Rob

I'd do a complete overhead run first ensuring your rocker bridges are correctly adjusted if they've not been touched in a while too.

I don't know if all are but the one in Peoria, IL is and has been since the 1970's when it was a private owned truck parts outlet. I try to stay loyal to them but the last of the "Old Timers" are done today and retiring. It's not the same store it was when privately owned.

Think it's the same or a spitting image of the one at auction Glenn. I'd seen it too.

I got a generic one from "Summit Racing" for a participant here several years ago. You don't need to go extravagant in this application but do get an encapsulated type rather than open to preclude corrosion. Do solder and shrink tube your wiring connections for the same purpose.

I always liked that reddish copper paint as shown on the "Affton" water truck, applied to an R model with just a touch of chrome with aluminum Budds on front, spokes on the drives.

I never knew the Wolfmeier trucks myself but remember their paint scheme well. I remember the "Meramec" trucking R700 very well working when they were punching the "new" route 30 outside of St. Louis in the 70's on the way to High Ridge, and House Springs. We had a cabin on the Meramec River 1/2 block off old Gravois Road and they hauled a lot of rock out of the quarry just down the road. That quarry made for a really nice swimming hole too.....

Last week while installing the overhead door operator on my buddy's implement dealership/ag shop, I was asked to come into the office to see first if I could run up to Cameron, WI to pick up a New Holland 2WD 70hp tractor, coordinate a day for pickup, and any other questions I may have. Sitting there listing via speaker phone, I hear the coordination going forth and the tractor being dealer traded for is at their other dealership. The gent on the phone at the WI dealership, (Mitch) says with a days notice he'll have it transferred over. I physically heard this conversation. He was given four days notice that I would be there on Monday early afternoon for the pickup. I departed my area at 5:30am yesterday morning as scheduled to arrive early afternoon. I get there and upon meeting this "Mitch", he informs me he never agreed to have that tractor transferred from the other dealership, and "IF" I wanted it today, I would have to travel the 68 miles distant, (further west) to pick it up as they were much too busy to do it themselves. I did not jump into his spiel and although my inclination was to call him what he was, (FUCKING LIAR) I chose to keep the conversation professional. He had no realization I actually overheard the original conversation on the telephone. Regardless, the weather had been steadily deteriorating the whole trip starting with near freezing temperatures, a steady westerly stiff breeze exceeding 25mph, and intermittent rain/sleet combination through Iowa and into Wisconsin. By the time I jumped onto Interstate 94 at Tomah, WI, it was a steady sleet, stiff winds, and snow plow and salters galore. US 63 was getting very slick but I pressed on to arrive on time. After leaving this "Buffoon's" dealership I had to drive straight west on WI 8 and it was really slick with snow starting to pile up. 30mph for over 50 miles takes a long time too. Seeing these signs all over the interstate made me suspicious of what I was running into: Arriving at the other dealership they do have the tractor inside and what can I say, it's a tractor. However, the people working that dealership are severely lacking in knowledge of this transaction with arrogance abounding. I've done figured out by now the "attitude" is prevalent at this business entity. They did get the tractor outside and I loaded uneventful chaining down securely as I knew the ride home was going to be subject to the unknown with the weather becoming further inclement: I jumped back into the truck and drove as long as the fuel supply was near exhausted and stopped in LaFarge, WI to top off. I then drove the rest of the way home. It was slow going at times as many of the twisty, winding roads were completely snow packed and slick where the center line could not be seen. The weather really did not give a break until about Dubuque, Iowa on US61. There was still snow and ice but considerably less till about 15 miles north of I80 on US61. Still had that cross wind from the west however. The rest of the trip was uneventful back home but near 20.5 hours in the saddle is a long time to drive because it was so slow going. 30mph on US53 a good portion of the way made it and extended trip as the did the WI 8 portion both ways. As with any storm, a lot of folks needed to stay home. As far as that dealership; In my opinion, not worthy of further consideration into any matter and to be clear, "I do NOT recommend them for anything", seeing what was going on at both locations.

Picked these up at a gas station on my travels for my mother in law a Christmas gift. She is "die hard" democrat, so we really don't have a lot of political conversations on common ground as she finds she cannot disagree with my end of argument(s) as they hold up. I thought it was "cute":

Most aftermarket instruments have the power supply built in. You are basically shifting the ground and triggering the instrument on the decay edge of the generated pulse train. On the rear of the instrument there should be a selection of dip switches, (dual inline package) which are off/on selection. You will need to fine tune these switch selections which are binary weighted in delay to make your traveled distance display one statute mile for a statute mile you drive. The mile markers alongside the interstates are real good with this unless you happen to have a pulse generator, or pulse counter readily available as then calibration can be performed on a bench.

I have a set of donated 865 heads from a blown engine, "someplace" but cannot remember where. I'll be home tomorrow night, but know I have pushrods available and where they are. PM me an address and I'll get a rod in the mail Tuesday if needed.

Tom, I have one from a parts engine but I'd like to be a "last ditch" effort as they are on heads I've had rebuilt and ready to bolt on a fresh engine. If other avenues fail, I'll jump in. V8 parts are getting scarce as you know, but I still favor them.

Just a guess as I really know nothing about these but "usually" there are two wires; one will have a tracer on it which is usually white and this is the signal wire to input into the "IN" jack on an electronic instrument. The other wire should be a single color and can be grounded to either the chassis, or to the transmission housing itself. I would at a minimum ground to the sheet metal of the cab and housing both, to ensure it is grounded and stays that way. No power applied in this application as it goes directly to the instrument.

Got a complete "KYSOR" HVAC unit for an "R" model from a mid 1970's cab for Christmas from my son. The donor was wrecked in 1979 so should be in good shape. It is beige in color and includes everything interior to the cab including the defrost ducts. Looks about the same as the "Evans" units but has rectangle diffusors rather than round. They are different than the later units in gray also. No compressor but I'll convert to a later style Sanden unit and build up new hoses to fit.

Yup, that's kinda important.

New drive gear has a lot more material on the intermeshing teeth than the former. Purchased the complete kit at Mack for $61.00 and it came with the gear, flange lock, and nut to retain the assembly together. It went right together but I need to get the hose mentioned earlier and sealing rings before buttoning it up as really don't want to do it again. Also ordered a head service kit from PAI and it will be delivered here on Monday. Mack didn't have it in stock and Fleetpride delivers where Mack does not so ordered from them. All good and off to see the grand daughters.

I didn't get very much coal in my stocking at all. So for now I still rely on the tried and true combover to keep my ass warm through holey shorts. My son does have something quite useful to me, (according to him) purchased used, but out of service over 35 years, (so virtually new) and yet with the tantalizing tidbits he offers, the little bastard won't tell me what it is. Payback is just on the horizon however as I have both his daughter's this weekend and spoiling is in order just before being sent home.

Myself I have never seen that type "Bleeder" scenario enacted in trucks. There will only be a single output line to the compressor wet tank but a sensing line that is fed back to the governor in systems I am familiar with. I ran four Mid-Liners in service with air brakes and all used governors in their air systems.

Thanks Terry. That was a challenge for sure. Don't always know what is wrong, but always keep a close eye and ear on what changes. Had this truck long enough I feel most every rattle and squeak is known so when something outside the normal rears it's ugly head, I usually get onto it pretty quick.

Pulled the compressor this evening and the nut retaining the drive hub for the compressor was loose. No foldover locking flange present behind the nut so it backed off. Nothing appears to be hurt but I'll run over and pick up a new drive hub kit tomorrow as they have it on the shelf. Need to pick up some SAE100R5, (Stratoflex) hydraulic hose also as the original is brittle from age. With the cooling system drained and air compressor removed, I zip tied a plastic bag over the compressor mounting flange opening and ran the engine. The noise is gone so for now I'm holding the compressor coupling suspect.

Found the rattle and it is the air compressor coupling where it is driven from the auxiliary shaft I believe. With a helper operating the throttle, it really gets loud through a sounding rod when the engine is brought above idle. I have pulled the belts and ordered new and although they look good, they are quite aged. Here is a quick video I shot earlier and the truck is now in the shop and the air compressor will be removed tonight or tomorrow morning. You can hear the rattle as I bring the throttle just above low idle at the start and the microphone picks it up all through the rpm range better than I can hear. However when the engine is returned to low idle, it is pronounced for a short bit also which is discernible:

Yup, them damned things are annoying when improperly adjusted to oncoming traffic. City passed an ordinance going into effect on January 1 where you can be cited for improper headlamp adjustment. Two wrecks last year prompted that, one with a fatality.

We always did that with the former driver of the route. He would actually go around to the back of the house and grab your cans to empty them if you forgot to set them by the curb. City now has a contract with "Waste Management" and it's a whole different ball game now.

I read all the good and silly comments to that video and he supposedly drove it in his high school prom too. Nice history to bring back home. My 300+ engine sounds pretty close to that starting cold if it's not plugged in, but does take a bit longer to smooth out running on all six. I imagine that video was shot when the temps were moderate, (~30) given the amount, and fluff to the snow cover.

More practice as repetition makes perfect.....