MRdobb
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Hi all,
This is my first post here I figured I would share my eventful Monday with my bobbed 2.5 ton. To start I am from Chattanooga and specialize in hydro electric turbines. I am working in Jefferson City TN, it's about 30 min north of Knoxville. I met a guy in Knox yesterday to pick up my bobbed deuce. Trucks a 1967 m35a2 with a multi fuel contential with a whistler turbo and I got title with the truck. I started my journey on I40 headed north and lost my brakes I safely made it off the interstate and got the truck on the side of the road. I checked the resivior and empty... I filled it up and bled the brakes. I went ahead and checked fluid levels on everything else and all was good. I continued on my journey, I decided to take a more scenic route instead of I40. Truck was running a bit sluggish and the exhaust would backfire when I got in the throttle heavy. I was running straight diesel. I stopped to check on the truck I had a solid feeling that something was wrong with the turbo. The turbo was really hot so I stopped to let it cool off the truck started rolling white smoke. I continued on my journey when I should have stopped. I made it about 10 miles down the road when the engine revved wide open and started blowing flames out of the stack. In my attempts to make it safely off the road the engine bay caught a flash fire at the turbo. I stopped and extinguished the fire. Only damage caused by the fire was some charred starter wires. The turbo was glowing orange at this point. Now my truck sits on the side of the road and I need to get it to Chattanooga. Well that was my Monday.
Would bolting in ga new turbo up solve the issue? I hope nothing from the turbo went into the intake. Has anyone had experience with transporting a deuce about 200 miles? I figured with it being bobbed and the m105 bed it weighs in at 9600lbs?
This is my first post here I figured I would share my eventful Monday with my bobbed 2.5 ton. To start I am from Chattanooga and specialize in hydro electric turbines. I am working in Jefferson City TN, it's about 30 min north of Knoxville. I met a guy in Knox yesterday to pick up my bobbed deuce. Trucks a 1967 m35a2 with a multi fuel contential with a whistler turbo and I got title with the truck. I started my journey on I40 headed north and lost my brakes I safely made it off the interstate and got the truck on the side of the road. I checked the resivior and empty... I filled it up and bled the brakes. I went ahead and checked fluid levels on everything else and all was good. I continued on my journey, I decided to take a more scenic route instead of I40. Truck was running a bit sluggish and the exhaust would backfire when I got in the throttle heavy. I was running straight diesel. I stopped to check on the truck I had a solid feeling that something was wrong with the turbo. The turbo was really hot so I stopped to let it cool off the truck started rolling white smoke. I continued on my journey when I should have stopped. I made it about 10 miles down the road when the engine revved wide open and started blowing flames out of the stack. In my attempts to make it safely off the road the engine bay caught a flash fire at the turbo. I stopped and extinguished the fire. Only damage caused by the fire was some charred starter wires. The turbo was glowing orange at this point. Now my truck sits on the side of the road and I need to get it to Chattanooga. Well that was my Monday.
Would bolting in ga new turbo up solve the issue? I hope nothing from the turbo went into the intake. Has anyone had experience with transporting a deuce about 200 miles? I figured with it being bobbed and the m105 bed it weighs in at 9600lbs?
