New guy in Texas

[rdrodgers]

I was told to hunt this site up. Glad I did. I have a 1940 Holabird pumper built by the United States Army in Ft. Holabird, Maryland I am working on for the local volunteer fire dept.

I'm hoping to dig some information out of this site to help me transplant a Hercules multifuel engine (rebuilt by the military) in where a 22R (U6501) Continental gas used to be.

Gonna be hunting SAE bell housing answers.

Hoping I can dig around and search around to see if i can do this.

Thanks, Roy

 

[NDT]

Welcome. Some suggestions: avoid using the stock transmission as it is not synchronized (double clutch) and likely has no overdrive. Use the transmission that came with the 5 ton trucks (6453). Or best yet, flip the multifuel and get a complete late model pre emissions diesel with transmission from a late model wrecked civilian truck.

 

[dmetalmiki]

Welcome to the forum and hobby. Post up some pictures of the truck, and the ongoing transformation.

 

[rdrodgers]

Which forum might best suit this old military fire truck? Right now it's in pretty poor condition. I want to get it running on its own power so I can move it around to work on it. Thanks again.

 

[SCM35A2]

Welcome to the site!

 

[85 USMC M998]

Welcome from Detroit.

 

[Privatewrench]

Welcome from Kentucky

 

[jmb6741]

Welcome!

 

[rdrodgers]

Thanks for all the welcomes. What is the best forum to get information on the bell housing pattern and clutch information? I have advertised this engine several places to try to use something else, but no one seems to want it so it is time to put it to use. I need to know which forum is the appropriate place to ask a bunch of questions. Such as the fuel injection pump. I need to know what to put on it since it is missing on this engine. How to time the injection ump.. Things like that is what I need to ask and I want to make sure I ask in the right forum.

Thanks again. Roy