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I just finished watching the video of the hearing, and I'd like to say that you guys did a great job. You were all well focused, made clear and well reasoned arguments. As to the DOT lawyer, well what can I say. I don't think he won any points with his first testimony. He had a lot to say...

There is no inherent reason why both DC generators and DC alternators couldn't self build their fields without the help of a battery... But in practice, economics doesn't allow that to work out for DC alternators. The problem is the result of the electronics needed to regulate the voltage and...

I have to wonder if they all work in reverse, but not necessarily forward because it is less common to put the truck in reverse and have it roll forward than it is to put the truck in first gear and have it roll backward? One is an occasional thing, and the other is an every stop sign on a hill...

Sounds like they need an introduction to the MAN cycle MF engine. If you do a google search on: popular mechanics and multi fuel, you should come up with an old article that describes the deuce engine. -Chuck

Sprags were all swapped out because, like many things, they are easily broken if you treat them wrong. Unfortunately sometimes wrong treatment doesn't seem all that wrong. Your sprag needs one thing from you without fail: never let the truck move in a direction the shift lever says it...

If you do decide on a GL deuce, and I think you should if you are at all handy, check out Ft. McCoy, WI. Their trucks are typical, WI national guard trucks, and are pretty well maintained. But most importantly, you will get to deal with Mike B., the best GL guy there is! -Chuck

DOT's actions looked so terribly like a grudge that it is wonderful that it got out in the open. It sounds like they haven't fooled your senators. Thanks guys! -Chuck

There is a lot of art to driving a stick shift properly. It defies easy description with words. And if you describe the art accurately with words, they defy easy understanding... The only thing I would like to have come out of this thread is an understanding of what has to happen when you...

My post above (much ruder than I intended) was to show you how fast your truck travels at idle speed in first gear and in second gear. To calculate that speed, I took the ratio of the maximum speed, and the maximum RPMs in first, and second gear and used them to calculate the speed when the...

Wow! My last couple of posts were much harsher than I meant to be. I am sorry. I need to chill out! -Chuck

Read the TM I referenced: "Release clutch pedal slowly AND depress accelerator pedal to increase speed..." Not: "Release clutch pedal slowly and then depress accelerator pedal to increase speed..." It's a nearly simultaneous action. The engine is not intended to be supplying a lot of torque...

You keep saying that, but either you don't know what "slipping the clutch" means, or you are intentionally trying to talk people into breaking their trucks. In first gear, 2600RPM = 9MPH therefore, 800RPM x 9MPH/2600RPM = 2.8 MPH In second gear, 2600RPM = 16MPH therefore, 800RPM x...

It definitely makes a difference which way you wind the drum. There are two kinds of cable, those that twist to the left, and those that twist to the right. You choose which you use based on whether the drum feeds from the top, or the bottom. The twist determines how nicely the cable lays...

There is more to the clutch than just the clutch disk. If your pilot bearing (the bearing in the end of the crankshaft that centers the transmission shaft) is gummy, the transmission guts will continue to turn at engine speed when you press the clutch pedal. That could be putting enough force...

That is about all you should expect out of 1st gear. I typically let the truck get to 8 or 9MPH with my stock deuce... 9MPH is the red line. The gearing is such that whatever RPM you get to in first gear, the RPM will need to be a little more than 1/2 that much in second gear. For instance if...

I must be missing something. Are you saying your truck has stopped before you can get into 2nd gear? If so, something is wrong with your truck. -Chuck

Wahoo! Now it's time to go haul cinder blocks over hill and over dale and see how it performs. -Chuck

And your point is? Show me how the force required to accelerate at 1g changes when you go from 0 to 2MPH, 2 to 4MPH, and 100 to 102MPH. Imagine that! I simplified things ;-) . Since we are talking about first and second gear, and we are arguing about whether it is ok to start in second, vs...