Where is everyone #5

Rattle the dishes in cupboards coming up the hill.
Probably pretty sure to get a Christmas card from the fuel company- "Thanks for your business!"

 

I've thought pretty often the last few years about buying these cheap trucks and trailers to sell when the market turns. But I just can't seem to get excited about anything related to work anymore.

I still think trucking itself is pretty good, but I haven't been at it very long. With fuel where it is, rates where they are, still ok here.

It's all good. We ain't ridin around with quarters for rowels. As hard as I work it, and pretty much drama free for a while. A couple days labor ain't too bad.

Hahaha! That's funny

 

All clean so far....

 

The culprit.

Liner protrusion issue, or can you get by with cleaning things up and new head gasket?

 

Yeah, it's liner protrusion. On 60's they use what's called a salvage sleeve. It's about a half inch tall, and 1/4" or so thick. Cut the whole surface where the liner sets and install the sleeve.

Freightliner is the only one around here that does it. I waited a week for them to cut it when I did the overhaul. Finally they called and said their tool was damaged, and had no timeline when it would be fixed.

I couldn't get the tool at the time to cut it for shims, and the only guy who had those tools here I didn't trust.

Detroit revised torque specs and a head gasket with a wider fire ring in 2003, and with those revised torque specs and gasket, they updated liner protrusin specs. Mine then measured -.001 between 5 and 6, and the new low spec was -.003.

I figured then it was mainly to get trucks out of warranty by slapping a gasket on and rollin, the repair would last till it wasn't covered.

Seems correct. It's blown in the same spot. It'll get a gasket until it needs another overhaul.

 

Sorry for ur luck sir . That really sucks . But I am curious , what equipment do u use to remove the head ? U have a overhead crane or forklift? I need to pull the head on mine but don't have any lifting equipment to do so

 

Do you have a place to get the truck inside or a large concrete pad outside?

 

neither one. Just dirt outside. I suppose I could throw some plywood down to make a flat surface and was wondering if I could use a regular engine hoist. Unsure if it would go up high enough . That's about all I got at this point

 

3/4 plywood would probably work. My home shop has a gravel floor so I made a work area out of 3/4 plywood. It's held up great for the last 5 years.

Harbor freight sells a 1 ton gantry for like $850. Sign up for their card and get 10% off the first purchase. I'm not saying it's a good idea but there's a review where a guy added a picture of the gantry holding the entire engine out of a Cascadia.