Geoff Weeks

Re-reading this, what I see is it cooled when the mechanic "jumpered" the compressor. Now it doesn't without the jumper. Either wrong switches (if switch type is used) or an APADS problem if that is used. In short, you have an electrical problem not a refrigerant system problem.

Multiple counter shafts are arranged so all the forces on the main shaft are equal, so a twin would be 180 deg apart on the countershafts. I can't see a triple with one shaft removed even working, it would continually be trying to push the main out of alignment?

I'm with you on oil-bath's as well. The British buses had oil baths the size of waste baskets, they held well over a gal of oil. Because the buses were designed for RHD, where the right side of the bus was the "street side" they really took a beating when the right side was the curb side, Everytime the bus throttled up, it kicked up the dirt/dust at the curb and straight into the intake. Oil baths claim to fame, is they maintain a steady pressure drop across the filter through-out its service interval. Slightly more than a brand new "paper filter" but less than a well used paper filter. Properly maintained they are a excellent choice, but I do understand the concern when used with a turbo, on the other hand Detroit used them for years on their 2 strokes.

yes, I never thought about that!

but it still pulled though a common inlet (air cleaner) What is at issue is: does the intake flow enough at full power load? If it does there is no problem, that filter was to power a much bigger engine when the truck was built. If it doesn't you'll see a pressure drop in the intake tubing under full load. Easy to check.

Not just the panel, the whole evaporator, Tx and blower is gone.

In reality it is always shared, just where it comes together (air cleaner or pipe) is different. A differential pressure gauge that looks at the amount of pressure drop in the intake pipe when working the engine hard, will tell if there is a problem or not.

on, but not torqued down (test fitting)

AFAIK, there are no 6" headlights if round, 4 bulbs are 5 3/4" , 2 bulb are 7" In rectangle type there are 4 and 2 bulb styles, 4x6" for the quad and 7x 6" for the twin. so just saying 6" isn't going to get you far. any autoparts store should carry them.

At those pressures I would say air temp is around 76 deg F

Right off the bat, I'd say the compressor is not compressing, either the clutch isn't locking or the compressor isn't functioning. check voltage to the clutch. A Tx valve doesn't "open and close" it is a restriction, that gets bigger or less so, but is always a restriction between the high and low side. Forget the Tx valve and take a hard look at the compressor.

Well, I was wrong, I was able to find a N.O.S. 60 amp regulator for it. I finished the overhaul, I made a few modification that I hope will come back to bite me. Rather than solder the output wires on the last + and - diode in the string, I tapped 8-32 and used a screw and nut to make the connection. If the unit ever has to come apart again, the output leads will not have to be un-soldered from the diode to separate the stator from the rear housing. I also deviated from the instructions on how the grounded field brush gets its ground. Both modifications can be removed and re assembled as in the instructions if they cause a problem. Ready to go on the truck, but likely will not for a while yet.

Again, the SC ruling IS the law, and it was unanimous, and they trying to avoid compliance.

The court is the is the final word on what the law is, that is one of the founding principles of our republic, if you want to overturn that, you are talking about loosing our entire foundation of our nation.

Yes, and slavery was also deemed legal at some point in our country's past. What matters is how the court rules, that is the law until the court says otherwise. You can criticize the Court, you can disagree with how they rule, but when you ignore the court then we cease being a country of laws and become the worse of all we fear. I would agree that they are "incorrect" in some of their rulings, but I still abide by them until I can successfully change the law or the ruling. It isn't up to one man or one administration to choose what laws they will abide by and which they will ignore, we loose our freedom if that is allowed to happen.

If you want to enforce the law you must first abide by it. Here is a quote, you can look up the decision yourself about these deportations "On April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that if the Trump administration seeks to deport someone under President Donald Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), then that deportee must first be afforded due process, including "notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal." Furthermore, according to the Court's order, "the notice must be afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs."

We claim to be better than China, now we have to live up to that claim. Citizens have already spent 10 days in"Custody" because they "didn't believe" his documents! It is why courts HAVE to be involved. I carry a drivers Lic, whether they "choose" to believe that I am a citizen or not so far hasn't been tested with me, but has for others. IF ICE gets to choose what is proof or if the document you have is valid, you better believe I want the ability to have a court review their actions.

Well the supreme court has ruled otherwise. To not do so, the accuser would only have to accuse you then deport you even if you were a citizen. I prefer to follow the Supreme Courts ruling than yours.

To be clear they do! Anybody has the right to have their right to address their accuser in a court of law. The court has said so!

Seller found one with the correct shaft/spline so this topic can be closed/deleted

The Constitution applies to everybody here, to do otherwise all a accuser would have to do is claim you are not a citizen, deny due process and wisk you out the country. Without going to court you have no way to dispute their allegations. Citizenship would then be meaningless. There are ways to deport correctly, yes it takes time, but it is the only way to uphold the rights we hold dear. This is not the same as someone at the boarder trying to gain entry, there are far less protections for anyone, citizens included, entering from outside. Even as a citizen, you don't have restrictions on searches, even very invasive ones that would not be permitted once you are in country. We are hearing more and more accounts of citizens being told to "self-deport" in E mails, so it is obvious we can not trust them to "get it right" the only thing preventing them from deporting these citizens is the constitution and you want that suspended?

If you don't understand the Constitution, Then there is not much I can do to explain. May be if you were picked off the street and wisked away in the night to a foreign country, it would help explain it to you. I have no idea what the man in question is or isn't, I do know that he had a court order preventing what happened, and has not been given the chance of a defense. We have seen citizens detained without charge, that they want to deport. We have a system that allows the accused to defend them selves from any charge, when you take that away, we are no better than the worse countries on this globe. If you have charges, bring them to a court. Not only does ICE make mistakes, they are not and can not be the sole arbriture of their accusations.

Nope, car engines are not run near full output all day long. Truck use is far different. Try running that car at 3/4-full throttle for 10 hrs a day and then tell me it is the same. I have put mine through pull for 45min full throttle at speeds below 25 MPH, what car does that? Trucks require airflow for the ATA,condenser, and radiator, all are independent needs. My '83 originally had a viscus drive and it was missing when I bought the truck (fan driven all the time). I had a 6.9 service truck that had a viscus fan and you could hear it lock up and unlock during the day. I was pushing that truck hard, 12Klbs for the truck and towed a tandem axle trailer also, It didn't get any better fuel mileage than the L 10 semi either, but the semi was moving 4x the weight and much more wind resistance. Viscus can work, but it wouldn't be my 1st choice. On my 83 I went with a Horton, because I had one handy. I've had good luck with Bendix, and it would be my 1st choice, as it fails safe (no air, spring applied ). Also had an electric clutch (Facet) on a 3406B that worked ok, took small trailer wheel bearings and seals, but parts became hard to come by as they quit making them when "computer contols" came out, The coil would put quite the "kick" back into the electrical system when the relay opened. Kysor front air, can be adapted to any fan drive not drilled for rear air, so is another option for replacing viscus or Facet.

That is not a valid comparison, cars and heavy trucks. How many have I seen, plenty. How many cars have you seen go 3 million miles on the original alternator? My '83 still had the original 26SI when I sold it. Comparing cars to trucks is comparing apples to dog turds.

I have not seen another truck that can cycle the air compressor only ever 45 min while going down the road, pulling an air ride trailer on an air ride tractor. Most I see are under 5min cycle times.