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Hello everyone.
Few weeks back I travelled to meet Kuso (I am now based in the same country) to see his Tatra 813 truck, chat and help a little with the refurbishement.
I must tell you all, he is super cool guy, really chilled, no-drama type of person!
Geof, do you know whether the integrated transfer case is one or two gear setup? I.e. does it have low and high gear? For example, the current Tatra product line offers an Allison transmission mounted together with an engine and then linked by a driveshaft to either single gear or two gear...
Hi Geof,
Many thanks for your super interesting commentary and technical info.
With regards to the TATRA service and operating manuals this is a no-go with Tatra in Czech Republic. They consider these to be their intellectual property and they do not share it unless you buy a truck. I tried...
Hi,
I have seen the below truck for sale. It is formerly ATC truck (if the seller is correct) so it has the Twin Disc TD61-1177 transmission and Twin Disc 8-FLW-1750 torque converter. The seller has absolutely zero knowledge of this truck. He mentioned it had an Allison transmission but that's...
Hi all,
I am looking for any technical info regarding these components: Twin Disc TD61-1177 and Twin Disc 8-FLW-1750 torque converter
These were mounted in ATC Tatra 6x6 firefighter trucks (when they were sold in the US) and also in military trucks...
gearhead,
What a cool truck!!! Do you still have? If you do, perhaps you could take more pictures (or share those already taken) of how the drive shaft between the gearbox and the transferbox is connected, on the transferbox side. If I am not mistaken, the usual Tatra setup is that the gearbox...
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