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There have been a few good old dogs that have past in the past months. One of them was my St. Barnard in May. He out lived all of the 9 in his litter by almost 2 years, so he had a really good happy life, he was almost 11 1/2 years old. His buddy, the black jelly bean in the photo an Australian Shepherd is now 8 and was lost until now. We did not want another 150lbs dog, just for the size, The St Barnard was the best dog I ever had. Doing a lot of searching for the perfect puppies to keep him going for a number of years we fond a litter pure breed Karakachan's, Bulgarian Shepherds, and 12 weeks old today. There are only about 1400 of them in the county, we had a 2000 mile, 3 day road trip home with them, they traveled Great. The new ones should top out at 100lbs which is plenty. This is all 3 after an hour of play, a kibble and a little fresh fish dinner, nap time. Then up in an hour or so to start over. They are super smart for their age. Man these puppies are full of a lot of #1 and #2, and already know the pee pad locations if we do not get them out the door in time.

As I said earlier in this tread I know where all this is but holding the tongue for a while. I hope that Captain Crutch is going to get his parts and not take forever as there is just to much good stuff there to hold off all the Mack hound dogs, we are all friends here, Right? I think there maybe a prototype or two there as it is in true Mack country all you have to do is look.

Been by there a year ago and do not remember it being so organized. Also looks like they added to the collection of MH's, B's and more fire trucks. Glad someone is getting some good parts and they are selling. It is to far for me to go and parts pick. Good luck and Good find. 👍 Looks like more than a few of those Mack were actual Mack company trucks in factory red, white & blue colors. See the V-Mac on the side of one MH. Maybe it was a test truck, don't think there was a V-Mac offered in a MH.

I'd say it's an AMBAC from the AMBAC tag on it. Year old post as well.

Yep... One turbo with the new technology is more than most diesel engines can deal with. I try and talk guys out of turning things up. It can be done but at a substantial cost in parts and time at least with a big diesel. Want to tweak things get an old 350 Chevy and play. There are books written on all that can be done and it works, most of the time. Parts are cheap and available in a day or two at your door step, not so with a Mack. I like big power and have several 1000hp rides, one is my Superliner. It is crazy and no one can use that power for more than a short amount of time. Then have to work on it for hours to do it again... but it is fun at least for a while. Yes there has been heads, pistons, liners, bearing, blocks and turbos scraped in the carnage of fun. I just don't nail it much any more to have "fun" working on stuff like i used to. I just what the stuff to stay running now. 👍

Don't know what your end result is, work truck play truck or just a challenge. As for spooling up and the time it takes, the limiting factor at least with a Mack is the Mack transmission if that is what you are using. The Mack trans will not shift until the engine winds down to pull it into a higher gear, it just will not speed shift and there is a lot of mass to slow down with big triple countershafts spinning not to mention slowing the engine RPM's. Forget about any shifting at all above 2500RPM's. An old Allison HT740 or 754 would be the way to go for shifting and once the turbo is "spook up" as you say it will stay there until you lift your foot. There is a lot involved with doing a compound turbo set-up. A lot of calculations and development to get a set-up to work every day in all conditions. Years ago there were a few compound turbo truck engines and the end result was to get more boost than what a single turbo would produce, like a 475 Cat and 2008 to 2014? Ford Powerstroke, the Mack E9 tank engine. Fast forward to today and it is EZ to get 60 plus pounds of boost out of the new technology aftermarket turbos. The new turbo set-ups are smaller twin turbos for faster spooling as boost PSI is no longer a factor to achieve. A nice new BW S480 turbo is about $1200 and more than most E6's can handle. Turbo lag has been reduced as the rotating mass of the new turbos is much less and efficiency is much greater than turbos from the 1970-1990's, when the E6 engine was produced. Have fun but there is a much easier way to get more boost reliably, At least enough to blow head gaskets, scorch pistons and spin rod bearing. As for cool factor most guys would just ask why or say: It's a Mack "performance counts" just not high performance. By the way I think Staxx is getting about 1000hp out of a single turbo on his race truck.

If it was a truck application it would probable not last long at the hand or foot of a company driver. Being in a boat is an entirely different working environment. The engine has great cooling to start with. There is loading the engine for long periods of time reducing shock and cycle loading, etc. The Mack E9 was rated at 900hp for marine use and had problems at 610hp in a truck. If the loading is slow and steady as used in a boat the engine can live a long life. Of course time between rebuilds are shorter than a truck engine but it is a matter of safety. No one wants an engine failure 250 miles out to sea and good preventative maintenance is paramount. If an E7 is still in a boat at 750hp it has been doing it for a long time already. If the builder was Jack McDevitt that has a lot of restored Mack's and a dealership the engine was done right.

Columbus Diesel in Ohio can make just about any fuel line. It will be straight and you will have to bend it. The main issue is the new line is the same length and diameter as the one that needs to be made over. Just look them up on the net.

There is already a post going on about the same thing here: Superliner Heater Cover in the Cab And Interior Section. Just read and get caught up. Look for post that already pertain to a subject, and not start a new one for the something, Its a Newby mistake being excited to post and all. OH be the way ....

The easiest thing to do is change the pig in the rear. That is the differential portion of the rear end with a drop in from a rebuilder or take-out from a truck salvage yard. You what to get into the 3.7 range to do around 70mph with a direct in 5th transmission with all else being the same. Don't worry about winding it up quick to get to a fire for a hobby truck. Just worry about getting to a show before the show is over doing 50mph as is.

I only hear that UPS had the 4x4 MH and did not take more then the initial order. Great to actually see one. It has a very unusual step frame that was only used on this application along with the huge transfer case. Think there was something special with the front axle as well. Defiantly a one and only to survive. Incredible to even get out of UPS in one piece. What does it have for power and trans? It needs to go into good hands for sure.

Had to read that twice. Thought it said bumper... what bumper? Having one would have saved the fender. As Mike about a bumper and brackets if you get the fender from him, it can only help to prevent a "fender bender" next time. Yes, it is a bummer that someone could not see a Mack truck parked being a very small vehicle and all.

These is a good 1967 long nose R hood close to Cleveland Ohio, or at least there was about two years ago. My Jerk brother has it, is all there no big cracks to really fix, had the hard to find chrome trim around the grill opening. Still may have the R700 emblems on it but he'll sell anything for a buck. Who knows but was just sitting in my barn for years then I took it up to him when I cleaned it out and it still maybe in his barn. Haven't talked to him in years but if interested I could find his number.

Go to: RW Air Ride Assist on Front Axel in (Search). This goes over what I think you are asking. I did it to my RW as no kit was available. Not hard just have to think about it, do a little drilling, welding and have a few beers.. Just get it done.

I had my truck guy that is really good with A/C do mine. He vacuumed the system then added 6 oz of oil which is very important then added 2 lbs of 134r. The 134r has 2oz of oil per pound as well. We ran it and fine tuned it with the high and low pressure gages. Added another 8oz of 134r and it has been running ICE cold since. He said that the gage pressure are the tell-tail for the right amount refrigerant. I did convert from R-12 to R-134 because of the R-12 getting real hard to come by here.

NHRA is a joke! The only thing that they want are the three PRO classes, alcohol dragster and funnycar look like on the way out, and the heck with everyone else why race? Racing what you got is what drag racing is all about. I could not agree more to having EVERY safety precaution on a 250mph plus car. But to harass every common weekend warrior about crap then say that will by $50 here, $100 more there, $200 need to fix that, to race on top of what it takes to have a really nice race car to begin with. Then the NHRA is wondering about low attendance for national events and why the common classes are shrinking.... it an't hard to figure out. A day at the track is a minimum of $500 for car, truck ,trailer, fuel, food, tires, fees and that is if nothing breaks to just go and run low 9's and have a little fun!! Oh, that is with $22,000 in just a good HEMI engine then plus the rest of the car and my time. I street raced way back, so did my car, when and think it was one of the stupidest things I did in my youth. But where are guys suppose to race with all the BS with NHRA? There are the Demons, GT500's, Corvettes, and more that as advertised as sub 10 second cars off the showroom floor. Where can a guy run even these cars without ALL the stuff NHRA requires? Just me but.... just BS. 👎

Totally old school but a pair of Predator one barrels on alcohol would certainly work. If I remember they were about 1000cfm. Rules are there for a reason, but the art of getting around them was been almost lost. I hate rules, then rules on rules, to stop what racing is all about, going FASTER, but with safety in mind.

41 Chevy: How do you feel about being Black Flagged for doing what you and your car have done to years? I had the same situation several years ago at Vegas at the Hemi Shootout. My car has been a real race car since almost birth, 65 Plymouth SS, real factory lightweight, with all the updates including diaper, seat restraints, current dated harness, flexplate, etc. I have been drag racing since I was 17 and that was a long time ago with safety as paramount. They black flagged me for going TO FAST at a dragstrip. Haden't had the car out in years and was basically test and tuning just like you going FASTER every run and bumping at mandatory chute at 150mph, which I knew of, but car NEVER went 150. When I got called to the tower I said that and they did not want to hear it. My final test run was 9.32@147mph. So the old MOPAR was gettin it done and still had better ET to go. So was ALLOWED to enter elimination with with a 10.00 dial-in. Pedaled it with a 10.22 lost by .047 on purpose pulled right into the trailer and have NEVER been back to a strip. Fact is that it take a lot of time and money to have a competitive car pay all the BS fees to race then tell me I'm to fast... even-though both me and the car have been racing for the past 35 years... WTF. 👎 👎

A single axel B-73 with 5th wheel is less than 12,000 pounds or 6 ton. You can haul it on probable the same trailer as your steam engines.

Setting the valve lash is the same as an E9 except you do not have set the bridge first. There is no bridge on a 2 valve ENDT865. Lash clearances is listed on the valve cover tag. Got both engines and set valves real EZ as long as you can bar the the engine over, both with Dynatard. Don't worry if the Tard does not work, it is useless anyway on both engines. By the way the E9 head gasket will not work on the ENDT865/866 series engines, Different bore and fire ring diameter. 865 gaskets are still available at least in Australia I am told from Mack. END864 is totally different as well.

I like the Green leaker but when it had the Maxidyne, that was PURE SEX on wheels and all Why Oh Why did the swap happen?

No snow in the Phoenix valley, elevation 1100 ft.. Whiteriver is only 30 mile up the mountain from Phoenix. I see snow when I want to. Go from 80-90 degrees in Phoenix to 10 degrees in Flagstaff in 1.5 hours, 120 miles, 80 MPH average, to ski, Snow Bowl slope, it runs 9:00am-5:00pm, when back down the mountain and jump in the pool at night at 80 again. Best of both worlds.... True the only time my 2007 F-350 Dully was in the snow was in Flagstaff several times and when I went back to Ohio for Christmas one year. Funny these people can not drive in the rain or snow, I was having a blast in snow and 4 wheel drive being from Ohio. As I said there is no rust or bastard bolts to torch off. Working on this stuff is just like it came from the factory. But as soon as you expose it to water and salt it's rust clock starts ticking. In the Saturn car thing, those body panels are plastic not metal. Bought one for the father-in-law, Worked on a few back in Ohio, looked good but under the plastic the metal body structure rusted like hell, plastic kept the moisture in. Sort of like Tupperware. Pontiac Fiero, wife first car, the car from hell as I called it, was the same plastic skin and rot from underneath. Get rid of the moisture and the rust and corrosion will stop. My brother got my 1998 F-350 in 2008 from me here. In 5 years he was asking me to find doors and tailgate. Wheel well lips were rusted through and exhaust was gone.

That maybe true up in the mountains but not around here. Of course bringing back a vehicle from a low moisture environment to rain and snow, salt is just going to expose it all. There are stone chips, dents, cracked paint, no paint that are no big deal here but back in the rain and snow belt is a death warrant. Sorry, I understood after reading your first question. There is nowhere to get a car that is NOT going to rust or corrode, in the case with aluminum, in 4-5 years in the environment you live. That is even with a new one. Corvette maybe for upper body preservation or move to a different climate to increase overall car life expectancy.

I would say Arizona is the place to pick up a vehicle. Yes there is a lot of sun damage, exposure, to more than a few but far from all. Most higher end cars are perfect, low milage, garage kept and service maintained. I have had fiends come out and drive a few back to Ohio for themselves. I lived there and everything underneath is rust after a few years, after 20 plus years in AZ everything is just as it came from the factory plus a little collected dirt and dust. Had traded a 2007 F350 last year and it was on a truck back East before I drove the new one off the lot. It was great even interior, paint, except for the engine, the reason I traded it. started to leak fuel into the coolant, I put $10k into the engine already. You can more than count on the A/C working good, have original exhaust, etc. There are military and civilian aircraft stored out here for a reason, no corrosion due to low moisture. Tires, hoses, belts, bad fuel are a different issue even stored inside over time. Best thing is no mildew or interior smell. Original age is a trend here now, patina and faded paint, interiors, is something that guys pay big money to replicate. Some even strip the paint and want the rain and sun do its thing. Not my taste but desirable to some. Got to admit at shows these guy's alway have someone to talk to about a clean original survivor. The foe paint and aging not so much.

Sorry for you loosing a good friend. I can totally relate, with my St Bernard gone now for 4 weeks. He lived a great life and made it to past 11 years old. His Australian Shepard buddy is lost for the time being. Funny but the things that you talk about that were a bother are the first things you miss. The snoring, farting, tripping over him at the bedroom door at night, wolfing down food, scaring the crap out of people that came to the front door and in my case in the pool everyday of the year and try to come in the house soaking wet. Swore I would never get another big dog but now waiting on a litter of pups to be born in a week and pick out one or two. I feel your lose.