h67st

I'm with Joey...make sure both the air side and inside of the radiator are clean. He's got some good ideas about the water pump, tstat, etc.

That neon on the back is pretty cool.

I'm with mechohaulic...try a good battery. Clean up the contacts on the rotors and caps; if you have spark from the coil and good condenser then old cap/rotor will work.

On mine (1959), you turn it counterclockwise about an inch and then lift up. It ain't easy to do, sometimes you have to get creative.

That truck is really going to look sharp when you get the rest together.

It's been said on BMT that Mack bought so many gallons (prolly in drums) of green paint and if a guy didn't mix it as well as another guy, that would affect the color. Back then everything was done by hand so there would have to be some difference between trucks in how much paint the guy sprayed.

This place has LED headlights for vintage vehicles that look more like original.

https://vintagecarleds.com/7-inch-round-headlights/

Maybe they were pulling the car backwards and the nuts all backed clear off. 😉

For a truck to go 50 years on Aussie roads, that's pretty good!

This guy has a bunch of parts manuals, his prices are pretty good. B, F, H models etc.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134163126037?hash=item1f3cbed715:g:Ay4AAOSw-f5iv1mH

I'm sure glad you saved that C model, too many trucks rust away sitting in the weeds.

On mine it's stamped into the frame rail, on the RHS near the front axle rear spring hanger.

On 6/24/2022 at 3:19 PM, Vladislav said:

H-model windscreens are not interchengeable with a L-model. They are but with an integral sleeper L cab.

You're right, aren't the windshields shorter on the L model?

15 hours ago, 1961H67 said:

Finally got a few hours today to install the window frames and windshields . 

 

Did you buy new glass? I'll be buying new for mine soon if anyone has recommendations.

Those twin steer units are some big dudes!

On 6/17/2022 at 6:24 PM, sdthoren said:

Still have the surge right after start up, even before it gets warm - fjh and/or jojo, is the throttle lever breakover spring shown in the photo?  I'm not counting out a worn or sticky governor though, it sat for a number of years.  Will try your idea of getting the truck unlevel and see if the surge goes away h67st.

Yes, that's the breakover spring.

fjh is right on that one, check that breakover spring first. If that's not the problem you can check his idea about the governor by dropping the front or back of the truck in a low spot so the truck isn't level. If the idle smooths out then the governor is the problem.

I've seen them on ebay, just search for Mack battery box cover. Also PAI sells them.

If that's the same truck, they switched the fronts to budd wheels. Everything else looks the same.

In the last picture it looks like the fenders had some rust in them, looks like you got them straightened up nice!