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New Member - In Search of Salvage Yards & Assistance if you have an old radiator a good radiator shop could probably replace the core and fix any other issues. Those trucks have long left the salvage yards and any you might find in a yard is either a puke if rust if the owner thinks it is...

The speed on a blower motor is usually controlled by a resistor that is in the air flow, to keep it cool. The switch looks like a common rotary switch. You need a ohm meter, this is part if a multimeter, With the switch in the off position there should be no conductivity between the wires...

Wonder what happened to the wings.

The big Allison's behave the best when you bring the RPM's up to about 200 below governed and just hold it there. Feathering the throttle causes short shifting. If you are running heavy downshift the selector when you see the hill and the transmission will not downshift until the second, or...

There is one sitting locally to me. GL sold a couple of them with generators a year or two ago

The tanks should be in a containment basin that can hold at least the capacity of any single tank in the event of a failure.

The application is a DMV form. The CHP will enforce the vehicle code. The vehicle code contains the word "primarily"

Why do you want to do this

Try putting the transfer case in low range then first to see if it will go forward.

Are you getting married? If not who wears the pants at your house or do you wear overalls?

What type of load are you talking?

The 923 has a bigger cab, wedge air brakes and an auto trans. The big differences are the 1 The transmission, do you like stick or auto? A lot of people bag on the automatic and this results from three major issues, the first is the military is running engine oil in them and not dextron, the...

The law is that it is illegal to alter the vin tag. The federal safety sticker is actually a noise sticker on most commercial vehicles and tends to be illegible after a few years. The sticker that has the axle weights in it is a different sticker. Military vehicles have there equivalent...

On commercial trucks one tank is the primary, suction and return, and the second tank is an auxiliary. There is a valve on the front or back of each tank and a combination of hose and hard lines connects the tanks. This is a very simple setup that does not have the issues associated with a...

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Allison publishes an operators manual and mechanics tips that are available on line. The torque converter lockup is adjustable, it is my understanding that you can adjust when it licks and unlocks and a delay to smooth out the shifting. If you disable the torque converter lock up you engine...

One issue the transmission in These trucks has is that it is not set up according to Allison specs, the second issue is running motor oil. The third issue is the wedge brakes. I wonder if the ABS is connected to the the torque converter lock up switch? The ABS is there to deal with the issues...

Neat trailer

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How high is the hitch on your trailer?