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Rob had mentiond he saw this truck in a Mag but it had a smaller sleeper on it. I think He Stretched the truck for the larger sleeper. I will take a ride over to where I think he parkes his superliner??? its a few miles away. WIll check the name on the door. It hasent moved in 6 years. Its red but has a simmilar paint job...back in 20 mins~!!!!!

I live in Round lake IL..................

Mark, there was a guy up my way that had a RS700 like that. He sold it for a superliner. I think ROb knows about that truck?. this one looks simmilar to the one he knows about...Im sure he will see this thread and can comment........

THAT BLACK ONE IS MY STYLE!. I think the first red one could louse alot of the little crome bits and it would look nice. the interior is also a little overdone but again you can see that they made it into a show truck. If I hade one that flashy I would not want to get it dirty in the mud. EDIT!!!!! wait wait wait... Do I spy a pete frame under that black one?????

MY thoughts are that anything that upgrades the truck to ride and last longer is ok. Im not big into putting a old mack on a new pete frame but a old mack onto a new mack frame is ok. Air ride will not only help with the ride but it puts less stress on the truck. air bags take alot of shock out of everthing from axels,frame to the cab. I upgraded the interior of MY RS so that it has more comfort and style. Nothing wrong with the old cab but it was just plane,noisy and cold. I think it looks and feels personalized to my style.I also will be adding a air ride cab for both the comfort and reduced shock of the cab. It may not be Factory but if done right it can "look the part" Trent

yea the new electronic engines seam to start very easy in cold weather. So long as they still have good compression. The company 3406E has always started here in this cold chicago winter weather. I plug it in when I know I need to start it but some times we just need it moved and she always fires after no more than 5 sec of cranking. I fired up a superliner with E9 this morning and was suprised she took off running smooth after just 3-4 sec or cranking. the engine was rebuilt recently tho...

I have used WD40. Always had to remove the fileters tho. It works almost as good as either if you can get it to mist. Either in low doses works good. to much and it knocks way to hard. What I like to do with either on a hard starting engine is to spray it into the air system after the filter. Jump in the truck and crank the engine with the throttel stop out. as soon as the either lites push in the throttel stop and most times the engine will catch. This way you dont get a huge spray of either and fuel at the same time. I have found that if you flood the cold engine with fuel and either it wont want to lite. and if you over fuel and spray it..... when it does lite it takes off reving way to fast.

its possible that you have dirt or a clogged air line. it may take more time to fill the parking system or you have a slight leak? IIRC all the parking system does is push back on the springs to keep them released. There also may be a Anti Compounding valve? that may give you the same issue. I dont recall how that valve is plumbed but its used in alot of spring brake air systems

Will get more pics in the day time. Im waiting for some new gauge covers, and emblem tags for the 4 diffrent temp gauges. After I get those in a quick wipe with armorall and she will shine!

been working on the interior of the cab the last few months. Lots of Rewireing stuff and cutting out the spliced in wires. This truck had that goofy 121 Antilock braking system that used alot of air switches, signal switches sencors etc... lots of wires that were un plugged and left louse. So now was a good time to zip tie them up in bundels and tuck them away. while I was back in there I decided to change out the wood grain switch panel so it matched the other 2 panels that had the black textured look.I had painted the wood grain panel black but you could see that they did not match...it always bothered me! I installed the dash turn signal indacators, new switches for the marker and head lights. re wired alot of the gauge bulbs. once I got that done I thought it would look cool to have some oil temp gauges. cut the large panel to accept the temp gauges and wired them up. All I need to do now is screw in the sending units and run the signal wire to a fire wall 4 post junction block. I found some gauge covers that fit nicely but need a few more. also need a gauge for the open hole. Think I will use a clock or a air restriction gauge. While having all this fun I made a new air horn chain from Bull dogs Leash (he wont mind) while making the air horn chain I installed a Headliner that a Fellow BMT member let me pull from a old valueliner.

been working on the interior of the cab the last few months. Lots of Rewireing stuff and cutting out the spliced in wires. This truck had that goofy 121 Antilock braking system that used alot of air switches, signal switches sencors etc... lots of wires that were un plugged and left louse. So now was a good time to zip tie them up in bundels and tuck them away. while I was back in there I decided to change out the wood grain switch panel so it matched the other 2 panels that had the black textured look.I had painted the wood grain panel black but you could see that they did not match...it always bothered me! I installed the dash turn signal indacators, new switches for the marker and head lights. re wired alot of the gauge bulbs. once I got that done I thought it would look cool to have some oil temp gauges. cut the large panel to accept the temp gauges and wired them up. All I need to do now is screw in the sending units and run the signal wire to a fire wall 4 post junction block. I found some gauge covers that fit nicely but need a few more. also need a gauge for the open hole. Think I will use a clock or a air restriction gauge. While having all this fun I made a new air horn chain from Bull dogs Leash (he wont mind) while making the air horn chain I installed a Headliner that a Fellow BMT member let me pull from a old valueliner.

one thing I liked about the older Mack transmissions is that they had a positve feel for the gear change. its like a light switch. your in or out. if you miss you get a scratch. it was hard to "bang into gear" you really needed to force the stick in if your revs were off. This new Junk if your just a few RPM off it will give a split sec scratch, fall into the gate and "bang" into the gear. even with gentel stick Presser its very unforgiving. Sometimes you think your Reved matched and "Bang" I find myself then trying to go easy and you still will meet resistance.

the first few years of my Driveing career all I drove were 237/5 speed, 285/6speeds or 300/6speeds. First time I got into a truck with a 13 speed or 18 speed. I found myself shifting way to slow. In the big city I love the 5 and 6 speeds as you dont have to shift as much putting along in traffic. For the big road I liked the 9 and 12 speed macks as you could maintain a faster road speed pulling the grades

Never herd of that trailer company? I checked TruckPaper to see if I could find one, Had no luck tho?

TRUE. I dont know what the exact rules are for spring or non spring brakes. Regardless It would not stop me im just a law braking trucker

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Figures. you will have to go testing to find what each terminal is for. once you know what terminal does what hook it up directly to the sending unit and test the range of the gauge. if it works normal hooked directly to the sending unit. then I would test the wires in the truck. you may have a bad ground,signail wire, or hot, hopefully its just a louse plug...

Yes you can but I think the problem will be if you louse the trailer or a air line the flip style valve will not "pop out" to contain service air in the tractor?. IF you can live with that then all you should need is valves that will exhaust when you set the spring brakes. the other issue is it may not be DOT approved if you need an inspection?

Yea Barry and the Watts mack team has given us the best Mack website to share and learn from. Seams like just yesterday I was on the old BMT MSN site. thinking about it now and its been about 10 full years now that we have had a place to talk about Macks. Thanks Barry!!!!

does the gauge have a ground to it? I know on the R models the fuel gauge needs a Hot,ground and signal wire. Lookig at the back of the gauge it should have I,G,S (ignition, ground, signal)note make sure they are all connected and the ground is clean. If you can remove the gauge wire it up next to the fuel tank and test it by moving the float with you hand. If it works normal like this this look into the trucks wireing for the problem. Trent

you will get a hop with a warped clutch. think of it like a warped rotor. if any of the clutch plates are warped just slightly it will try to bounce. if you are in to high of a gear it will do this. Will also get a bounce from wheel slip if the powerdivider is kicked in. dont feel bad about getting stuck in the snow. its very easy. I got my tractor stuck this morning in its parking spot. Got a whole 3" before it slipped and dug in. had a wheel locked up so that dident help. It took 15 mins of rocking it back and forth to get it off of 2" of snow. Loaded your pretty much good to go but bob tail or empty good luck on any hill if you stop.

never mind found a kit that has the sender with misc unions that allow you interchange thread sizes. found them for $16 online. Mack Wanted $55 each and that was with "D" code LOL!!!!! Trent.

ok Picked up the new oil temp gauges tonight. Saw under the lens that they are MFG by Teleflex. Did a search and came up with this page with the sending unit info http://gfretwell.com/electrical/teleflex%20senders.pdf says I need a type E sending unit. (SW style) for 140-320 F gauge. next question is what thread size is the most common on the block,trans,and rears? I remember seeing some ports with plugs in them but Im not up on the thread size. anyone want to take a guess or know off the top of their head. these are the 3 sizes 1/8 NPT 3/8 NPT 1/2 NPT

Bears vs Packers 2pm sunday... Im holding my breath for further comment. In the mean time this is for all you Packers fans.....

NO but I could use that towel right about now