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h67st

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  1. My neighbor had a 5000 years ago, I wanted to buy it but didn't have a place to keep it. It's long gone now, hopefully someone is taking care of it. They are an odd looking truck. Here's one that belonged to Jerry Howard.
  2. Thanks for the ideas guys! I got lucky, started to put a bearing splitter on it and it popped right off. You're right about safety gear, whenever I use a hammer, grinder, cutter, etc. I cover everything up. There was a guy on here that got his arm torn up pretty good by a cutoff wheel...let me see if I can remember who that was...
  3. I used my steam cleaner to strip some parts, works well when the water is that hot. I used Nason Ful-poxy primer and was very happy with it, but if you're going to blast later that would be overkill. I used it on the chassis, engine, etc. and it really sticks-hard to scratch or chip. You have to top coat within 24 hours but it sure makes a strong coating when you do that.
  4. Working on trying to get the truck driveable; today's project is the rear brakes. Looks like new shoes are in order. Also some past axle damage; bearing is sloppy on the spindle so I'll have to get that fixed at some point. One inner bearing is stuck on the axle, I'll try an H bar to pull it off. If that doesn't work, is the heat wrench the next step? Any suggestions?
  5. It sure seems like having the box mounted on the axle would cause the steering shaft slip joint to wear pretty fast.
  6. I always liked the cab styling, it looks almost as good as a Mack H model (well, aaallllmost).
  7. Something else I learned about working with the vent window rubbers, make sure they're warm. I tried to work with one when it was cold and it cracked. I pointed a heater at the other one while working with it and no crack. Also put a coat of olive oil on them and let sit overnight, they will be more pliable and soft. It's supposed to make rubber last longer.
  8. The F models had some serious rust problems, so most of them went to the scrap. My dad had some that had big chunks of metal rusted off of them. Yours looks fine!
  9. Looking great! I put a pogo stick on my H also, I was afraid if I hung a spring on the cab it would scratch the paint.
  10. I don't have any answers for you, but we'd sure like to see photos of that truck! Not that many F models around any more.
  11. In the blizzard of '78 the water lines in our high school froze and flooded the building, we had to have split sessions in the junior high until they fixed it. Our house was all electric and we didn't have any alternate heat so we stayed with the neighbors for a few days until the power came back on. We didn't have school for a couple of weeks I think. A farmer friend had to use his loader to clear out our driveway--I think the drift was several feet high.
  12. Chaching is right, my local radiator shop told me $900 to cut the tank open and clean and weld it back up again. And that's not a complete belly replacement like 1961H67 did.
  13. Aren't you worried that the gas company will be upset with you?
  14. The tank on my Brockway has a little rust in the bottom, and I've seen companies like POR15 that sell treatment for that. Has anyone used these treatments, and how did you like them? I'll steam it out real well before I use anything.
  15. I'm hoping to have the house built while I build the barn, I don't want to live miles away from where I keep my tools & trucks!
  16. The Hendrickson suspension has rails on the trunion, there's rust jacking between these and the frame. We did that when we built this house, ended up living in the barn for 4 years! A shouse sounds like slang for an outhouse.
  17. Got some bad news on the truck...I pulled it into the shop today to do some work on it, and I made the mistake of looking at the frame rails. I'll probably end up splicing in some new rear sections since the truck has already been stretched. I can't tear it down yet; we will be moving at some point because they are "industrializing" our area and we bought property a little farther out. We have to build a house and shop so that will take a while, I don't want to tear down the truck until we move.
  18. Freight Train put a 675 in his B model, maybe he can tell you where to find the thread--he put lots of important details in his posts.
  19. I like how the ad says "The truck has been well-maintained and is in excellent shape, ready to hit the road". The front tires are sunk in the ground, hole in the windshield, and no batteries. It also says gas engine; the hood says diesel. I'd want to hear it run before I paid $8k for it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/375136825027?hash=item5757e5aec3:g:swcAAOSw2fJlhOat&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4DpY%2F1U6d7slHlNNW6e%2FFlwbAmLnIfcMlBZTS%2FSSA%2B5lldU2g1%2FNIoCs6Tb6NsNZet04%2FCSEkFJNc1RB3SePTS%2B6GzUUDyuuuPfmeX6tVfectkvL%2F4pU3%2Bo8URhtWH28B1uA9oo9x%2BQ%2FhkFglPqn6ioFyVLaP78xnELrgqbHYbAXxeMAEORcimdY%2FoX3BXb9rM%2Bz9siR2rYtoBkUgnTR1xHCOuLh%2FvUrn9jdDhXUquKZ0F8V9wmeCDAo1xjlHfyZmnnWhdv8EUF6IEopWX4V%2B2jg0dpQBrCj9w2PnpApchwQ|tkp%3ABk9SR6bf_oSTYw
  20. You can contact the Mack Historical Museum and ask. https://www.macktruckshistoricalmuseum.org/about/historical-research/
  21. If Paul Harvey saw the state of our country today, he'd be disgusted.
  22. Is the 6NZ a 3406 or a C-15? I left Cat in 1999, they hadn't come out with C-15s yet.
  23. It probably came without steer brakes, I've seen trucks as new as 1975 without factory installed brakes.
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