Freightrain

Ya, familiar with it. Heard about it earlier this summer, so as we took a bike ride that way one Sunday we stopped and looked at it. Pretty rough, but probably savable. Never did get a number, likely owned by the drilling company behind it? If I recall, it had a normally aspirated 673 with a quadbox. Don't recall the gear ratio out back? something like hi 5's or lo 6's.

Sorry to hear you found a bad apple in the crowd. Some people AREN'T personable, no matter what hobby. I've found that in drag racing(talk about competition LOL! ), though most are okay, some don't want to "talk". I always smile or nod and go on my way. Some people take alot of prodding to open up and be friendly. See that alot too. They aren't mean, just "shy".

Nope, not that I don't do pretrips, but no records of them. I'm anal about walk arounds and making sure stuff is good, because I don't want problems on the road.

LOL! I was going to make a statement about "bleeding" the filter, but figured you wouldn't do what ya did LOL!!! I've left the plug "loose" and then tightened when it seeped. I KNEW I wouldn't get the motor shut off in time if I left the plug out! 60psi sure does make a mess even for second. The motor is all original for what I know. It's got 50 yrs of oil leaks, including the seeping head gaskets(I think-it's always damp). Runs likes a champ though.

Jim...that thing is turning out AWESOME!! I can't wait to see it in person!!!!

I used to put 3 gal in the pan and 3 gal in the filter housing and start it. I didn't used to bleed the filter, but started to the last couple years. Don't think it has made much difference? Mine has always been slow to build pressure after sitting for week or so. My oil dipstick isn't original? It's been changed/marked and not really sure where "full" is? I was told 6 gal, so that is what I put in. Then I heard 7 gal, so I added one this year. There is a check valve below the filter and I pulled it, cleaned it and still no difference. I know it's leaking down, but it doesn't seem to affect anything but start up. It runs 55-60 psi down the road, so I don't worry much about it.

Dash is looking great. Not out of place at all. My truck needs fuel tank work and would LOVE to make a set of alum diamond plate tanks! That would look COOL!! Oh well, maybe someday.

Well maybe they put that on to keep all the slobber oil out of the system? How much oil does your air tank get? Mine used to fill a mug every trip out. I had the a/c rebuilt and now it's dry as a bone. That is why I pulled my shutterstat and controls apart to clean the sludge out. As you can see, it will work without that gizmo, but depends on the condition of your air compressor.

Got some stuff laying around, sure would like to see it go to use. Hard part is getting it to you. Have to ask Jim how long a drive it is to get down here. I only have one question about the Jeep seats: Is there air ride under there? Nothing? Hope the springs are cut down on the truck or it might get a bit bouncy. The Torsion seat does take the jar out of the ride. I'd love to have something a big more "cushy" to sit on, but that's down the road.

Looks pretty good Glenn. You'd be surprised what a few days of washing and cleaning will do for the ol dawg. I've got a nice muffler/pipe with guard sitting in the back to take care of the straight pipe for ya! I ran it one summer, the the twins on mine and it's been sitting there since. I've got some Bostom T bar seat parts sitting here too. I have a couple nice passenger seats too! Bet yours still has the series/parrallel switch under the passenger seat? I have my cover for it, really nice too, as I dont need it anymore. That front spring will need fixed up before it gets on the road. I have my drivers side getting separated like yours, but it hasn't blow the U bolts, yet.

Well, glad to see you made it safe/sound, even with the slight problem. Like I say...."coulda been alot worse". I could see it now.......a whole fleet of trucks lined up in my driveway...waiting to stay at the "Freightrain Inn Express".

Sorry to hear about all the BS. That is the catch with trying to use a "newer" truck, as it falls under all that crap. I had "truck" plates on mine the first year I had it, including IFTA, but quickly ditched it all for Historical tags to eliminate the hassles. Eight years so far with only ONE stop/question by scalemaster. I don't even stop at scales now since they changed the signs to "commercial trucks only", instead of "all trucks". Start looking for "pre 84" truck and try again.

Glad to hear you got that all straightened out. Get that "P" fixed so it doesn't create headaches later on.

Ok, so you have a light and a buzzer. The buzzer is staying on all the time, thought the light goes out? Well, sounds like the wire going to the buzzer is shorted? I'm not familiar with how it's wired, but if the pressure switch "GROUNDS" the buzzer, then likely the wiring going to the buzzer is grounded inbetween the switch and buzzer, thus leaving the buzzer on all the time. It's likely a simple fix overall, but you need to trace the wiring. Quick schematic to show you what I mean: 12v+(bat).................(buzzer).....................(switch).................battery - If the buzzer is grounded(battery -) before the switch, then it will stay on no matter what.

I'm curious to what the "indicator" is? Are you talking a "wig wag", or "low air flag"? That comes down to warn of low air? That could lose air if the diaphram is bad. It's just a rubber disc inside, and tend to get old and brittle. The pressure switch works a light on the dash, or a buzzer(that you say works). I'm thinking that by your description that it all works fine.

Well, the g/f ordered a set and got them okay. Apparently they only ship on like one day a week, so you might have to wait for the next shipping day? A month is a bit long, but they send them USPS, so might be lost somewhere too. DVD quality was great, packaging great. Who knows?

While in reply box, there is a "attach this file" box towards the bottom that will add pics. I use Photobucket and works fine that way.

Serial number...........look in the passenger front fenderwell, behind the tire, above the rear spring hanger.

Mine is the split intake 673P version. Kinda the "hot" model compared to the single intake version.

Okay, here's my set up. First picture, the flexible air line comes from air compressor: The hard copper line goes down to the junction block: The air line(clean new one coming towards camera) goes to the shutterstat. Here is a top/front view of motor and you can see the new line to shutterstat: When I got the truck, the shutters were open and non functioning. The feed line was clogged shut, so I replaced it. The control cylinder was packed full of sludge so I dismantled it and cleaned it out. It's been years and it works like a charm.

Matt was out of the ends when I called this past spring.

I was going to say something about the front side "magic flap", but remembered momma cut them off when you bought that last B model Besides, with the excessive "dunlap disease", most won't be able to see much anyway.

Sounds exactly like mine. Maybe I'll get a picture of mine and you can compare it to yours. I'm not sure where any kind of fluid would be used, that is why I'm concerned.

FYI: I needed at least one new shock link and couldn't come up with much so I made a new pair out of threaded rod and heim ends. Ran new grade 8 bolts through the original holes and works fine, so far. Not that they move much anyway