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i had one of those as part of det-5. I used to love the sound of the turbo on that big Detroit when you got on the throttle. The road oilers sound sexy as he!! 0n start up but soon start to be a noisy old nag once you put your foot down and work them. I still find my self around a lot of 6v's in...

Am I reading something wrong how can you make the cat pump from a 3116 or a 3126 work on a v8 gm diesel the operation of the fuel systems is totally different.

yes me too I miss that old truck, I think the doors weighed more than a caddie coupedivills

Let see in 79 I was building plastic models and wanted a dodge w150 so bad I could taste it by the time I got old enough to drive dodge trucks didn't look the same and I haad to settle for an international 1200 because that's all I could afford on part time work pay. Just to show how little the...

I should add one of my deciding factors with going lmtv was the wet bearings in the rear and a whole lot less axle maintenance than a duce, with its old style bearings and seals that require so much maintenance. When you drive one occasionally one can get away with not servicing the bearings so...

I wouldn't say your so remote look where I'm at every thing comes here by boat or plane. My roads out here are pretty bad to. the old duce is a pretty reliable and simple truck. you admit to not being MacGyver. I would suggest you find a guy there locally who has the experience with them pay him...

mine came up a couple of years ago before that my service truck was an old gen 1 dodge with a cummins diesel

Kind of right Tom, sounds like the park switch is working, but the cam that actuates it may have come loose and slipped.

Did you get yours out of Lakewood to? Mine came out of the gov plannet sale there in Wa and migrated all the way to Nome Ak.

The trans temp should mimic the engine temp as its the engine coolant that cools the transmission . It really shouldn't get much more than that unless you let it idle long periods of time in gear where there is a lot of torque converter slippage.

Where did you get that antenna i'v been shopping for an hf beam that doesn't weigh a ton or create a lot of wind resistance. I live on the shores of the bearing sea we get a lot of wind.

Mr Wagner you are a real gentleman its always nice to have a subject matter expert around to help folks out. I don't have any cummins to pick the brain of I usually use the book. but I do have a few buddys at Cat to pick up tech support when necessary. those of you that share info only...

And the only one that is serviceable is the water separator filter which usually looks like a stack of penny's or a hydroscopic screen all other fuel filters are throw away when their service life has ended .

I know of one complete ready to run up here in Nome pm me I I will get you contact info to purchase it and there was a set of new tracks some where in Idaho for it but I couldn't tell you where the owner of this one up here located them. He was thinking of getting them for spares for his I also...

The problem with the gas rag or a shot from a spray can is your fuel mixture must be drawn through the air filter. plumbing to the turbo, than the after cooler plumbing than to the intake. it takes a long time to get their, and lots of cranking the injection system fills the intake only and the...

The problem is dissimilar metal corrosion the bottles are steel and the valve is aluminum.

If you don't use it much or are in a salty environment a bit of anti seize go's a long way to make the change easy.

the 900 series is different to, engage the pto on a 900 truck you must put the trans into drive , engage the pto than back to neutral to raise the rpm to run the hydraulic pump.

I start mine at temps as low as - 20 with thw system I go through 2 to 3 bottles a year

both wheel bearings failed the inner is what keeps the drum and hub on the truck. my wife drove the pi$$ out of my old 76 chevy when I was in Iraq the day I got home this same thing happened to me. I was able to torch the races off and re thread the nut. as I remember I was even able to save the...