Red Horse

2005- what's that old saying.."rare as hen's teeth" Should be an interesting response!

Rich- he needs pix!

FT-thx for prime pump lesson!

that was the point I was trying to make. My 237 has always started at touch of button. But in process of replacing steering box I took the primary off for better access. In process of pulling floor boards up, I lost a piece of throttle linkage so I made up new rod. I had all floor back in place and wanted to make sure linkage was good so I fired it up-after making sure primary was full. Ran for a few minutes then quit. Cranking and no smoke. Pulled primary and it was down well below pick up. Not being a "wrench" I filled it again with same result. And this was after I disconnected outlet at second filter just before pump. Hit the primer about 8 times got good pressure and I'm spraying fuel-again primary was full to brim t that point.. Filled it again, fired up, running well and I then shut it down and pulled primary. Sure enough it is NOT full. Called my "mentor" Danny M-Mass guys will know who I'm talking about-He quickly says I have a leak in line between tank and filter. I say.."but I checked line-no evidence"-he says "Its a suction line-its an air leak. "Check line again"..... Duh- took me 3 seconds- I 'm looking at filter housing and I see like 3 bright brass threads on hose! In process of taking filter off, I disconnected housing from firewall and in process of wrestling old box out and putting replacement in the real mechanic who was helping me and I kept moving fuel line/filter base and obviously loosened hose. Now I know what an air leak can do to a pump😎

If pumping primer 50 times and it doesn't build pressure what does that say.?

Your F-8000 looks good-...keeping the single rear wheels??

As I work "scrunched Up" in my B cab putting floor panels back after replacing steering box, the thought crossed my mind. What was Mack's motivation to replace the L cab with the B. Could it have been : --Driver comfort? Doubtful. Nice tall seating position in L vs B. --Visibility? Doubtful. Lot of glass area in L vs B -forward as well as looking out rear window. --Aerodynamics? Granted B must have been better but given 50's fuel prices hardly-and the only wind tunnel probably started with your mother in law. So what was the driving force-just something "new" How about it KSC? PS- the attached picture of Andy Hendersons B-73 speaks volumes

thx Vlad

Well Harry to add, I dug out what PC 7 I had on the shelf-not sure about shelf life but it while not hard was pretty stiff-both components. So Im thinking, "yah- I see Harry's point-have to get this workable". But to Val's point maybe I'll just see if I can mix it up. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Thx Harry, I'll check it out.

I'm sure this has been posted many times but any suggestions on a good filler to use on cracks in wheel????

Thx-very nice.

Nice-what year and what is power train? Rubber?

IMO if 33,000 gvw is max, not too attractive if you are talking about typical municipal dump/plow chassis-so that says 10 /23 or 12/20 axles . Even Ford in a 750, offers a 14 front and a 23 rear with a spring package that I think takes the rear to 26. And there are plenty of people that feel even a 14,000 front is not enough to handle the typical angling plows that are used today.

Ah-but I'm older than you I'll bet😎 And if we are talking about RTO's for sure they were reversed. In the back of my mind though I'm thinking when they went to the "X" designation for OD I'm not sure if that still applied. ???

No clue but you are correct on what the "X' meant in terms of the reversed position of 4-5.

Not that it matters but just wondering. The Ford/International thing was announced as a JV with the creation of a new entity, "Bluediamond". I think all of the door jam plates referred to Bluediamond- At least that is how I remember. I don't think this new GM/Navistar deal created a "new entity"- or did it? How about it KSC?

Well that explains that decision-probably still a couple of Bow ties hanging on walls😎. And for sure on the "IH" badges-built in the Navistar plant! Is there any commonality with say a 3500 GM? I remember in the Bluediamond days. I recorded the spring hangar numbers on a 4400 that was at the International dealer and went down the street to Ford dealer-exact same numbers on a 750!

Now that is one big Ansul extinguisher!😎 Must have been a lot of flammables going through that town.

Hah-was shocked to see the steering wheel where it was! But a beauty in any case.

What GVW and curious as to reason a CV vs a Dodge or Ford? I was talking to a guy the other day with a new Chevy-not sure what rating but it had a very big utility body on it-open bed but tool compartments both sides- guy is a mechanical/piping contractor. I asked why this vs Ford or Dodge.."tilt hood?". Answer.."it was the cheapest by a long shot". I'm sure that will end once they sell enough of them. Plenty of dealers have inventory but I have not seen many on road-either badge.

Well when I saw that my only concern is what area of truck is most susceptible to accident damage? I would say front end and in particular right front. I did see Roadway's positive view that the body guys are less likely to mess with it vs the typical rear of cab chasiss location but I think it makes most sense in close proximity to fuel fill. I'm sure soneone will say- "yeah but then someone is going to put diesel in it" but given the color of the cap, that should not be a real issue unless someone has a booze or drug issue🤪

I think you are correct in that the only significant change is air brakes will now be available on gas 650/750. Two dealers in my area each have a 7.3 powered 650-one still a chassis and the other set up with a 5-7 yd dump. I thought I had posted pix of the "underhood" but maybe that was on another site

And the "grader" is constructed of????

These are pix I took at a show. Still looks "crowded" but a V-8 is a V-8. and for sure better than a PS in an F-550. Ford and Dodge have to get with it and come up with a tilt hood. Even the Cummins in a Dodge looks crowded.