A piece of history left me today – something I have owned and cherished for 47 years – a silver 1966 Corvette Coupe that had 19,000…
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As many of you probably know, much of the aromatics, sulfur and paraffin have been removed from today’s diesel fuel and gasoline, making it much “drier”…
Chemical Engineering has come a long way during my working career. Back in the 1950s, anything made of plastic was usually of very poor quality. We…
The Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY is now behind us. The weather was terrible, with snow, rain and cold temperatures, but that did not stop…
“Fuel Slobber” happens when diesel engines are started cold, and even worse when the ambient temperature is cold outside, as well. This was a common occurrence…
Several years ago, an owner operator from the Los Angeles area called me to talk about engines. This man told me something his father always said…
Everybody seems to hate California these days, but everyone also wants to go there! Why? Owner operators tell me the freight pays better out of California.…
Last month, John Walko, Pittsburgh Power’s technical director, and myself were invited to tour the Paccar test center in Mount Vernon, WA. The invitation was for…
We are seeing a lot of broken pistons and cracked heads on the newer electronic diesel engines because too many ECM tuners do not understand the…
Last month we talked about liner protrusion, and how to set it. But, when discussing the basics of engine rebuilding, we should have started at the…
Many people are looking to rebuild their older 60 Series Detroit or 3406 Caterpillar engines for either new glider kits or their older rigs. If that…
You can’t always buy what you want in a truck, motorcycle, Jeep, boat or car, so the best way to correct that is to build it…
We have talked about high-flow exhaust manifolds many times over the years. To make these manifolds accomplish their task of providing more power and more efficiency,…
Summer is here once again, and now the diesel engine that makes the lives possible for truckers that live in North America must work harder to…
BIG CAM CUMMINS ENGINES. Many of you know that we at Pittsburgh Power have been working on improvements for the Big Cam Cummins engine for 40…
