1958 F.W.D.

HarryS Yes I suppose it's time I bite the bullet and start buying pure gas. Have you ever let any quantity of it sit around for a while? Whats the max you would let it sit? I want to put some in my gen set (which I light up once a month for an hour) but not if it will go bad.......Does it tend to laquer like ethanol gasoline?

So....speaking of our thread about ethanol formulated gasoline........A few weeks ago I went to use my Homelite string trimmer.....It's about 3 or 4 years old. Not one of the expensive ones but not one of the cheap ones, either. The supply fuel line popped off where it connects in at the primer bulb. So I figure "eh I'll snip a bit off and just put it back on." WRONG. Went to snip it and the line was split laterally down the length. And brittle. And falling apart. GRRRRRRRR So I went down to the local lawn mower parts shop and showed the guy what I needed, figuring I could just get a length of replacement hose off the reel for a buck and be on my way. WRONG. They don't have it. Can get it, take 2-3 days and will cost $5.75. Uhhhhhhh no. So the guy was nice enough and showed me that they have been using Polish-American Engineering and inserting a short piece of smaller diameter line onto the brass nozzle, and then a larger diameter line around that to run back down to the fuel tank. He gives me what I need, $.75 I am out the door. Fixed it, runs great. Yesterday I go to fire it up, and the g-damned return line disintegrated this time. All because some fucking hippie doobie-smoking piece of shit thinks we should have this garbage in our fuels. It's going to be a lot harder to replace the return line. Do I say "fuckit" and fix it, or do I say "fuckit" and buy an Echo this time (little better quality of a unit but still....Ethanol gasoline and all that.......) I could run pure gas in it.....But to get the pure gas it's a 10+ mile ride one way......

That's a shame you're not coming through NEXT saturday- you could have caught "Trucktoberfest" at the Mack Trucks Museum in Allentown.

Timothy, I am located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania 2 miles from Exit 67 of Interstate 78- near the City of Bethlehem. I have had several members of BMT here at "The BMT Truckstop" for a meal. If you travel Interstate 78 please consider stopping for a meal. We can throw your laundry in the washer and dryer while you are here too. Private message me for my telephone number.

Here's an F-Model Rescue. Body built by the former Saulsbury Inc. They were (past tense) the best stainless steel rescue truck body builder in the USA until they were bought out by Emergency One (an aluminum builder) in Ocala, Florida.

Even treated gasoline (containing ethanol) should not be stored for more than a month or two. I keep track of all my mower gas- and if it is in the can for a month, I dump it into the FWD or the pickup truck. My gen set- that I light off and run for an hour every 2-3 weeks only gets "Tool Fuel" in the tank....... which has an indefinite shelf life. If I have to use the gen set for an extended period of time I'll put regular (treated) gasoline in it but you can bet when I am done I empty it, run it dry and then flush it out by running for an hour with tool fuel.

I'm sorry, that website I entered should be www.pure-gas.org Listing of locations by State that sell ethanol-free gasoline.

www.pure-gas.com Ethanol-formulated gasolines are murderously corrosive to plastic and neoprene parts in modern fuel systems. I run the Ethanol-formulated Sta-Bil (the orange shit) in all of my small engines no matter what time of year it is. At the end of the summer, the lawn mower gets an extra capful of Sta Bil in the tank, and then it gets run dry as a bone. Same with the snow blower at the end of the winter. The neoprene diaphragm on the FWD's mechanical fuel pump fell victim to ethanol-formulated gasoline a while back. It is a rare delco-remy pump, and I could not find a replacement diaphragm or pump, and was forced to install an electric pump as a result. The gas in the FWD gets treated as well, again no matter the time of year.

Most likely also has a PTO-driven or separate diesel-engine driven gen set large enough to run the entire house if the power drops for an extended period of time............

I have a pic of that thing somewhere.....lemme see if I can find it

What a fuckin idiot

That dog is a damned pervert.

When should white people start looting? -I dunno about you but I kinda frown on burning out my own neighborhood, grocery stores, etc that are all owned and operated by my friends and neighbors, let alone the fact that they all benefit me in my daily life.

Wouldnt mind having that EHU but shit in one hand and wish in the other and see which gets filled first...........

Yeah.....Lotta oil in there. Keep the thought of a blown rear main seal in the back of your mind. Check the pad thickness- if it's pretty worn, between that and the oil, you can adjust that thing all you want but it'll keep slipping, You may have to drop the clutch and send it out for a rebuild. Aaaaaand since you have the tranny and clutch down, you may as well drop the pan and roll a new rear main seal in there. If you do wind up dropping the clutch and tranny, don't forget to check the flywheel surface and get that machined if necessary.

All of the graphics and gold leaf have been applied. Yes, it is real gold leaf, however not hand-applied in the traditional manner. This gold lead is laid out in a special cutting printer, which puts the fine-print detail onto the gold leaf, then cuts it out, and a roller applies a vinyl overlay onto it as it spits out of the printer. It is then applied to the truck. Members are currently receiving their in-service training and the tools are being mounted. We are also taking this opportunity to re-do all of the compartments on the other rig in an attempt to standardize both rigs as similarly as possible. The new Squad 11 should be officially entering service on Sept 1, 2015. Here is a photo taken on the back side of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania- our community just outside of Philadelphia in Montgomery County. Photo credit to the photographer, one of our members. I will post more pix in the future of all of the compartments. By the way- the Line-X is on the bumper and it LOOKS AWESOME, it really grows on you. It is also on the back of the cab as well as the pump panel.

Talked to Mike about an hour ago. Told him everyone was asking for him and pulling for him. He said to thank everyone for their kind words and prayers. He gave me an update, in short: 1. There is a discrepancy between his white and red blood cell count. It is suspected that one of his medications is the most likely culprit. Blood will be taken tomorrow to analyze for this specific purpose. 2. He still feels very groggy, tired and run down. 3. He asked "The" question we all have been wondering. The answer was an immediate and positive-sounding "NO. We do not think it is back." He's going to call me with a further update tomorrow or Saturday.

Rob, if you have not seen the news- Australians and New Zealanders are on the way!! http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/25/okanogan-wildfires-australia-firefighters-arriving

For those of you who are on FB and saw Mike's post earlier today about needing prayers........(and of course for those of you who are not on FB....) I texted him this AM and told him to give me a yell when he was feeling up to it. He called me this afternoon, and reported that he was on his route, and rapidly started feeling like crap. So much so that when he got to a customer he called his boss and told him he could not go on. Boss came and got him and brought another guy to finish the route. Took Mike home and his wife took him to the hospital. They did some tests and results are pending. Mike is at home. He sounded very tired and whooped. He asked me to post and let everyone know he is doing OK and is obviously not going to drive until further notice.

I apologize if this has come up before... An acquaintance is in need of rotors and possibly pads for the disc brakes on his CF. He has been told by a Mack source that they are not supported by Mack anymore and basically "good luck." Barry or anyone else, can you lend some insight? Anyone have anything laying around?

Prayers being sent your way. Damn I wish I weren't so far away, me and the FWD would be there to help you.

The Rockville Scope is now in Tatamy Pa being placed back in service as a front-line truck company.

Sign me up for a billboard-size, I'll hang it on the side of the house.

For anyone who may be planning on attending the annual Friends of Autocar annual gathering/lunch, which is tentatively scheduled for Sat 9/27- The invites just went out (got mine yesterday.....) I don't know who had a brain fart but they scheduled it the same weekend as PopeFest in Philly- where if you have seen my thread regarding THAT clusterf*ck.....over 1.5 million people are expected to be in or attempting to travel to Philadelphia- and the roads in and around Philly and Southeaster Pa, South Jersey, and northern Delaware and Maryland are expected to be a colossal nightmare. I have emailed the powers in charge at FOA and have urged them to consider re-scheduling for the previous or the following weekend. Stay tuned and if you have not sent in your RSVP and money yet, you may want to hold off.