You must be kidding, right?
Spicer set ups are totally different, their bolts are regular grade 8 fasteners, but not even close to the original type that was used here.
Bear in mind I'm not talking hardware bolts at all, that's why I said stay away from the junk at big box stores.
I didn't know we were called Dodge. Paul Caudell got his bolts from us, we had a good stock of new originals at the time. He used grade 8 nuts that he sourced locally. So Frank, the fact that he told you they came from Dodge; well I'll say this, stretching the truth was not at all out of character for Paul. I knew him very well, as he was always calling us looking for ways to do stuff, and wanting to know how we did it. Paul's bigger problem was he wanted someone else to do all the work in making a system come together, then tell him how to do it so he could market it, while he answered the phone and counted the money. That should be enough said to explain how his system worked. We finally just distanced ourself from him and his company, MARS; it went down hill from there. The truth of the matter was that Paul didn't even know enough about differential building to send proper installation instruction and specs along with the new 4.89 gear sets he sold. We had to help him get straightened out on that way back in the early days because people kept breaking the ends off of the new pinion shafts when they torqued the nut.
We also worked out a clutch system for his Hercules repower engines, along with a number of other issues. I even sent him one of his own Hercules diesel installation manuals with all the mistakes in it highlighted with corrections, so he could print an accurate manual for future customers. Yes sir, Paul in his mind was really on top of the situation; but it was only after someone else pointed things out to him. The Hercules thing would have taken off in a much larger way had he really been interested in jumping into it. That never occurred to him it seemed, he was just a salesman marketing do it yourself kits.
When we started our Cummins repowers, Paul was among the first callers; not to buy an engine, but wanting to become a partner in the effort. I just chuckled to myself and said we were doing just fine on our own. Next thing I heard was complaining because we killed the market for his Hercules. Actually he killed the Hercules military diesel repower himself; just didn't know enough, and people soon realized that; plus in the end after the original Hercules Company went down, he had no system of supply. Tried doing it with rebuilt engines built from cores picked up randomly, but that never really flew.
Need more info? Just ask.
Spicer set ups are totally different, their bolts are regular grade 8 fasteners, but not even close to the original type that was used here.
Bear in mind I'm not talking hardware bolts at all, that's why I said stay away from the junk at big box stores.
I didn't know we were called Dodge. Paul Caudell got his bolts from us, we had a good stock of new originals at the time. He used grade 8 nuts that he sourced locally. So Frank, the fact that he told you they came from Dodge; well I'll say this, stretching the truth was not at all out of character for Paul. I knew him very well, as he was always calling us looking for ways to do stuff, and wanting to know how we did it. Paul's bigger problem was he wanted someone else to do all the work in making a system come together, then tell him how to do it so he could market it, while he answered the phone and counted the money. That should be enough said to explain how his system worked. We finally just distanced ourself from him and his company, MARS; it went down hill from there. The truth of the matter was that Paul didn't even know enough about differential building to send proper installation instruction and specs along with the new 4.89 gear sets he sold. We had to help him get straightened out on that way back in the early days because people kept breaking the ends off of the new pinion shafts when they torqued the nut.
We also worked out a clutch system for his Hercules repower engines, along with a number of other issues. I even sent him one of his own Hercules diesel installation manuals with all the mistakes in it highlighted with corrections, so he could print an accurate manual for future customers. Yes sir, Paul in his mind was really on top of the situation; but it was only after someone else pointed things out to him. The Hercules thing would have taken off in a much larger way had he really been interested in jumping into it. That never occurred to him it seemed, he was just a salesman marketing do it yourself kits.
When we started our Cummins repowers, Paul was among the first callers; not to buy an engine, but wanting to become a partner in the effort. I just chuckled to myself and said we were doing just fine on our own. Next thing I heard was complaining because we killed the market for his Hercules. Actually he killed the Hercules military diesel repower himself; just didn't know enough, and people soon realized that; plus in the end after the original Hercules Company went down, he had no system of supply. Tried doing it with rebuilt engines built from cores picked up randomly, but that never really flew.
Need more info? Just ask.
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