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  1. Freightrain
    V8 and air start! Neat piece.
  2. Freightrain
    I was stretching it so needed to use the new frame. Mine was only 150" single axle. Not much room for anything on the back! Lol. I originally was going to butt them together but they ended up a perfect slip and I had enough to overlap 5ft. The truck is my 69 F100. Had it since 1988. I was just a little pup then.
  3. Freightrain
    Been there. Mine was a 91 ford frame. I was fortunate that a friend made my bumper for me. I hated trucks with R model bumpers that stuck out past the fenders.
  4. Freightrain
    Unless it's geared "fast" likely no one will want it.
  5. Freightrain
    Just move it to the other side of the TP valve that it is in now. It should say "Service".
  6. Freightrain
    That apparrently is not the brake light switch(well it is, but mounted in wrong line). Looking closely at the picture you posted, the item the switch is mounted to says "tractor emergency". My guess is that is the tractor protection valve, which is where the trailer hoses attach. The switch would need to be on the "service" side of that valve(look at other side). Which would only get air pressure when brakes are applied. I think that is why it was disconnected from previous owner.
  7. Freightrain
    You can see the plunger on my 237.
  8. Freightrain
    Might have just been removed at some point for some reason?
  9. Freightrain
    The present owners are keeping the truck alive!
  10. Freightrain
    When I first started my 237 with no nose on the truck I used a piece of paper I had laying around. It stuck nicely and was not completely covering the whole radiator.
  11. Freightrain
    Get it running and pull the hand throttle out to like 1000 rpm. Let it run for 1/2hr or so. Make sure the temp is up, block radiator if shutters don't work.
  12. Freightrain
    So is it oil lubrication or fuel lubrication that controls that? Time for some fuel additive and let it run before parking it?
  13. Freightrain
    Matt. Wow....what a career! To think I just have 36 yrs in one machine shop is just kinda dull reading your history. Thanks for your service.
  14. Freightrain
    See.... I'd love to spice up my 237....just a bit....Lol. Find a tip turbine.....
  15. Freightrain
    Older friend used to run a tandem R with 237/5 spd local asphalt. Never fast, but got the load there reliably. Diabetes finally took him out of the seat for good. Being a drag racer, I'd love to have "more" then my 237. But it gets the job done reliably.
  16. Freightrain
    Mine was weak a few years back and wouldn't keep pressure under boost. I mounted a small pressure gauge to my air cleaner(tube running under the hood) to be able to monitor it running down the road. It would drop under full boost. A reman pump fixed that issue. I know some trucks have dash gauges but with a B dash there is no room for it. Talked with Ron when he was over for Ashland show. It'd been a few years since I have seen him also.
  17. Freightrain
    I got one at Mack a few years back when mine got weak. Details are fuzzy now..... Long time no hear Morgan? How's things over Indiana way?
  18. Freightrain
    Something like this??.....
  19. Freightrain
    You can pull the cover off the injection pump and free up the rack. I had a couple plungers stuck on my 237 when I bought it. A screwdriver and some WD40 got them freed up.
  20. Freightrain
    I always wondered if they didn't count a lock up converter as a "gear"? Or at least 1/2 gears? 1, 1 lock up, 2 , 2 lock up, etc.
  21. Freightrain
    Found the video....
  22. Freightrain
    Agree, fhat is why it took awhile to find mine. The mounting plate and oil passages have to match and there are a few variations.
  23. Freightrain
    The body was channeled to fit over the frame to make it sit lower if I recall. I saw it at Gerharts a few years back. There was a YouTube video from the guy that built it. I don't mind big bumpers, but agree that one is not cut right to fit. To each their own.
  24. Freightrain
    Yes, been there. Do you have oil cooler? You have to find a spin on set up that matches what your motor has. When I did my 673, it didn't have an oil cooler or turbo and took a bit to come up with set up. If I recall mine came from an early R model with 711.
  25. Freightrain
    Should have a big air tank that only feeds the starter with 1" air line. Does truck still have large hand valve inside to actuate the starter? It's a simple system to work on. I have air start on my B61.

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