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HOW MANY GEARS DO U HAVE IN THE BROWNIE???? I KNOW THE ONE I HAVE IS A 4 SPD AND IT GOES 1UP AND TO THE LEFT. 2 STRAIGHT DOWN.3 OVER TO THE RIGHT. AND 4 STRAIGHT UP ABOVE 3. NOW KEEP IN MIND MY FATHE AND I ARANGED IT BACKWARD OTHER WISE THE PASSENGER WOULD BE SHIFTIN INTO HIGH GEAR FOR ME!! LOL SO URS WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IF ITS A 4 SPD 1-4 ON THE TOP 2-3 ON THE BOTTOM

Kelly,you've got more speeds than a mountain bike!

WOW U KNOW THAT SUCKS BUT IN HINDSIGHT ITS KINDA FUNNY. BET Y LOOK BACK ON THAT AND LAUGH!!

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I just bought an ELP cd last week,and this tour picture was inside,taken sometime in the '70s i'd guess. Looks like some F-models,some Fords,a Peterbilt,and ?

Truck's still in the shop,and as you might have guessed,i'm at home with little to do.

Taking a little liberty here: I am assuming you have an approximate 1800 square ft. home, single level, average insulation value.

This home would require about 3.5 ton of refrigeration capacity, (square footage divided by 600 multiplied by 12,000 equals tonnage of cooling capacity in average household formulations) to adequately cool the living space. I always figger on adding an additional 1/2 ton capacity for abnormal heating spells. Install too large capacity of system and the humidity level in the conditioned air space is not reduced appreciably and comfort is not acheived, just cold uncomfortable existance, (this in itself will not make MOMMA happy with the expected resultant) A refrigerant loss of 10%, (in this case 42,000 btu) could cause evaporator icing. This of course relies upon clean filters, adequate airflow across the coil, relative humidity, and dew point.

There are many variables that can be calculated on both the commercial, and residential side. One has to know what they are trying to acheive before properly designing a system to fit the given parameters.

Also did you know that most automobile air conditioners are high enough capacity to cool a small house? They are usually about 1.5 to 2 ton capacity. An automobile has a much higher "heat load" placed upon it than a residence due to all the absorbed heat from it's surroundings.

Back to trucks now........

Rob

Cool!!!!!!!

yeah,finally! down to 79 in here now. Had 2 fans in the windows today,blowing the hot air from outside in here.

I've gotten soft I guess,our ancestors didn't even have a fan,and they dealt with it. I remember when I was hauling chips with no AC in the truck,left arm would be twice as dark as my right one from having it out the window all the time. You could only sleep late at night when it was really hot,and i'd always get off of 64 at the old exit 10 and go a little ways up north mountain on rt. 60 and pull off at a big wide spot by a creek under some big oak trees so i'd be in the shade longer in the morning. The F-model Macks had the best vents ever-you could put a kool-cushion in the seat and open the vent in front and open the one in the ceiling facing towards the rear and stay pretty cool-as long as you were moving.

yup,that was it-I hope! the man came this evening and it was a little low in freon,but not much he said. He also tightened up the fittings outside where the lines connect to the heat pump-they were a little loose too,he said,so I hope that takes care of the problem. Thanks for all the help guys!

You have been approved as a member. That is necessary to keep the spammers out of the group. The photo area is listed on the left column. Check it out.

Doug

I do keep a can or two of spam in the truck,in case I get snowbounded or something-hope they don't find out and kick me out. At least i've already looked at the pictures!

Once the system is verified to be low on refrigerant, and not a restriction to airflow, or a TXV problem, it would be a good idea to have the servicing technician install a couple of ounces, (amount sized to system capacity) of tracer dye to find your leak. A tight system does not leak in normal service unless their is a problem.

It gets expensive to have them come back time and again.

Of course the flip side of the coin is that it is cheaper to just shut it off. I think I'd probably have it fixxed so as to not have to "LISTEN TO MOMMA"! I'm sure you know about happiness and momma.

Rob

wonder why it freezes right up to that fitting and no further?

I called the AC man already,but he hasn't called back-supposed to be 97 today too,so he might be "covered up".

Yeah it's low on freon, better have the vaseline ready ours done this the other day cost $170.00 to charge ours, plus labor, etc. We have a pinhole somewhere on the cor they said, and of course it's the only part of the system that's not covered on our 10 year warranty "so they say". This is the second time in our 5 years of owning this place it has happened. Good luck

Is it R-22, or R-410 in the system? Check for a clogged evaporator just the same that would impede airflow across the coil. Most home systems are sealed and have to broken open to service, or repair a leak unless service port fittings were silver soldered in upon installation.

Is this system a wall unit, or central with a detached condensing unit outside of the space?

Rob

oh...it's my home AC. Better call the AC man in the morning.

This is certainly a non truck-related trouble- Anybody know anything about air conditioners? Mine keeps freezing! It'll work good for a while,then it'll get hot in here and I looked and the AC was completely iced over. Turn it off for a while,the ice melts off,turn it back on-same thing It's Sunday so I can't call the friendly experts down at the -where ever the friendly air conditioner experts work,if there is such a thing. Would be the hottest day of the year so far too! It was working fine 'til today.

Check out the Mack Cabover Trucks link on Yahoo.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MACK_Cabover_Trucks/

There is a photo section that covers quite a few F-models.

Doug

I have a 2002 Ranger,good little truck. I used to complain because it doesn't have enough power to get out of it's own way,it'a 4 cyl. with a 5 speed-but it gets about 29 mpg,so i'm not complaining anymore.

Got that WOT yesterday with the Procter Co. stories and pictures. Both excellent

Ive said once & im gonna say it again i hope Doesnt end up like Autocar, Clark michigan, Ackerman Champion , White Motor co. , & the GMC Brigadier & General

Which is all a page in history thanks to the swedish company I LOVE TO CUSS OUT & HATE (i think ive named most of them have i missed some ?)

may all the company's bought out by the sweds (v^lv&) R.I.P.

(Although AutoCar manged to rise from the Ashes of v^&v& like a phoniex thank the Lord i just wish they'd buld a conventail again )

Also I Got my bulldog magizine in the mail the other day anyone else notice ? or is it just me the new "MACK" Titan looks more like a damn VO&&O VHD WHO are the trying to kid in the world Good Lord

They anit gonna freaking quit till they put my truck () in the grave like they've others done before & it may happen cause just look who the president of is now

The mack bros would roll over in thier grave if they knew this was going on makes me kinda wish the mack bros could haunt the big wigs @ the Swedish Co. i love to cuss & hate

just my 2 cents yall ill come down off my soapbox now

Update: Well yall im RELEASED From the thery as of Monday 06/02/08 & my Dr. Thursday 06/05/08 Attorneys say they will get w/ the insurance company after they come up w/ a figure & settle winthin 6 to 8 weeks or little less time they say

As for now : i cant wait to get back in the seat hopefully next week i will be back in the saddle again tired of sitting @ the house

later yall & have a safeone

Anyway,good luck-I hope you come out OK . It's a shame to be put out of commission through no fault of your own,when you're just driving along minding your own binness.

This one is..."mackian"

congratulations on your new Mack -found this LJ picture in my new Mack truck book

here's a couple of F-models I drove (not at the same time) and a couple from my new Mack truck book

it's been a long,long time since I worked on a 2 speed motor,but best I can remember they only had 2 bolts-or 2 studs coming from the rear end housing,just take the nuts off,disconnect the wires,and it comes right off. They have a rubber diaphram in it to keep rear end grease out of it because they take a really thin oil in the gear box,and there's a fork coming from the rear that just slides over the moving part in the box that changes the ratio.I know that's very general,but it's probably been 30+ years since I had one off. Only maintenance I remember doing to one is cleaning it out and replacing those diaphrams,because if rear end grease gets in them it's so thick they shift slow or not at all,just gums them up.

I ordered a couple of CD's for Jo recently from Amazon (she asked for them,and I figured it was the least I could do,since I completely forgot her birthday-women are funny about that kind of thing). So while I was ordering,I figured i'd get something for myself too. I have several books by Ron Adams,all good,but saw one called "Mack Trucks" that I didn't have,so I ordered it too. It's really great,mainly about the first 70 years of Mack history-goes from the beginning up to the sixties. I saw Mack truck pictures that i've never seen before,and i've looked at every single picture on Hank's truck pictures. It's a book well worth having,and if anyone needs a picture of a rare model never seen or heard of before,let me know,i'll look it up for 'ya. Here's a couple of sample pages...

diesel was $4.99.9 in Pittsburgh yesterday. I got 50 gallons at Keysers Ridge truckstop in Accident,Md. at $4.79.9 to make sure I had enough to make it in-maybe I should have filled up.

well my grandpa bought a peterbilt 379. i do not know what age i was. any ways he bought me a newray diecast 379 that looked like his even the same color but it was a car carrier. so i took it off but now i needed a fifth wheel. so i asked my mom and she said come with me and i looked and there was a whole box filled with models my dad use to build even found a r model. so then i tryed to fix one but it broke so my parents bought me a 55 chevy belair for christmas and my dad and me built it and now i build models

I only did one truck model-it was a cabover Freightliner.I gave it to my brother for Christmas, I think because I liked it ,and I ended up putting it together.

thanks. it is funny how i got started on models just ask if you want to know but i am just worried i might bored you out