other dog

To the best of my limited knowlege there is no difference in the pistons and liners between the two engines. They are both Maxidyne series. The differences are in the injection cycle dictated by the injection pump governor settings, and timing of the injection cycle. A sound 237 Mack engine will reliably output 300 horsepower and plenty of torque with some type of charge air cooling, and recalibration of the injection pump assembly. This is a balance power package and only working with part of the system will not yield the long term durability if this balance is upset.

If you recalibrate the pump from the Maxidyne series settings and don't install a transmission with more gears, (Maxidynes typically had five, or six speeds) the engine will seem to fall on it's face as the spread is too wide.

Rob

just taking the cover off the top of the pump and "giving 'er a couple of rounds" (turning the fuel up) will make a 237 go like a scalded dog. Little dab'l do ya'. Used to be a sure fire way to get fired, breaking the seal on a pump. If it's your own truck you'll have to fire yourself if you turn it up.

Mute.

oh no, this time it's different. they changed the oil and serviced it Friday at our shop and stripped the threads in the oil pan when they took the drain plug out. Said they've had several do that. They're gonna take the oil pan off at Cat and fix it. Jimmy welded the plug in and put some silicone around it and I went to Ohio and back, dripping oil all the way.

Well HELLO There.

Been busy with yard work, getting truck ready for the week.

Grease monkey son had his BD, so had to do the family thing.

Gambi may be right. Over "there" talkin trash bout Petes and KW.

Also, the new guy prolly has them all hittin a drink with his shit talk.

raining here,truck's at Caterpillar-the Peterbilt truck-I cain't do anything...guess i'll go to bed.

Is it the 1200 HP on e bay?

uhhh...I didn't notice.she could have been standing by the space shuttle and I prolly wouldn't have noticed.

Oh master of the photoshop...thought maybe you'd air brush out the suspension...

Yea its fairly quiet...maybe all the important people are in the 'corporate forum'. Someday when I learn how to hack, I'm going to snoop in there and see what all goes on.

I cropped too much of the picture-she's actually admiring a V8 Superliner, just out of the picture to the left

geez, sure is quiet around here!

hey im Daniel from New Zealand. i grew up around Macks as my dad drove them for years. i am looking into buying an Ultraliner as restoration project.gotta love that V8 mack sound. look forward to learning more about these great trucks on these forums. have uploaded a few pics of macks logging in nz. thats about it

Dan.

Hi there Daniel, I agree about that V8 Mack sound!

DoubleL's ad

That B-53 was at Huntsville, and just freshly completed at that time.

I was very surprised to see it in the California auction.

It's a really, really well done truck for someone who wants a great toy.

Paul VS

Yep, I went back and looked at it in the Showtime magazine. Didn't remember seeing it before, but there it was.

I see they've got an ATHS show in Knoxville April 9th. and 10th. I better tell nocluejoe so he can go and take some pictures for us.

One in Cookeville in Sep. too.

Nice! I didn't get mine yet.

We had advertised in there before, but our contract ran out and they never called to remind us. Just started a new 1 year contract! (WoW, advertising prices have really skyrocketed! )

yeah, I can imagine-everything else has.

Got the new one this week, lots of good stuff in it! Thought i'd pass these along in case you don't get it. Like one of the prettiest B-53S's i've ever seen-they're going to auction it off at the national ATHS convention, along with lots of other old trucks. And a Watt's Mack ad. Oh, and Double L's having an antique truck show too.

what were y'all sayin?..been playing with that ball on a string since 3 o'clock...

Hey thar I need a box of dem new grease rags.....did yaw say call junior at br-549 or rub-L at br-549? and R they lint free.....or do I got ta pay for tha lint?

mike

all lint is free!

Pretty soon you'll end up with a version 5.0

Shoulda consulted first before the product came out...

you're right. I didn't know the client was so picky.

latest version.(Pocket knife to remove sleeves available for an additional $19.95-not included with original purchase)

ya got them words spelt wrong. First, I don't ever use "thangs". Second, it's "s'posed ta" not "supposed to"

WD40 is fer when things is s'posed ta move and don't...duct tape & bailin' wire fer when things move when they ain't s'posed ta.

...and ya fergot the bailing wire

WD40 fer when things is s'posed ta move but don't....duct tape & bailing wire fer when they ain't s'posed ta move and do

...still workin' out tha' bugs-

DoubleL

the Rowdy Rebel official redneck toolbox T-shirts are now available to the general public...call Double L at br-549 to order-better hurry,this is a limited production item and they're going fast!

Dammit!..ain't nothin' like a V8 Mack!

Hello Barry,

Looks nice and more simply I think

It's OK-but i'm sticking with the blue.

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lucky for y'all my webcam conked out.

Rob,

Very good on your study of Government economics, unfortunately you forgot about inflation. Because the governemnt prints the money that it uses to pay it's bills it takes more money for us to earn to pay our bills. The money has less value and takes more of it to purchase goods and services.

So, when everyone used the $100 to pay their debit. The inflation rate was such becaause of intrest and the fact the governmet is printing the money(having less value) to pay their debit, they all still owe $100. Plus the income taxes went up and the services, if any, they receive went down. So, it is possbile that they could owe more to each other because the money has less value.

And that is the way the Government moneytizes it's debit. Double digit inlfation or as they called it in the seventies "Stagflation" is just around the corner.

Hang on to your socks the ride is just beginning.

Jim

this is true. I might take what little money I have and invest it in pork and beans and crackers.

Excellent! This is an appropriate explanation of government economics.

And, like so many other government ventures into business management -

this is another big circle jerk!!

Hopefully they are all proud of themselves for giving us all of that "help" LOL.

Paul VS

Hi Paul...thought you were shunning us since you've been maintaining such a low profile lately

IB blind. I wonders how dat ride be lookin green wif black things coverin the treads up front.

Rob

something like this probably.

looks good!

Geez. B67, lowboy, standby power generation. Don't get much more like home than that.

For sale to a legitimate collector, or permanent yard ornament?

Rob

When nocluejoe and myself visited him last summer he kinda talked like everything was for sale. He has an astonishing collection of old trucks-well over a hundred, and most of them run. Real nice man too, you should give him a call. If you want to go visit, let me know-i'll go with you. I missed getting a picture of the EHU when I was there. I think some are in my gallery, if I didn't delete them.

This is Joe, hanging off the side of a 2 story IH. First one of them i'd seen, except in pictures-and he has one.( the 2 story IH that is, not a nocluejoe )