Recent Content by Tumbleweed

That sounds good Big, have a safe trip........ED

Big, in june of 2006 the wife and i travelled by truck and fifth wheel from calgary across canada and toured all the eastern provinces including Newfoundland and Labrador. Entered the USA in Maine then NH. VT. RI. MASS., then into CT. where we stayed at the Mohegan Sun casino at Uncasville. A...

Hope this isn't too far off topic, i drove a 1961 RDF 210 IHC powered by a 210 HP Rolls-Royce engine. I drove this truck for 17 years for an electrical co. in Saskatchewan. ED 04 3500 DRW 2WD 48RE 31.5 Citation Fifth Wheel Full timming 18 yrs

I had the same experience with a pump i picked up at Case Tractor in Yuma Arizona, a lot of their tractors have Cummins engines . The impeller shaft and bearing seemed to be 50% larger than any other pump i had checked. When i went to install it a friend of mine happened to come by, so i worked...

We have a 2007 31. 5 Citation fifth wheel with 7000 lb. axles and Nevr / Lube bearings. About 5 years ago I picked up a bearing to have as a spare. If memory serves me right i think i just gave them the numbers off the Hub/Drum assembly. I bought mine at Standen's a heavy duty truck/Trailer...

jelag... ... . I have a 04 3500 ctd, a couple of years i was having a new water pump installed at a Dodge dealer. ( was not at home so could not do it myself ) They noticed the belt was just starting to fray, but not due to the pump. They said it was due to the alternator pulley. There was an...

Yes, you are right about Gates having a steel pulley, found that out by going to a different Napa Store a couple of hours after my last post. The previous Napa store i was at the other day, the employee told me he thought the Gates pulley was also a plastic-like material. I just happened to go...

Speaking of tensioners , i have been looking for one with a steel pulley instead of the plastic looking material as this will be my third tensioner. The belt wears material off the plastic-like pulley and deposits it on the water pump pulley. Checked yesterday and now i see little lumps of this...

Pulled onto the freeway the other day and just ahead of me was a new ford. He was blowing blue smoke out the tail pipe and it smelled like an old car with a worn out engine... ... ... ED

How i happened to find out about the Iveco engines in the combines was like this. Helping my son-inlaws delivery guys deliver grain bin packages to this particular farm in Northern Saskatchewan. We pulled into the yard and the hired man told us it would be a few minutes before the tractor with...

Iveco is now an Italian Truck, Bus and diesel engine manufacturer based in Turin, Italy. It is now owned by Fiat. We saw a fair number of Iveco trucks on our RVing trip around the perimeter of Australia and NewZealand. Also, for the last couple of years the largest Case/International combines...

The very slow leak that was showing up around bell inspection cover plate turned out to be leaking input shaft on the 48RE. Since they had to remove trans to do the repair , they also changed my rear crank seal which was not leaking, but did it on warranty. They said the mileage I was at they...

Travelled through a lot of wine country between Brisbane Cairns, then south of Perth, The Clare Valley north east of Adelaide and today along the Murray River for mile after mile it was vineyards, oranges, olives and almond groves. A lot of this south central, south east , as well as south...

Upon leaving Port Augusta we travelled to the S. W. end of the Flinders Ranges, then down the Clare Valley, beautiful area, and as you say the architecture , the stone and brick work is awsome, we had the good fortune of meeting a farmer and his wife and were invited out to their farm for tea...

I change batteries every 4 years regardless. When i bought my last set in Yuma,Arizona the person i was dealing with said that around Yuma they don't get much more than 2 or 3 and 4 years would be stretching it. The hot summers in Yuma cooks the batteries which of course are just a few inches...