Recent content by mitchellracing

We have a pete with air leaf suspension and i gotta tell ya it sucks itll get stuck on wet pavement .Our other pete has hendrickson and hardly ever have to push it outta the woods.

yep moblie home tires are illegal for any other purpose of moving a mobile home. It is alittle expensive for 14.5 lowboy tires . Just remeber if it says LOWBOY its ok , if it says MOBLIE HOME USE ONLY junk them but the lowboy tires will fit the rims,.

Tose things r awsome i followed one for awhile satuday in va. it was cruusin right along at 70 no prob

Iwould fill it with fuel. You mentioned it only had 1/4 of a tank of fuel.

Mine was sucking air and would leak down after it sat thats why i rebuilt the pump . I started at the tank and put all new hoses on it and all that got to the pump and figured it was next. As i started taking the pump apart I found between the two havles where the gears are there was a fuel...

i rebuilt the pump on mine . i got a rebuild kit from truck pro because cummins said they no longer rebuild their own pumps . the kit comes with all the seals orings the governor patrs. the kit was $38.50 and the guy at truck pro said to make sure all the surfaces were clean and dont use...

anyhow to answer your actual question the cummins dealer can get ya one you can get a recon cheaper but not cheap the cummins dealer one wont be like a dodge itll be an industrial verson and will have more bottum end power that what we used but i ya go that route make sure ya get the low turbo...

i dont doubt a 4b would fit in with no firewall work but in a ford and a 6b from the top of the back valve cove to the tope of the tranny has to be moved 4 inches and ive seen on ford cummins were they said that and had a picture of one cut out and refabed as for a chevy ive seen a guy did one...

i have done three ford 6b cummins swaps they do fit in a ford if you move the firewall back 4 inches hyro clutch is the easiest way. you dont want to put an auto behind it as even a stock 4spd manual tranny and clutch cant take the torque two of the trucks had 4spds one a 5 spd cummins make a...

regaurdless of blown headgasket the radiator cap should have released the pressure im with the rest probably froze even if it was running the fan blowing through a rad that didnt have enough antifreeze could freeze it up id check the radiator and radiator cap

i cant help ya with a brake drum . but most big truck parts places can reline the brake shoes for ya cause thats all they do with regular big truck brakes . check some truck parts places they can send ya in the right direction

forgot to run the rack at 100,000 to 150,000miles if ya dont itll lose power

having been around alot of cummins 855 engines 300,000miles with proper maintance is right .Rods ,mains, and head bolts (bsure ya change the head bolts)at 300,000 itll keep right on truckin

we have done 3 ford cummins coversions we had to knock the firewall back about 4 or 5 inches its dosent look like you had to did you sit it lower in the truck

if ya break the crank by turnin it with a pipe wrench id say ya need a new crank anyay as i said perveously it shouldnt take much effort to turn the engine over with the pipewrench ive worked on alot of 855s and own one it wont hurt anything and its the easiest way to do it if ya put a ten foot...