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Well, a friend offered to stop over with his CAT service truck and unload the engine at home. So, now I can work on getting it set up to start. Loading it at work At home waiting for crane He also was nice enough to donate 10 gals of CAT 10w-40 oil to the cause. Thanks!! Will wait on another warm up in the weather so I can tinker with it.

Even if it doesn't go far, going on newer tires that aren't bombs is a plus. 2002 I paid $250/ tire and $50/ rim = $1800 total. It's gone up just a bit.....

I came across this with Google. https://www.agkits.com/mack-oil-pan-gasket-579gb412a.aspx Not exactly sure, but I searched 673 Mack oil pan.

Ya, I spent nearly $3000 last spring on four new drive tires!

I'll work on PT 3 tonight. Not sure it will get uploaded until tomorrow night. It takes like 2-3 hrs to edit and save and 2-3 to download.

Here ya go.

Nice work so far!

Part 2 is up. https://youtu.be/tmAuiNXWrwg?si=g6M65ukMGaQFCpGt

Well, I won't win any academy awards for this.....but I got Part 1 of the transmission rebuild video posted. I really didn't plan this out well enough to make it "professional" looking. By the time I downloaded all of the clips I had 1.5 hrs worth! 😲 So I clipped it into 3 segments and have #1 linked here. Pt 2 is edited and ready to post, then I will get the last part done. https://youtu.be/Nm25TRz7CBw?si=U1YaWvHCsNCjSuDA

Friend used to work for Adelmans truck yard here in town. Big place. They offer "rebuilt" transmissions and rearends. He was forced into doing a spray paint rebuild on some stuff. He didn't stay long. They figured it either would outlast the warranty or you would have to come back and get another one. Play the odds on that!

You can see the floor is already gray from overspray. I was putting it on as thin as possible. I want the color to be a thick coat.

Kinda partial to dark Ford blue. 😉 I was leaning towards the factory color but then I figure gold would match the engine(and easier to get in spray can). I have time as it is going to get crappy out for a week and I want to hang it on the crane outside to paint it. Better then getting everything in the garage covered in color!

I almost have it done. I have rear box cover glued on. I have the rear tail housing seal replaced, yoke has new speedi sleeve, and yoke installed and torqued. I installed brass bushing in aux shift tower as one shaft was pretty loose. Should reduce slop and noise. I have paper to cut new main box cover gasket. I installed new TOB on the carrier and prelubed it. Just need to chose what color? Grey/green or just make it gold like the engine. I bombed some gray primer on it to just cover the surface rust after cleaning it.

Many old twin screw boats had CW and CCW engines. Funny story: motor shop I use has Dyno room. They were trying to get a 427 FE running. Just wouldn't do it. They were stumped until someone realized it was turning wrong way. Some way they got their hands on a LH starter and it was cranking it backwards. Doh.

Can't be more then a ford pickup cab. I pulled my 69 off 30+ yrs ago. Four guys no problem. No room for rotisserie, so I had to just lay it down on the back wall to replace the cab mounts. Just put a thick blanket down to keep from damaging the original paint.

The support just kinda came to me, then the addition of being able to upend to install the back box was perfect.

Ya, likely not another video showing anything like it. I don't have many action shots, just before/after talking. I have a camera tripod but didn't dig it out. Likely don't have much to show but me cussing when it goes wrong(all the time). 😂 I don't have anyway of hosting just the short clips.

No, i don't want to try and get both hoses out the passenger side. I could notch the hood, but not my first choice. I would get two smaller, matching housings and do like Trent's truck. If all else fails, a KN cone on the turbine would get me by along with a hood scoop.

Ok, a couple pictures. I have lots of short video clips on my phone. Hope to get them all together and make a YouTube video. Nothing fancy.

Made big strides Sunday. I have it pretty much assembled except for lids and tail housing. Looks good, works smooth. I'll get pics downloaded after my phone allows it.🙄

I've been want to get paper filters for the truck, so if I could find a nice pair of smaller diameter housings then I could see putting twins on it. It limits the passenger door so bad I don't want to make the same issue on the driver's side.

I will be doing a hood scoop of sorts to get some air under the hood by the turbine air cleaner. Ron has a Super duty Ford hood scoop on his B model. People think they are gold now so maybe an aluminum scoop from something car related. I will come up with something even if I have to make it. Today's project....triplex assembly.

Agree, I will get a cone KN filter for turbine. I do want to get a paper filter instead of the oil bath. The inlet tubes are very sloppy from all the oil film coming into the turbo. It doesn't suck the filter dry but I would like to convert it somehow.

I realize the triplex will likely be fine. Would I like something better? Yes. If something comes along I will rethink it. Once I saw the data sheet, I realize it is not such a large leap in power as I first imagined. I have a single disc clutch. Granted, not pulling 100k+ lbs but again I would like to improve it if I can. Yes, Rockwell. It came with 3.70 when I bought but that was too fast for 180 HP so I swapped it to 4.10 for no cost. Now, fast forward 10 yrs and 3.70 would have been a good choice. Without using the OD in the 6041 box, it runs 65 @1800 rpm. I would like to drop that to 1500(noise level drops drastically). The 6041 runs in direct 99.9% of the time. I only use the OD if I need to get around someone when 72 mph isn't enough with the triplex OD. I'm sure the shafts are no where critical speed. If the truck had 5.x-6.x gears I would be more concerned with that.

2" Single disc clutch. It is a composite disc, not organic. If I change clutch housing to allow a dual disc I have a flywheel and dual disc clutch to use. I found a data sheet, 315 HP, 1050 ft/lb @1400 rpm. Not really a stretch from my 237. Extra 100ft/lb but a few hundred rpm higher.