dually pickups

  I bet with his straght pipes it would really kackel 

run it with a toggle on the dash?

looks something like this.....

Edited by steve(ill) - 23 Oct 2020 at 10:45pm

I'll get some info to you within the next several days if that's OK. Has been a while since I put pics on this site. Think they changed the format for posting them some time ago but I will try.

can you put the pics on here?

The exhaust brake became factory installed at some point although I don't know just what year. the one on Dodges is so quiet, you won't notice when it's working.  Look to see if you have a big thing with an actuator arm on the rear of your turbo.   The "PAC Brake" Combines the exhaust brake with a valve train brake and empty it will feel like standing on the service brakes. 

well i measured my flat bed, it's long enough, but is about 6 inches to narrow on each side. spose i could have an extension added to each side?  

Thad in AR. wrote: HD6GTOM wrote: If its a stick, have your mechanic drill and tap a hole in the side of the tranny 2" higher than the original fill hole. The top bearings don't get any oil and they burn up. When you put the extra 2" of oil in the tranny everything gets lubed. One of my tire customers who delievered campers all over the USA and my Goodyear tire supplier had Dodges. The guy pulling campers used to carry a spare rebuilt tranny in the box, claimed he could change one in 3-4 hours at the interstate rest areas. They both moved the fill hole up those 2" and stopped the tranny issues. My last service truck was a 1 ton Dodge dually. The clutch disk was put together with plastic rivets. At that time all you could from Dodge had plastic rivets. We found a HD rebuilt clutch at NAPA put together with steel rivets. Also at 80000 miles it developed the death wobble in the front end. We put a steering stablizer on it. That did no good.   It needed a new track bar on the front end. We got the new bar from Dodge. It had grease fittings on both ends. The original bar did not have them and the Dodge bar was cheaper than NAPA, American Auto Parts, or O'Reillys. Hope you have very good luck with your truck. Now as far as her retiring?? She's gonna find so dang much for you to do outside, your gonna want to hire a young man to help. Speaking from expedience. Yes pay special attention to this post. A coworker is on his 3rd 6speed manual on a 2006 Dodge. Each time it has needed a clutch as well. This last trip to the shop was north of 7 grand. They over filled to the point it was running out the input. Mechanic said it needed over filled by a lot to lube bearings that weren’t getting lube. Here in the hills he’s constantly shifting. Autos work well with a 6 cylinder diesel.

Drive it enough with the straight pipe and you'll be ready for a muffler.

it's an auto tranny, would rather have had a stick...but oh well! everything works on it including the remote mirrors. dunno if they heat or not, it won't be used as a daily driver after the 30 days of free time without plates! there isn't an owners manuel with it, maybe i'll come across one sometime. will need better tires when going any distances with it. that's one thing i do after buying something, always put new tires on the stuff. learned the hard way years ago! sure saves walking and lots of work! had to laugh at a sticker on the topper...says: if you want to flush up more birds, hunt with an ugly dog! lol. i just put new tires on the 3/4 ton this truck is replacing PfffffT! maybe them tires will fit this truck, haven't checked yet. the 180 and ag crane will get a workout when i start changing boxes around. anyone know if that plastic headlight cover is a one piece that is included with the headlights behind it? this one is really faded, i took some brake fluid and cleaned them up pretty good but it won't last long being out in the sun. so far 3 of the dogs can jump up inside the cab, i may put the seats up and put a carpet cover piece of plywood in the back seat area for them to lay on. Tom...she finds all kinds of chit for me to do now while she's still employed, she's a slave driver! hopefully i'll have it all done before she retires! the truck seems a little tall, gonna hafta slide down under and see if it can be lowered a bit or not. the seats are comfy and don't hurt my back driving it, they are cloth seats. i think it'll work out o-k, if not i'm sure i can get my money back out of it. man...them straight pipes talk! lol  

Standard or auto?
Congrats

Hey, maybe you could drive it out here with that Gleaner grain head we talked about last Spring.  In fact, if you have a big enough trailer, you could haul Joe's Chevy powered AC and deliver it to him.  When you come by my place you can stop in and visit the Stockholder!

thanks...so far so good, but it's only been 2 days! lol, my mechanic knows these engines and said it sure sounded good. i'll hafta find where the plug in is on it, or if it even needs to be plugged in in the cold, my diesel burb never had to be plugged in to start in the coldest days. my diesel GMC does hafta be plugged in. i know it's alot easier on them if they are plugged in. the old lady....ooooops....i mean the loving wife gets to retire in about 12-13 months...then LOOK THE **** OUT! lol