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Hi Group, I finally got an original pole-pulling jack for my V-18A/MTQ Earth Borer - Pole Setter truck... But the mounting bracket was missing as well. By the part number, I can tell that it was specially made by the company that assembled the auger mechanism onto the truck chassis, rather...

Hi Y'All, Jason (deuceaid) PMed me that I should show how I installed my VIC-1. The idea for the locations of the components is not mine, I got the idea from a member here (ida34 I think) except he used wood and I used a piece of 6" x 48" X 1/4" aluminum plate. The components are not in the...

No I think 6' is cutting it short. I bought a 10' kit and did cut the tube and have a little bit of wire coiled under the dash but I don't think there's 4' of extra.... You could measure with a piece of wire or string to make sure. Jon

I'm not aware of anyone having been ripped off.... You will get your centrifuge, just not in the time frame quoted. I would be polite but persistent. Jon

I'll present a slightly different viewpoint here.... I can see the complaining neighbor's point of view because of a personality characteristic of mine: I am easily annoyed. I take any offense to my senses as an invasion of my privacy, or even as an assault. Only rarely do I actually...

Very interesting! What kind of NiCads are those? I've never heard the term "wet NiCads".... Before I enlarged the picture I expected to see the type of cells used in radio controlled cars. Jon

J.C. Taylor will cover it too....

Old thread, but I've been reading the manual on my M197A1 and noticed the 30 mph rating too. I don't see any significant difference between this dolly and a civilian one. Why should I not tow at a more reasonable highway speed? Jon

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TN license plates are steel? ....They're aluminum in CA.... So you're saying someone said something? :D Jon

I much prefer 2-cycle Detroits, but the 8V-92 is "The engine that lost Detroit it's share of the OTR truck engine market" ......and then, rather than improve the design, Roger Penske (Detroit's owner at the time) decided to give up on the 2-stroke concept and purchase the manufacturing rights to...

Your floor gives me hope for my M146.... It's got beat up linoleum tiles on it, I imagine it looks like yours did under there. I have a belt sander so I think I'm going to clean it up, stain and seal it. What did you use in the joints between boards? Jon

Here's a close-up... In the discussion thread linked in the first post, there is a comment that too many of these old planes are being lost performing "stunts" and that this should not be done with irreplaceable aircraft. I agree with that assessment. The thrill of these shows should be the...

Hey Ernie, Good to see you back on here, it seems we were missing you for a while... The only point in your post that I am going to disagree with is that the engineers were blowing the horn excessively. I'm a locomotive engineer and I can tell you, we don't have a choice. We will get in...

I know, I'm a bigger buzz kill than Buzz Killington..... But I've gotten on engines too many times and gone to blow the horn and heard nothing but "SSSSSS" because the horns have been stolen. I firmly believe that over 90% of the train horns on the civilian market are stolen, and the railroad...

Some states have pretty stiff fines for violations like this, so be sure you check so you know what you're up against if authorities decide to take exception.... Just like ambulance sirens, air raid sirens, or fog horns, train horns are illegal on street vehicles. Jon

Because his truck is a bobber. With tandems you would still have the other rear axle... Jon

Man that looks great! I still haven't started on mine, you've got quite a head start...

Hey Bjorn, did you ever get the XM757 to shift out of 1st gear? Maybe I missed a thread, but last I knew you still hadn't driven fast enough to cause the Allison to shift...

I only know of replacing them with NOS or reproductions, like from Saturn Surplus or Military Vehicle Data Plates Doghead and some others have had very nice reproductions/copies made from their old worn data plates... Not cheap though. My M146 data plate is almost unreadable... I've been...