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so thats how they work

the cummins would be your best choice for such a project but the 3126 cats are around the same size but personally id stay far away from catipiller as possible as the parts tend to be alot more costly and the 3126 engines are no were near as reliable as the 5.9

i wonder how a 5 ton on 1600's compares in size to a 10 ton

the early mechanical 6.5"s might have a diffrent style kick down switch that would work

that part that is hitting is what down shifts the transmission when you push the peadal to the floor

did you replace the clutch with a new one or just get it cut and re-lined cause it's strange to see a clutch that large be a push type and all thses ten tons you have is awesome

id try takeing it apart and cleaning it up if that dosent work any place that sells heavy truck parts should be able to get a new or re-man one for you

you will also find that the exaust from the turbo will be on the outside of the frame rail and might hit the heater box

with the lack of bad noises id say theres a good chance that no damage was done to the valves but you have to wonder what caused there to be enough resistance on the cam to make it stop hopefully its not sized in the block or anything of that nature

well if you do decide to go with the jake brake make sure you post up some pics of the install

it sounds like you get to see some very interesting things but with your parts availibilty situation that has to make you a very resourceful person

looks great what are you runing for tires

im assumeing that your truck is more of a toy than a daily work horse so it could last quite awile. you can't put a big cam in a small cam block as the blcok is diffrent but they are almost identical engine so if you did want later down the road you could upgrade with not alot of difficulty

the only issue with putting jake brakes on the small cam cummins is that over time the jake brake will wear off the lobes of the cam wich is one of the reasons cummins went to the big cam engine

it is a gasser but alot of the sheet metal has cancerous issues so im in the the hunt for some better sheet metal

the majority of the glass was remvoved by rocks before i got it

heres a vid

working the M-47 figure that u guys wolud like

styandine rotoray pumps like the ones used on 6.2,6.5,6.9,7.3 have a rubber retainer ring in between the govoner weight basket and retianer . over time they break down poor fuel and sitting just makes the process quicker the other issue with theses pumps is that the houseing is made of...

i wonder if you could use a newer style air over hydraulic sysytem off something like those isuzu box tucks