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Well, the Old Girl sure came home in style. Great pictures of a great day. Lee in Alaska

The auto parts stores sell the generic stuff. They are easy enough to bend yourself. Lee in Alaska

RE: Gasser value (Need quick opinion) Hey Joe In some respects, I'm out of the loop. because of where I'm at, but if you want to do the dance, where you are, you can get a Multi, that is newer, that will have a title. The title means a lot usually. At the same time, $4,000 isn't much money. If...

Its not uncommon for injector lines to fatigue & fail/leak. If you locate the crack, they can be welded - to "get by"! If there are several leaks, as above stated, replace the works. However, one of the things that contributes to the failure/fatigue, is the vibration. On many engine types, the...

Nice equipment & Crew. Lee in Alaska

Comment: On an inline. six cylinder engine, all the valves can be adjusted with the engine stopped, from just two positions. Solid lifters need to be adjusted with the engine Hot & Running. Otherwise, you can't find the loose/noisy valves. It should be done with the major "Tune ups". It takes...

RE: Re: RE: brakes on a deuce Oh... Congratulations on the new truck Deess Lee in Alaska

RE: Re: RE: brakes on a deuce Snoplay got it! EXACTLY the same thing will happen, if the shoes are out of adjustment! If you had a leaky cylinder, fluid would be all over, & you would see it. When brakes are out of adjustment, it takes several pumps, to move them out against the drums. Relax...

Sounds like it might be dangerous for the truck, to have you working on it! If you ever get the tank out, inspect it. If its still serviceable, heat that immediate area, with the broken fitting. The heat will loosen the broken part in the threads, then you can pick it out/with the easy out or...

Some of those Characters will over tighten them with their 1" drive impacts. You will have to literally bounce on the 5' cheeter bar, and still not be able to break them loose. You tighten them with your cheeter, till they "Pop". That is tight enough. Lee in Alaska

FIRST - crack a brake bleeder , to see if there is any pressure on the brake cylinders. If none, jack up each wheel and back off the brake shoe adjuster on the shoes. Lee in Alaska

RE: Re: RE: M105a1 trailer cover wanted Why are you Guys preferring the canvas over the new stuff? Lee in Alaska

Yes - I was thinking of the steering axle. Its 20,000# for single axle with duals. Lots of States are different. They are really pretty liberal here, still!. Lee in Alaska

Sure it can be done - you just have to learn the system, but right now, need to get to work. Later Lee

There are three ways to "Overload" a truck. Overload the axles, the gross, or the bridge weight. DOT doesn't care what the Army said their weight limit is on a particular truck. Loading the truck is always a compromise, under existing conditions that you have at the moment. Conservative States...

RE: Re: RE: Can a 5 ton cargo convert to tractor? A couple of small points: Semi trailer brakes are always actuated via the treadle valve. Most, but not all tractors are equipped with the squaw handle/trolly valve. In fact, some truck companies don't have the trolly valve, to insure that the...

That combination pintle ball thing is funky in the first place. A ball hitch can't swivel. It will roll over, if it does, and cause the ball hitch to fail. There are lots of immitation replacement pintle hitches out there now, for cheap. They are cast. The good ones are forged - from somebody...

In this state, DOT allows what is on the tire, or 550#'s per inch of tire. So 11(550)(2) = 12,100#/axle. You get a lot more weight when you have duals - up to 38.000# per tandem group. But then, you wouldn't have to worry about stopping, because I don't think it would move. The quarry should...

RE: Re: RE: Tractor almost done ! That's really sharp. You;ll find a lot of use for it too!. Lee in Alaska

RE: Re: RE: Rim painting I have also used a strip of old linoleum flooring with a piece of tie wire around it, Lee in Alaska