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Memories for us old truckers
- Thread starter Truck Shop
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Birken Vogt
Charter Member
But what about that park brake valve, how did they get away with it, all the way to the end, near as I can tell?
crane operator
Senior Member
Truck Shop
Senior Member
More than likely no one was looking, happens all the time. Look at the 737 Max.
Ford made several pickups over the years that were heritage models thats what ford called them they were made up of every thing they had laying around. My dad has one it was a rebuilder that we built when you get parts tell the parts guy its a heritage and explain the year has very little to do with finding parts.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
County trucks-Ford cleaned the warehouse and the basement.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
The C series Ford was my second favorite MD cab after the Kenworth T3xx. Not counting the lack of AC. A funky and old fashioned arrangement entirely made out of steel, but smooth and not too loud and tough.
petepilot
Senior Member
the
park valve in question does the exact same thing as any other it just looks different
Tiny
Senior Member
That will wind your watch
DMiller
Senior Member
All the mid 80’s units we had at the utility had MV3 valves as set up for trailers with them.
DMiller
Senior Member
Large GE motor there Tiny
Used similar at the nuke
Just painted Blue!!
GE ended up with Fairbanks electric motors.
Used similar at the nuke
Just painted Blue!!
GE ended up with Fairbanks electric motors.
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Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I just thought that by the time the 1980s rolled around, FMVSS 121 required the knob to be yellow, diamond shaped, and held released by air pressure. These were none of those things, they were like the valve you would open and close a tailgate with.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
The flip valve was equipment for years, I still had one in my old Pete.
DMiller
Senior Member
FMVSS121 only affected air storage volume, Auto Operation of Parking system regulated against service brake actuation and shortened stopping distance requirements leading to anti lock operation.
They were ok if the shifter was in good shape i liked the GM cabovers because the shifter was mounted to the engine seamed to be better.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Which also added an extra air tank for volume. Before that normal was two tanks and one small wet tank.
i worked on the old c series fire trucks. they probably speccd firetrucks with the flipper type valve so excited firefighters could just bat the thing with their gloves on and could tell at a glance if it was in the applied or released position
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DMiller
Senior Member
Most of the Utility C Cabs were swim shifters, in gear would swing as free as if in neutral in a conventional truck. After these came tilt hoods and automatics.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Sh!ting-I mean shifting a C series was like not being able to hit a bull in the ass with a base fiddle.