay.

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The home page just looks a little different, When you check in, look next to your avatar for today's active contents, and click on it. I am still looking for a button to go straight to face book. Or for a good reason why. I guess I'll have to wait till Tom or Rob get home.

Chasing a performance problem with a CB radio, can be frustrating to say the least. Has the Radio ever worked to your satisfaction? Have there been any changes to the radio configuration, antennas, co-ax. To be sure that we are on the same page, when you say static, are you refering to the background noise that you would normally associate with a CB? Can you go to an unused channel back the squelch all the way off turn the volume down, and with all accessories off, turn the switch on and hear an increase in volume? When you start the truck can you hear the alternator in the background noise, or the AC fans. These kind of problems can be related to a bad ground, a bad alternator diode, which you can eliminate by temporally disconnecting the hot wire from the alternator. or a bad coaxial cable. Check your cab ground. Grounding both radio and antenna to the frame is not a bad idea. What are you using for cable. A co-phased set up will not perform as well with RG58, as RG59.

The next thing coming up will be a short list of "qualified to administer DOT physical exam" personnel. If your DR. is not on the list, you won't be able to use him, or her.

Thad, her Job is dealing with people. If she does not care about the people she deals with, and the things that concern them, she does not care about her job. From her own mouth, she does not care if you have a job to go to, or what you think about something that might possibly promote the business that employ's her. I don't think that you have anything to be concerned about as far as repercussions directed at her. Her attitude reflects the attitude of the people she works with and for. They do not care and won't care what you think, as long as you support them by buying their products.

What was the last thing you did with the truck, before it started acting up?

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Print a copy of the email, highlight the smart ass comments, and send it along with a tube of K-Y jelly, registered mail, to Volvo marketing. It's up to you , how graphically you explain where they can stick Volvo, and why you or anyone you know would never be associated in any way with them or their products.

It might just break loose, but there are some other things that might happen also. The clutch pedal might hit the floor before you can get it out of gear, then you might take an unexpected wild ass ride. If you try it with the parking brake on you might twist the drive line. I would be inclined to try it myself, outside the shop, with nothing in the way, and my hand on the shutdown.

The old saying about Texas is that it is so big, that if you get out and drive a while, you will find a part of it that you really like. I like just about all of it, including the pine woods around Nacogdoches. I used to love to hear Bob Murphy spin his tall tales about life in the pine woods.

You forgot to mention stuck, broke down, and out of wood.

One of my best friends had recently bought out the rolling stock of a small LP gas co, that had gone out of business. On of the units had a 16 foot steel flat bed and a nice hydraulic boom. He pulled the flatbed off and sold the truck for almost as much as he gave for the whole bunch. As he was telling me about selling the truck he suddenly exclaimed, dammit, I should have kept that truck, added a winch, and I could have loaded logs with it. I had to remind him, hey man I am 66, you just turned 62, and our logging and pulpwood days are over with. I can see why you might want the loader though, you could stack your collection of yesteryear items in a very tight 16 ft. high circle around you while sleeping. Gather all the ladders up first though, all the kitchen knives too.

I haven't even thought about an Emeryville in years. When I was a lot younger a fellow from Gainesville Ga had an aluminum West coast model that was made in Emeryville Ca. It had a Hot Rod Cummins that had been ballanced for 3500 RPM's The last time anyone remebers seeing it, the GA, Public Service had it chained to a lamp post.

Not stupid at all CPL stands for Control Parts List. It s a summery of the parts that an engine was assembled with. You should find it on a tag riveted to the engine case, just below the assessory drive pulley. Fuel pumps, originally had a tag also, on the top close to where it bolts to the compressor. The engine # is found just below the rear cyl head on the drivers side, and can yeild a CPL # by calling Cummins. That only holds true if the engine has never been updated. These engines are fairly simple. If you can work on an inline 6 cyl chevy, you can work on an early Cummins. One good thing about them is that the collective parts that make up the engine are stamped with the part number. The CPL is important to you if you do not know the truck's history for the last 35 years. It could have a newer engine. Another distinction is whether it is a small cam or big cam engine, which is determined by looking at the cam followers bolted to the drivers side of the crankcase.

So far you have done well, by isolating the cold cylinder. Good work. You may find either a collapsed injector plunger, or maybe a missing injector tip. If you are checking compression you have to pull the injectors anyway, so start with #6. First and formost you need to determine the CPL of your engine, as it will make a huge difference when resetting the injectors. Some set on the inner base circle, some on the outer base circle. A collapsed plunger will be easy to spot, as the link [short rod] opposite the push tube on the injector rocker arm will be loose. Clean the assessory drive pulley and timing pointer to find the timing marks, and bar the engine over to A, or 1-6VS. If both valves are closed on #6 you are ready to start. Remove injectors by firing order, TOP STOP INJECTORS DO NOT ADJUST BY FIRING ORDER. You should be able to remove the injector with the rocker box housing in place, by backing the adjuster off and laying the push tube to one side or removing it. Jake housings have to come off. Cummins push tubes are fairly heavy. any time you have one out of the engine, drop it so that it lands flat, on a concrete floor. Listen for a ring, if you hear a thud, pitch it and get another. It has oil in it, and it WILL hydraulic and break the ball end off.

You drive too much already, the only way you could drive more would to be twins. Forget it. When Nikki get's her ticket , and it's official. She could have an official position right hear on this forum. Resident expert. Who's just monkeying around, Who's spreading BS too thick, Who's acting like a horses a--. She can register an official educated, qualified, undisputed opinion. Even Rob will have to listen to her. LOL Like he doesn't already. What would you call a daddy's girl's daddy?

I is so typical that no one is actually ever interested in the concerns of the trucking industry, when it gets down to where the rubber hit's the road. A great part of all the food products transported in this country is done by owner operators or leased operators. The best answer as to why, is because they can move it from east to west, or west to east before it rot's. There would not be any fresh fruit or produce in the stores without these people. No one cares what they think about anything.

Fantastic. What a girl, she can put a fender on a mustang as well as practice medicine on one.

The very same battle that we have fought every winter for as long as I can remember, And someone just figured this out. It is almost as funny as 300 million people not being able to fire the 535 who are inherently responsible.

If someone wanted an unavailable small sized patch panel badly enough, to learn how to make it, there are a lot of different sources for an English Wheel. Prices vary according to size. Bench top, to free standing. In no time at all a person could learn enough to even amaze themselves. Not to mention witnessing first hand. the sudden formation of blood blisters, and teaching neighborhood children expletives they should never know in the first place. I am going to look at one the next time I go to Northern Tools. If, I can remember that long.

The tapered centers in the ends of the axle, as Herb has mentioned, are used to center the axle during the machining process. The center in the flange end is also used to align the axle or axles to the chassis. An adjustable Tram bar can be purchased or constructed to check center to center length from side to side, or from axle center to a reference point on the frame. While there is not a lot of adjusting to be done on a Camelback, or Hendrickson suspension, checking axle alignment as part of your maintenance program will give a heads up on problems. With an air ride or 4 spring set up, checking axle alignment is essential to good driveability and tire life.