Hi List.
First I would like to make an exception to my usual posting policy, which is
"only tech posts"
to commend the bravery of the fellow that is
a "Law enforcement officer"...you are a brave man!
Also i wish to state thankyou for freely giving info
about road regs in USA..i live in Oz, so they dont affect me. I see u are
coming under some attack.
On other lists i belong too, some fellows who are
both knowledgable and helpful, have been severely
discouraged from providing there opinion, by attacks
from other listers, especially sending off-list
venomous emails too them. AS to the legal correctness
of your posts, well, to be sure, they may not be 100%
correct, but who ever is...when i ask email questions re mechanics, often i
get very different answers...some are
not fully correct, but i very much appreciate the effort.
As to legal Qs, lawyers argue about them!!!
Keep it up mate, dont be discouraged.
In Oz u would be a slightly different species...a DMR man
(Dept Main Roads-Heavy truck inspector)...u dont have a gun, like regular
cops,
feared and despised by all truckies, virtually unknown to the
motoring public,unless u r VERY unlucky and a DMR man defects your car.
I should say i dont like cops too much myself, having been booked
for speeding so many times, they are trained to be very assertive,
and dont like it one bit on the occasions i have asserted myself.
CCKW: I have been held up abit lately on my resto, have now logged
85 hrs...most recent jobs was to restore Radiator and Instruments.
About 15 hrs in that.
Re the 70-80 Octane fuel recipe...I got replies but none were conclusve.
Dr Deuce came closest by infering HO fuel will cause trouble. So what are
people running in there WW2 engines?
I dont want to detonate my excellent 270 by running 92 Octane.
Looks like I can obtain the books "GMC Universal truck"
and "History of GM"...i will continue to publish what i can find
on CCKW and related stuff.
I have over 20 vehicles,including 5 historic MK7 Jaguars(1951), so I
enjoy researching, as well as restoring the vrhicles.
Data plates....I have been told u can get them ex-USA
I need only the "shift positions" plate...in my case
itis laid out as follows:
#########################################################################
PTO Gearbox Transfer Front Axle #
L 2 4 R L IN #
. 3 5 1 . OUT #
N
. N
H . #
H #
##########################################################################
I dont care if it is a new repro or second hand. Can anyone advise a
supplier
i can contact?
My scanner is not operational, so i cant send pics yet
Fording depth: as some listers may recall, I wanted too know.
Stated depth is 30 inches, that is the same source that said
220ft/lbs @ 1400 RPM.
When Ross Carswell saw my winch bumper, he was mighty impressed.
I could see from the manuals etc that mine was not original.
It is an EXTREMELY good fabrication job, with heaps of extra attachments.
All the work on my vehicle seems to have been carried out to a very
good standard. As i had already observed, and said to Ross, it makes such
a difference when a vehicle has been maintained by proffesional truck
mechanics
and tradesmen. I can see evidence where things are a little bodgy, but
pro mechanic bodgy and backyard/farmer bodgy are a world apart.
Things like the welding, obviously huge industrial MIG to do such
welding, never could be done on regular stuff.
There are a lot of mines in the Hunter Valley, where i live, seems
many of these trucks were used on site and grossly abused until they died,
way beyond the normal life span of other trucks, ending there days as a
"yardtruck"...ie rusted out, no brakes, bashed, sick motor, left in yard
when finally wont go, around 1970's...seems most were scrapped at that
stage.
I did some work on site on Cummins powered Euclid dumpers etc in the early
80's
didnt see any then.
Near where my 117 acre rural block is a fairly wealthy farming area.
I intend to go to the pub (drinking establishment) and have a few beers
with the old-timers, in order to ask them if they know of old trucks etc
in farmsheds, so i may acquire them.
I did obtain "First Blood" ie Rambo, good film. Also saw "SAving Pt Ryan'
sat thru the whole thing and only saw Jimmys a few times.
regards tony
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