Freightrain

Wow, one day shipping! It showed up at work first thing this morning. Something I can bolt together this weekend. I already have the transmission sitting on the back of the truck waiting.

Searched around for a used bell to no avail. I ended up getting a new K3672 from VanderHaags. Should be here in a few days. Saw some listed for well over $1000. Got it for $670.

I have met up with Dan a few times at national conventions through the years. He has quite the collection of trucks. Crawling into the Aussie Superliner at York was a definite highlight.

What a cool story! I've tried for 25 yrs to get the previous owner to get me pictures or some kind of history of my truck at General Towing. He just never wanted to. I do have a huge file folder of "repair orders" through the years. Every little trinket that was changed out. I would love to have pictures from its heyday but I guess he wasn't a picture taker.

I can covert to pull. I just didn't pay attention to the fact that the tube made things different. The gasket hid the machining on the original bell so I didn't take into account. The gasket is the same, the tube just breaks through the gasket as you tighten it. At least on the transmission I have. Unless they changed it and just used a std gasket? I don't know. I will make it all work.

Thanks. Guess I am on the hunt again.

I bought a Mack bell for my 18913. Only problem is the bell doesn't have provisions for the oil line around the front of transmission case. Can I remove the extra oil line without tearing into the whole transmission? I have machining possibilities for adding pockets in my new bell but since it is aluminum and not cast for the groove it may break through. I assumed this bell would work but not having any experience I didn't think about this oil line. I know it isn't really needed in my application. Any thoughts?

Looks fantastic. Nicely done.

eBay got me TONS of parts when I rebuilt my Triplex.

Valco 184 solvent. Works wonders. Found serial number on the block today after some more scraping 5393P4 979 173 1788 Not sure what that equates to?

I have some solvent that eats gaskets and sealers. Get it from my local engine shop. They use it exclusively. Just melts crap away. Can't recall name, have to look when I get home. I thought it was Malco products? I did use a carbide scraper on the gasket. I have a razor blade holder but it always gets jammed up. Just have to be careful with carbide as you don't want to gouge the surface if you get a little ever zealous.

Well, it hasn't had much work done, but I did get the oil pan gasket scrapped off the block yesterday. I basically rolled the block on its side to make it much easier on myself. Still waiting on friend to get some time to pull the liners for me. I will start pushing him more now that the weather is starting to turn. I am making slow headway on cleaning the block with wire brush, rags, and solvent. I did get new bushings installed in clutch housing, along with new shafts so it works really smooth. Now to get it bolted back to transmission. I want to get it inside for the winter. Might stack it on the back of the truck to keep it out of the way. I am very space limited(ready that:too much shit).

The AI stuff is getting out of hand.

Agree, only three things in a B model that mice can hurt: seat, headliner and wiring. All easily replaced. Get it washed up and take a good look at it.

Ok, I found the pics from 2017 when I was there. Driving Dave's B61SX. It had a rebuilt quad box that was super tight and it was push to try and get something done with my box. The Northwest shovel was a bit brighter in color back then. Dave's B was an absolutely spotless truck. Near museum quality even if he did play in the dirt with it. He said people would give him grief about using it but he said "Not like I'm throwing rocks at it. A simple bath and it is clean again". Sure could have used power steering though! Jacking that thing around for a few hours had my arms like rubber 😆. Would do it again in a heartbeat. After Dave passed from cancer the truck was for sale and don't know what happen to it.