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i'm installing a wet kit on a semi. the fitting is on top of the tank next to the cab. how do i tilt it forward as it would make it easier for me. i think there is lever somewhere you pull. owner is out of town.
Reply:What make truck?  Any photos?There should be a small hydraulic jack assembly at the back of the cab (usually on driver side) that is used to raise the cab.  Fancy units are air-over-hydraulic but the base pump is the same and can be operated manually (in case of no air).  Handle should be in the driver's side compartment.  If you figure it out, whatever you do CHECK THE CAB for things that will slide/fall forward and go throught the windshield.  Also empty any side tool/cargo compartments.  And more importantly DON'T work under an unsupported cab.  Once raised high enough, there should be a safety bar that automatically or manually goes in place to prevent unwanted settling or dropping of the cab.  Older Freightliners - among others - used to tilt completely over to 90 degrees.Hope this helps.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:it's an older model peterbilt.
Reply:i'll post photos after job is done.. still waiting on the fittings. hurricane hit the factory that makes em. msc direct only had 3 in stock. 1 inch alu elbows
Reply:There should also be a manual lock that has to be released before the jack will lift the cab,CHECK THE CAB for things that will slide/fall forward and go throught the windshield
Reply:Originally Posted by patrickpit's an older model peterbilt.
Reply:Originally Posted by mrmikeyThere should also be a manual lock that has to be released before the jack will lift the cab,
Reply:i'll check it out in the morning. i don't have much room with my tig torch. so if i can tilt it over it would give me a whole lot of room. i'll be sure to check the cab for nasties.
Reply:Originally Posted by patrickpi'll be sure to check the cab for nasties.
Reply:Never saw one of those go through a windshield
Reply:Originally Posted by mrmikey. Nah, they stick it the sleeper  .....Mike
Reply:yup this thread is shot. got your minds in the gutter besides it's mostly dvds know
Reply:Didn't see this earlier.I remember how much I hated the COE's.  Beat the livin' s*** out of you all day long.  Doghouse used to get hot enought ot cook on.  And more than once I'd forget about the long drop to the pavement when opening the door to get out.Damn older Freightliners had the steering wheel so close to the windshield that you'd sometimes bash a knuckle when turning the wheel if you left your hand on all the way around the spin.The shift linkage was reminiscint of the old VW mini busses.  Seek, and maybe ye shall find.  Goin' into reverse on the old Roadrangers would generally give you a real good bruise on your right leg.Not many left.  I still enjoy seeing one once in a while.  Brings back memories."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:BTW--  Any of you guys ever drive one of the old GMC Astro's.  Damn windshield came down almost to your knees.  You felt that you were sitting right over the pavement.  A lot of guys used to put cardboard, or tinfoil over the lower part of the windshield to block the view.  It was really freaky.  You'd see the highway rushin' by just under your feet.  Used to drive me nuts.  That and those old Detroits.  Loudest things on the planet."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammDidn't see this earlier.I remember how much I hated the COE's.  Beat the livin' s*** out of you all day long.  Doghouse used to get hot enought ot cook on.  And more than once I'd forget about the long drop to the pavement when opening the door to get out.Damn older Freightliners had the steering wheel so close to the windshield that you'd sometimes bash a knuckle when turning the wheel if you left your hand on all the way around the spin.The shift linkage was reminiscint of the old VW mini busses.  Seek, and maybe ye shall find.  Goin' into reverse on the old Roadrangers would generally give you a real good bruise on your right leg.Not many left.  I still enjoy seeing one once in a while.  Brings back memories.
Reply:Originally Posted by duaneb55Yup, mine was a cabover - with sleeper of course.  '74 vintage with a 290 Cum-a-part and 13 speed ranger.  Did the 'punch the windshield' thing a time or two myself.As for that shifter, dropped right through the floor at a toll booth when the aluminum mounting bracket broke.  A bit of a challenge pulling out of the booth to get out of the way with a 42,000# load of canned goods and stuck on the high side in 6th.  Made me a day late getting the load off.
Reply:I drove Astros, and other cab-overs, never really heard about or felt the "rushing highway" sensation, but it makes sense. Well -  maybe the time I limped home a wrecked one with no windshields. International built a cab-over with a second set of windshields mounted low, down at the driver's feet, I only ever saw two of them.I worked for a company that had the cheapest speced 1960's cab-over IH line-haul trucks ever seen. They were cab-over day cabs without hydraulic lifts, and they had a tough to release double lock mechanism. I was working on one and had to move the truck across the terminal before I was finished with the work. You know me, Mr. Timesaver, I threw something over the latch so it wouldn't catch, and then lowered the cab and started driving across the terminal. All was fine until I met another truck and I touched the brakes. When I touched the brakes the cab started up, and when I felt that I instinctively hit the brakes harder. That brought the pavement up real fast! I guess that was "rushing highway." Somehow I let off the brake and the cab smashed back down and I went on my way. Everything was okay, except that the driver who saw it was laughing so hard that the whole place ended up hearing about it. I don't remember the shifter, it must've lined up on the way down!Then I saw the Cat powered cab-over with air cab-jack and air shut-off, screaming full speed because the fuel rod flipped over when the cab was lowered. And it was never gonna shut off, or raise the cab, because the compressor air and oil lube line were disconnected. That was a long messy two minutes.One of the CO trucks had a miserable to line up, two-piece ball and socket on the shifter, I think it was White.I wonder if the cab-overs might not come back. It'll probably start as a length compromise to move up to 60' trailers. After all, if you're 80' long anyway, why not make it cargo?Last edited by denrep; 10-01-2008 at 10:43 PM.
Reply:I always wondered about the locks.I used to work for a company located near Denargo Market in Denver.  Calder Cargo.  They were owned by a Coca Cola distributor in Glenwood Springs.  My job was to haul soda to Glenwood during the Winter.  I guess the ski season caused demand to go up.Anyway, I saw a cabover wreck at one of the new style runaway ramps on I=70.  It was a flat load of pipe.  The truck had taken the ramp, and hit what the drver probably assumed was soft snow at the end of the ramp.  Sh^^ , that stuff probably was like hittin' a brick wall after all the freeze thaw cycles.  So there it  was.  The damn cab was lyin' face down in the snow bank.  The locks musta broke.Don't even know if Denargo exists anymore.  Used to slam a few down at the Two Mule Inn back then.  Been 20 yrs."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Only remember making one delivery IN Denver - a load of Baskin & Robins ice cream flavorings.  Don't ask me why that one stuck in the memory banks.  Used to pick up lubricant quality molybdenum way up in Climax.  11,318' in elevation and a 3hr drive IIRC from the west side Skelly with a stop off at the POE on the way up empty.  15mph speed limit for trucks - loaded or empty - for the first 6 mile 7% decent  west of the Eisenhower on 70.  Only 6% on the east side.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:It seperated the men from the boys.The hill used to have no posted truck speed limit.  The bedbug haulers used to smoke 'em all the time. Didn't run that stretch regular. Could smell the brakes from a mile off.I don't know if the trucks still have a application gage anymore.  General rule was come down the hill in the same gear you went up.  Drag about 10lbs. of air all the way down.  Don't stab 'em, just hit a steady 10lbs.  You'd still have some reserve brakes at the bottom.  (Was out in W. Virginia sometime in the 80's, and they didn't have grade laws out there.  Goin' along, and all of a sudden the edge of the world dropped off, no sign, no warning)The wiseguys probably have a better way of doin' it, but, I'm still here to talk about itDid you see those settlement ponds up by Climax.  Pretty colorsI remember when they started the speed limit comin' down into Denver.  Was a joke if you were runnin' empty.  But it has probably saved a lot of lives.Geez I'm gettin' old.  Not one bit wiser, just older."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:BTW Duane--- The port had this damn siren that sounded if you were overheight.  It was because of the Eisenhower Tunnel.Well, middle of Winter, and there's snow on a trailer that's been sittio' in the yard before ya hooked it.  Some of it stays there.  Bingo it triggers the alarm.  So, now you're up there slippin' around on the trailer roof (CHP provided a ladder to get up there, nice guys), shoveling this s*** off so you can go thru the tunnel.I still have hands that get real sensitive when it gets cold because I had to chain up without gloves one night.  Skin peeled off for about a week.Kinda makes ya hate whiners."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepI wonder if the cab-overs might not come back. It'll probably start as a length compromise to move up to 60' trailers. After all, if you're 80' long anyway, why not make it cargo?
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammIt seperated the men from the boys.