2015 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Was looking at an older Utube of you driving the C60 and you have a gauge on top of the windshield........ what is is for and what did it show at 40 mph???

Cheers

Bob C

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Actually now there are two gauges above the windscreen, silver ringed one is a vacuum gauge and the OD is a oil pressure gauge. (In the video you saw there was also an inaccurate RPM unit)

Pretty sure the video you are watching was taken summer of 2008 and shows Beauty running down the road going home from Weare Rally and pulling a long hill. Being 2008 or later it would be the 261 engine. Which always reads 42psi of oil pressure at anything much over idle RPM. I installed the 2nd oil gauge after that because the gauge in the normal cluster is pegged all the time once the engine starts.

The vacuum gauge in video on the flat road holding 40 MPH was showing 14 inches of vacuum. Once you take your foot off the gas the road vacuum jumps up to 26-27" only time the wipers really work good.

Next time I have Beauty out will try and remember to put the gopro camera so that it is picking up all the instruments.

Cheers Phil

[hrpearce]

Same subject, different thread.
Bob look at your first picture above the reverse lock is on the right of the stick.

[Bob Carriere]

In post #47 above.... it is a picture of a parts truck, ex water bowser that I took apart years ago...... never noticed that the lock lever was on the right side.... never actually drove it either.

Now I am going to go back to my early archived pictures just to see how many margaritas I had been drinking....

More to follow.....

[hrpearce]

Reference, MB-C1 page B-2 Fig. 1

[Bob Carriere]

I have looked at original photos of the truck, some during disassembly some after it was reassembled....... and I have the shifter lock alternating from right to left....... and obviously it works on both side.

I also found pictures of tranny covers with short and long shifter and right and left reverse locks...... so I have been confused for some times it seems.

So for the record.... what is the proper orientation of the shift lever??? leaning forward or bent backwards...?

Currently it is on the left side bent backward and works well.

I better hurry up and finish this truck before I forget how to drive it.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

They all show the lock on the right with the lever leaning forward to accomodate the semi COE of the CMP.

Civilian chevs have the shift lever bent backward as the cab is conventional.

Details drive you nuts.

NOTE.... I have confirmed that the reverse lock levere ONLY fits and works when installed on the right/driver's side..... and is actually pulled by the index of the left hand when shifting

Must go play with it tomorrow to refresh my memory.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Bob: Exhausted.
Grant: On his back.
Rob: Scraping bottom.

'Eats, shoots, and leaves'

[Bob Carriere]

Where are the pictures??? or am I welding on the ceiling????

Maybe my screen is fresh out of pixels...must buy another bag full.

Shears.......