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BGarofalo

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  1. Very nice work. Your experience shows. I've seen so many guys with all sorts of voodoo frame splices. I do mine like you with a vertical cut and insert. Every manual I've ever read has said to do it that way.  

    I went away from the reamer and use a  rotocut annular cutter. It saves a lot of time. 5/8 hole in 1/2 rail in 45 seconds.  Over the course of 50 holes it really adds up on time savings. 

    Cool project and great work! 

     

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  2. An injector certainly could be a cause. I would look toward the VGT turbo first.  Stuck or sticking vanes can cause smoke and quickly plug up a dpf.  I run into a lot of regen problems stemming from the turbo.

  3. I have been meaning to straighten out the wheel in my CL so I figured I would give a quick how-to. Trucks without adjustable draglinks or twin steering boxes can end up with a crooked wheel when components are changed.  Here are the steps to adjusting the wheel back to center.

    1.Drive straight to center the steering.

    2.The rubber cap can just be pried off. Sometimes the inner cup will stay with it other times it will separate.

    3. Unplug your horn connection wire.

    4. Remove the inner cup by prying up. (if it didn't already come out with the rubber)

    5. Remove the center nut.

    6. Using a suitable puller pop the wheel off. (There are 2 threaded holes to grab the wheel) Usually come off with minimal force.

    7. Align the wheel straight and re-assemble.

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  4. I have 2 Macks registered non-commercial in NJ. Its actually not very difficult in our state. As long as your using it for private non-commercial applications it is just a normal registration. It needs to be registered for its correct GVW (which the fee schedule is identical for commercial) and you will have to pay sales tax on it being its non-commercial. I personally use Progressive for insurance. Cost me $875 per truck per year and that includes any trailer I'm hooked to. I'm assuming it will be registered over 18,000 lbs so it will still need an annual smoke test.

    Of course being its a 1979 it will be much cheaper to register is as "antique"  but you are rolling the dice transporting anything around. NJ has a very limited definition for uses of antique vehicles.

  5. A new eaton clutch #208925-25 which is 2050ft/lbs is $680.00. 

    There used to be different clutches for Mack due to the fork facing down. It interfered with the grease fitting. All eaton clutches now come with 3 grease fittings so this is a direct fit. 

  6. It should bolt on but there will be some differences. Transmissions use SAE sizes for bell housings to keep it simple for engine manufactures and transmission manufactures. Newer MP motors use a flywheel housing engine mount where as your older mack engines use a bellhousing mount. Keep in mind that a 12 speed may not be up to the task of holding the torque output of a mp10.

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