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So your saying it's leaning to the passenger side? A short nose B67 had the engine tilted to the passenger side by, I think, 14 degrees. This was done to provide clearance for the driver's feet, steering box, etc. If you have a standard cab the engine should be vertical. The frame should be pre-drilled or gas or diesel engine mounts and as you stated, they are different. I've done this swap to a B42 and have a 237 in mine. If the previous owner did the swap it could be possible they used a B67 engine. To tilt the engine Mack drilled the bolt pattern offset on the engine bell housing to get the tilt needed for that application. Pictures of what you have would be helpful to determine what's going on and to more clearly see your issue?

That is really coming out nicely!! It looks factory new. Everything is clean, crisp and sharp. It takes so much effort to make that happen. Beautiful job!!

Slowly going back together, again. Waiting on my power steering pump to come back from being overhauled.  Had to get it back from a local hydraulic shop after they  did nothing but complain about supply line issues for six months. Did a 20 minute internet search and found a place that would do it quickly. I should have it back maybe this week or early next week. I’ll leave the left fender off until it’s back in. Just makes it easier. Now that I can move the truck again, I was able to pull the bed up from beside the barn, today. Took the winch out of it and a few other items to get it ready to move to my friends’s shop so he can do some repairs to it. Strapped it to the deck of the B42 to move it when he’s ready.  I hauled the three hydraulic cylinders for the bed to Danbury last week to be overhauled, so they should be back in a few weeks. The pace to finish is finally picking up!!

For some reason the shorter video I have won't load. It's a walk around of it idling and just ticking away. So happy it just purrs. It was a lot of time lost, but now I can say I've touched every part of this truck.

Let’s try this one.

I'll try again later.

It’s ALIVE!!!! It fired off so gently and idles smoothly. Accelerates really well and has that Cummins bark! Now I can move it, since it hasn’t budged since October!! I have short video, but it’s too big. I’ll make another shorter one shortly.

The squawk list is a lot shorter, now. Lots of little stuff knocked out. The driveshaft came out nice. The UPS driver who frequents my house was busting my chops about it, saying the truck looks great except for the driveshaft! I got the throttle and clutch switches for the Jake mounted and adjusted. I’ll probably rough in the wiring for them and finish some more stuff under the dash.

Ran into some technical issues and had to send out some parts for recalibration. It’ll cost me another week and I’ll miss Brooklyn with the B73 and probably take the B42 instead. I’m using the extra time to finish a whole slew of open items, like getting the floor, pedals and carpet finished up. Later this week I’m planning on painting the driveshaft, among other things. Things will be a lot more finished when it’s running. The new interior looks awesome. I’m liking my new pedal arrangement.

On 6/10/2023 at 6:09 AM, 1961H67 said:

This is the “Old Cummins Yellow “ I got from Mahoney’s , you can’t tell much difference in what you used, Yours looks great . Can’t wait to hear it running! 

Yeah, it’s not too far off. This color is Cat Yellow. The fluorescent lighting changes the color a lot. When I shot it the first time I thought I was way off on the color. Once it was out in natural light it looked real close. People always ask, shouldn’t it be beige or gold?. Not in this vintage. I think they’re both close enough. I’m not trying to win some concours, I want to drive it and have fun.

2 hours ago, Mark T said:

Looks like it's ready to start.  Did you have it running yet ?

Not yet. Still lots to hook up. I did finish the oil system today and fill the crankcase with over 8+ gallons of oil. Later, I cranked the engine on the starter, no fuel, and was able to build 40 PSI on the gauge. Fixed a clutch linkage issue, somehow installed a bell crank backwards giving a very stiff pedal. Much easier now!  Had to dodge rain showers all afternoon and finally called it quits about 4:30 due to that. Stuck the hood on to give the engine some cover.

Man, I got a LOT put back together today. It was faster mostly because I wasn’t fabricating every little piece and kept it pretty well organized as it came apart.

Back where it belongs!!! I was getting everything ready this morning and I lined up the engine while I was waiting for help to arrive. Then I thought, let me give this a try and with a little effort it dropped right in!

It must’ve been all my previous practice that helped!!

Got a lot reassembled today. My friend is sending me a 5,000# lift on Wednesday and on Thursday he’s loaning me a couple of his mechanics to help me set the engine back in. I only need their help for about 20 mins if it goes right and I’ve got everything ready to go. I’m leaving the intake, exhaust and water manifolds off to make it a little easier. Until then I’ve got a lot to do to get ready. I’m keeping my fingers crossed work stays quiet this week as it looks like the weekend is already disappearing.

13 minutes ago, Red Horse said:

Matt, If not Macungie, Brooklyn?

Actually, that was my goal. My chapter has a show this coming weekend and I was hoping that would be it’s first outing, I think Brooklyn is doable.