Instant O/O and Load boards

so as i just preached to rob,my trip from sheriden arkansa to hains city was long 909 mile to be exsact,and other than the dumb move i made with the fuel and getting an overwieght ticket almost un eventfull,heres where the fun started!!!!we drive thru a hellashous rain storm just outside of ocala,just after the scale on I-75,jump over to wildwood,beleive its 412 take it down to I-4 good road cuts off alot of miles and bypasses the new supercoop on I-4,get in to hains city,try to take off from the light ,truck wont go in gear?????wtf clutch has no pressure on it at all?????####!!!!!put it in a high gear after shutting it down and crank it up to get going jumping into a mall parking lot to see what the hecks going on!!!!crawl inder the old girl and find the eye to the clutch linkage has let loose from its desired position,now never messing with this befor,i stick it back on there and hmmmm we have a clutch,now it gets funny,my #######,it popss off again comeing out of the mall blocking the road ,roflma,so i get back inder there and get a real good look and realize that the little ball swiveil,that it use to rid on is shot!!!!!from weather and fatige,SO I BREAK OUT MY BAG OF REDNECK TECNOLIGY lol,how do i make this stay on so i can dump this load in the am and get parts??????well in my little bag of tricks there ,,,,,1)2 rolls of duck tape,1 roll of tiewire,and none of it would do the trick,,so with a dumfounded look on my face i was stairing at a bunjy cord,lol hell double wraped that rascal and pulled it tight and that bunjy cord got me from hains city to jacksonville,and to the kenworth dealer to get 2) 7.00 parts to repair the linkage and to the pilot ot exit 343 in baldwin to where im sitting now getting ready to head in grab a shower (flys are circaling again lol),andgrab a bite to eat and bed down for the night and ,i dont have to be in atlanta till tue morn so ill fix the clutch right and check out my turbo to see where the oils comeing from,think irt might be a line its old and rusty so it might of sprung a leak,,,,,exspains the oil useage,,,

 

Nothing a few turns of a wrench wouldn't fix for the stacks! Or the first low overpass you come to.

What dino said is good advice. Now go buy a toolbox and some tools, your gonna need them now!

And don't worry...the grease will wash off...eventually!

 

Good deal
Glad you got it worked out
And now I can drink the beer I've been looking at

 

Rob, did you get anything figured out? I am in the general area where your truck is and have some tools. I also have a friend who lives close to there and could supply additional tools. I am NOT a mechanic, but can turn a wrench and we could probably figure this #### out.

Let me know.

 

In a previous life I was a tool and die maker/fabricator. The exhaust would have been doable with a few supplies and some proper tools.

And with a few resourceful guys I have to lean on, we could have figured out the rest of it.

 

For the record, i just went out and meaus.my 387 and its 13' 3" to the top of my stack.