Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Yep the bushing guides the body of it, but the only seal is the rubber ring on the stat

 

I was thinking there was a steel ring type seal with rubber on the outside edge similar to a wheel seal or front main but obviously without the inside part that turns. Again, it's been a while since I did them.

Edit: i just googled it and there IS a steel ring seal for them. If you reused the old ones that is why it was leaking at the housing. There is no way you got the old ones out without bending them. You press them in by putting a socket on them and tapping it with a hammer.

 

Those inserts just guide it through operation though, even when they’re a little crooked it won’t cause a leak. The rubber gasket on the thermostats makes the seal. It’s a great design.

 

How do you secure loads in a reefer with no tracks?

 

Load locks

 

How many load locks should I carry?

 

I never really needed more than 2, but the truck could hold 4 of them on its rack. If you load stacked up pallets of freight, you'll want at least one for each row. If you do multi stop loads, you might need more. Pretty much any pallet that can possibly move forward or backwards, you're going to want braced from being able to move. If you've got containers that can slip out, you may want to put a piece of plywood or plastic bulkhead between the product and the load locks.

 

Keep your eyes open while on docks. If you see a loadlock, or a few even better. Ask the shipper about them. Often they’ll give them to you free. Someone left them, and Shipper doesn’t want them. I had a few, couldn’t give them away, finally threw them out. But when you need one, it’s $30 at the Truckstop

 

Well, I’m wrong again, Lol , getting used to it. Just happened to catch Mechanic installing thermostats, sure enough the insert acts as a seal also. I had no idea.