S&M Trucking open for bizz nizz !!!

[woodhog]

Hey Mario,Susans truck has came a long way looks real good cant wait till Indy

[Supermario]

Thanks for the compliment Buzzy and ya Chris, I cant wait till indy
I feel like I brought a knife to a gun fight last year with just one truck and 3 trailers.... gonna be different this year, 3 trucks ( if I get the Wedico together ) 5 trailers and a Liebherr 574 loader ...... hmmmmm, yup. I have a problem, definitely addicted

anyway, going crazy laying around the house the last few days and feeling better today so I got some work done on Black Passion! Nothing exciting, just wiring. As much as I thought it would be a real mess, i am pleasantly surprised that its looking and working good

I really liked how my MFU mount worked on my truck so I did the same on this one. No glue or screws required, just a wedge fit.



and thanks to the higher sleeper i was able to add a shelf for the SS tronix kit and still have easy battery access. Also high enough it cant be seen through the rear sleeper window.







heres the mfu switch box mounting and the chassis wiring.








so thats it for today. Just need to make a few more connections, the speaker , put a battery in and test it out tommorow!

the done list is getting longer than the to do list on this build ....finally

thanks for looking , all comments welcome

Mario

[ihbuilder]

great job Mario as for indy Boss said I can only take what will fit in the Jet and with a 990 there's not much room for everything else

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

great job Mario as for indy Boss said I can only take what will fit in the Jet and with a 990 there's not much room for everything else

Thanks Steve
When you bring something like a 990 , that's like bringing a 50 cal . No other ammo required!

Glad to hear you plan on attending, can't wait to see how many buckets to fill Susan's 3 axle end dump


Thanks Goose for the thumbs up. The headlight placement was tricky but I knew to get the look right they had to be low as possible. I never did take pics as I installed them but they are mounted to the stock grill with 2 mm bolts, nuts on the back side and some thread lock. I was able to wire and install complete on the grill first then mount on cab.
Getting these lights straight and perfect is almost impossible.
The driver side turned out perfect. The passenger side on the other hand is just a little off and not much I can do. The mould of the plastic is off a bit, it's where the lamp group meets the bracket is not square and has a slight tilt and twist.
I'm being fussy though, it's not like the lights are pointing off in all directions and ya really gotta look to notice so I quit filing and shimming and mounted the thing before I screwed something up!

Mario

[Supermario]

Well, getting closer now. Tranny noise issue is fixed. Radio all set up and working great, chassis lights ok.
So it was time to test the 5th wheel operation. I was nervous at first. Wasn't working near as expected Due to the very short reaction arm on the servo I wasn't getting enough travel range to fully open and close
Did some more bending and tweaking of the rod and now got it to this point.

Here's a video. I need opinions on if the latch is closing enough or will I have issues? No matter what, I refuse to have the arm come up through the deck plate! Worst case scenario is I put a longer arm down under the frame rails and come up with a new linkage


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXi-iCOSmU

Thanks for looking and all comments welcome

Mario