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In today’s diesel engines, manufacturing methods have evolved—and many of those changes have been in place for years. From camshafts to crankshafts, manufacturers like PACCAR and Detroit Diesel have adopted...
Jordan Greathouse |
Cab Corrosion: it’s winter again and our part of the country has seen no shortage of snow so far this year. When the season is over, we often find...
Andrew Wilson |
High performance trucks are a keepsake! Chuck Carlson of Western PA owns this beautiful 4300 IHC originally powered with a Big Cam III 400 horsepower Cummins engine. Once it was...
Andrew Wilson |
Unusual phone calls from unusual people, or should I say unique people. Bill McCammon from Emporia, Kansas called and was building a hot rod 1972 skinny windshield Peterbilt. The skinny...
Andrew Wilson |
Injector cups, tips, sleeves, and tubes; there is some confusion in the industry about what these parts do and where they are. Injector cups are mounted on the injector. It...
Andrew Wilson |
HIGH PERFORMANCE DIESELS Pittsburgh Power and Long Haul Detailing hosted the Victory Road Truck Show on Saturday, October 3rd. This was our first truck show, and it was a huge...
Andrew Wilson |
With great pleasure I am introducing you to a very special old school owner operator from Mississippi. JR Hillhouse’s beautiful black 2007 379 Peterbilt is powered by an NXS Caterpillar...
Andrew Wilson |
Many owner-operators ask us about the difference between a damper and balancer, do they need one or both, and what is the purpose? Let’s start with the Torsional Viscous Damper...
Andrew Wilson |
Several years ago we thought the mechanical Big Cam Cummins and 425B Caterpillar engines would be gone by now, but they are not. In fact, as of this writing we...
Andrew Wilson |
HIGH PERFORMANCE DIESELS Auxiliary coolant tanks, we have talked about this several times on the radio show. It’s a cooling solution only to be used when a larger radiator is...
Andrew Wilson |
Vibrations can break anything. This is a carrier bearing bracket out of Steve Kron’s 10 miles per gallon DD4 Detroit powered truck. His rear drive shaft was out of alignment...
Andrew Wilson |
A BLAST FROM THE PAST - Last week we had a 359 Pete in our shop with a Big Cam Cummins 700+ horsepower engine we built years ago. This engine...
Andrew Wilson |
