Freightrain

This engine has ESI so bigger pan and three oil filters. The deep pan won't clear my front axle. It is 7" deeper sump.

I use Postimage. Free to use but can upgrade if you pay a few bucks.

Santa came early..... One day delivery. Not bad. Didn't expect it until maybe tomorrow but got a call this afternoon and ran down and got it.

Placed my order for a kit. Hope to pick it up in a few days. It is coming out of Columbus, Ohio so it should only be a day or so.

Is the seat smaller than the angle? Maybe that would be correct and is actually at the match line? I'm working on pulling my 300 heads apart and checking things out.

The sump pickup is the same. Unlike a car engine where a deep pan usually takes a longer pickup these engines use the same. It just has more volume to pull from.

Looks brand new! Can't wait to bolt it back in.

All 6 out. Picked up the right oil pan from motor shop as they hot tanked it for me. I traded the big 54 qt model for this. Good to have friends in good places. I also picked up the radiator but it's dark and cold so I will get pics tomorrow. I want to slip it in the collar to make sure everything is just as it was and will fit when I go to assemble this pile of parts come spring. I can't see it being an issue as the upper and lower tanks and side brackets all have to fit together and if the core was not sized right then they would not have been able to solder it together. Will be stopping at Mack dealer next week to order the kit. Piece by piece.....

Good news. Local Mack says full kits are available in .020 liners. Pt number 215SB196CP2 $3355 cash over the counter. Now I will pull the last 5 liners and confirm before ordering.

I will once I confirm I can get them. The deck is stamped at every liner that it is .020.

Thanks for that Paul. I also just pulled the front Jake housing off the 237 and found out the valve lash caps are the same for the 300 valve stems(.500), so I don't have to chase those down.

Hopefully they are still easily gotten.

Well, weekend update. Dropped off radiator Friday. They can handle it. $1200. Well,at least it isn't $2000.... I told them to do it. I was surprised how flattened out the fins were around the fan area on the back. I'm surprised it cooled as well as it did. I picked up the puller and started on it this evening. Got #1 out. Found out what the .020 stamped on deck. Block bored oversize. I need to make sure I can get oversize sleeves. These were Mack sleeves. You can just see the .020 on the deck by the sleeve. The bore is 4.875, which is stock. Apparently the dealer must have rebuilt this at some time and bored the block. I knew it has been apart due to red silicone on gasket surfaces. I will contact Mack and see if these are still available or if PAI has them before going any farther. May have a large paperweight on my hands?? Might be in framing the 237 and bolting on 300 parts. Time marches on ......

I am not holding my breath until I get a price. It won't surprise me if it is crazy. But this is a very small radiator compared to an R model. The original has worked flawless for 25 yrs. Even on the biggest, longest grade I run it just gets to 200* and just holds it. It is a 9* grade in Pennsylvania.

Working at a machine shop, it was going to make my own puller plates. 5.25 disc for the bottom with 4.875 pilot to hold it correctly in the bore and not slip off to the side. A hydraulic jack would just be easier then strong arming a nut and all thread. I don't know exactly how easy these liners will move? And they are like 11" long!