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Another One Bites The Dust!
rhasler replied to vision386's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
I'm not really sure of their origin, or even what happened to the truck afterward. I may be imagining things, but I think the SISU planetaries are built in Korea, or maybe vice versa. When I said "hauled away" I meant hauled away to their yard, not to scrap. They may have taken it home and reworked it themselves, it was a fairly new truck. I think it was still under warranty and Kenworth was playing some kind of screwball game with the warranty coverage on the axles. -
Man-o-Man is that ever neat. I think I ran across that website before, but I couldn't find it again later. Thanks Mark!
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Another One Bites The Dust!
rhasler replied to vision386's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
A company here had a Kenworth with twin steer axles and planetary rear axles, I think they were made by a manufacturer in Korea. When the planetary rear end(s) crapped out the truck sat for months before it was hauled away due to high cost of replacement parts/reman units for the differentials. -
Those heads weren't incorrectly assembled. The E-Techs of that era had upper rotators, but they can be retrofitted to the lower rotators as you have done (which is a much better arrangement and is less prone to problems). If you had broken rotocoil springs I would check the dimensions of the exhaust valve yoke adjusting screws, they generally wear down and will cause the yoke to become "unbalanced" resulting in side loading of the guide pin in the head, which can eventually break. The broken rotocoil springs are an early indication of this. I have the tool for the valve seals at work, I'll see if I can get the dimensions of it for you Monday.
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Now that's premise for a show!
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I've never run it in an engine so I can't say specifically what it will do, but their hub oil does wonders for prolonging wheel seals and bearings, especially in steer axle and trailer wheels.
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I think Cummins still supplies turbos to Iveco.
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Awesome!
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Dispatcher probably figured he was messing with that danged static-y AM radio he's always complaining about instead of working.
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I screwed up, the number for the ground cable for all of the radios was part No. 5165-PP201118 (thought it was listed on the chart). There is nothing listed for Sony, but one of the noise filters might fit, I'm not sure though. Might be be able to get something compatible from a radio shop too, sounds like it's probably just a diode or a resistor wired inline from the power supply and a wire to the ground cable that would be attached to the back of the radio.
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has been chrono-synchlastic-infindibulated
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The kit number appears to depend on the part number of the radio installed. If it's the factory radio it should have a part number on it. Here's the list of radios and the ground strap/filter part numbers:
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I think I would have to agree with that. I wasn't thinking about their involvement in the school bus market.
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Yeah, that's exactly how the problem is described in the bulletin, noise/static increasing with engine speed. I think it's supposed to take about 30 minutes to install with the dash mounted stereo.
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I am by no means a radio expert, but I think you can pick up an external antenna kit for the satellite radio and run it through the mirror frame and into the cab where the wiring for the heated/moto mirror would be. A lot of the truck drivers here just run the stuff through the door and pinch it between the weatherstripping around the door. Not the prettiest way to do it, but I guess it makes it easy to move from one truck to another.
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I think it may be in that location or possibly at the edge of the cab on the right side near the drip molding. The noise on the AM band may be caused by interference caused by the EUPs, dash dimmer switch, heated mirrors, etc. If this is the case there is a ground strap and noise filter kit available from Mack, installation is outlined in SB742-002. Part number for the kit depends on the radio. The Service Bulletin was issued in 2001, so I would assume your truck already has the kit installed from the factory, but it may not.
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#3 Injector Sensor Light Comes On
rhasler replied to rondefly's topic in Electrical, Electronics and Lighting
You might check the underside of the heat shield and make sure that it isn't contacting the terminals on the EUP intermittantly. -
Happy Birthday Singlestack!
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Is Volvo Good Or Bad For Mack Trucks?
rhasler replied to Barry's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
Here's the Renault engine.
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Is Volvo Good Or Bad For Mack Trucks?
rhasler replied to Barry's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
I can't seem to find the website I had seen before, I think I have a picture of the engine at work. -
Is Volvo Good Or Bad For Mack Trucks?
rhasler replied to Barry's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
Yeah, they look kind of weird that way too. Search the internet for SISU. I think they use both Caterpillar and Renault (volvo) engines in their trucks. The valve covers are shaped a little different than what we have here. I think they are starting to use unpainted engines in the Mack/volvo training classes, probably to keep from offending us overly sensitive Mack guys! -
Mack Ac Engine Valve Lash Procedure
rhasler replied to Stingray698's topic in Engine and Transmission
If you have the Maintenance and Lubrication manual that came with the truck it has the procedure (along with pictures). -
It's a big one
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So if you don't mind my asking, how did you get involved with trucks? I for one got involved through a combination of stupidity and hard-headedness.
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The MP engines are quite capable of putting out high horsepower. A few years back the D16 was putting out 650 HP.
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