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i’ve only done one set of them way back in my 20s, but that I was too stupid to measure anything
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I was thinking the thickness was a little bit more of a difference
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lol ain’t no thing my brother I did think it was a little cocky but coming from you it could be anything come on???
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If you poke around Google, I found a company in Florida that rebuilds but you need a core exchange or forfeit the fee they wanted 900 bucks for a rebuild for mine and same price to ship it total of 1800 bucks but then again you need a part number to give him good luck… Bob
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Very well put and yes, my DM is the same way standing still I can steer with one finger also sheppard
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Just to add a little more to this and several have mentioned it, but a Sheppard unit would be another option. Certainly a power steering box from another truck could be modified to fit and some have done that. From what I have seen, the Sheppard unit came in two sizes for B models, large and small. These were bolt in units that used a cut off and modified B model steering column with a u-joint at the bottom to mate to the box. The smaller one was for lighter trucks and the lager unit was for B61's and up. Old timers have called this "In the box Power Steering" compared to the add on units like Garrison and Air-O-Matic. This style to me is the best. Both units dramatically ease the efforts of steering and maneuvering loaded trucks in tight quarters. Someone may have one of these units available if you ask around. They are more rare and harder to locate nowadays. I lucked out and came across a large one when I bought 1/2 a B61SX 10 wheel dump to get the transmission for my first restoration and conversion to diesel of a B42. I didn't even know it was there until I disassemble the truck. Funny thing was, I didn't end up using the transmission, but all the little parts and mounts were invaluable to the swap. Once I got the correct pump and reservoir set up for it, it steered like a car. Loaded or empty, standing still on pavement it only takes one finger to move the wheel lock to lock. It really steers that easy. I added a Garrison unit to my B73 restoration and while it's a very good assist, it doesn't compare to the Sheppard box. Since L's are not that dissimilar to B's it wouldn't be difficult at all to add some sort of steering assist to your truck, like the Garrison unit HarryS offered up. Good luck and keep us informed of what path you take? It always adds to the general knowledge of the group. -
In addition to fjh's procedures, can you carefully unplug the engine positon sensor while its running, and see if it shuts down, also do the same at the RPM TDC sensor in the flywheel housing. If you un plug one and the engine shuts down, check the other sensor and its wires for damage. A common issue is at the RPM TDC sensor wires. Many times i have found damaged wires inside the loom, if the loom is even still there, also, found weak contact inside the plugs.
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- I double sticked and old Mack to feed a stone crusher in 12 and 14 hour shifts six days a week all summer to pay for my chemistry degree.· 0 replies
- Because I wanted to sleep for 1 min and 26 seconds each trip out of the quarry at the crusher's vibratory dump box at the top the quarry during those 12 hour shifts, I bulled the old MACK up long 20 degree and sometimes steeper grades.
- THAT meant that I split each gear 1, 2, 3 after coming out of boggy low.
- All I did was rev to the right engine note, reach my left arm down through the steering wheel to hold the curve I was on or hold the truck's path steady; slip out of 1st, throw the 2nd stick high into low and slip into 2nd gear... rev to the right engine pitch, slip to high.
- Then when it was time, reach through the wheel again, slip high to low and 2nd to 3rd {if I correctly remember 60 years ago}.
- The Igneous rocks were too heavy and the grade too steep for me to ever get into 3rd high.
- The crusher team were the mechanics for everything and had replaced the old Mack's tranny gears because they had been ground too much. - - They later told me they didn't believe me when I told them I slipped all my shifts because the gears showed no wear.
- Except for start and stop; Not once did I use the clutch because that made my leg ache too much after an hour or so.
- I slipped all my standard 4 speed shift vehicles all my life...just to be with the music of the engine and car or truck.
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- I hardly ever change disc pads or brake shoes because I always slipped my gears downshifting...· 0 replies
_ I learned that because the synchro rings got shot on my 1968 Volvo 122S 2-Door 4-Speed with an electric overdrive because I stupidly speed shifted and ruined them. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-volvo-122s-17/
- [Note: That Volvo's original owner was a Canadian Submarine Captain who rallied it and that is why it had Volvo's unique electric overdrive.]
- {I clear coated over the bone white with Cadillac Firemist Green and painted the grills Black because they were dented...gosh it was stunning.}
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