Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    How low does it get in the bottle?

    My 4.8L, right from new, would stay at the minimum mark. If I added more, it would eventually drop back to the minimum again. Never went lower than that so I just left it alone lol.
     
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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Awesome. Probably won't be much above 11'6-ish anyways.
     
  4. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Mines doing the same thing. Maybe just a hair below the min. No change in oil psi or mpg.
     
  5. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    That's pretty much where mine sat its whole 300k km life. No idea why it did that.
     
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  6. beastr123

    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    Enjoy the mushrooms that should start cleaning up for you in a year or so. They should take 5 or 10 years.
     
  7. Oscar the KW

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    Have a 6.0 that leaked a real small amount and it would puddle on top of the water pump and bake off never letting a drop hit the ground.
     
  8. Gliding ProStar

    Gliding ProStar Heavy Load Member

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    I snuck in to Washington, PA Saturday morning to make my delivery. Ran out of my 14hrs and had to PC for just over an hour to get to my delivery. Oh well. Get to the site and there is snow everywhere of course and they have a forklift designed to be on a flat concrete warehouse floor. The forklift operator struggled to get through the snow and ice and it took 2.5hrs to unload 8 pieces of pipe. Shut down on my delivery site thinking that I was going to get reloaded in Canton, Ohio on Saturday night but I was wrong. My pickup appointment was set for 1400 Monday afternoon and I couldn't change it during the weekend.

    So, I'm holding it down at the Pilot in Canton. I got a good parking spot thanks to the store manager last night. Shower #3 had great hot water that never ended. Tonight I ordered a Meatball Sub and a Calzone from The Pizza Over down the road and they do deliver to drivers at the truck stop. It snowed pretty good here this morning but it appears that the roads are clear. Y'all be safe.
     
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  9. Flint1

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    @AModelCat

    Sorry for the short reply, I've been in the bush all weekend. Just got back.

    https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sour...EQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3YpVpGuKv_y00bYG-ieFGs

    That is a pdf of all the edmonton truck routes. I had a copy on the truck with me.
    With the car hauler we had a permit to be 4.3m (14'). So I always looked before I lept. Only time I got burned was hwy 16 was closed and I was diverted onto 97st northbound. Its a 3.9m underpass. I stopped, lowered the top deck as much as I could, checked with my height stick, drove under and stopped and put everything back.

    What are ya hauling? On a flat??
     
  10. Flint1

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    Depending on the year they had issues with porous aluminum heads. Google castec 5.3 heads. They leak internally by a rocker arm stand. Check the oil and cap for cream of some young man...

    Also prone to leak from the waterpump mounting gaskets.
     
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  11. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Believe it or not that was the exact map I was referencing last night. Probably won't be more than 12 foot high altogether.

    Looks like the area I've got to run into shows all roads as truck roads so I should be good there.
     
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