LocomotiveBreath

So much for global warming

I may have to postpone until mid. July

I may be up your way (Altoona) in the next week or so. Any chances of a heat wave?

We set a record of 83 today, didn't hurt my feelings a bit. It was 19 and icy just a few days ago. They are forecasting large hail and possible tornadoes late tonight. There is an old saying in Texas "If you don't like the weather just wait a few minutes"

Great pics. some nice trucks there.

Thanks, it was actually about 79 degrees when that was taken earlier today, but the wind was blowing 30+ mph. My wife took the video, she really likes the old truck.

I got the old EN291 unstuck after sitting for many years. Surprisingly after a little tweaking the little flathead six runs really good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at0U_nRm_d8

We did extensive testing before we switched to B20 in August of '06. The HFRR lubricity testing we did showed substantially better lubricity than LSD and ULSD. I have the actual test results filed in my office at work . Another thing we noticed was the stacks were noticeably cleaner under load, sometimes you couldn't even tell it was a diesel the stacks burned so clean. The only reason we are now using ULSD diesel now is because our division ended up being part of a previously purchased fuel hedge. I don't have enough data yet to verify, but we seem to using more fuel since switching to ULSD this past October. We normally average 87K gallons a month, this past Oct. and Nov. were both a little over 90K usage.

My vote is for the late great Bettie Page

We ran B20 in our locomotives for a year and a half with no problems, we were very pleased with it. You have to be careful where it is coming from though as some suppliers do not keep their tanks clean. We recently were forced to switch to ULSD to which we add a lubricity enhancer.

I kinda like the original look myself, gives them character. That museum package is great isn't it. I received the pack for my truck last week, well worth a decent donation to the museum.

There was a fellow on the old Mack board that made something just like you have in mind. He took the old tow bed and removed the booms but left the sweeping sides on it. Really neat unit.

http://groups.msn.com/bigmacktrucks/notund...erednomore.msnw

BTW....wish my ol dog was that clean underneath!! Wow!

I do the same with my truck,

I thought of putting a bed on the truck, but I want the ability to also pull a real trailer too.

Thanks for the link Freightrain. I really like that truck, similar to what I have planned for mine.

Looks great, I wish you were closer I'd try and talk you out of those running boards and rear fenders.

Sometimes you can find the culprit by putting a little air pressure on the fuel tank. If it's an external line or grommet it will usually show up pretty quickly. Just don't go overboard with the pressure, 10 to 20 psi should be plenty. This new ULSD is very dry and is causing a lot of hose and seal issues, especially on older equipment.

Rob, I have one of the US Gear Dual Range OD units. I bought it off Craigslist for $300.00, it currently has the transmission adapter for a T-18 four speed but US Gear sells the different tranny adapters for around $300.00. They are built beefier than the Gear Vendors unit and might be a little better when draging home heavy new toys.

http://www.usgear.com/dual_range.htm

Ditto: Happy Thanksgiving to all.

That thing sounds good. I bet it will be in the 11's very soon.

Good to hear its running and the water didn't hurt anything.

I have had the same problem before when only replacing the drive tires. I had Bridgestone V-Steel's all the way around on an old truck and it drove great. I put new Goodyears on the rear later and the truck felt like the rear end was about to fall out. I ended up bitching enough they took the Goodyears back. I bought 4 more V-Steel's and everything was back to normal, the truck drove fine again. The Goodyear regional rep. explained that the V-Steel's sidewall was much stiffer than the Goodyear so any steering input was being magnified by the Goodyear sidewall flex. He said it would have been fine if there were Goodyears up front too, but at that point I just wanted my V-Steel's back.

Maybe winter blend fuel?

I just bought a 2050 transmission from him. Good guy to deal with, honest description, fast shipping, great price, I would not hesitate to buy from again.

Sounds like you got yourself a beast there. Did you replace the fuel filters? No telling what's been in em. Fresh filters filled with diesel and a little Marvel Mystery Oil might just do the trick.

Man....I got it GOOD!!

My g/f even offered to BUY ME A NEW MOTOR for my B model!! She won't allow me to SELL the truck either!!!

Notice he said g/f, everything changes when they get papers on you.

Here are a few R model shock mounting pictures for ya. The shock measures about 23" ctr. to ctr. at level ride height. The R model upper spring mounting pad has the cast in lower shock mount and the upper mount bolts to the frame. The R spring is wider but it looks like you could probably just mill some off each side of the R model spring mounting pad to allow its use with the narrower B springs. Hard to say for sure without pulling the mount but it would be an easy mod. if it worked.