I went and loaded up an old table set that was in my shed and delivered it to a friend of mine who wanted it. About 20 miles one way, most freeway. Found out my truck can do 85mph... At 3k rpms. Definitely don't like that.
She's not gone yet. Right now, she seems fine again. I don't want three cats, but (hopefully) I'll be stuck with three for quite a while longer. Right now, I finally got him calm enough that he's playing with a cat toy and ignoring the growling cat who's not talking very nicely to him.That's a fine looking feline. I can always mail you more if you need some. Sorry that you lost your "money cat" as I call them.
With the driveline brake that they have, you may have to do some serious fab work in order to get the Brownie stick under there.If I ever put my Superduty on the road, I'll want an overdrive. I do have an old brownie I could stick under there.
A brownie with an overdrive might make just about any F-Superduty decent for highway use… might have to give that some thought… I want to do a 4WD conversion, but it has a limited slip rear diff installed by the previous owner… and he told me that 3.54 and 3.73 have one type carrier, and 4.10, 4.63 and 5.13 have another kind for the Dana 80. FWIW.If I go that route, the plan would be to replace the pillow block in the middle of the two part drive shaft with the brownie, one shaft running transmission to brownie, the other running brownie to differential. I'd just need to build a cross member to hold it, then have Young's Gear build me two drive shafts.
If I just used it as a high-low range, I wouldn't even need to shift it much: I could just drive empty to Fairbanks in double overdrive, load up, crawl underneath to shift into straight through, then drive home at 45mph in fourth gear.
What kind of bed does your F-Superduty have? 11,000 sounds light, is it a flat bed or dump bed? Or a service bed, like mine? How long is the bed?The good ol' boy who gave me the brownie had it in his hippy bread truck for years. It's an underdrive, and he'd mounted it backwards for OD. He used it to split shifts apparently. The hippy bread truck was an old diesel step van that had delivered Wonderbread for years before he got it and turned it into a motor home.
The expensive but easier plan would be to put in a Gear Vendors OD. They claim their box can handle up to 1,200hp and 30,000GVW. My 185hp, 11,000 pound Superduty shouldn't stress it at all, but it would stress the bank account a bit.
It's been a while since I looked at the sticker - maybe it's 11,000 for just the rear end? It's a decent flatbed, probably 12 feet long? That one isn't on the road, and it hasn't moved since I started it up last year to put in the new parking area. I don't look at the rigs down in the new parking lot very often.What kind of bed does your F-Superduty have? 11,000 sounds light, is it a flat bed or dump bed? Or a service bed, like mine? How long is the bed?
Yes I believe the rears are 11,000.It's been a while since I looked at the sticker - maybe it's 11,000 for just the rear end? It's a decent flatbed, probably 12 feet long? That one isn't on the road, and it hasn't moved since I started it up last year to put in the new parking area. I don't look at the rigs down in the new parking lot very often.
Yep. Only 5 people are allowed to change a tire on the Dodges at work!First I heard of Aluminum Wheel Studs. WOW!
Looks like some ham ****** guy with a big impact gun could twist them right off.
Interesting...Think it was back in the 70,s that International Harvester used Aluminum front axles on their big semi trucks.
The censorship is so randomEdit:
F I S T E D is a bad word?
All these bad words Iam using, they will be sending me to sensitivity training.
Hope I didn`t offend someone.
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Is Lewiston to far for you to travel? I know of a very good machinist but I will have to check and see where he is now as he moved shops couple years ago. He has done several International diesel engines for me over the years just not a 6.9-7.3 although I know he has done them.Pulled my engine to start on my build after some sort of mechanical failure during my move from AZ to ID last fall. I thought it was maybe a bad injector because I had a rough idle and some smoke. Got the valve cover on the right bank off, and discovered the failure. Looks like a piston & exhaust valve got in a fight and I lost.
Now I have to decide if I get this engine rebuilt, or if I buy a donor truck and put all my new CDD goodies on it. I’ve got a 110cc pump, stage 1 injectors, Stage 1 turbo and intercooler, head studs, and a bunch of little stuff.
That being said if anyone knows a reliable machine shop within a days drive of Boise I’m in the market!