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I definitely get wanting to keep a direct connection, but for me, this concept was in a large part trying to add a dual circuit while getting away from the stock parts that can be hard to find, and cant be fixed out on the road. If you want the extra piece of mind for the air system, the...

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IIRC the original fill level was up to the plug, but this was later lowered to "one knuckle down" to help reduce the chances of oil weeping through the hub seal. I cant remember the name of the publication it showed up in, but it was that military info mag... the one that often used comics/...

Before you put the injectors in and get ready for startup, bar the engine over through a number of rotations by hand (the same way you bar for setting the valves). The human arm and bar is a lot slower and less forceful than the starter so any potential clearance issues will stop you dead, and...

Just stopping by, Ive been incredibly busy so I havent found my notes yet. I believe the master I had found was for an 86ish chevy c60 or something similar. The brake pressure number is good to have. I suppose the threaded pushrod on a standard can would allow a bit of travel adjustment and...

I would love to hear from anyone who has done any sort of three axle dual circuit conversion as to what non AF master they used. I'm a bit hung up on the issue of residual pressure valves, as im not 100% sure if they're needed, and some masters had 2, some had 1, and others none. I believe it...

It was quite the learning experience, thats for sure. I would hate to admit how long i spent looking over that rear head looking for a hidden bolt or something else I was missing that was holding it down. Considering how long it ran like that, I fully expected to find torching especially...

sorry in advance for the hijack, but a HG story comes to mind. No matter what, I'll bet your head gasket job goes easier than mine did. My truck had the old style gaskets, and it started blowing out through the relief cut on #2 last summer. I decided to change both gaskets to new style, even...

Ive been to North Carolina a bunch, I like it there! Back to the brake system, disregarding the unanswerable question of American tort law, does anyone have any major concerns with a system like I described/ linked to? The way I see it, the system gives us a major margin of safety in the form...

Like I said, its just another option if someone wanted an original brake pedal and fully hydraulic system. The super duty vacuum pump is a smallish electronic pump, and one of the more robust things Ferd ever engineered. They used it on the powerstroke trucks to run hvac, hubs, and boosters on...

You can be sued if someone breaks into your house and hurts themselves... One of the many advantages I see to a system like this is the use of non specialized components. The supply of airpaks isnt infinite, and the last ones were built a long time ago. Personally, I think it would be a waste...

https://www.powerbrakeservice.net/aibrsywi1mac.html?viewfullsite=1 I understand the misery of disappearing links, But most of the pictures I can find might be copyrighted, and I'd rather deal with our mods, so here is a link to a setup that looks like it would work in our rigs.

I suppose I should have clarified that I was looking more for thoughts on the mechanical rather than the legal, but its not invalid as we're never far from the law these days. Hot rodders have been swapping and modding brake and steering systems since about 6 months after cars were invented...

I decided to start a new thread instead of adding more to the enormous dual circuit threads already in existence. Also, these ideas are not new. I came up with them, then did some research and realized they've already been done, even at the OEM level, just apparently not for deuces. Please...

yep two studs, two bolts.

Is it possible someone replaced the pitman arm and indexed it wrong on the steering box output shaft? There's usually either a skip or double spline to help prevent that, but its impressive what brute force and ignorance can achieve.

Changing out the governor spring was/ is a common mod on mechanical B series Cummins and for exactly those reasons. It gave a slight boost in RPM, which was great for driveability and HP, but its real advantage was in increasing the ramp rate and raising the rpm point where fueling would begin...

All else aside, If I was going to put an external, aftermarket 12v pump on my truck, Id look at a full fuel system like used on modified pickups. A nice FASS or Airdog would supply all the fuel you need, and you could eliminate all the stock military filter systems and feed nice 2 micron...

Whats leaking from the head area, oil or coolant? Exactly how much haze is coming out the breather? Its an old and old style engine, a bit of haze out the breather is not unheard of after working it. There is a huge difference between driving around and actually hauling, so if these hauls are...

The line running between the flame heater and booster pump is a right pain to access down at the booster. I only removed it completely this spring when I had to lift the engine and pull the pump to replace the booster pump seal.