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glow plugs should cycle about 15 seconds sounds like you have a few bad ones. change them all out before you swell up the remaining good ones you have.

That's my thought to get a 5 ton or fmtv they are newer and have full air brakes, and don't listen to the to those who say wedge brakes don't work as well, on asphalt at 20 mph will just about throw passengers into the windshield. Yes the larger airbrake equipped rigs will require a cdl. Some...

Now that you mention that I have seen front slip yokes wear out and not turn the front axle to.

That is correct if you pull that trailer for revenue or you have a company name on the door, but private use is exempted. even on my lmtv I'm subject to CMV regulations when going to or from a job site but if I make a grocery run to the store for my family I am exempt. If I use it to haul tools...

Usually its one hub or the other. To test them put t case in 2 wd lock the hubs if you can spin the front drive line than look at the knuckles and see which one is turning, that will be the hub that isn't engaging

If I had to guess might also be for static discharge when mogas or aviation products are used. I know mc 406 bulk tanks have a wire extending top to bottom for that reason.

Our state has recognized any vehicle over 10 k as having to follow all cmv guidelines, except for cdl and logbook ,those are reserved for cdl required vehicles only. That said the carpenter taking his tools to work in a 3/4 ton pu with a trailer has to have dot numbers a physical and annual...

that looks to be a narrow gauge dana 70 check the frame width , I think those used a 32 inch frame for mounting commercial bodies on them. A buddy of mine had one he put a single wheel pu bed on and the wheels darnd near tucked in under the fenders.

maybe I will check with my cat guy and see if there was a valid turbo change but turbo lag is my only beef the c-7's in our fleet don't have it. I still like the reliability and simplicity of my mechanical engine.

I don't think the 3116 needs much more power what it needs is less turbo lag when you drive one you can tell it really is a stationary motor intended to run at a steady rpm like an excavator, water pump or gen set. They have an rpm range they are comfortable at. It would be nice to try to wake...

I don't have it in writing, but there are 2 factors come to mind, running bob tail with no weight over the rear drivers traction is going to be an issue. Load the truck down with a 40 foot trailer and now you have articulation limitations from the 5th wheel hitch, plus it has a much higher pay...

I went to the fielding course on the tqg's when they were first fielded they all had analog gauges, I suspect the ones we had in Iraq with digital panels were b models, by that time I had changed to a 63 b and didn't get to play with the gen sets.

You are correct you can also play with the afc screw also known as the smoke screw, should help a little on the top end. I think the engine would respond well to a set of compound turbos, because it has a lot of turbo lag, just like about all cats I have driven aside from the one 3406 with...

Check u- joints first, if joints are good check engine and transmission for performance issues. I have had automatic transmission clutches chatter under acceleration from a stand still in the past, and engine misfire can do the same. the most likely cause is a u-joint. its tough to diagnose the...

The comment was intended to be a joke to tickle a funny bone, but as Paul Harvey would say now you know the rest of the story.

The insurance guys in the commercial insurance world who will cover it, will know Stewart Stevenson, there the guys who do private auto insurance wont have a clue, use the insurance sticky for a list of vendors it works. Fwiw flo hooked me up with a commercial policy that I found affordable...

Sounds like prestolite is out sourcing to lucas , those who have worked on a land rover, or triumph know what im talking about.

Like with the subway accident he lost brakes, my concern is what happens if the few insurance company's now that cover mv's start deciding they may be too high of a risk. They certainly wont single out just the real old stuff and those of us using the newer rigs commercially could loose our...

I know we don't discuss insurance much here, but when I went to pick up my lmtv I was enlightened, and this could be the same, no excuse for doing it though. I reside in Alaska my truck was in Washington I wanted to get at least liability on it before driving it down there. Alaska company's...

I had a close call couple nights ago I had my wife's nice with me, going out to recover her car out of the ditch. Compliments of daylite savings time the sun sets around 6 up here now. This particular night it was raining heavy, blowing and pitch black out. I made a left turn on to a road had...