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Manny (Buscrazyinfl)
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Username: Buscrazyinfl
Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2006
Posted From: 72.185.35.73
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 9:32 pm: | |
My Eagle 05 has an 8v71 DD. I have heard that you can catch the slobber in a container, which is a great idea because it sure makes a mess in the engine compartment. I have a hose on each side all the way down past the frame but it still makes a mess. What specific suggestions are out there in regard to the container? |
Dallas (Dal300)
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Username: Dal300
Post Number: 123
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 172.163.114.81
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:10 pm: | |
Manny,
You can go to the DD site and get information specific to your setup here:
http://www.detroitdiesel.com/public/sp/spnav.asp
Or, you could do what many other people have done, take a piece of 3" or 4" PVC and cap both ends. Now take a drill and put a couple of holes in it to hold your slobber tubes plus another hole to relieve back pressure. When it starts to get fulll, remove and dump.
You can get fancier or simpler, but basically that's the DD method of controlling the slobber.
Good Luck. |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Username: Drivingmisslazy
Post Number: 1696
Registered: 1-2001
Posted From: 75.108.82.163
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:01 am: | |
Quick and dirty. A one gallon plastic jug wired up to the frame with the tube inserted in the hole. LOL
Richard |
Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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Username: Buswarrior
Post Number: 906
Registered: 12-2000
Posted From: 65.92.188.47
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:36 pm: | |
Yup, a used windshield washer jug, whatever.
The clear platic makes keeping track a painless and clean job.
happy coaching!
buswarrior |
John Jewett (Jayjay)
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Username: Jayjay
Post Number: 364
Registered: 1-2001
Posted From: 4.226.63.25
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 11:30 pm: | |
Ewen, I do wish you would post a different picture of your bus. I feel so sorry for it sitting in all that snow, and on top of that, (even though it's 95F. today) it makes my poor old frost bitten toes ache just looking at it. Cheers...JJ |
Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
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Username: Kyle4501
Post Number: 202
Registered: 9-2004
Posted From: 65.23.106.193
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:51 am: | |
Awww, I like that picture.
It reminds me of one more reason to get 'er done & use her to travel to warmer temps! |
Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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Username: Buswarrior
Post Number: 909
Registered: 12-2000
Posted From: 64.228.90.2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
Isn't it always snowing up here in Canada?
I'll have to remember to take a picture down at Bussin 2007 without the roof insulation installed...
happy coaching!
buswarrior |
JR Lynch (Njt5047)
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Username: Njt5047
Post Number: 81
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 152.163.100.138
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 1:57 pm: | |
Capt'n Ron also posted a sad pix of his bus sitting in the snow. Snow and buses is a sad thing. Gotta get South!
85* here in NC and couldn't be nicer! We'll screw it up tomorrow at Dallas' shindig...everytime I take the bus out, it rains.
JR |
Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
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Username: Jackconrad
Post Number: 487
Registered: 12-2000
Posted From: 166.165.228.208
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 3:26 pm: | |
Gee JR, At least we know who to blame if it rains. Jack |
Len Silva (Lsilva)
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Username: Lsilva
Post Number: 48
Registered: 12-2000
Posted From: 71.30.252.100
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 4:02 pm: | |
I keep my GPS set on 72 degrees! Born and raised in the Northeast - don't care if I never see another snowflake for the rest of my life.
Len Silva, Fort White, Florida |
t gojenola
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Posted From: 69.178.30.245
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 5:28 pm: | |
My 4106 sits through the winter with up to 4 feet of snow on it. I call it my poor man's roof raise!
tg
Anchorage AK |
Jim-Bob
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Posted From: 71.16.238.226
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 9:49 pm: | |
I did the jug & hose bit. It was better but still plastered the back of the bus & front of the toad. The slobber tubes blow too hard into the jug. It blows the oil out of the jug. Walker Engineering makes the real thing. You can do the PVC pipe thing, but the difference in the Walker device is that they have the two tubes going in, and they have about a 1" outlet pointing up in the center that has a small K & N filter like you might see for a motorcycle clamped to it. I actually extended the outlet pipe up a couple of feet as that reduced the mist which still dirtied the K & N.
The Walker can has a big expanding plug in one end to dump it. |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces)
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Username: Pvcces
Post Number: 998
Registered: 5-2001
Posted From: 65.74.65.54
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 07, 2006 - 10:18 pm: | |
Manny, it does help if you have the so called check valves installed where the slobber tubes begin. If really cuts down on the volume of air leaving the tubes.
Good luck.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher |
Jim-Bob
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Posted From: 68.63.244.232
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:40 am: | |
Tom is right, The check valves need to be there and also need to operate properly. They are open at idle & close when the air flow increases on acceleration. They are prone to sticking open and then they allow too much air out. The early DDs like the 6-71s in 4104s did not come with them as in the 50s nobody cared what you blew on the road. |
David Ljung Madison (Daveola)
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Username: Daveola
Post Number: 93
Registered: 11-2005
Posted From: 199.46.31.34
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 1:01 am: | |
I was losing lots of oil through one of my slobber tube valves (it's not really a check valve), so I took it out and cleaned it - turned out that it had gotten so gunked up that it couldn't close after idle. After cleaning the oil loss was much lower. |