doubleclutchinweasel

I'm sure somebody will know for sure, but I THINK that section was rigid originally.  But, do you have any idea how long it has been since I saw an original one?!

I watched the whole thing.  All makes perfect sense to me.

6 minutes ago, 67RModel said:

The G model looks like a truck from 1979 not 1959. I wonder why it had such a short run?

I wonder the same thing.  Maybe the F was already in the works when the G was ready?

4 minutes ago, 67RModel said:

I think there is an ongoing "debate" or discussion as to whether or not the G model was a copy of the Kenworth cab of the time. Supposedly Mack hired Kenworth's designer and the two cabs ended up being mostly identical. (or something like that). The Mack museum even went so far as to research all their records and make a publication about it due to many inquiries on the matter. See below. I think there a few old threads here on the forum about it as well if you search.

https://www.macktruckshistoricalmuseum.org/-/media/files/museum/g-model-faq.pdf?rev=9af9c3b4171a46a4944ae8e1caf7e3fa&hash=A661054EBD3DE8B3CBEC5171BC25354B

 

That's funny.  Even if there is no connection between manufacturers, it is likely that different manufacturers could arrive at similar designs.  Happens all the time!

I wonder how much of the grille they reused from the H (top) on the G (bottom).

There are 2 or 3 guys on here regularly who know these things inside and out, and you were talking to one of them above.

They'll steer you right.  Have no fear!

I'll have to see if anybody feels like going with me.  Not sure if the Mrs. will feel up to it.  Maybe one of the grand-horses will want to go.

I've never been to this one.  But, I see it is only about 2 hours from here...

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

I took a picture of my privacy fence from the seat of my forklift while I was putting my smoker away..   Is that redneck enough??    

I think you qualify for at least an honorary title, Jo-Jo. 

On 10/21/2023 at 9:12 PM, h67st said:

Elevator bolts. We used them when we built roll-up trailer doors, they pull down almost flush with the surface (except Apitong is pretty hard, sounds like Matt is going the correct route).

I like those!

G's were...different!  Looked kinda like an H from the front, and more like the later F from the side.

Not too many of them made.  Only offered for a total of 3 model years.

No, I don't have any of those.  But, there have been several threads on here discussing interior colors over the years.  A search might bring up some old threads.

He mentions the light green of the early models.  I'm glad to hear somebody is working on some of those early ones.  I liked that better than the darker green of the next ones.

The light green always reminded me of the color of the inside of a school bus!

Don't know about the 79.  But, on my 70, the volt, temp, and fuel gauges were dead until the key was turned on.  The schematic shows power coming off the key switch, to the low air pressure switch, and then daisy-chained to the fuel, volt, and temp gauges.  Does not show a relay in that particular circuit (low amperage draw).

But, that is nearly a decade older than yours.

If your "privacy fence" is made of old car hoods...

Good deal!

Yeah, I prefer to leave my tools right where they are while I am using them.  Put them up when everything's done.  But, sometimes the blamed things grow legs and wander off!

The older I get, the worse it seems to be getting.  Can't wait to see how it is next year!

13 minutes ago, Licensed to kill said:

While there was no description of the "oil trough" in the pages specific to the TRTL-72 in the pages that I printed, It occurred to me this morning to look elsewhere in the manual and found it. It is on the side of the case. I copied and tried to post the page but images don't transfer

 

When my son's Triumph Thunderbird came due for valve adjustment service, we bought the on-line factory service manual to get the procedure.  As we did it, I took detail photos of every step.  Then, I cut and pasted the instructions into a word document and pasted my pictures in with the instructions.  Where something didn't make sense, we changed the sequence or the wording to make it work better.  We added notes, hints, and warnings as we found things along the way.  What we ended up with was a super-detailed (and accurate) how-to book to do that job correctly.

I was trying to find a sample page on here, but I must have put it on my laptop at home.

I guess all that time I spent years back writing training manuals paid off!

In other words, I know how you feel!  Stuff is hard without something to reference!

2 minutes ago, other dog said:

The pickup's sitting in the driveway now with a load of trash on it.

Well, O'Dog...

"If your military career ended in the recruitment office..."

Did the trough run around the top of the case and drip down on the gears?  I may be thinking of some other gearbox, though.  Old age, you know?

Awesome pictures, D!

That should help him out a good bit.

I’m a big fan of carriage bolts and nylock nuts!