BOBWhite

Tomorrow should be our last day cutting if everything goes right. The local elevator filled up so we'll have to haul to the next town over, It might be quite the race to keep up. The last load of the night is always fun. The look of the glowing orange bulldog at the end of that long hood is unforgettable!

Idle is dead on then, just feels too low after the first start of the day. Feels fine when warm Let's see other questions I have: I noticed this sticker and didn't know these were positive ground truck from the factory. Any reason why that is? I thought that went out of style in the 1950s or so, I have not even looked to see if this truck is still positive ground but I guess its something to keep in mind: Another problem was I lost power steering a few days back and thought the fluid was low but the hydraulic cylinder had come loose. Now I had gotten the truck suck in the field and had to be pulled out so it could have popped off then but I didn't notice or remember. I cleaned it up and tightened the clamp bolt and it hasn't happened since but it's still odd to me. Seems like it flops around more then it should so maybe it needs an adjustment or those joint replaced

Its been a busy and rainy summer so far, getting stuff planted and waiting on the ground to dry

Here are a couple: Say what should the normal idle be on a 2V E6 like this? It feels a bit low where it is now, but I need to get a new hand throttle so I can run my PTO a bit faster so maybe that will take care of it. On the subject of hand throttles what are the ones you can fine adjust by twisting them called? Aircraft use something similar but I've seen them in trucks too

Well sorry I didn't take any pictures but hauled my first loads in with the Mack today. My last load was 60,000lbs with about 640 bushels of wheat on the back. Rides fantastic with a load on it, just need a pup trailer to really haul some grain.

I'm not too sure about that Hino emissions scandal either. To me it seems like Cummins (or whomever) wanted 100% of the small truck market so they paid some people off to get rid of Hino, notice we only hear about foreign companys having emissions scandals like VW? In any case Hino really made some quality truck in their day from what I've heard, its a shame

Haven't been around the 903 much, seen a couple in Versatile tractors but heard most farmers didn't like em. 855 was much better on torque and fuel. They made the 903s for a lot longer though, did they use the same PT fuel system as the 855? Only place V style diesels found a place on the farm was in combines and silage choppers. Claas uses V8 and V12 Mercedes and MAN engines, and now John Deere has started using German V12 Liebherr engines in their choppers.

Not fair to compare it with those engines, they came out way later. The first iterations of the 3208 came out in the late 60s and Cat didn't stop production till the 90s. I can't really think of another motor that size that was available in the 70s Did cummins have anything before the 8.3? Detroit and Cat were really the only ones that offered diesels to replace the 50s gas engines at that time

Did you ever drive something with a Gardener engine? I've alway thought those engines were really neat, wish I could get my hands on one just to look at it

3208s are really nice in busses and RVs. Had a turbo/aftercooled one in a bluebird Wanderlodge that was great! lots of power. I think the 3208 got such a bad reputation not for being bad engine, but for what they were put into. Before the 5.9 and 6.7 Cummins that was really your only option if you wanted something compact. Lots and lots of Ag equipment got 3208s, they were beaten up then parked usually due to the machine falling apart around the engine.

If only it had a straight 6 and a 4 speed like my dads truck.

I still think starting out on an old 2 cylinder John Deere tractor with a hand clutch is the best for learning what a clutch is and what it does. A hand start one is even better since you'll learn quickly how to not stall it

What kind of advice is that? We can't be having drivers learn how to read and feel RPMs and match them to road speed I guess.

I've seen those and have always wondered who made them, they kinda look like DPFs. My guess is that naturally aspirated Detroits used em since they didn't like too much back pressure.

Oil Baths are my favorite as well although running them with turbo chargers makes me a bit nervous. The used engine oil is usually clean enough to be used in oil bath air cleaners so they are pretty much free to operate, lots of people seem to hate them now though