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That's a really nice Pete.

6 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

They look good, but are they upside down ?

The reason I ask is every trailer or truck I have owned the lid opens down not up

Gives a hand bench to sit stuff on while searching thru the box and you don't hit your head, the light shines in there for searching about

Don't get me wrong, those are sharp looking boxes and I maybe wrong but it appears these hinge up opening

Paul

They're side opening boxes.

Crazy story! All kinds of nuts in this world.

On 4/19/2024 at 7:41 AM, mrsmackpaul said:

You need to come to Australia or NewZealand 

Still heaps of cabovers, Kenworth still sell them new

Paul

That's a tall cab...reminds me of a cherry picker Mack! Interesting looking grille.

Looks like Jim Hancock is selling his truck...a really sharp-looking Mack!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196327787971

The one on the left is probably the engine oil filter; if the lines go to the left side of the engine block then that's what it is. It's a Luberfiner 500c, filter is a Wix 51554 and the lid seal is a 15414. If you change it, crack open the plug on the lid a couple of turns after you first start the engine and close it when oil starts to seep out to bleed out the air. I can't help you on the other two.

I like that breather pipe sticking out of the valve cover...is that because DDs have so much blowby? Just kidding.

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.

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...

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.

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?

It sure seems like having the box mounted on the axle would cause the steering shaft slip joint to wear pretty fast.

I always liked the cab styling, it looks almost as good as a Mack H model (well, aaallllmost).

That sleeper cab is mighty rare.

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!

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.

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.

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.

11 hours ago, mowerman said:

Man that’s a lot of work I would’ve just had somebody do it but then again ca ching ca Ching if you’re not doing something like that yourself if it’s just rust, I would put sandpaper on the end of a stick With any kind of light oil good luck… bob

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.

On 1/5/2024 at 5:43 PM, 67RModel said:

Speaking of coal I got a nice little fire of nut size anthracite going now keeping the house nice and warm. I haul a ton or two in my dump trailer behind my pickup every winter but it’s for personal use. It doesn’t take much to keep my little shack warm all winter.

Aren't you worried that the gas company will be upset with you?

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.

On 12/31/2023 at 10:22 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

Bugger me, that's a bit of a issue

Is it double railed or jist fatigued 

A lot of people build a shed first in Australia and fit a couple of baus out like a house to live in while the house is built

They call these a shouse, half shed half house

But I  guess what ever you come up with will be fine

Paul

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.

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.