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Had a 427 ford engine that had collapsed filter. It read 60 psi before the filter. Changed the oil and suddenly there was no oil pressure. Reinstalled the old filter and 60 psi! Found out an oil galley plug had popped out, thus not much pressure at idle with such a large internal leak. The old Fram filter had collapsed and was creating a false pressure reading. I think the pump relief had stuck shut, blowing the filter up, popping the welch plug, then relieved itself. Leaving the engine with no real oil pressure. We dont know how it survived all the driving it had on it til we found the problem. This was in the red Willys that I was doing all the repair work on a few years back for a friend. As for oil pressure. It is there to keep the wedge of oil in the bearings so there is no metal contact. Lugging an engine has nothing to do with valvetrain. The early Mack thermodyne engines could not be lugged. It would pound the bearings out along with cracking the mains. They were not designed for that until later on(maxidyne engines).

Interesting. If Erik's wheel will fit I may be interested in buying one. I have air assist so I dont need the big wheel. I was leaning towards that new white wheel. I like the look. I may paint it later?

I just measured the spline on my column since I happen to have the wheel off. 1.080, so I assume that is for a 1 1/8" spline. I could have my buddy paint it for me cheap enough? Or find out if that M35 wheel is the same and paint it green? I see Raney's also offers a black, blue and red wheel.

I'm in the same boat. I want a new wheel but torn between what to spend. I epoxied the cracks in mine a few years ago, but didn't sandblast it first and the rod corrodes and expands and cracks it again. Ugh. Decisions, decisions. I like that white wheel. That's something to consider even though it doesn't really match a green interior.

Unless you find a rust free cut off, you'll be blasting and painting that.....so I agree just clean up what you have. It only looks like surface scale.

What makes this meme even funnier to me is....the fact the gentleman very closely resembles a friend of mine and so I read the words in "Don's" voice...LOL!

Bob, well she's about the third one I've known here. I'll say there is one that most want to forget! The second was that young girl that was only around for a short time. Can't recall much about her right now. She was a driver if I recall.

There are no "Mack" specific meets per say. There are lots of truck shows all around the country you can attend.

My condolences to High Binder and Redhorse. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and happy new year. It's been tough on everyone.

Fairly local to me. Dont know the truck or owner but saw it posted on facebook recently.

Merry Christmas All!

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Trump supporters. Only one real ahole. Him. Everyone else is good people.

Crazy he is a trump guy. Though that doesn't stop you from being an ahole. Pretty sure everyone at my work is.

Same guy who, like 8 yrs ago got a speeding ticket in the f450 stakebed and tried to blame it on the previous plant mgr because "he didnt tell me I had to follow the truck speed limits". Bwhahaha. Yup, he's that arrogant. Nothing is HIS fault.

So yesterday I was leaving work and walked past the shop pickup/ trailer sitting in the shop. I quickly noticed the trailer cord was not plugged in? I know for a fact that said co-worker would not have gone through the motions to start unhooking the trailer so I know that he went on his trip yesterday with no lights/brakes. The trailer was hooked up and loaded by one of my shop employees and likely he forgot to plug it in. Ok, not a good thing but the co-worker who drove it should have caught it easily as he walked past the trailer to get in the pickup. (I always do my own little pretrip before going anywhere and I do my own loading--I trust no one). The co-worker is a salesman and wont touch anything but the steering wheel. I was going to blast him this morning for not catching the unplugged cord but he would just blame the shop guy for failing to do it. Sound familiar? Ya, I was going to call him Alec and say he is the same basic arrogant ass......but I bit my tongue and just left it go. It was a battle I wanted to win but it would just be an endless circle of "not my fault". Yup, just like Alec.

Oh snap!!! Thanks for the laugh today, I needed that!

Yup, wanna make a million trucking? Start with 2 million.

My worst loss at gambling was at the nickel slots. $20 and I called it quits. Now drag racing, I spend thousands for the chance at hundreds.....so I'm not in the black there either after 26 yrs.

With me having a brownie box just a few feet behind the triplex the transmission would like not fall very far until the driveshaft got bound up.

I did replace the mount bushings after the motor swap. It likely wouldnt have moved much but I did want to control it so I played it safe.

You do have to support the tail of transmission because it will fall back since the mount is too far forward to balance it.

I remember watching the video on youtube about that truck. The body is chanelled over the frame to lower it? Something along those lines.

I used Deluxe speedometer in Denver for a new cable for my hot rods tach drive distributor. Quick service and great part. I have no clue about ratios. My B was direct drive speedo when I bought it. Now its electronic.

Ya, I remember the few times I've had mine apart through the years. Always a Chinese puzzle when it comes to remembering how it goes back together a few months later.