| 1981 PETERBILT 359 |
| MARTY ZAK'S |
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| MARTY ZAK'S PETERBILT........... A TRUCK I WANTED TO BUY FOR YEARS MARTY DROVE THIS TRUCK OFF THE LOT OF THE NOW DEFUNCT CONSOLIDATED PETERBILT IN FOXBORO MASS ON DECEMBER 11 1980,IT WAS MARTYS EVERDAY RIDE FOR TWENTY YEARS,TILL HE PARKED IT IN DECEMBER 2000. IN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE,MARTY ONLY RACKED UP 628.000 MILES SOON AFTER,THE BUFFALO BOUGHT IT,HE WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE"86' KENWORTH HE BOUGHT FROM ME YEARS BACK,THE WHOLE TIME HE HAD IT,BUFFALO DROVE IT ABOUT 300 FEET. AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PLEADING AND WHINING,BUFFALO FINALLY GAVE IN... ON A FREEZING COLD DAY IN MARCH 2001 ME AND THE BUFFALO WERE IN KRAJACKS YARD FOR THREE HOURS TRYING TO GET THIS THING RUNNING,THE BATTERY CABLES WERE AS GREEN AS HILLBILLY TEETH,AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BATTERY BOX ROTTED OUT AND THE BATTERY WERE HANGING OUT THE BOTTOM. FIRST ON MY LIST...BUY NEW BATTERYS AND CABLE.. AND FIX THE BATTERY BOX AFTER THE FIRST TWO HOURS,BUFFALO RELIZED THAT ONE OF BATTERY CROSSOVERS HAD ROTTED OFF,HE HELD IT ON,AND I HIT THE KEY,AND OFF SHE WENT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER I WAS BACK IN SEYMOURS YARD,ON THE WAY HOME I NOTICED THE PETE HAD THIS WEIRD VIBRATION LIKE I HAD NEVER FELT BEFORE,LIKE A UP AND DOWN ASSWALK........... IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I HAD THE CHANCE TO HIT THE PETE WITH THE PRESSURE WASHER,THE O- RINGS ON THE OIL COOLER (BETWEEN THE COOLER AND THE BLOCK) WERE BLITZED,AND LEAKED LIKE A WATER FAUCET,MARTY NEVER FIXED IT,AND THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE INSIDE FRAME WAS COATED WITH THREE INCHES OF BLACK OILY CRUD. AFTER A TWO AND A HALF HOUR BATH,I FOUND OUT WHAT THE VIBRATION WAS, THE BELLHOUSING WAS CRACKED...... NEXT ON MY LIST,A BELLHOUSING |
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