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Here's some pics and details from today's 818 recovery. My brother, Chad, and I left my house at 0530 and headed for BigWheelBob Stevens' place near Jacksonville, NC. BWB towed my 818 from Lejeune to his place for staroage until I could get down there to bring it home. We got there just after 0900 and got busy checking fluids, bleeding brakes, greasing every fitting, etc... One challenge was getting a firm pedal. The MC was empty and the lined were full of air. We went through 2 pint bottles and almost a quart bottle of DOT 5 getting the brakes bled out, but dang, they will flat stop that thing now!!
Finally, we were ready for a jump from BWB's bob deuce. After a minute or so of charging, the NHC-250 lit right up. It sounded great, but.... a few little test drives around the yard revealed we had a sticking sprag! The dang thing was stuck in reverse. When shifting from 1 to R, you could hear a little hiss, but no thunk, so I guess the valve on the tranny or the actuator in the t-case is sludged up. I jacked the left front wheel off the ground and confirmed that the R sprag was engaged all the time. We backed the truck over to BWB's shop and dropped the front prop shaft with the impact wrench. I'll dive into the sprag issue at a later date.
After that, the drive home was perfect, well... aside from the dang PS fluid spraying out of the vent and down the side of the truck. I got a little over-zealous when filling the reservoir I guess. It runs fantastic. I was holding 60-65 MPH for most of the trip with no issues. I love that big Cummins! Enjoy the pics and stay tuned for the resto!
A BIG thanks goes out to my brother and BigWheelBob Stevens for all their help in getting this big tractor home!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Here's some pics and details from today's 818 recovery. My brother, Chad, and I left my house at 0530 and headed for BigWheelBob Stevens' place near Jacksonville, NC. BWB towed my 818 from Lejeune to his place for staroage until I could get down there to bring it home. We got there just after 0900 and got busy checking fluids, bleeding brakes, greasing every fitting, etc... One challenge was getting a firm pedal. The MC was empty and the lined were full of air. We went through 2 pint bottles and almost a quart bottle of DOT 5 getting the brakes bled out, but dang, they will flat stop that thing now!!
Finally, we were ready for a jump from BWB's bob deuce. After a minute or so of charging, the NHC-250 lit right up. It sounded great, but.... a few little test drives around the yard revealed we had a sticking sprag! The dang thing was stuck in reverse. When shifting from 1 to R, you could hear a little hiss, but no thunk, so I guess the valve on the tranny or the actuator in the t-case is sludged up. I jacked the left front wheel off the ground and confirmed that the R sprag was engaged all the time. We backed the truck over to BWB's shop and dropped the front prop shaft with the impact wrench. I'll dive into the sprag issue at a later date.
After that, the drive home was perfect, well... aside from the dang PS fluid spraying out of the vent and down the side of the truck. I got a little over-zealous when filling the reservoir I guess. It runs fantastic. I was holding 60-65 MPH for most of the trip with no issues. I love that big Cummins! Enjoy the pics and stay tuned for the resto!
A BIG thanks goes out to my brother and BigWheelBob Stevens for all their help in getting this big tractor home!
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