can you look in the the engine brake thatr is a air operated gate valve
in the exost line
its like putting a tarter in the tail pipe
if there even made any more
At 09:45 PM 10/4/01 -0700, Jim Newton wrote:
>Hi All...
>
>As some of you know, I drive up to Reno from the SF Bay Area nearly
>every month in my wonderful M35A2 and tow the M1007 behind it.
>
>I try to save my brakes by not using them on the steep downhill
>stretches, and use a lower gear to slow the truck usually to whatever
>the curve's speed limit sign states. Yeah, I know, everyone with a
>brain does that.
>
>However, I saw a sign that suggested truckers use their "Jake Brakes".
>
>I looked up this term and found out that Jake Brakes are a mechanism
>installed on the heads of a diesel engine which when engaged, allows
>the cylinders to build up compression as they normally would to fire
>the fuel, but just before firing, lifts the exhaust valves and
>dumps the compressed air to the exhaust (the fuel flow gets turned
>off when the device is engaged).
>
>Can a Jake Brake system be installed on a deuce?
>
>--
>
>Jim "Ike" Newton
>
> o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban
> 6.2 Liter Turbo-Diesel Engine
> 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
>
> o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
> 478 Cubic Inch Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
> Air Shift Front Axle
> 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
>
> See them at: http://www.CUCV.net
>
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