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yup.... I did,,, you have the "technically wrong" manifold,,,,, dig up my thread "816 Jakes and turbo" and the pics will tell you what I had to do to make this manifold work.... I ended up grinding the arm of the manifold to squeeze it under the Thermostat housing. Then I ground on the...

The oil supply to the Turbo can be gained by removing one of the 1/8 plugs on the oil cooler, above generator is a larg round cast housing with coolant lines running into it. remove one of the pipe plugs and (make sure there is oil.... if water/oil you have big problems) Thread a 1/8 to 06JIC...

My 4LHR Schwitzer was a 5", I just used a standard flange from NAPA truck with the coordinating band, this gave me about 6" to weld my 90* onto to start the downward migration to my old 4" pipe. 2) 90*s a Flange, and a short coupler with a reducer had me where I needed to be. Then welded it...

If a 7-8-9-10 speed single shaft would hold up it would be a dream... the Spicer 7 or 8speeds are junk, there are hundreds of testimonies out there and 3 locally here where medium duty trucks, rollbacks and small dump truck have smoked them. the last one I ran into tossed the 7 speed and...

I jaked and Turbo'd mine, along with the fuel button and the dual fuel line,,,, for a step by step, look up "816 Jakes and Turbo" in the 5 ton hot rodding section... It runs alot better and holds the hills better, but my achillies heel is still the lack of gears... but im driving a 36K lbs...