Recent content by adrianspeeder

Lubed the shit out of the foot pedal, and it came up another inch. Thanks friends. Adrianspeeder

Thanks friend, but this truck doesn’t have a engine stop cable. There is a fuel cutoff switch. Is the rest the same? Adrianspeeder

Resurrected this shit spreader modified unit to running, but at startup she winds up to 1600 rpm. Both the hand throttle and foot pedal only control from 1600 rpm to redline. It won't wind down to an idle even after at operating temp, and that makes parking interesting. Adrianspeeder

Ironhorse and I fired up my stroker and picked up a deal of a donor rig. M1009 Blazer Donor - YouTube Found a four year old slip from a seal being ordered for the Schenectady ANG. Explains the rust pretty good. Adrianspeeder

What were you lookin' for exactly? Adrianspeeder

We have to instal the engine covers before towing an aircraft into hangars equipped with foam fire suppression. Apparently it is some nasty corrosive stuff. Adrianspeeder

I like that IL76 in the backround. You are most correct about the coldest weather you can imagine. It did not make my second deployment fun. Never got to play with snow plows as the Russians took care of that for us, but did get some fun with CE's snow broom. Guy said it has a 500horse Cat...

Freakin' cool! Always interesting to me when pulling parts off of aircraft that have SNs of 0000001. Adrianspeeder

They are right down the road from me, but haven't gone in yet. Just drive by. Adrianspeeder

Don't ya hate it when ya gotta work on one truck to work on another truck? Oh well, first world steel soldiers problems... Cleanin' out the fuel filter bowl with about a half pound of rust got the wrecker actually able to rev up. This was important because lifting a flat spare tire off of a...

**** yeah! Gonna have some fun with that one. Now I just got to get back on the right side of the world... Adrianspeeder.

War Ready Materials right thur for sure. In my travels around the world now I've seen lots and lots of brand new everythings just sitting and waiting. Middle of the desert I stopped and saw a chainlinked area on a base with i'd guess 500 trucks, 100 of mainenance stands, generators, connexs...

While I'll love my 7.3L forever, the 6.4L is one hotrod of a motor ten times better than the 6.uhoh. Which also got an unfair wrap in my opinion. I did think about trading my 6.4L truck for a new 6.7L, but they are all now automatic, and nothin' is better than a bolt action diesel. Adrianspeeder

I just bought Heather Mae a new puppy, and I got to get two more Fords. So it's give and take. She won't ride in a camo truck though, so I'm safe to cruze around in the 1009. Adrianspeeder