I remember, the boss said he'd fire anybody if their truck had a crimped fuel line. Yeah, that was common practice, cutting out the O/D on 13's. Speed limit was 55mph, and you had no business going 75 mph.
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I remember a gizmoe called a stinger that some would use to modify their PT pump. Never did it myself, but, if I recall correctly, you had to remove a plug or something from the pump, insert a short piece of metal rod or tubing (about the length of a penny from the edge to the top of Lincoln's head?). This would open the governor a bit and up rpms to 2300 or so. Its been so long ago, I'm not sure if that's the right way to do it or not. I bet one of you other ol' farts can straighten me out.
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On the stinger you remove this plug right here. Common sense needs to be used when installing a stinger!!!! I have personal experience with that setup! Older driver that ran with us put a stinger in 1985 Pete 362 I had at Powers Enterprise long ago. It had a 350 Cummins. He drilled the inside of the plug for a 1/8" pop rivet, stuck the rivet in with super glue and let it set. He would cut small pieces off the rivet until the plug finally was close enough to start threading back in the hole. Black coal would roll and the rpm's were like a steam engine , all but unlimited. Made it very hard to shift too since the engine did not drop back as fast as it normally would. I don't recommend it at all for road use, maybe pulling a sled on a track, but not making a living with it. It turned the engine into a "turbo eater" .DDlighttruck, Toothpick1, bigguns and 2 others Thank this. -
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Speaking of old trucks, I have "Class of '86" written on the back of my bunk and today I was pulling an empty step deck after getting unloaded in Plattsburgh, NY. I see a '90's 379 easing up beside me in the hammer and I hear this on the CB: "Have you got that truck paid for yet driver?"
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Yeah dufinatly for the classic looks.
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Here try this Music....LOL
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Lol, you started it @haycarter , here ya go @Big Don . @"semi" retired gonna love us.......
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