Detroit 6V92

There never was a 290 big cam

 

I stand corrected. I never knew there was a 290 BC. Accept my apologies

 

I blew up a 6v92 in a cornbinder dump truck once ...it exploded lol.

 

I drove a single axle Louisville Ford with a 238 and 10 speed. It was my truck for almost a year, pulling 48 ft. reefers.( went around the scales a lot with that setup) I was on a particularly long run once to Bloomington, Ill, ( from Wisconsin) never a speck of trouble. When I got back, the mechanic said, "park it in the shop, it's due for a service". Next morning, I come in, my truck is gone, I asked the mechanic where it was. He said it's at a repair shop having a new motor put in. I said, What? It seems, when they put the new oil in, and fired it up, it put a rod through the block. I mean, that could have happened anywhere. So I thought, ok, cool, new motor ought to do better than the old one, right? When I got it back, it performed exactly like it did before, foot to the floor all day.

 

Dad retired from R.F Steiners in Huntington, during that time he made a lot of freinds with drivers. One driver (Weedhopper) as he was known drove a International Transtar ll cabover with a 6-71 for Imperial Bedding out of Huntington. During a rebuild Weed ask dad if he could give it just a little extra lol...... Dad set in a little larger injectors for him. Weed was happy with the results for sure, the small Cummins powered trucks found that weed was now a hard cat to track after lol. Weedhoppers old saying to what you mentioned is this..... with a 6-71 you just can’t let the antifreeze touch the front of the radiator .

 

238 10 speed Louisville I drove one also same setup, never had time to fall asleep too much shifting. You swear you was on flat ground and would be dropping 2 gears lol. Was good in south Florida but get it too the North East you was working.

 

Sorry for highjacking your thread OP.