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  1. Mark T
    Hmmm....I see (lol)
  2. Mark T
    He likes the Superliner.....he should pay more attention to the R Model
  3. Mark T
    Sometimes the ATHS has wheel chocks with branding in them from the event.
  4. Mark T
    Don't get frustrated, use the tach. You'll get the hang of it.
  5. Mark T
    Yep, that's it. Those have really close ratios to an 8LL but a different approach to the lower gears.
  6. Mark T
    Mack has a transmission (310 something ??) has reverse on a yellow button (not the MLR) anyway, the ratios of it are all very close to the ratios in the Fuller. Mack calls it a ten speed, it too has the repeat H for the 8 most used forward gears
  7. Mark T
    400 to 450 RPMs watch your tach, you'll have an easier time finding it
  8. Mark T
    (lol) and then there's salesmen who make it even more confusing and call them a "ten speed"
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  10. Mark T
    Guys usually refer to a Fuller 8 speed as an 8LL here. It's an 8 speed in the typical repeat H pattern, then has reverse and low ( selected by the shifting lever) and then another low selected by an air shift. (button on shifter or older trucks may have had a valve mounted somewhere other than the shifter)
  11. Mark T
    There should be a sticker (maybe on the sun visor ??) that will have a brief description of range shifting from hi to lo. Safe bet that from one speed to the other will be pretty close to a 450 RPM difference (up or down) so a downshift from say 6th to 5th , if the engine was at 1400 RPMs you'd need to take it up to @ 1800 or 1850 RPMs (on a relatively flat ground) and to up shift it would go from 1800 to 1400 . Should get you a little closer trying that than grinding
  12. Mark T
    Could be the results of someone's inexperience with two sticks
  13. Mark T
    I'm pretty sure it's a REO with it's water manifold and spark plugs missing
  14. Mark T
    Weren't they in deuce n a halfs ??
  15. Mark T
    Almost looks like an old REO Gold Comet missing a couple things
  16. Mark T
    Are you sure the radiator isn't dirty on the outside ? As in plugged up with dust and such between the cooling fins, not letting air flow through it as it should. Maybe that fan is working exactly like it should ?
  17. Mark T
    I think he means as in "P" pump. like a P7100 can basically be what's on stuff like a Mack (right) or a 5.9 (left) If that's the case he'd be best not to attempt it himself (lol)
  18. Mark T
    That bracket on the rear of the front carrier does not belong in that application. Period . Someone likely stuck that carrier in there and didn't feel like taking it off (likely to avoid removing the output yoke) safe bet the rest of it was a little neglected as well.....so it needs to be bushed . That bent rod contacted the bracket (that doesn't belong there) and bent until it broke the bolts. That's about a ten or twelve thousand dollar repair. OR just put a new rod in where the bent one is, replace the side one in the back and cut the bracket with a torch to give the rod room (lol) probably everything is worn out in the back of it.
  19. Mark T
    (lol) if that's a "normal day" ?? WOW looks like it needs to be bushed, let alone that bracket for the side torque arm doesn't belong on there on that front rear
  20. Mark T
    Don't take this the wrong way OD, but anyone who would turn a truck in looking like yours did ??? I bet well within a year someone'll need a guy in a pinch here n there, and you just might take them up on it. Hope you enjoy yourself what ever you decide to do
  21. Mark T
    4 and 9 both work well with a volume of air to accommodate something with air ride and all. The 9's desiccant cartridge just screws into the aluminum base as opposed to having the plate and 4 allen screws (little easier to change) I'm pretty sure there was something about a valve in the 9 that was engineered with compressors that had their intake from the engines intake on turbocharged engines (? like a E7 pre EGR)
  22. Mark T
    Didn't the AD 9 have a valve that was friendly to turbocharged compressors ? ( ones fed from the intake manifold )
  23. Mark T
    Give them a good liberal prick punching (yokes) and use that green stuff, might be ok for a hobby truck for a little while. Really have little to lose other than time, as replacing them is only thing to actually fix them
  24. Mark T
    don't forget as Rob said it needs to be supported that requires teflon P clamps as well to put up with the heat
  25. Mark T
    Is the radiator clean (externally) ? Not blocked up with dirt or something ? not allowing air to flow through it.

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