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Cool stuff. I've been gathering up Turbine info for a long time. Here is a link to my turbine album if interested. It's over 70 something photos Paul http://s890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/ptcheshire/TURBINE%20POWER/

I wasn't thinking of the I.R. unit. Mine all have and external regulator not the internal.except my AC which now has a Hitachi in the generator case....but the increase in alternator RPM with the smaller pully sends a false signal through the regulator circut. Telling it the engine speed and demand is higher then it is. Like blipping the throttle.

If you want the Delco to charge at a lower rpm , change the pully down to a smaller diameter. I recall a 15% undersize will kick the charge in about 600 rpm . Paul

The company was called Tank Skinz, and apparently they no longer exsist. The ads stopped about 6 months ago. Paul

I'm going through my O.D. Mags it was this year so I'll find it for you. Paul

One of the other options is Stainless steel tank skins. They fit over the stock tanks.The company advertised in Over Drive Magizine alot. The local Mack / Volvo / Paacar Dealer has or had them in stock. I coan probbly go through my isues of O.D. mags if you want to go that way. Paul

If you look at the third photo and the very last photo, you'll see the sleeper isnt a sleeper at all. It only is about 32 inches in from the outside. Some IDF and Australian military Macks ran that. APU or other recovery items? Paul

M-88 Grizzly ARV, XM-70 the M-1 prototype and a Merkava I. Most of the photos I have in Bart Vanderveens book on military macks. and the IDF book on Armour Transport. Were you a driver??

What harm can Olav Obama do??

Generally a bad valve or one that does not full seat will show up as a miss at idle or a roughness. Looking at the photo of your smoke, Grey color is generaly excessive fuel or an incomplete burn. Has anyone checked to see if the choke is full opening when warm? Is the choke pull off working? The Carb float could have one of 2 problems. A miss adjusted float (too high) or a bad float needle will cause that color smoke by dumping fuel. Another thing to check is the ignition coil out put. The do break down over time and it may not be suppling the needed output under load. The will cause a miss fire because needed voltage at the plug(s) is not trhere. Also the vacuum advance could be not working as suggested. Paul

I keep my eyes open. I'd post your if on these two sites if I were you. I had the grill stolen from my 46 Ford Ferguson and found it mounten on a local "rat rod" Got it back too. Paul http://blog.hemmings.com/ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5

Now if only you could get Spot in to see Pelousy.........

Why not PM ducky698, He's in Oz converting a Flintstone to an R700. Probbly come up with numbers for you. Paul

Yeah, like the people on L.I.Avenue and the people on Route 58 Avenue with the goodies near us... Paul

Sure but it a 12 " not 12' My fingers do listen to my head... .... You still want photos I'll be gad to shoot them.

Do it now while is laid up. If your like me it'll never get done once the wheels hit the road. Paul Oh yeah, thanks for the Huck Bolt info for my AC Chassis. Go them at Fasten All corp down from my shop.Grade 8 too. Paul

My wife caught some game show where a 5th grade teacher thought our first flag had fifty stars on it.......didn't know about all the others........... Thought the north fought the south in WWII ...and the best was she never heard of Francis Scott Key, who wrote our national anthem!!!! Proud to be an educator.....

I got a lot of MAC and Craftsman tools (got my first Craftman tool set 42 years ago) over the years, but also a few Snap On I got about 25 0r so years age. Also have all my pops Plumb tools from the 30's/ 40's. I'm probbly the only one on my block with king pin tools and a heavy univeral joint press. A lot of special tools I ended up making my self. The Sears Hardware by my runs when I come in.........asked for belts for my 1939 Sears 12' blade table saw..suprised me was they had them. I hit the local buy and sell now for hardship tool and equipment sale items. Paul

My AC has a pair of Vacuum assist (?)Brake cans for the rears.This system eliminated a lot of linkage and provided equal braking to bothe sides. The entire brake system was retro fitted from a 1932 early in its life. Does anybody know if rebuild kits or reto fit kits for the later setup it available? This is a good cold weather project for me. Rob if you see this, I got the Huck bolts you told me about right down from my shop at a place called Fasten-all.. Grade 8 and look just like the original chassis rivets.. Thanks!! Paul

And with all of the regulations, an El Camino or Ranchero can only be regestered with Commercial plates Period!!. Hey Thad, were you get off the LIE is the end of the loop for the SCPD, Suffolk Sheriffs, NYS police and NCPD. I do think the trucks with passenger plates that are open and working are just lucky right now. When the money gets tighter you'll see them ticketed. Suffolk aSheriffs Dept already runs a Piper Cherokee 100 ft over the LIE and parkways tracking Speeders and agressive drivers, won't be long to the ick ups are targeted..

When I learned to weld at Grummans in Bethpage we only learned TIG and Stick. Wire feed was new. I first bought a cheap Flux core welder to do my 4 Chevy Pick up. I learned the hard way, that a flx core weld on body panels is a hard and brittle weld. You well eventually have a stress crack in or next to the weld. A machine with the gas set up isn't much more expendsive and you don't have to run a "pure argon mix if you are't doing Aluminum or similar alloy. A 70/30 or 60/40 mix of Co2 and argon will work fine and is MUCH cheaper. Don't know what is near you in Ozone Park ,but out here the ""buy and sell "(pawn shops) have a good selection cheap too. There was /is a rconditioned and used tool supply store on Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park on the North side just past Hicksville Spring. You can always email me and set up a play date with my welders. Paul

UPS does that with all of their vehicles and equipment They don't want to endorse any maker(even though you know who they are. The Snap On and Matco names are removed from your tool boxes even. As for the Mack Dog...Mack told them the couldn't remove it. That it was there to open the hood....., a handle! Paul

The Queens historical Society has a lot of info and photos of the L.I.Cities Mack factory and alot of it's vehicles up to WWII. I ordered the CD. Good to see what it morphed into. Paul

Before you buy parts,check for a blockages in the front brake lines. I had a similar isue with an older truck. A couple of old timers told me that they would block off the lines from brake supply to the cans to eliminate the front brake. Tthey would put a screw or a ball bearing ball in the line. Their theroy was that the front brakes would cause jackknifes. Some of the pre '72 Freightliners and K.W.s came from the factory with no front brakes. I'd hate to see you go through the expense and labor to still have the problem. (like I did) Paul

No up here,They don't even see you.....to busy texting while adjusting their I pod while eating a burger. I had a person of colour hit my rear tires of my D250 Ram.....I didn't see you! Didn't see me? The F'in thing is RED! and 20 feet long! Plus if you are a hair wider or longr than the parking space the Brown shirts ticket you.