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As the title says, the museum has been gifted a 40 ft Alfa gold fifth wheel travel trailer. It is located close to the 91 and 15 freeway interchange and needs to be moved to the museum in South El Monte. It has new tires but the issue is it has a funky nine-pin plug that I've never seen and...

IIRC, about 350 a hole to fix. A cam was around 4k. The cam is a giant heavy chunk of sharp metal.

Way cool! 450 or 600.......there was a 750 too. the saying goes, got a "K", gotta pay! Pics or it ain't real!

Again, it is not size, it is the bowl design. Yes, there was a 400 magnum, it was a small cam but it liked to eat camshafts. There was also a 440 magnum .It was step time controlled and ate cams faster than the 400. Keep in mind, what I had first hand knowledge on were used on OTR application...

Size of the piton is the same, 5 1/2 inch bore, it is the bowl design that makes a difference on the pistons. TriTech changed bowl design to accommodate the ring pack repositioning on the piston. 14:1 comp pistons along with the base timing...IIRC, .065, .067 or maybe .072....might make a...

72 INCH lbs, or 6 ft lbs

Hmmm, just did suspension and axles on the jeep, might be a good shake down, AND, nothing planned that week!

Does it have old or newer style head gaskets? I do know that the old style, when failing, will sound like a loose valve. You'll know the gasket failed when oil starts slobbering down the side of the engine.

You said there is goo under the oil filler. Does the engine have plain water or antifreeze in it? The oil looks clean, almost too clean, like fuel. Blow-by vapor is normal, some engines make more than others. If the truck/engine were washed prior to you getting it, could have got bit of wash...

IIRC, 2 different lube systems, one is FFC, full flow cooling, the other DFC, demand flow cooling. One has a stat that controls oil flow through the cooler to only flow when upwards of 230 degrees, DFC. Hard to see if the BC has that system from the pictures. Even though the BC is probably older...

NTC likes to eat cams too if it is over fueled.

Got it!

Like this?

By wagontop, do you mean converting it to a pickup with troop seats and soft top?

Found a pic. Not of the crap I did, but the exact vehicle. Gradall 4100. Took a 8.3 liter mechanical Cummins, C series, like in the 5T trucks, engine out of the drive chassis and installed a 9liter, full electronic, DOC, DPF, SCR in it and for the upper took a 5.9 mechanical 12 valve out and...

Maybe, it will be OK. The stuff I did the shortening on were in Manitowoc cranes. The engine was isolated just like yours, and the exhaust was hard mounted to the chassis. The engine was allowed to vibrate and the shortened bellows was enough to let the engine do what it did. No torqueing like...

Muffler is hard mounted to the engine, correct? If so, some type of flex should be about where the circle is IF the pipe is the one that exits the muffler.

That used to be done all the time, mostly on V8, V6 engines, long sweeps to the muffler. The flex will not make a sharp bend, but, there are short bellows type straight sections that can be installed at the inlet and outlet of the bend. I'll see if I can dig up a picture. When the engine torques...

Just be aware, you will most likely need to add some sort of flex between the hard engine mounted parts and the chassis/fender mounted stuff. It will break at some point in time just due to the acceleration twist. Your work is beautiful!

Looks good!