JoeH
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What speed is it idling at? Should be about 650 rpms. If it's lower than that then bump it up.
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Weird. I have a 1981 2 valve endt676 engine sitting on the shelf. Same block, but I don't think it uses that. I'll see if my 1988 em6-300l uses one...
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Lot of drooling going on over your pictures. You're doing a great job with that truck, it's going to look good out in the sun. Dual stacks are very nicely assembled and mounted. Can't wait to hear how it pulls with that transmission!
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That's a nice superliner, but I'll take that R model sleeper over it every day of the week. Except for Monday, I'll take the superliner on Monday as I've never driven one, much less a V8. Gotta try it at least once.
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Bulk of it likely got caught in air tanks, they should have drain valves. You can clean lines out using Air System Alcohol, typically it's used as an antifreeze for systems without dryers. You can also disconnect and flush individual lines with the alcohol, using compressed air to blow the lines out. It's administered by pouring it directly into the compressor intake while the system is still building air pressure. (i.e. pour some in right after you start the truck, while it's still building air pressure.) Pumping the brakes will also mist the alcohol through the system.
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Make sure the engine spins in the proper direction. Some bus engines the engine spins "backwards" because that's what they have to do to get the trans to spin the wheels "forward" You may have wasted money buying the engine, not real familiar with bus engines other than that some are set up to run backwards.
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Square headed plug on the passenger side looks right to me.... Fill to that, put a floor jack under right hub to flood the left hub, then put the jack under the left to flood the right hub, then fill the center again.
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Havertown is 20 or so miles from me, not quite my back yard but if you're from out of state then yes, you were certainly out my way!
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Not real savvy on IDing motors, but I'm guessing Cummins?
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Looks like a work stand to me! Oil pan looks like it can come off, and much taller and you won't be able to see under the valve covers! Pretty much identical to ours, except ours is set up for a forklift coming in the side.
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Your problem. Is my problem, not a hijack! I'm suspecting the "rebuilt" compressors are not actually rebuilt. I've popped at least 2 in trying to fix this, still does it. Are you sure your intake is from the boost side of the turbo? Or is it between the filter and turbo? I was hoping that turbo'ing the compressor would solve the problem, but if that's how yours is set up then it sounds like it won't.... Dryer isn't an option for me, I can't snot oil all over rich customers driveways. Frequently parked on driveways for 45 minutes, being a concrete truck...
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Hey don't make fun of my 12 valve! It only smokes a pretty black cloud when you goose it, and just for a second til the turbo catches up to the fuel! And that's with 218k miles!
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They could have saved themselves some money and just towed a boat anchor around to hold the blimp. They'll have to tow the granite from landing site to landing site anyways.
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Don't see a pumpkin under that hood, you sure it's ALL wheel drive?
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+1 on shift it like a 9. If it's way too tall a jump then it's probably a 10
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Could be, there's a drum behind it but doesn't look big enough to be a 55. Personally I think it's a 40g tank because it's an R40 model tank according to the label.
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Last of WW2 'Doolittle Raiders' Dick Cole dies aged 103
JoeH replied to kscarbel2's topic in Odds and Ends
Courage is not the absence on fear, it is the refusal to be mastered by it. Given the reason, men of today would rise to the occasion. Look at 9/11. America came together quick and hit back. Became an ambiguous war along the way, but patriotism came back. Now we have snow flakes, for the Vietnam war we had hippies, and I don't know our societal history well enough to tell you what we had for wwI and II, but every generation has something strange about it. -
Because these are Man Toys not baby toys. You should know your ABC's by this point.
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Clean battery terminals are a necessity on this new computerized crap, and it's one if the things mechanics are supposed to disconnect before doing work on an engine. And I'll bet 95 times out of 100 that the mechanic doesn't polish terminals before hooking back up. Old mechanical trucks never cared about this sort of thing but the newer stuff can be thrown off by it.
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Dumb idea, change your engine speed sensor, maybe it's giving mildly erratic signals. Not enough to throw off your tachometer, but maybe enough that the computer is trying to regulate fuel injections to maintain idle speed. Before doing that though, CLEAN YOUR BATTERY CABLES, and make sure they're SNUG. I had a 1999 dodge 24v automatic that would shift in and out of overdrive right at 43mph because of mediocre battery connections. It caused subtle voltage fluctuations that were just enough to throw that one thing off at that one speed.
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Replace the protection valve? Or if you're not hooked up to a trailer don't push the red knob?
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It's set up as Terry stated. My e7 runs off the turbo side, but the endt676 runs it off the suction side between turbo and filter.
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1979 R686ST, endt676 motor. Over time the air compressor pumps a real thick tar into the wet tank. Probably generates 1 gallon of it per 2 months. Rebuilt compressors don't fix it. Been doing it for years. What is going on???
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Trouble posting pictures
JoeH replied to Mack man 1973's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Sounds like your iPhone 8 has a much better camera, more megapixels means bigger file size. On my Android if I go to edit mode on a picture and change the pictures aspect ratio it cuts the file size down, then I can post it. Otherwise I get the same error message. -
But yes it is ironic, MT! Two places I'd loooove to see drug testing: unemployment line and welfare line.
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