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thats pretty cool dan... did you play the lotto today?

sounds like the same issue my company IH has with a stainless visor. you have to find the vibration and adjust that aera to get it to stop. I took a nerf ball and stuffed it in a few places and went for a 75mph drive on a windy day to fing the issue... hope this helps Trent

I was in canada about 10 years ago I saw one of these as a cement truck. also saw a R or RB? with twin steer as a concrete truck. Was up there 2 weeks ago and saw very few macks compaired to the last time I was up there....

If this is the raised part of the rear cab floor, where the Passenger seat rear legs bolts to, it should be straight and flat from side wall to side wall. is it bent upwards where the 2 large bolts are in the rear cab floor? those bolts are for the rear cab mount. If it is a non air ride cab it is possible that bad roads caused the cab to dent upwards. I have seen a few R models that had this issue. they were always on/off road construction tractors and had rubber pad rear cab mounts. One was so bad that it had to be welded. its not a common issue but have seen it a few times.Look under the cab and see if there is rust or if the cab mounts are pushed up into the cab floor.

Update. I removed a door panel from the passenger side of a mid 90s R model and put my 1977 panel in the door. the good news is that a new door will accept a panel that has the old style (round)latch without any modifacation. It also looks stock and no large gaps in the latch aera.I was able to bolt in my old panel and all the bolt holes lined up. Only thing I could not test was the latching of the door. Painted it tonight and will bolt it on tomorrow if I have time after work. Trent

I have doors with the round cut outs for the latch. I need a new drivers door but all I can find is the doors with the "D" shaped hole for the newer style latch. The mounting holes all look to be located in the same place just the cut out for the latch looks diffren? Can you bolt a newer door on a older cab modify the hole and will it operate correctly?

at the Iowa 80 truck show a few months back I saw a new pete with air ride front axel. I was suprised to see it had 1 and 1/2 leafs...a single leaf ran from forward and rear shackles and the 1/2 leaf started from the front and ended just behind the axel. this is where 2 small air bags were bolted to the axel/frame. driver could control air press from the cab. said it rode like a old classic car does. no shock at all. I wonder if thats a on road only set up? If it could be used off road I would like to find a set up like that. not just for the comfort but it puts less abuse on the truck. let us know how your set up is when your done

im not that old but I remember the parts books. what I really liked was pumping my gas/diesel and then going in after I was done filling up. now its..... going in to pay, going back out to pump....going in to get your recipt and snacks...back out to you car..... and they dident have cameras back them to catch people driving off because it rarely happend...

1972 R685 with a 1979 285HP tip turbine Specs 2 stick 6 speed (direct) 4.17 rears new flat black paint and rustoleum red has lost only twice to Mr Stark. was taken off the road in 2005 started pulling in 2008-09

next one is Pecotonica IL, Winnabago Co fair this tuesday night. Its up in North central IL. Near Rockford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkyrSouBScg

old last call has took 2nd place 2 times this year. here are a few vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exyhst1zGLw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gMvZE4nCgI

are these lines for oil,water,fuel of a engine? if so you can buy fittings in the diffrent sizes and make your own. I think the hose is styroflex? (sp?)they are not crimped on they slip into the hose and the outter part screws down to hold it tight. the end fitting is basicly 2 parts. with one having a swivel end that tightens down on the hose as you put the fitting together. Is this what your looking for?

10-4 !

Well 2 months later and I am making good progress. Roof went on a few weeks ago. had to riv nut all the holes to accept the horns/lights/visor etc... after I got that done I had to drill/locate the upper exhaust Brackets that bolt to the rain rail (RS-RL macks have this with exhausts that bolt to the cab) then I had to re-make the 4 inner brackets that bolt to the inside of the cab corners. almost all the inner cab nuts that hold the stacks on were stripped out or rusted. then I found that I had to drill the inner walls to access the nuts that hold the cab handels. pretty much all the hidden nuts that you cant get to were stripped or had broke the tack welds that keep them from spinning. I have sanded the whole cab and need repaired all the dents. paint should go on by this weekend. I hope.... Race season has gotten in the way of things and it always seams I just dont have the time to get things done.

the 675/676 will fit if you put the B model engine water pump, pullys etc... on the 675/676. will need to relocate R cab mounts with the B. clutcc linkage is also diffrent.... Those are the things I can think of off the top of my head. I see alot Of R frames with B cabs on them. you can see where people had to make adjustments

looks like a nice project there. dash looks great. I use the ash tray for change thats it would have been better if it was a cup holder. that and I dont smoke. Is the vinal tucked under the back side of the dash. It looks like it just stops where it meets the defroster holes near the windshield. If that is the case Im wondering if I can just full the current trears inthe stock dash and then have someone recover the dash with new vinal glued over the old vinal. what do ya think???? Trent

the dash in my RS is a little worn out. Sun has beaten the padding to the point that it has cracked on the back side near the windshields.. What im wondering is if I can recover this dash with a new vinal pad pulled over it. or does the whole dash need to be removed? I have the windshields out so now is the time to fix it if its not to much of a Pain....

I have used por 15 engine paint on my 65 cadillac engine. and am currently using it on my Roof repair the stuff does the job and impressed with it. I sprayed the engine with a normal paint gun and brushed on for my roof repair project. they both go on easy.

good selection of chrome for off breed trucks plenty of Misc items that will fit a mack. like anything in house shoping is better than over the phone. Just picked up 1/2 fenders, 7'deck plate and hangers this week. Search "Grand rock exhaust" is where I like to buy stacks. they have a online catalog

Update.... over the last week I was able to Cut out all the rust spots on the cab,Put in new sheet metal patches, got the rear rain gutter on the cab wall. I test fitted the roof skin and it fit in the gutters pretty damm good. I did not have to bend or bang it in the gutter. It fit like a old hat. I was kinda impresse with myself. Today however was kinda a PITA. the 3M rubberized paint does not like to flow thry the 360 deg wand, instead it likes to shoot out the vent hole and all over my head. I spent most of today welding and grinding on the gutter to get it ready for the roof skin. then ran out of gringing discs, Needed some 3M panel bond but the local store was all out. I will be gluing the skin on and sealing the crap out of it once installed. I know rob is not a big fan of the glue method but we will see how it holds up. I leave tomorrow for the ALMS Race in Utah this weekend so I will have to finish it next week. Trent

what I think is funny is I cant find one person who will come out and say... "I voted for him"

I think the front axel location is the biggest issue. If you have a set forward 2001 truck the Cab and hood of a Superliner or RS700L should fit with basic mods of cab and hood mounts. if its a set back axel it will be very hard to get things to fit....

I leave Tuesday (6th) and will not return untill the the following Tuesday (13th). I should be home for a week or two aftr I get back...

Rob that made my day LOL.... I had to share this on my Facebook page. On another note im home this weekend. I think you were going to get that cab and then head over my way to pick up the steering parts??? Just let me know. Trent