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  1. JoeH
    In a nutshell, the camshaft, the exhaust manifold, the first bit of exhaust pipe, etc are designed to push exhaust back into the engine through restriction, in the hopes of re-burning it to make it cleaner. Lucky for those with the problem engine, there's parts from previous year models that bolt right on to replace those components, resulting in happy truck owners.
  2. JoeH
    Pull up a chair!
  3. JoeH
    Nice truck, but it kills me that people weld stuff to the truck frame.
  4. JoeH

    2005

    JoeH replied to suejoe6174's topic in Other Truck Makes

    Pretty sure bumper-backofcab is longer than backofcab-rear of frame!
  5. JoeH
    Do these have an alignment pin in the block that should be checked/replaced? At the same time?
  6. JoeH
    My '95 E7 350 engine wants the pyro to stay below 1025, whereas my old '79 endt676 wants the pyro to stay below 1125. Not sure what # he is staying below. Also the '79 has a cab decal saying to idle the truck 3 minutes before shutdown. Helps the engine components to regulate temperature and cool down a bit after working.
  7. JoeH
    Eaton makes truck parts. The other company makes parts for Auto's, Mann! Do you want truck parts or car parts? Never heard of automann. Stuff like that I buy through my dealer. I don't care about price hunting on safety. I care about not wrecking.
  8. JoeH
    Your boss put a speed limit on your truck? He doesn't want you to get a speeding ticket? (I drive mechanical trucks so ignore me. I can't offer anything useful to help you out.)
  9. JoeH
    My Eaton 8LL has an oring with that metal disc that goes on the spring. Oring deteriorated and fell out, allowing the shifter tip to pop out of the rails.
  10. JoeH
    Did it have an auxiliary box behind the trans?
  11. JoeH
    I'm wondering if the lift axle switch is for a trailer lift axle. But that's unusual to have the switch in the cab. It's an extra hose requiring hookup.
  12. JoeH
    I've heard missile mentioned a few times. If this was a missile truck then the only way to resto this truck right is fab a missile launcher with a paper mache? missile strapped on!
  13. JoeH
    What body was on the frame, and what trailer would be hauled by this truck? If this was a military truck, the Amazon is about the only place I can imagine that green being camouflage...
  14. JoeH
    It is a junkyard dog....
  15. JoeH
    Is that a backup light hanging down in the rear?
  16. JoeH
    Looks like driverside fuel tank is held in place by a ratchet strap. A magnum deserves a little more TLC than that.
  17. JoeH
    With a load on, at 650hp that'll eat cars!
  18. JoeH
    The Page box looks like that's your lift axle control. Knob is the regulator to adjust pressure to the lift axle bags. Gauge on top of the dash could be for brake application pressure. See if it rises when you hit the brakes. Kind of a useless gauge, I've seen Pete's with brake gauges. Either you have enough pressure to stop or you don't and you need to push the pedal harder. Don't need a gauge to tell you that!
  19. JoeH
    Wire to the drums looks like ABS. My 1980 dm686sx had a spring retracted lift axle. Trucks been retired and sitting as parts inventory.
  20. JoeH
    Interesting. Good pictures via the link. It's like a sideways camelback holding a walking beam. I've seen passenger trains with the sideways leaf springs. Looks like a complicated attempt at trying to be innovative. Or skirting around Mack's camelback patents.
  21. JoeH
    Trailer floor cut everything above the Penske trucks cab floor off, including driver seat. I bet it's all sitting inside the trailer. The Penske truck looks like a cabover. The tilt latch broke, and the tilt mechanism popped what remains of the cab up when Penske got passed the trailer.
  22. JoeH
    Looks like the Penske truck was a cabover...
  23. JoeH
    You have a picture of the inside of that trailer? I'll bet the driver is sitting there in the driver seat set on the trailer floor!
  24. JoeH
    My costs are a little different from typical trucking as we run a concrete delivery business. I'm not just operating trucks, I'm buying materials & manufacturing concrete. Currently it's just my dad and I that drive, and we fix our own trucks, but sometime soon I need to hire a driver and grow the business a little. I'm trying to come up with metrics to gauge what is reasonable to target for revenue/profit per employee.
  25. JoeH
    The easy answer is "as much as possible!" But I'm wondering if any business owners on the site here can tell me what kind of profit should be made per employee working for you. Looking for benchmarks to compare my family's business to as I take over ownership and management of it. Not necessarily looking for dollar amount, ratios would work well. I.E if you pay employees 50k/year and they generate 60k after their truck's maintenance and operating costs, payroll taxes, etc. Then it would be a 20% profit on them after their 50k is taken from the 60.

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