Ah, the good old days, I remember them well. Back in the late 70's & early 80's I worked for a large mining company as a Union Certified Top Millwright / Mine Maintenance Mechanic and I drove an old, old long-nose Mack 10-wheeler service truck with a day cab. Came back from vacation in 1980 to find that someone had been playing with the Blue Ox exhaust retarder (they liked hearing the engine back-rap like a Jake Brake) and had slipped a liner - radiator EMPTY & milkshake in the crankcase. So, I got to do an engine swap. The only thing available was a brand-new CAT 3306 that was destined to go underground for an LHD (load/haul/dump). I shoehorned it into "my" Mack, had to have the Machine Shop fabricate an adapter plate to mate-up to the trans. . I now had a CAT 3306 engine coupled to a 13-speed Road Ranger trans. with dual overdrive, Tandem drive axles with Allison 2-speed rears. What a SWEET COMBINATION that was. Got the chance to drive it over to our Mill - 40 miles away & in another State - so I opened it up just to see what it would do. The ONLY time that I got to go through ALL of the gears, the speedometer only went to 85 & I was WAY past that. I'll never know just how fast I was going, but if that truck would have had wings it would have been airborne. Smooth running, absolutely no vibrations of any kind, just FAST, FAST, FAST.
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Today's Featured Article - Talk of the Town: Winterizing Engines - To Drain or Not to Drain? - by Russ Berry. What is this strange attraction I have to equipment and machinery? How did I get this way? I came from the suburbs and own a small horse farm in rural Loudoun County, Virginia. You can call me a "weekend farmer." The local farmers do. Does it bother me? No. I am just happy to have their friendship. At least the word "farmer" is in my title. But what is the attraction? How can I explain the sensation and exhilaration I feel when I turn the key and hear the engine come to life (most
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