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Let us know how the chinese springs look compared to the OE. I wasn't brave enough to go that route.

Yep. I pulled the line off the cooler and I ran about 4-5 gallons through it. Filled the pan twice IIRC and basically ran it till the pump emptied the pan and then shut it down. After installing the new filters and draining the pan.

First of all - don't believe the 12,000 BTU spec. It's probably lucky to achieve half that. Just like the Chinese diesel heaters that make wild claims and when tested end up being about 50% or less of the claimed performance. Take note that the factory Red Dot AC is 30,000 BTU's. And that's a...

A1R is the platform to have IMHO. C7 with exhaust brake and capable of 370 HP with a flash plus LOTS of other upgrades too numerous to mention. The 3116 is anemic due to it's smaller displacement. Won't run ECO hubs as effectively for a large build on a 6x6 chassis. It's also old - saw a...

Hey I resemble that remark. :geek: I don't have a diesel tech (well besides Josh the Adept Ape but he's way over there somewhere out of reach) but if I did I wouldn't let him wrench on it either. Comes down to needing that familiarity down the road for when the day inevitably comes in a...

Yeah I promise you don't want to find the other end of that one. I went there. Wasn't worth it.

Interesting - have you considered reaching out to Red Dot and asking them?

More like $200+ / Hr at most heavy truck shops these days. Of course it depends on where.... at the small end of bear piss creek Arkansas you might could found Cousin Skillet that saw one of them trucks once.... well he fell out the back of it and got med boarded for being permanently cross-eyed...

Check the cab to chassis ground on the passenger wall of the radiator tunnel behind the grill. I HIGHLY suspect that this is what damages the push button switches. Just had one fail on an A1P2 that had a 2v drop across the cab ground strap a few months ago. The push button switches went through...

The governor should unload about 125 psi and reload at about 95 psi. I've had better luck with Haldex governors than Bendix. FWIW. Most are adjustable but some of them they set and then used bolt cutters (?) to cut the adjustment rod threads and essentially lock the nuts in position. I hate...

Right. I mean EMS-NG. And yeah the A0 manuals are scanned into PDF - they are here on this forum for download actually. They were *originally* paper manuals back in the 90's. PDF is really just an e-book reader with some searching ability in this case. EMS-NG doesn't have any A0 stuff that I've...

No. The problem isn't a "shift" harshness. It is a torque converter lockup clutch engagement that you are feeling and the problem is the difference in input speed to output speed at the point of engagement - this is due to the converter slipping because it is not fully loaded, and the clutch...

Nice. I was thinking of the NSN for the cable assembly - since the A0 was a paper manual truck and doesn't exist in electronic TM's that I've run across.

Heck yeah! Let us know what you find!

BAE was doing weird stuff. I'm guessing that harness would be challenging to find in the TM.

The Allison and the CTIS both have J1939/J1708 busses even if the engine does not. Hook it up to a scan tool and see what you find.

Yup. While welding them is *possible* if you know a whole bunch about welding castings.... But also if you are the guy that has the gear to pre-heat, weld, properly cool, and then very likely re-machine them due to the warpage you are also the guy that knows it's stupid when Mike's kit is a...

There were initially some weirdos on Facebook groups that were asking about them. Probably to try to home-brew their own direct drive hubs or the magical thinking of selectable hubs but that racket has died off as even the dullards have realized it's nigh impossible and/or stupid depending on...

The part they listed is the disconnect relay (not the LBCD) - it may or may not actually be bad. There is a PS magazine article on the older disconnect relays with instructions on how to address a common wiring issue with them...

As far as I can tell the springs are the same type. The kits come with instructions that have been photocopied too many times..... I doubt any real thought has been put into this design in the last ~50 years. It's VERY old technology. I worked for a compressor repair and manufacturing company...