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I believe thats normal. The spring is designed to keep you from overshooting while passing through neutral and catching (or clashing) first or reverse instead of 2nd or 3rd. Its kind of a passive shift gate to keep the driver from accidently selecting ratios that will really break something...

As long as the exhaust housing is close in size and flow to the stock turbo, then there is probably little harm in trying. Over the years I have found that sometimes, engines just like certain mods, and sometimes they dont. The only way to know for sure is try, preferably with some...

You've closing in on my personal record of most truck used for the least weight hauled... I once took my Reo C101 to the deli for a half pound of pastrami! I have taken the deuce on a few take out runs to the local diner... Why do we do it? Because we can!

I dont have anything on the military specific parts (like the ignition), but I believe I have an old Motors manual that covers the later civilian variants of the Gold Comet. Ask here, and I'll venture down into the archives and see if I can help. They were absolutely built to be an industrial...

Yup. Both of my Cat 3516 gen sets at work are very susceptible to that. Diesel's ain't happy running below 60% of their rated load for long periods of time. Get some heat in the water, then ramp the load up to 70 or 80% and leave it there, and you will have an engine that runs forever. Coolant...

check to see if your in-tank lift pump is running

I used bulk (non aerosol) WD-40[thumbzup]

I cant say for sure since I didn't see yours specifically, but shooting some glowing lumps of carbon from the stack is not uncommon, especially for the first few runs after layup, or the first hard run after a lots of low load use or idling. Those lumps are why 'spark arrestor' mufflers are a...

I believe the early 5 tons had the same air over hydro system we have, but I personally am not sure. HDN mentioned that they switched to full air with the later 939 series, but those are outside my current wheelhouse... Im not aware of any other major users of this axle design. Assuming that...

Your welcome! Ive used that tool on some clog prone Bobcat bucket fittings and it has worked well. Im pretty sure I filled mine with non aerosol wd-40. I just checked, Amazon has them, called Grease Joint Rejuvenators. ( I was close lol!) As one of the other guys mentioned, shifting or removing...

There is a tool, called a 'grease fitting revitalizer' IIRC that might help you with the hardened grease. Its a plunger and barrel that you fill with light oil that clips on to a grease fitting. A couple whacks with a hammer and the plunger pushes the oil in through the hardened grease and opens...

Air brakes had been in use on railroads since the 18...50s' I think, and were greatly improved by Westinghouse in the 1870's or so. They were already well established in the trucking industry by the early 50s, and definitely should have been on the table for the design of any truck this size...

Thats why its so interesting to me. If there is a spider, backing plate, or some collection of parts that can be adapted to the Rockwell within acceptable limits, then it should be a consideration for all of us. Airpacks are rare, other forms of boosting require a lot of fab work, the correct...

Looking around on youtube today and I happed to come across a video of an old, and admittedly very modified duece still working in what I think is Vietnam. (could be wrong, im no expert in Asian languages!) The highlight of the video for me was a decent look under the truck showing what looked...

If you backed off the throttle and gained speed, Id say you do probably have a carb issue, probably leaning out at WOT. Do the military variants of the 331 have the vacuum controlled ignition governor that the later civvy variants did? With that being said, you're not likely to go a heck of a...

Man, that sounds pretty bad. Good Luck!

Sad to say, but I dont think there are any options other than the ones you already mentioned. The old Waterloo overdrive kits are gone now, so you're out of luck there unless you can get one secondhand, which is unlikely. Regearing axles is expensive, invasive, and comes with plenty of...

ayup, that isn't helping. Is that all mud, rust, or Algae bloom? I dont suppose that tank cleaning is a job too many companies want to dive into, sadly. A big truck or bus service company is probably your only chance. Since its that bad, Id say to start by pulling the whole thing off the...

Well, either way getting that cleaned up is a good place to start! How bad is the inside of the tank?