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  1. m139h2otruck

    Advance/Retard 5 Ton Gasser

    Interesting that you cut the heads on the R6602. Somewhere, I don't remember, I read that these engines were a little problematic in the area of head gasket sealing. Was there enough "meat" in the deck surface of the head to accommodate a radical cut (0.100"+) so that there was a noticeable...
  2. m139h2otruck

    Advance/Retard 5 Ton Gasser

    I don't think I would run the engine above 2800-2900 rpm on a regular basis, like you said rpm is the killer of big heavy engines like these. Since the truck will be on a job without me, I have to make sure that the governor works and limits top revs to 3000 or less. The thing now really...
  3. m139h2otruck

    Advance/Retard 5 Ton Gasser

    We have never been real happy with how the water truck goes on the road. It never got up and went, like others have described on the site. Since it was in the high 30s and 40s on Saturday, I made a jumper for the spark plug and decided to check the timing. The original distributor was broken...
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