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  1. JoeH

    Dump Bed

    JoeH replied to cfd511's topic in Parts Wanted

    Coopersburg Kenworth probably has a few. We just bought a triaxle from them in the winter and had them keep the dump body. Truck is about a 218" wheelbase, RD690S. Steel body. I think they have a few used aluminum bodies too.
  2. JoeH
    Wow 40 antiques! Easily could have cost 5k to clean that up! Well worth it if you have the extra cash laying around! Our property is zoned "light industrial" so what can pretty much do whatever we want. Except paint our house whatever color we want because we're in the "historical district." Its a stone house built in the late 1700s, but it's far enough back from the road no one bothers us when we do anything to it. Plus we're not too belligerent, owning an old house requires a certain amount of TLC, just like an old truck. You wouldn't turn a B61 into a pink Batmobile just like we wouldn't paint a rainbow on our stone house!
  3. JoeH
    Put a carport over it. Ordinances probably don't forbid a portable carport, and if the chassis is inside then they can't see it.
  4. JoeH
    Where are panels available from?
  5. JoeH
    Probably same way this unit us completely rust free. We have owned it for decades, and all it does is load our concrete trucks, and clear the snow around the property.
  6. JoeH
    White smoke is usually antifreeze. Is your head gasket bad? Was it torqued down in the right sequence?
  7. JoeH
    Pics please?
  8. JoeH
    I am so glad I have older trucks.
  9. JoeH
    I've got a flat back r685 with pretty much same air filter housing. I think that's stock.
  10. JoeH
    It's 6 speeds forward (low on the right stick sets every gear to the equivalent of the gear below it, i.e. 2nd acts like 1st, 3rd like 2nd, etc.) And 5 speeds reverse. Nothing pops a grease monkey's eyes open like shifting from 1st through fourth in reverse. And on a straight truck there is no better transmission for offroading. (3rd gear reverse has gotten me through some soft mud many times in our volumetric concrete trucks. Your momentum and continued power application is invaluable.). Only downside is these trucks tend to hit the governor around 62mph.
  11. JoeH
    Best thing you can do for your back if you're going to drive this truck every day is convert the cab to air ride. This'll involve a new fuel tank support cross member, deleting the current radiator support arms from the cab (replace with a couple diagonals from the frame) and the hood bumpers on the top of the firewall need to be converting to a roller style instead of the rigid type. Might be more, but those are some important things to watch for.
  12. JoeH
    Just watched the video in the ad. It's a monster. I want it.
  13. JoeH
    It's the kind of thing someone like Jay leno might take an interest in. Could possibly even mount it on a rail car for transport, some freight routes are good for some pretty serious height... Just trying to be an optimist, that is some really nice old iron. I would not mind using that as a hedgerow next to the railroad along the back of our 7 acres.
  14. JoeH
    If the dealers going to give you the BS run around then squirt some caulk or foam in there and call it a day. Wonder if the insulator pads the factory put in are even the right size. Maybe they used some from the 38k rears.....
  15. JoeH
    Is the water pump part of the fan pulley or is that the water pump between AC and Alternator? My Cummins dodge is set up with water pump separate from fan.
  16. JoeH
    They're not hard to replace, but they take big guns and floor jacks, and a BA torque wrench. Because it's got a warranty from manufacturer defects I'd make them do it.
  17. JoeH
    Didn't know there were 46k camels. 38, 44, 55, 68, 80, is what I thought there were
  18. JoeH
    Change it, run it for 15 seconds, and shut it off. See who the belt is slipping off of or rubbing against. I'll bet you'll find someone not aligned properly.
  19. JoeH
    Seems the wheels get left behind when you pick em up. Good opportunity to get em spinning.
  20. JoeH
    They make equipment that can pick it up to work on, I'm sure there's a way to lift it onto the tracks. Just gotta get it to the tracks.
  21. JoeH
    Understood. That's a weird serpentine setup, I would have expected crank, water pump, alternator and tensioner to be together and the AC to be on it's own, driven by the fan/water pump. Are you buying belts from the dealer or cheap Napa belts? Napa is fine for cars etc but they're sh*t for trucks IMHO.
  22. JoeH
    They probably installed wrong size ones, from a lighter Camelback. I'd bitch because it's a new truck. Older versions of Camelback don't use them. Our 79 R model doesn't use those #7 or the sideways torque arm to the frame. Has rubber trunion bushings and the axles walk as much as 8 inchs out of alignment from each other.
  23. JoeH
    To clarify, as I'm not real familiar with CV's, the thin belt is to the air conditioner from the fan? Separate from the serpentine belt? Take the belt off the AC for a day (driver will hate me) and see if the serpentine belt holds up. AC is a creature comforts, not mandatory. Engine water pump and fan spinning are mandatory.
  24. JoeH
    No it should be able to run anywhere. Something isn't right on it. Check engine damper wheel run-out. Maybe the crankshaft is bent.
  25. JoeH
    Don't need to truck it far, just make sure the axles spin free and put it on a freight line to where ever. We donated a couple rail cars a few years back to the New Hope Ivyland Railroad. We still had a rail siding attached to SEPTA's R5 route, so they were able tow them out with a freight train in between the Commuter train schedule.

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