JoeH

https://bucks.crimewatchpa.com/newbritaintwppd/34878/post/mcsap-detail-12 Local DOT stop around the corner from us. Pretty good haul for our local boys this last week!

I know the ETECH and ASET engine computers shut off if voltage drops below 9.5 volts. You have to watch for voltage during cranking. Not sure what your issue is though, you didn't state what problem you're having.

What year and model are you working on, and which engine?

I love Tom Homan. He has so much eloquence in his speech with how blunt he is.

Giving it a second read, first line is "unemployment claims". At 5? Doubtful... Could be an overly broad DOGE statement...

I'll give a certain benefit of the doubt regarding those under 5: severe disabilities? I suspect this DOGE post is overly broad, there's probably circumstances that could warrant sub 5 year olds receiving some form of some vague entitlement program within social security to offset some disability they were born with. I have a daughter (2 years old) on state insurance to cover county provided Early Intervention therapies. She got stuck during birth and has some oddities resulting. Just wrapped up 1.5 years of physical therapy, working on speech therapy now.

Now I want to put googly eyes on my trucks and see how long it takes people to notice

I have a Legacy seat in my RD688, it's nice. I'm 5'11. Initially had armrests, left one went immediately because it interfered with seatbelt. Right one lasted a few years, but it went too because I leaned on it enough times that it finally deformed enough to start flipping the 'lo lo' switch on my 8ll shifter when going from 1st to 2nd.

We put a block of wood on the ground next to the tire close to the tread on the sidewall, maybe 1/4" gap. Spin the wheel and loosen/tighten lug nuts accordingly. If you do them often enough you can get a pretty good feel for initial tightening. I tighten top center lug a bit, then bottom gently, then the upper side lug nuts. This'll start the wedges in pretty evenly, then you go tighten them more snugly and check. Usually I'm within 1/8th" runout doing this.

https://www.portrayalpress.com/product-p/tm 9-2815-207-35.htm Book for military Mack engines $50

If you have the book # maybe you can order it from Mack...

There's enough of a difference that you hurt your pinky if that wing window is open. Floor boards are different to accommodate different shifter positions, accelerator/brake pedals are different positions. Just a couple minor driver position differences, really. We have a 1980 DM686SX that is my reference, compared to a 1979 R686ST that we have as well. Same steering wheels, just that minor positional difference.

I bet it was a DM. The wing window sits notoriously close to the steering wheel, I know I clipped my pinky on ours a few times. Don't think I ever had that issue on our R models.

I won't ask you how you know that! 4th is the most I ever had opportunity to try 🤣🤣

The trans was 6 speeds forward, 5 speeds backwards. Left stick is gears 1-5, right stick direct low reverse, like you said. Low just sets all the gears down one notch. 2nd becomes equivalent of 1st, 3rd equivalent to 2nd, etc. Its just to give you a crawler gear. You only use low range for 1st gear when you need to crawl. Now the 5 speeds reverse... Fantastic feature. You can put it in 3rd reverse and cruise over soft ground before the ground even knows you're on it. Engine is probably a 283hp, with the engine mounted charge air cooler.