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Lmackattack

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  1. gotta love the maxdynes for that low end grunt.. and nice landng!!!! Those heavy mack rears wont take no for an answer!
  2. Thats good news Dan Are you having the late 70s style interior with the plastic headliner made or the more current mid 80s and up with the vinal headliner? I would be intresed in both regardless. Any chance of a Bulldog embossed in the door panels???? just Wishfull thinkingLOL Trent
  3. R is just the sieres . The Early "RD" models were basicly overbuilt R models mainly used in heavy offroad fields. Dont know exactly what the D stands for ? The early RDs Had steel butterfly hoods. at some point they offered one pice fiberglass hoods. Look on the pass side inner frame rail just foward of the front axel. Look for a VIN number stamped there ..."RD688SX" etc.....
  4. its a TV show so they will build a flashy truck to suit the majority of the public to the "WOW factor" Regardless its a mack and its going to be shown with respect (hopefully!!!)
  5. nice to see someone that takes pride in there equipment
  6. I swapped out a cab on my B model project and the only diffrence I had was the removable floor pan had a diffrent hole cut in it for the gear levers. this was a "standard" B61 cab. Air ride would be neet but The butterfly hood would be a task to make it all work and not scratch the hell out of the paint. the radator would need stiffner braces that bolt to the frame rails, and a modified crossmember (rear cab brace) are just some of the issues I would see.
  7. some people will unscrew the handel and put heater hose on the stick
  8. The mack 5 and 6 speeds make long slow shifts if you dont use the clutch brake. If im heavy or on a Ramp I will short shift 1-2-3 (without help from the clutch brake)and then wind the hell out of 4th and stay there untill its flat ground. Most steep hills I pull I wont shift past 3rd. I can make it to the top of 3rd but trying for 4th is not going to get me there any faster and will just cause me to louse momentem. as far as the grinding. a little light pull on the stick is ok. You will feel a slight grind and as it slows it sould fall right in to gear. the old mack engines like to lug low 1100 -1200 rpm is where it makes its power. if it is not pulling out of that rage just stay there or downshift back to the next lower gear
  9. Made a little headway last week working on the air system. I took a 24/24 can off a wrecked truck and it fits my B model with no interfearance issues. This chamber that i took off the wrecked truck is slightly smaller than the 24/24 that I bought from a truck parts store last year. I here people sometimes mention a "maxi can" So now I got a few question. 1) Are maxi chambers mfg for/by Mack? 2) Is a maxi any diffrent than a standard parking brake chamber? 3) do maxi have a smaller overall dia for fitment reasons Thanks Trent
  10. correct me if im wrong but the exhaust header and intake runners on the 2 valve tip turbine have a diffrent bolt pattern than the E7s. If that is correct the headers and intake set up from a 2v will not bolt up to a 4v
  11. My local mack dealer does not sell volvo and I hope they keep it that way. family owned and operated. how it should be. It seams more aperant every day that Volvo wants there name out front and let mack just sit in the background. If anyone in Macks upper management had a clue or passion for macks they would not force or allow this type of market strangel hold. Now tell them what you really think http://www.volvo.com/trucks/na/en-us/Appli.../Contact+Us.htm
  12. Im intrested, you have a PM Trent
  13. I see 4.17 rear cut offs on Ebay as cheep as $500 and up to $2000 most truck repair shops should have just the diff for $650 or so
  14. I agree that a diffrent engine was drasticly needed. Im not happy that the MP sieres engines will share most of the parts from a company known to destroy Truck Mfgs (volvo). but The electronic E7 was gutless unlike the mechanical E7s. something had to change to servive. I will give the MP line a chance as I have heard good things about it. Regardless, to park new Volvos under a old Mack trucks Billboard is disrespectfull to the Founders,Employees,and Owners. !
  15. Lund makes a visor for the B and R models. I belive there are 2 styles made for the R model? see if you can find a lund website with a catalog? .Or go to a car shop. I found a Lund catalog at a local car hop up shop that had a pic of the visors
  16. Wile on topic whats the highest RPM for a E6 or E7 . Not talking factory specs, but what hotrodders or tractors pullers would let them spin to. Is the RPM limited to valve train restrictions or rotaitional mass of the crank and pistons? reason I ask is it sounds like the detroit diesel pulleing crowd winds there engines up pretty high.
  17. Sorry to post such trash?
  18. Great "action shots" I know alot of people dislike the 9 speeds but I love them. that 350 and 9 will be a great set up for work or play. Whats the plan for the new toy? My frined is rebuilding a 440HP E9 I cant wait to take it for a spin with a trailer load full of gravel!
  19. are there diffrent pullers for the 2V engines or are all the same. I see some ads for pullers that will work with cat, detroit, mack etc... I just want one that will work with my Engine.?
  20. is it a "low rpm engine" ? there were some mack engines that were set up to turn lower RPMS. I want to say 1800 or 1900 RPM was the max rpm that you could pushwith those engines. not shure if some of the E7s were one of them?
  21. Rob keep us posted on the results as i have not found any people to redo my interior. If yours turns out as expected I would like to contact them to have mine done. Might be a good way to get people aftermarket interiors if Mack does not want to stock our needed parts.
  22. good luck finding them. Mack has discontinued alot of the interior parts even for trucks less then 6 years old. I too as well as many others have been looking for these interior parts
  23. Its a great concept but I wont like it when I cant wrench on it without my laptop pluged in check out this concept http://www.coatesengine.com/
  24. SORRY TO HEAR HOPE YOU ARE OK. IS THE TRUCK TOTALED?
  25. Nice job Chris. nothings better than to bring to life again an old diesel. Might want to add some snake oil to the pump and let it soak overnight. Im shure it is gummed up a bit after sitting so long. algie and other weird stuff can grow in Diesel .
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