JoeH

6 hours ago, tjc transport said:

i think this perfectly  explains what is going to happen Bob:

This picture is amazing. Thanks!

All depends on gear ratios, and how it was spec'd at the factory, a d then how it was maintained.

He never even said it's a Mack.

Iron and aluminum don't get along....

The green is because brass has copper in it.  Iron oxidizes red, (rust), aluminum typically forms a hard protective layer when it oxidizes, though if there's something else going on, i.e. chemically or electrically induced oxidation, it will make that white powder. It's the aluminum oxidizing.  Copper oxidizes green. That's what you're seeing on the brass.

Does the tank have a plug on the bottom? How much water is in the bottom of the tank?

Salt?

Find a new employer.

Freightliner with a CAT I drive for winter work revs up after a minute to around 1k for a minute during the warm up cycle. Only does it when started cold, maybe your truck thinks it's cold started every time you park it?

Now that you mention it, that filter housing is a bit different than the ones on an endt676.

License plate i.plies it's an EN 672?

Looks like it's got an endt676

Oil delivery truck I've driven in the past the synchros didn't work for ****.  They started parking it in the garage, 70 degrees synchros work great!.. 

Check the oil chart for your trans to see what oil to run given your ambient air temps.

It's nice to leave as much working height as possible, never know when you'll have a dump truck in there and need to put the body up to access the chassis. If you have diagonal braces there that could impede your ability to do so.

Needs a diagonal brace so it can't sway. If it sways while a door is up, it will drop the door on your head. If that 2x6 were run past the collar tie and attached also to the ridge beam that would suffice without cutting into ceiling work height.

Mid to late '80s judging by the filter housing ductwork. And I suspect it's an air ride cab seeing as the exhaust isn't rubber-strapped to the back of the cab...

To pay off a new truck just on 1mpg fuel savings, he would have to log almost 3 million miles. (Assuming $7k savings per 100k miles, and 200k truck purchase price, which I picked roughly guessing price + interest) (and assuming fuel prices stay constant over the 3million mile period)

To my thinking, he's in the right truck, especially factoring in how many rebuilds during the 3 million miles to pay off the truck?

I fail to see where in this thread he needed a smackdown.

Associated Truck in gilbertsville, PA has relined strange brakes for us in the past, I'd expect them to be able to do it. They do brakes, driveshafts, clutches, etc.

So replace the protection valve in the dash. It shouldn't be leaking.

Electronics and salt conditions, not a good mix!

I guess he won't be trying that stunt again....

And to think we still run a 1979 r686st nearly every day. I don't see them banning older trucks, they'll just let them phase out from fatigue and lack of parts support.  Though some jobsites may have equipment age standards that'd restrict a few big companies from using older trucks. Not sure they could legally mandate a ban on trucks that are in good working order that are just "too old.". Unless people like AOC keep getting into Congress and think the world will end in 12 years if we don't spend $90 trillion on dumb shit that has nothing to do with the climate. Communist philosophy: every "disaster" is an opportunity for revolution.

46 minutes ago, david wild said:

Bigger arms  ????

Put a fuller transmission in it!!!!