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On Saturday I installed a third air tank or on-board air-pig, I like to call it. It's an 8.5 gal aluminum tank, DOT approved and made in North Carolina[thumbzup]. It mounted perfectly inboard on the double stacked utility/tool boxes behind the cab. I plumbed it directly from the dry tank with...
IT'S BACK...been a while for this thread.
Last week I installed a pair of red lollipop lights. Then I reinstalled a new trailer brake hand valve to include a new front shuttle valve (had to clean the rear shuttle valve...yuck), all new DOT nylon tubing and push-to-connect fittings.
Stand down and rest easy. May God bless you and your family and give them solace during this difficult time.
Devin Freeman, Dep. Sheriff, LASD, Final Roll Call and EOW 11-28-13
Welcome to the site and all this madness. Good luck with you new-to-you truck.
M818: $81 per yr. for "Historic" reg...$120 for ins. Oh yeah, CARB exempt [thumbzup]
I have pretty much done the same with my truck. I use a 3/4" impact to run off the lugs using the portable air pig set up. But, yeah, you do have to let the air catch up. I have a long range goal of adding a third air tank fixed to the truck with a 1/2" feed via the existing tanks from the air...
Silverstate, wreckerman, EMD lots of great advice. Thank you all. Problem with these threads is every state is different on how the laws of operating "commercial" vehicles, or facsimiles thereof, are, first, legislated then interpreted. So its hard for all of us to comment on how you will be...
Replaced the spring in my springer seat with an airbag like these guys...http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?106124-Reworking-Deuce-spring-seat-into-an-air-ride-seat and took it for a little exercise run this morning.
No big woop...but I put the front drive shaft back in finally. I took it it out when I dropped my transmission to change a front seal and change a pinion seal. I left it out while I changed all the air tubing to make for easier access.
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