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  1. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Here's the scoop on the brakes: I've worked a little bit on hydroboost brakes, but not a ton. I understood they got their power from the power steering pump (cuz diesels don't generate no vacuum duh). But I never had a thorough understanding of them. They do get their power from the power...
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    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    After a coupla drives, I can say with certainty that motor is all good to go. Water and oil levels don’t change, and the “milky ness” doesn’t either, so I’m going with it. Another oil change or 2 and it’ll be all gone. I had to make a goofy taillight bracket because it didn’t have tail lights...
  3. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Made more progress on the ol Cornbinder. The oil is still milky, or rather, milky again. I'm hoping that is just still residual old contaminated oil being pumped from all the nooks and crannies in the engine. A pressure test of the cooling system shows a good seal, it holds pressure. So...
  4. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    There are 7 (as if this moment) vids on my channel having to do with this project. I named them all the same, just appended a number, so I have [video title] 1, [video title] 2, and so on, just to let you know how my vids work. In any case, to answer your question, the engine had bad compression...
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    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Wanna trade for a mint DT466 :)
  6. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    It's been awhile... I'm making some progress on the old thing. I hope to make noise this weekend!
  7. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I made some progress today. The goofy fuel line situation is a decent fix. I’m not crazy about the hose clamps. I might make a better hose now that I know what fittings it needs. I like the flare fitting on the pump end, that seems like a much better way to do it. I’m sure you’re right about the...
  8. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I took that fuel line to a local hot rod shop, and they set me up with a pretty goofy solution, but if it works, it’ll be much better than OEM. The problem with that line is, the fitting on the hose is 1/4 npt, and it goes into an npt angle adaptor, and then into another adaptor that screws into...
  9. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I got er running today. Compressions were all over the place, but it runs. I'm replacing the fuel line that goes form the fuel filters to the Bosch pump. It's maybe a foot and a half long. My problem is the fuel fittings at the pump have been boogered by previous mechanics. I took the fittings...
  10. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Well, I can certainly believe the “never serviced” part. This guy is my primary customer for just that reason. Either the engine is trashed already, or adding a little kerosene to the oil might clean it up a little. I can’t play with it at the moment cuz we just got dumped on. I’ll try again in...
  11. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I kinda wonder about that myself. If the oil is that nasty, I wonder what the oil journals in the crank look like. I am hoping that the oil is that sludgy from just sitting. I hope that when it was shut down, the oil was still flowing, and had time to settle out before it turned into maple...
  12. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    As promised, here's my vid. Probably the first of several. I had hoped to get all the filters changed out before the snow today, but I didn't get that far. Sometimes life gets in the way of my screwing around, and I don't like it!
  13. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I stopped by again. I drained the oil, and wow was that nasty. Like syrup. I left a bucket under there to drain as much of that sludge as possible before I go back to plug it up today before it snows. No sign of water in the oil, and the level was right, so no sign of fuel either. I sumped the...
  14. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    I stopped to take a quick peek. Didn’t get hardly anything accomplished because weather moved in and my enthusiasm waned. Fuel in the separator was full and clean. It does have an inline pump. That’s all I know at the moment. I didn’t even get the batteries out.
  15. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Yep juice brakes. I don't know the nature of the failure at the moment, but knowing the owner (one of my current customers), it went down to poor maintenance. He doesn't believe in preventative maintenance, but is sure happy to pay me for reactive maintenance :). I plan on getting new oil and...
  16. Wlhequipment

    1985 1900S new toy, and looking for manual

    Hi folks, Im about to acquire my first heavy truck, a 1985 (I believe) 1900S. DT466 and a automatic, I’m assuming Allison trans. The good thing is, I am in communication with almost all the previous owners. The guy who originally bought it is dead, so I can’t talk to him. It’s been sitting for...
  17. Wlhequipment

    Nasty Rumor confirmed

    It’ll be a good thing for the share holders of Navistar. Probably not a good thing for some of the employees. Navistar gets an infusion of money and VW tech and VW gets a foothold in the US big truck market. I’d be surprised if the casual observer even notices a difference. Parts costs are going...
  18. Wlhequipment

    Hello from Colorado

    Hi Folks, New to the forum. I've been hanging out for a few years at the heavy equipment forum, and just joined this one. I see some familiar names. My name is Pete, I live near Denver and I own a small repair shop where I fix construction equipment and industrial machinery. I'm just about to...
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