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That's funny ! I like your thinking ! Sure you can borrow the truck. It's on the bottom of the driveway.

I just realized I have been giving you the solution to the long-term problem not your immediate problem. Your original problem was the air governor not working and you found ice in the line. I should have realized then your problem. The only explanation I can give for my brain fart is that I've...

I understand your frustration as all the diagrams show the air compressor line run straight to the air-dryer. Like I said before, the Deuce has three air tanks. The first one inline has two chambers. One "wet" tank, and the other is a dry tank used to service the truck. Since the Deuce was...

I'm surprised they said to install it straight from the air-compressor ? That's just asking for trouble especially in our climate.

So you did buy one of the newer AD-IS style air-dryers ? With our high humidity climates these newer style air-dryers do not do so well. At Metro we had nothing but problems with ours. They had to be rebuilt every week due to the high moisture in our air. Clogged them up really bad. Took an...

My plan has been to try and post a complete picture by picture rebuild of the HydraMatic transmission. There aren't many transmission mechanics out there that have experience rebuilding them anymore. They kind of died out. I was lucky to have a mentor who actually worked at GM on the design and...

Yes the manufactures are going to new styles of "air-dryers" like the "Bendix AD-IS" system, but according to Bendix it didn't come out until 2007. That means it hit the market. Doesn't mean it was in wide spread use. According to an article in "Fleet Owners" magazine dated 2005 the industry was...

You do have some wear I see on the "Ring gear" though the "pattern" on the pinion is a good one. How are the bearings ? You should be able, by using a flashlight to look at the bearing races and see if there is any grooves or other wear patterns on them. If there is then don't use it.

Thank you. I didn't want to leave miss-information on this site for future members who are looking for answers.

Well, I finally had the time to dig out my old PTO and look at it. I was wrong. It is really very simple to change from a single shaft to a dual shaft PTO unit. I had remembered wrong when rebuilding it. There is no lock ring holding the shaft to the reverse shaft. It is held on by the bolts of...

If you look at any over the road truck that runs in the Pacific Northwest, you will see the air-compressor line goes to the "wet" tank first. This is because the amount of moisture coming out of any air compressor will overwhelm the air-dryer. Taking outside air and compressing it causes heat...

Take it back then. Tell them your concerns and show them what you're talking about. If you don't trust your differential, you will not have good travelling experiences as you will be worrying about the differential blowing up. That kind of nagging feeling can ruin any road trip.

If you had worked in the industry you would know that the factory says this to prevent the gear set from "singing" (making noise). Most customers of light vehicles do not like noise coming from their differential. Now big trucks owners like longevity over noise. Setting the gearset to a...

Recommended by who ? In all the rebuild shops I worked in, gearsets are set by the gear pattern. Not some arbitrary number. You use the backlash as a "guide" , not the "be-all end-all" . Thats the difference between "book" learning and "real life experiance" .

How do you have your air-lines running to and from the "wet tank" ? Normally the air compressor feeds the wet tank on any truck in the Pacific Northwest. Then the wet tank sends the air to the "air-dryer" , then the air goes to the main storage tanks. If your wet tank is freezing up, then it's...

Well what are you doing with that much water in your air-system in the first place ? OK, just giving you a hard time, but really the nylon lines are better than the old copper since they will not break due to age hardening and vibration. Plus hit a nylon line with a rock and it usually just...

Actually I've seen backlash measurements of .016" to .020" on older gear sets that only needed the bearings tightened up a bit and the backlash reset. You will get small amounts of wear on larger bearings like .001" to .002" due to normal wear. So figure your gearset has run 100,000 miles. Thats...

Glad to help. Now about the cone clutch. Yes, they are as hard to find as "hens teeth" . I never saw anyone resurface one as you would also need to resurface the not only the aluminum cone but the housing as well. That would make your clearances a problem. The seal could be changed out to a...

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys, but that liquid muss got into the electronics. I tried to get it to go into "freeze" mode but no luck. In fact it wasn't even working on refrigerator mode. The fans where running, but the compressor would not come on. I have only myself to blame here. I...

If your gears look OK and the bearings are OK, run it.