Readying for the KW

[Willie B]

Periodically, I get back pain. Usually it is after some horrible contortion in a crawl space, or under a tractor. Mine is severe, and might last two months or more.
Doctor said: "get a new mattress"
ME: "I did"
Doctor: "Learn to live with it."

After a severe bout of back pain I went to him. He sent me for "therapy".
I stood on one foot, threw a ball through a hole. Rode a bicycle laying down, did lots of exercises with rubber bands around my ankles.

Then they get out the cattle prods! They hooked me up to electricity. Now, I've had more than my share of electric shock, always because of my own carelessness. Never been burned until then. Fourth round of shock therapy I got a whopper of a burn! 1" diameter & maybe 3/8" deep. Healing took months!

It made me forget my back pain! It'll have to be pretty severe before I go back there again.

 

[petepilot]

wow. you guys need to stay away from doctors

 

[DMiller]

WillieB, your Doc and mine must have gone to the same school, My back pain literally never leaves, been told suck it up as cannot help there.

 

[Willie B]

WillieB, your Doc and mine must have gone to the same school, My back pain literally never leaves, been told suck it up as cannot help there.

He's several years younger than me, 6' tall, weighs about 160. He works out every day, never had a cigarette, drink, or food not organic. Lives on tree bark & birdseed. He seems to feel anyone who isn't just like him doesn't deserve to complain.

 

[56wrench]

I have had on and off back pain for a couple years involving pulled lower back muscles. It usually occurred after lifting something heavy and/or twisting at the same time. Went for x-rays and poking & prodding. I got onto some simple stretches and excercises for about 5 minutes every day and it has made a huge difference. I still pull my lower back muscles occassionally, but now i recover in a day or two instead of a couple weeks. I guess it makes sense. As we get older we are not as limber as we used to be

 

[DMiller]

Willie I swear we have the Same doc
First comments from mine were if food in a bag box or can throw it out, minimize red meat and meat in general, he is 6’4” and MAYBE 170#
But talk about the trophy Wife WOWSA!

 

[DMiller]

Can work more with these On Truck as got them this far. Not done but done enough for back and bottom sides to go back in place.

 

[DMiller]

MHC called me back, STILL Best pricing, Genuine Bendix Reman, $405 in my hands, only concern but not one is time to get from warehouse as have no indicators if have in inventory.

 

[Truck Shop]

The catch word these days {inventory}. Funny-I have a compressor to rebuild for a friend-{inventory, cost and shipping are his problem}.
Cummins SS296 all parts are available for about $200 including shipping, just the core charge is $350 on a reman.

 

[DMiller]

Got tanks full on, got out what could flush and added to about a 1/4 tank. Tried to prime system primer got rock hard full out so the damn check valves are stuck, will order those parts monday. Then got a wild hair, cranked until over head oiled, then plugged everything back in.

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ALIVE!!!!

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Air in fuel system, check valve somewhere stuck, primer was locked up Full Out so gonna order LOTS of small stuff, Again!! Even at Too Low Idle 12# oil pressure, rev it up at all and dies.

 

[DMiller]

Got lucky
Pulled up P/Ns on SIS
Called MHC, parts man I deal with WAS there, should have fuel system pieces Thursday
Still no word on compressor

 

[Spud_Monkey]

Got lucky
Pulled up P/Ns on SIS
Called MHC, parts man I deal with WAS there, should have fuel system pieces Thursday
Still no word on compressor

You can call for parts people on Labor Day weekend, man I’m jealous. Be lucky if the grocery store is opened out here.

 

[DMiller]

MHC PACCAR, HUGE Dealership serving a LOT of states!! Murphy Hoffman Company. Has Saturday hours locally in CoMO.

MHC Kenworth, Truck Leasing & Carrier Transicold Locations

 

[DMiller]

Unhappy days
Got check valves and primer on, restarted, 650rpm and only 12# oil pressure 1500 and only 20#
Stopped for a few days let the anger die back, set my pressure tank up dropped pan and at 40# discharge get this with nearly no oil to head.
Next up drop all the extremities
Plastigage this as this is unacceptable.

 

[DMiller]

Is dripping down for remainder of today

 

[DMiller]

Plastigage been done, according to a Guru on these , .0024-.0063 is within spec, I gaged two rods at around .005. So with that am back down to a bad Reman Pump.

 

[DMiller]

Bought the damned pump in January, OH Kit took forever to get here then other problems arose and just now got to Run stage, makes me worry there is NO warranty for the pump. Will speak to Service as well Parts as to ability to Test this one or if will just exchange, and at what cost.

 

[Truck Shop]

I don't know-Years ago I pulled cat and cummins oil pumps apart to clean and check-IIRC I only replaced three on cat and maybe five or six on cummins. On cummins I
usually replaced pressure relief spring was all. My fear was a pump sucking air.

 

[DMiller]

Pump shows no signs of any relief issues, spring intact and fasteners tight, this style is as simple as it gets where only consideration is too much clearance and unable to deliver volume due to bypassing. I won't open it up and look, that will be on Cat. No cracks or indications on the suction tube, were True Cat orings on the tubes not IPD as bought them when bought the pump Was some leakback thru pickup screen when pressurized the oil gallery. No cracks can see at all.

 

[Truck Shop]

Sure there is no galley plug missing on head-possibly, I can't remember the oil jacket in head.