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Congratulations Watt's and thanks for everything! Trey

Sounds like you better start spending more time on bigmacktrucks.com. Trey

Please tell me you were stopped when you took your reflection on the back of the fuel tanker from 2 feet away. Just hope you're around to share pictures for a while longer. Trey

Happy New Year's everyone! Trey

Looking forward to seeing the progress. I've always liked the MH's. Trey

As already mentioned, injector cups were a problem on these engines. Once updated they don't seem to give anymore problems. That would be my guess. Trey

That should make a nice truck when you get it done! I like that under cab muffler setup. Trey

Any road in NM, take your pick. Trey

Now that's a truck!

Thaaaaaaank-you Rob!!!!

That's your problem. It has the regeneration setup on the exhaust and if you disconnect any of it the computer will derate the engine. You will have to reconnect everything and see what it does. I'm not as up to date on the newer computer systems so I don't know if it will run correctly when you hook everything back up or if you will have to take it to a dealer to clear the codes. Someone else on here should know. As far as the light that's on, it isn't pdlo is it? That would be the power divider lockout switch is probably turned on. If that's the case, it's just a matter of turning the switch off. Seems like that switch has a picture of two axles with kind of an X between them. I have a '08 GU713 outside I'll have to go look at later. Trey

Congrats Rowdy! Mine is close to being paid off and I'm getting excited about it. Trey

Thanks David. I can see the difference now and I sure enjoyed seeing more pictures! Trey

Good to hear! Now when you get a chance sometime, take some pictures so we can see what you're working on! Trey

Okay thanks! I'm guessing since the frame is wider they are just further apart?

Man, don't even mention that! I'll be doing my part to be sure that doesn't happen. Trey

What is it about the hood that's different? I was wondering if you couldn't get real close to one other than the headlights if there was a way to tell them apart. Trey

If the clutch doesn't look bad, I would just replace the fan and try it. I doubt if the clutch is bad but sometimes you never know. Glad you found the problem on the a/c. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Trey

Which one is Rob?

What's the easiest way to tell a Superliner I from a II just at a glance? Is that when they went to square headlights or are there other ways to tell? Trey

I wondered about the Mdrive. I was under the impression they wouldn't put it behind a high horsepower engine but evidently they will. Trey

They're all politicians. They won't talk about it unless they think it will win some votes. Right now I don't guess it's the hot topic. Trey

The a/c does have a clutch on the front of the pulley. You should be able to turn the pulley itself easily and you should be able to turn the clutch also but it would have a little more drag. If you have someone helping you, have them get in the cab and turn the key on and then turn the a/c on and off a few times while you watch the clutch. The blower fan switch will have to be on but this should give you an idea of how it works. This is assuming it has freon in the system. If it doesn't, the clutch won't come on. As far as driving it, I wouldn't recommend it because the water pump is also belt driven and the coolant wouldn't be circulated. If the batteries were fully charged it shouldn't have any problem going that far but I don't think I would try it. Can you put the belts on and start it and watch to see if they are rubbing on anything or have you already tried that? Also all the pullies should feel smooth when you turn them by hand. If they feel rough, they could still lock up when they heat up even though you can still turn them. Trey

Hard to say without seeing it but something is either out of alignment or the belt is rubbing on something. Be sure all the accessories (idlers, a/c, etc.) are turning freely. You say it isn't rubbing nearly as bad? It can't be rubbing at all. Trey

If the power steering isn't working it probably doesn't have much oil to the cooler although you can't get it all out of the cooler even when you drain the system. Wouldn't hurt to drain it though and put fresh oil in it. Also couldn't tell by your post, the power steering uses dexron fluid but is seperate from the transmission fluid. On the fan, I would replace it because it would probably be out of balance. I do believe the clutch has to come out with the fan. I would try to straighten the shroud best I could and as long as it bolts up and doesn't rub on anything and the fan doesn't hit it, it probably wouldn't hurt anything like it is. Trey