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NICE! What kind of wood? I presume fire wood.

As long as the linings are not worn to metal, the shoes can be relined. Since these are universal shoes (no leading/trailing), the linings are the same. The bulk material is slightly flexible, once it is riveted and then used, it hardens. There should be a shop in a major city phone book...

You think that is bad? How about the alternator on my 2k VW TDI? You have to remove the belly pan, the right side noise baffle and then PULL THE AC COMPRESSOR! And be careful because both are secured with pinch bushings meaning a pry bar is needed. Dropped the AC compressor on my chin, a...

Like jwaller stated, the vents are check valves. When these trucks are operated on highway, the differentials heat, causing the air inside to expand. The breathers keep pressure to a minimum, venting. When a hot axle is submerged, it is suddenly cooled. But since some air was expelled when...

Yep. Because radials have a much shorter "footprint", they track poorly. But likewise, they are easier to turn with the steering wheel. When radials became more common in the 70s, I always thought they looked underinflated compared to bias ply. Took me 20 years plus and engineering degree to...

If you broke the wire rope, you did something wrong. Sounds like wire rope fatigue. Remember, minimum bend radius must be followed for best life. You will shear the pin before exceeding the safe working load of the wire rope. IIRC, you can get this wire rope in IPS or EIPS.

I am always amazed these engines are so clean on the insides despite the insane compression ratio.

Always something from the peanut gallery :roll:; Would you laugh if I said such temperatures (over 400F) will "Whitney Houston" the oil?:-P.Wait, cracking oil breaks it down while coking is thermal polymerization:idea: In all fairness, most LD/S engines I have seen are quite clean. Compared...

Yes, if the metal gets to the "blue" draw, it will coke oil. That is about 600 F :razz:

I know a few bad examples of VP/VE style pump heads from China. And the nozzles don't last either. The only difference is these have an input shaft which turns at half crank speed. The IP on the LD multifuels turns at crank speed with the reduction happening after the governor/timing control...

Have you driven a civilian truck from the 1950s? There isn't much different between a deuce and my grandfather's 1950 GMC in the comfort department. The multifuel engines had extensive retrofitting to fix the problems. The only failed engine I ever saw on AD was due to engine overspeed and...

Lock on the battery box and remove the battery jumper. Or put a battery cutoff on the positive from the battery/slave. This will keep most joy riders off.

Dimethyl benzene is similar to toluene which is a high octane index gasoline component (methyl benzene). Naptha is a low octane index gasoline component. The rest are probably a medium petroleum distillate as these will not blend with any aqueous components. The things in cleaning compounds...

I cannot find any specific product. If you can get the exact product, I can tell if it will be harmful. If it is dissolved in the fuel, there is no way to filter it out.

NATO have slip-on caps. The older two-pin have a screw-on cap.

Um, PCBs are bad, m'kay? They are like really bad for your engine. The "C" in PCB is for CHLORINE. They were used because they didn't burn, easily. But when you burn them, they don't burn correctly, like DIESEL. And they produce nasty, corrosive compounds like carbonyl chloride (COCl, you...

For one more detail on why the M35 has air assisted brakes, look at the brake shoes. They are the same, front and rear. This reduces parts count but also means there is no "servo effect" as is common with all passenger car drum brakes made in the past 50 years. In a servo drum brake, the...

The diodes in the alternator are not perfect "check valves" for rectifing the AC from the alternator. They each much handle millions of current reversals over the life the the alternator. So why an alternator? Better regulation and much better output at low RPM. There are 6 of these huge...

Only abrasives. CARC is a highly chemically resistant polyurethane...Chemical Agent Resistant Coating. Try scrubbing with a plastic scraper, then polish with the 3M products listed above. That is a product of the 1980s camo craze and typical of an organization paint job. Yes, I was commanded...

Algae refers to a photosynthetic organism. In a steel tank with mostly petroleum, algae cannot live. The term comes from the appearance of the goo formed from water in a diesel tank, it is stringy-gooey and looks like algae, only it has no photosynthetic activity. The best solution is...