3 Jake heads under a stock M809 hood!!!

I found that solenoid. Your a little far away to swing by and get it! Pm me your address and I'll drop it in the mail.

One last add-on that I just finished (sorry it's not a video of jakes operating)

The reservoir tank lost its support bracket when the lift hook got removed for clearance so I finally got a new bracket made up to take its place. The new bracket is a slimmer, ambidextrous, 10 gauge version of the lift hook but with the flanges bent the opposite directions. I still need another 1/2" nut and that bolt really should be 1/4" shorter, but it's good for the interim.

Finally got a short video of the jake brakes in action on both LO and HI. This was in 5th gear between 40-45 mph.

I mentioned the hood clearance as there was an 800- series in a local guard unit with a little box welded to the hood to allow fit.

Cheesy looking...

DG

The Canadian M809s had a "hood scoop" to clear their jake heads which is probably similar to the little box you're talking about:

That is a lot prettier than the one I saw...

DG

Where did you get your jake brake parts? Your link didn't work? I have model 30a.

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Iceman3005 said:

Where did you get your jake brake parts? Your link didn't work? I have model 30a.

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I got the jake brakes from Stour 2 LLC http://www.stour2.com/
The jake head to rocker box seals I got from Cummins and the gaskets were Interstate McBee

Edit: to clarify, the jake brakes i got came in a kit that included all the studs, nuts, rocker arms, and everything but the 3 hollow set screws.

Here's an update since the install about the two problems I've had so far:

The first problem was that 2 of the 3 electrical male spade connectors snapped off most likely from enbrittlement. They arrived bent, I straightened them, they got bent during painting, then straightened, and bent again during install. I made new metal strips to replace them and the nylon hex bolts they're molded into cracked open at the seams when replacing them so I packed them full of glue and reinstalled rather then spend $26 apiece for new ones. The new homemade ones work great so far.

The second problem didn't reveal itself until I installed the turbo but I found the road draft tube rubbing on the hood cross member. Other members have mentioned seeing this issue so I was suspicious and now I'm seeing what they were seeing. I clearanced the front-most flange of that cross member to clear.







Now on the functional side these jake brakes are bad ass! They work great and I want to use them all the time. Now with the turbo & 5" exhaust they sound amazing and have a huge bark

I think I should head up to snob hill at 3am to let others enjoy the magnificent sound...!

Get some video in and out of the cab. I'd love to hear it.

Took long enough, but whoever reads through this thread will want to hear the jakes making music: