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Thanks, Dave. I purchased the truck last October and have spent hours getting it ready for the road. Indeed, those are twin 150s...very nice. She was a Team truck in an earlier life.

My apologies, Dave. I didn't want to muck up your thread. My intent was to start a new thread...I actually thought I had, but everything ended up here. SORRY!

The peer pressure from @rickeieio was too great so here are a few pics of my new ride. It's a 2004 Pete 379 with an ISX and an Eaton 18. There are 400K miles on the rebuild and 1.25M on the chassis. My very first two mods were to change out a rather grimy steering wheel and to ditch that Outlaw shifter. It hurt this old man's shoulder too much to reach that high! In addition, those tall shifters put waaaay too much strain on the shift tower...not to mention the fact that it just looks plain idiotic, imho.

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No truer words could be spoken. I just returned from Nashville and it appeared as though things hadn't changed all that much based upon road traffic. And then you have 70 kids from the University of Texas who left for Mexico right in the middle of this pandemic. As of this past weekend, 49 of the 70 tested positive for Covid-19.

I second the go camping idea. Unfortunately, the Texas gov just closed all state parks. 😞

I sincerely hope it's not more common than you think.

It's no longer available...I just put down a deposit. J/K. Yeah, I know, that was mean but I just couldn't help myself. 🙂

BlueFire is also compatible with Windows 10, I believe

😂😂 Heck Paul, if you're going to drive it you might as well look good doin' it. Guilty as charged! BTW, you set the example for me after I first met you and saw those fancee overalls you were sportin'.

Thanks, Rick, but the stacks have water stains from a recent rain...don't want those kinds of pics ending up on the Interwebs.

For you Detroit folks...

The ECM on the Cummins gets its 12V supply from the engine starting bank; no internal battery in the ECM.

I wouldn't say that... If you see any streaking of oil on either the back side or front side of the wheel/tire, you know you have an issue. You should be checking for any leakage on your steers and drives during your pre-trip inspection. And Rick, it's not that I type faster than you, it's just that I'm younger than you. 😉

What HWKL said and the assembly is the hub oil seal.

I see the problem here...

I hadn't heard of that situation, I'm sorry to say. And I live in Texas. What time frame?

No. Cloudy as in "murky"? Air entrainment will make diesel appear cloudy.

Keeping water out of your fuel is what's necessary. The easiest way to accomplish that is to keep your tanks full. Water in fuel tanks is a greater problem in northern climates where the big daily temperature fluctuations can cause condensation on the inside walks of your tank. Full tanks prevent that from happening.

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Personal loan?

Same thing happened in Philly some years back, right by the sports complex on I95. Tire/wheel came off a trailer and bounced into oncoming traffic. Went through the front of a minivan and killed the poor guy while his wife sat next to him. You can't be too alert out there.

Now that I've thought about this project a bit more, I have to ask what kind of power is under that long hood? Flames aren't always appropriate. 😁😉

I'm a kid too. Sounds awesome! Have you tried looking on Pinterest for your flames?

Make sure you use synthetics all around or you'll never see those numbers. 😁