Joseph Cummings

She even has "Fan Art"

All going to be part of a huge 5 building development. Rail served and all Red X is where the Mack dealer was

Forgot about that lol

Yeah that's the way I remember it, plunger was in a hole that went through the shaft

When they tore down the office it reveled the original sign. Apparently it was originally a White Dealer

She is a bit feral. I can't pick her up, and I can only pet her if I turn my head so I'm not looking at her. If she sees me looking at her she runs. The guy that owned this place before me put a cat door out back in the boiler room and then one in the parts room door so the ferals could come in and sleep

You know I don't think I had a lot of them apart other than to replace the input shaft. They didn't really break that much. I built a few though, the shafts were timed so you had to remember that, but they were simple and trouble free. And back in the 80's you could buy a good used one for 4 or 5 hundred. And if you opened one up you were guaranteed to spend lots more

There was an oil pump in the trl107 and all it's variations that was a plunger in the input shaft But I was wrong about witch shaft was missing, It was the top drivers side But I know there were some in that transmission family that didn't have PTO gears. We had some and I could swear they were those ex tank trucks with the 1076

None of those trucks had any evidence of pumps or blowers ever being on them, and not all the ex - Matlack and Chemical Leaman tractors had the 1076 trans in them. It seemed like the older ones we got had regular TRL107s in them and had the PTO gear in them. Not saying all their trucks were speced that way, I can only say from the 10 or 12 I dealt with. Later on we were getting Ex-Wawa dairy R models

Yeah 1076 only had 2 countershafts, and I believe no PTO gear. If I remember right that is because the shaft with the PTO gear is the one missing. From the outside the transmissions look identical. I had a couple of them that were trucks built for Matlack or Chemical Leaman. I never noticed any difference in operation

4 of them

I learned in Philly from some of this crowd. Believe me, if I F=ed up and tried to make an excuse or lie about it, I didn't fool them for a minute. And as far as harsh words go, they were many levels above "normal" people

I'm from a time before CDL schools, and for that matter before CDLs. Back then the way you learned was pickup trucks, F-350, F600, air brake straight job, and then tractor trailers. It took a lot of time and involved old timers who could be kind of harsh with their words lol. Now they go from Honda Civic to 80,000 combination in a matter of like 6 weeks. These CDL mills just create documentation of training, some of it fictitious, grade easy, issue CDLs and collect the money. The easier they make it, and the shorter the training, the more money they make Pennsylvania didn't even have any classes of drivers license back then, only a motorcycle endorsement. Legally you could take your test in a VW Beatle in the morning, and drive a 73,280 lbs. tractor trailer after lunch. But that didn't happen much. Guys that owned heavy trucks didn't hire drivers unless they were confident you weren't a F -up. Now you have office personnel that never even rode in the helper seat doing the hiring based on documents presented to them that were produced by someone else

It's also about 35% heavier than water and relatively cheap

We used to use calcium chloride here. It was good for ballast, but corrosive as hell. If you use it in tubeless tires it destroys the rims

I guess that is a lot of the magic. It seemed like the stock heads didn't breath well. Good strong bottom ends in that FE though. I always remember a guy that drove one to work and back with a rod knock. It must have lasted for a month or two like that. How well do those side hinge floats work when you are launching hard and standing it up like that?

Yeah well I'm not looking to compete seriously. I just want to build a street/strip car to play with. If I get it to run a 12 something I'll be thrilled

Do you think they rob more than an automatic?

I'd love to try one of these Lencos. I'm a chevy guy though. Back in the day I was a mopar guy with a 440 roadrunner, but I got into the small blocks when I realized how much less money I had to spend. Itching to build an LS with a lenco. I've got a nice clean 88 S10 2 wheel drive Blazer I want to put it in. My first plan was a 400 block, with something like a 327 crank. I even thought about a 3.1 inch 262 crank, but I think I can get more bang for my buck out of an LS

BTW what's in the car? Like engine, trans, rear?

Yeah it was a badass car. Last I saw him he was getting a split window and building another. He ran a petroleum testing lab. His father was a brilliant guy, he was a pipefitter and job superintendent on big refinery jobs in jersey. One time his sister and I were riding past the HESS building and she says "Oh they are such nice people, they pay for all my horses"