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  1. Joseph Cummings
    I held a Maxidyne manifold for a turbo up to my 707 and it looked like a bolt on. I was going to try turbocharging it, but then I bought a R600 Maxdyne truck and never followed through with turbocharging the gas job
  2. Joseph Cummings
    And I get called a keyboard warrior by a guy who doesn't know a duplex from a 6 speed low hole
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  4. Joseph Cummings
    I was thinking maybe an O/O leased to Mercer out of Louisville KY
  5. Joseph Cummings
    I think this is considered CKD Nord Motors
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  7. Joseph Cummings
    Probably some Democrat loyalist supplying condoms at 50 bucks apiece.
  8. Joseph Cummings
    Took a long time to get here. Wish I would have had it in the first 54 years of being on the planet, my body probably would feel a lot better.
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    I personally think that we should have stayed with positive ground the way God and Henry Ford intended it. Not sure about the latest ignition systems, but point/coil ignition is positive ground on the Secondary (HV) side. There is a pencil test for spark polarity Series connected lead acid cells will all charge at the same current. but after about 48 volts it gets hard to keep the specific gravity the same because of variations of each cell's internal resistance. I usually go right to the Battery Bible https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29718/29718-h/29718-h.htm
  11. Joseph Cummings
    Sanders shot and killed a competitor of his Shell Gas Station I'll bet he was a real hoot. https://www.thedailymeal.com/1132748/the-time-colonel-sanders-shot-another-person/
  12. Joseph Cummings
    Ray Kroc had a bad drinking problem. He basically built the McDonalds empire while shitfaced. He didn't quit until he took a stroke in the 80's
  13. Joseph Cummings
    Can't forget McHugh Brothers especially since I drove these for them, 318, 13 double over, and 2 speed Eatons on RS Hendrickson. The Prime Mover on the trailer is a Cline. 12v71 powered. They had two they built in their shop out of off road dumps
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    Make mine Moxie
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    Arute Brothers set what was believed to be a one day concrete paving record on June 1, 1948, by placing a total of 5,779 lin. ft. of 8 in. thick 12 ft. wide pavement.
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  18. Joseph Cummings
    What I liked with the LN JB alternators was I could have a couple of rebuilt ones on the shelf and it would work for both pos and neg ground trucks
  19. Joseph Cummings
    https://www.nationsstarteralternator.com/19020310-New-OE-Delco-22-SI-Alternator-p/19020310.htm?srsltid=AfmBOorBsBtDrstx9WUW9RBP7uvRDQBK3GfSeh6X4fYZs_AVzGmzbrwn
  20. Joseph Cummings
    I think something like a Delco 22SI will bolt right on and they are only like 200 bucks. But that LN 2500 series is a good unit. It could just be the diode trio blown out of it. You can most times replace those without even taking the alternator off If it's been sitting a long time it could just need the field flashed
  21. Joseph Cummings
    Back in the day I saw more than a few with a ratchet strap or a piece of rope holding the door shut. Guys that were fancy used a slide bolt or a hasp, especially on the drivers side
  22. Joseph Cummings
    We never put a million miles on a truck. Based out of Philly, I think the farthest we ran was Bethlehem's Sparrows Point Mill. Mostly Philly area, NJ and NYC. There were like 3 trucks out of 25 that had the electrics in them. Everything was 4.17 ratios and 2 different reduction boxes, one for the 20 inch rubber, and another for the 22. It was like a lot of stuff like wedge brakes, trailer lights and all. I didn't mess with it if it was working, but when it broke, it got changed over to our standard stuff to match the rest of the fleet
  23. Joseph Cummings
    We had some late 70's R models that had electric tachs and speedos in them. 3 wire senders. I assumed they were little permeant magnet 3 phase generators. When they broke I just put regular mechanicals in them. I had all the parts already in stock. I know these are different, but I just didn't see the advantage over mechanical, and I always tried to keep them whole fleet the same as much as possible
  24. Joseph Cummings
    Like this
  25. Joseph Cummings
    I love old pictures like that. Dirt and grime, dents, the way I remember the trucks actually being used. Every scratch and field repair tells a story

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