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Crazy stuff. Just a bit more off center then EJ Potter and his rocket motorcycles LOL!! There is already talk about "IF" the FE reunion gets cancelled the end of April? Time will tell. I made a quick stop at the store last night on the way home from work for a few simple items. I passed the stockman putting up toilet paper and I asked "When will the hysteria end?". He just groaned. Luckily most of the stores around me are still fully stocked. Unlike the big Walmarts and such where all the shelves get cleared off for no reason at all. Bob, you're likely dead on with lawsuits. The first time something bad happens and they "didn't" cancel an event there will be hell to pay.

Car engine 400#. Mack truck engine 1500#. I dont care how Harbor Fraud lists it, I wouldn't use it.

Hmm, that's gunno be interesting. I know I made hooks to bolt on front and back of heads when I did mine. You might have to sling it side to side inbetween the heads since the rear of engine is buried. Hey, look at this way....you could be putting a Detroit in it!!!! Lol.

OMG, I need to borrow that Mack picture and post it on JOT. With "Bento Water" across the front it is PERFECT to hound Aaron with. LOL!!!

I've also had to pump my primer a time or three. If the valve is good, it will pump up quickly and you will feel resistance and feel the fuel as it bleeds back to the tank and that will be enough for it to fire. No bleeding of any lines. The primer on my 237 was nonworking when I got the motor. Unbolt the transfer pump, remove it, then carefully unscrew the primer. Just a one way check valve, nothing to it. Mine just needed unstuck and now works fine. If the truck runs now, try pumping the primer. If there is resistance, it is fine. It doesn't take that many pumps to get fuel up from a tank. 20? 30? Not 100. When I bought my truck, it didn't go anywhere far until I replaced ALL the lines(fuel and water). You can buy the line and reuse most fittings( if they are the type). The compressor has coolant running through it, thus those two lines. The rear one might be a pita to reach without removing the pump. Depends on your wrench selection.

Sounds like my first ride when I installed the 237. Wow, this it was night and day compared to the ol NA 673. Even pulling my trailer, in PA I can set the cruise at 65 and not touch a shifter. Some people don't like a Triplex behind a 237. I kinda like mine. You can shift it like a 5 spd if I want, or split a gear on a hill and not loose any speed.

There was a V8 mack video from down under with a guy in a KW just awestruck about this mack running away from him up a grade. I was just searching for it the other day and couldn't find it.

I loved my straight piped ford 7.3 powerstroke diesel. It sounded like a baby E9!

I took care of the guy(me)plowing gravel into the yard. I never installed the plow on the tractor!! We never got enough to worry about, luckily. We're not out of the woods yet, but close.

Sounds like switchblade wasn't working? Or incorrectly sized? I'd be curious to find out.

Two bad gauges? If it snapped the cable right at the gauge?

Glad to hear there is a real reason. I looked at mine today while we were test fitting the hood before paint and the front edge of both tanks stick "out" a bit from the rear. I never really noticed it all these years until I put the shiny tanks on. Guess all the glare makes it stand out more?? LOL!

Did you replace the outer casing also? Or just the inner cable? The casing itself my have damage that is eating at the cable. If you replaced both pieces, that's good, but since it broke again with another gauge...that is a mystery. Does the cable have slack in it? Pulled tight around something?

A comment was made about mine also. I had my brackets off and powder coated. No spacers, all four where the same, though the one tank appears crooked. I never noticed it before. I need to dig up the pictures I have, they aren't on this computer.

Ah, I see. I knew there was a big commotion about losing the pictures. I didn't realize it was actually two different places.

I thought that he shut that down quite some time ago?

I wish I had a cab, but it needs the front corners finessed also. They stick out(better than in). I also realized today he ground the tabs off the hood sides that locate the stainless trim. Ugh, guess he will be welding something back on? Smdh.

Well, that would be nice, but it needs more bodywork to the cab too and not sure if he wants to get into all that now? I'd have to strip stuff down, blah, blah, blah and I need it ready to roll by mid April. Not sure if you have ever had a vehicle stuck in bodyshop hell? LOL!! My buddy wouldn't do that, that's why it took another year to get the hood done after he did the doors last winter.

Once you balance the teeter, getting it to flip over is as easy as raising your hands over your head. Then move them to your side to flip back. I could see a real PITA situation if that motor fails at some point!!! UGH< help I'm stuck upside down!!!! Manually it's easy-peasy. The Velcro would be easier, if you left a big enough string to pull without having to bend over. I guess it all depends on your own situation and mobility. I'll let you climb all the 300 ft towers you want. I'll stay hanging upside on the ground!!! LOL!!

Buddy used one for years, that is why I bought one. I got mine off Amazon, a real Teeter version. I like it, but the latest commercial shows another improvement in the design. The foot latch on mine is right at your ankles. Well, when your back is screwed up , you can't touch your ankles. which makes it a real BITCH to get yourself out of it when you are done. Karen had to do it for me at first. The new model has a long lever to latch your feet, which I'm sure makes it much easier for a person with back issues to use. I've poked around mine trying to figure out how to get the spring latch apart so I can weld an extension on it. Might just have to take the whole thing to the garage and do it while assembled? Surely be a nice improvement, but hasn't been a big enough issue to cart it outside and change it(yet). Funny story. When I ordered mine a few years back, I was really jacked up....BAD! When it arrived I couldn't get it in the house. Box was way too heavy. Had to dismantle it outside and Karen had to help be drag parts inside to assemble. Within a few weeks of daily use, I was much better.

Karen can't use it. She tried it once, I didn't get her level and she was panicking. If I don't use it all the time, I can't get my back to pop. Once I get back on my regimen I can feel myself "pop, pop, pop" as my vertebrae expands. Feels good. LOL!!! I'm glad I know you better then that.

You have to work up to going full invert. I did, and it works well for me. I can feel it "click" as i stretch out.

A racing buddy actually sent me the link, so thought I would put it here.

I feel as bad as I did when I was 40. Back then I was going to the chiro 2-3 times a week just so I could move around. I'm not going to chiro anymore since I bought my inversion table, which does help some.

From Craigslist: https://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/d/knoxville-mack-truck-42-for-sale-cab/7083609205.html Mack Truck B-42 for sale 1963 Mack B-42S truck, originally gasoline powered now powered by a Cummins CF-160 6 cylinder diesel engine. Showing 100k plus miles in running condition. All steer and drive tires and rims have been changed from 20 inch bias ply to 22.5 inch radials with decent tread. The transmission is a Mack twin stick 5 speed plus 4 speed Quadruplex. It is a tandem axle truck with an original wheelbase of 170 1/2 inches that has been lengthened to 194 1/2 inches. The overall length is about 23 feet. It has one 50 gallon step style fuel tank and was originally specified as a concrete mixer delivered to Jackson, MS in February of 1963. I have a copy of the original order sheet and other literature from the Mack Museum in PA. It has some rust through in 2 spots on the lower back of the cab but the rest of the cab and floors are solid. It would make a good car or tractor hauler. I have new door window glass, 4 inch stainless exhaust parts, and stainless door mirrors that will go with the truck. Bill of sale only but can apply for title. Asking $3200 or best offer. Contact me through Craigslist if interested. Located in west Knoxville. Not mine, just passing it along.