davehummell

Those prechambers on old cat heads were just a nightmare to get out sometimes and yes the injectors on the Mack heads were more times them not a real battle. I used to mess around with the old hit and miss engines and getting a stuck piston out was always great fun.

My one Grandmother and Grandfather came over from Italy and he worked in the mines she was a house wife I never saw any Italian speaking signs up around Pittston if I wanted to talk to gram I had to carry on in Italian everyone spoke Italian in the house but always American off the property no special stuff was expected from them like what is going on today and I bet my Grandfather had a tough time working in the mines not like todays piss poor excuse of humanity today

those bulldogs pulled good money I may have to dig out the one I have stuck away on a shelf and get it in my show case

Mark T what was the pump guy's name that had the pump shop in Dunmore I took the pump off my 673 and he said there was no parts to fix it. On the later engine pump I had an injection pump repair shop out on old RT 15 in Williamsport dropped it off in the morning and went out a day latter for it. Years ago, I worked on a 675 and sent the pump to a shop in Hazelton.

I owned a bunch of old Toyota Land Cruzers the newest was a 1980 fj40 I had a 65 fj45 pickup that I installed a 292 chevy 6 that was heavily modified and a later 4 speed cruzer trans power steering and an air ride seat out of a freightliner I owned an old scout and a jeep station wagon also and an all-wheel drive International 1200 pickup. I now have a ford that you twist a knob for your 4 wheel drive but it does have an electric activated possi rear. For quite a long time I had an M151 army issue jeep the one with all wheel independent suspension it was made by ford if I remember correctly.

When I went to Caterpillar engine school the instructor told us to always hold the liners down just as a precaution those o ring liner seals on 3406's were soaked in motor oil and then you put them on the liner and get the liner in place right away before the seal swelled up I don't think I soaked the o rings for the 1693 engines but that was a long time ago and my memory is not that good any more. I cut a lot of blocks for shimming the liners for liner projection height.

When Fetterman got elected I figured what we just need another democrat, but he has surprised me with the way he thinks I bet he isn't a favorite member of his party he does look like a hoodlum in some of his photos

I bought one of those clear top stoves and later on I replaced it with a Viking gas range I like the gas stove better I have a collection of Griswold cast iron frying pans I cook with about every day I use a number five to cook my eggs every morning

I think all the weird drugs that get shipped in and what they do to people's minds have a definite impact on how society acts so I don't see any problem blasting the drug boats anyway posable. The welfare situation is out of hand anymore with the attitude with some people have a bunch of kids and set on your ass and get paid.

While her death was a tragedy her actions were inflammatory in bringing on the end result. Don't these people have anything better to fill their life with do they work? I never had time to think about protesting I was old enough to sign up for the draft but never thought to protest I was working a steady job

Back in the dark ages I remember paying $5.00 for a Cummins oil pan gasket for my 220

On my B I did upgrade the truck to help the ride and steering with my injured back and shoulder on my 31 Model A coup I added led tail and turn signal lights for safety and upgraded the steel brake drums to cast drums and modified the stock engine a bit to keep up to traffic on the road. My 32 Ford pickup has disc front brakes upgraded suspension plus a 9 inch Ford rear 302 and a C-4 trans it stops pretty good and it also will keep up with traffic also led turn and taillights

When I installed the newer engine in my B I bought the dry type air cleaner that was a copy of the original oil bath I ordered it from Watts

A good friend's dad had a ford model jeep he restored. When I was young, I used to go camping with the neighbors and they had an old flatfender jeep two of my friends have flatfenders they still use them another neighbor has one stored in his barn for way over thirty years. When I was taking auto repair in tech school I rebuilt an engine from an old flatfender jeep did an 8 N Ford tractor engine too.

I have a new style five gallon plastic gas can and it is the biggest pain to try using I have some older ones that are probably 20 years old, and they work so much easier just a simple spout and a separate vent. Last year I bought a cheap battery powered pump and it real helps at my age putting fuel in my Kubota loader backhoe the fuel filler cap is on top of the hood area and lifting five gallons of diesel up over the steering wheel isn't getting any easier