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its Pick up trucks. lucky I called to check on what they ment by "trucks"

oh well theres always next year

Trent

here is the link http://www.mchenrycountyfair.com/Grandstand.asp

Aug 7th at noon and 6 PM

Rt 47 and county club road

dont miss it and dont be shy. I did my 1st pull last weekend and its not hard on the truck.

Trent

Good info Frend. I thought all tip turbines were water after cooled

you could use a remote water source and pump to better cool the water . I know some dragracers that do this. the set back is that a seapret radiator,pump, water lines and other misc things need to be added and it will take up some space under the hood.

also the OEM aftercooler may need to be modified to not let engine the hotter coolant in.

Well  Trent and Nigel

  The Mack is back and the mystery continues. The mechanics and Myself for that matter didn't see or find anything jumping out at us and I diddn't want to turn it into a million dollar pursuit. My shocks are fine , the front end is tight , tires are brand new . I will just cope with it for now . Nigel the truck was already in the shop by the time I got your post. I'm glad you found , and were able to fix the source of your problem ! Looks like me and Trent will still be making scrambled eggs on the way to work between 30 and 40 mph !!  Thanks for your help guy's

                                                                                     

                                                JIm 

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sorry you dident find the issue Jim. I went to mack today and ordered the cab bushings to see if that helps any?? I will reply back when they are installed.

P.S. I had big time "scrambled eggs" doing the semi truck pull last night LOL

the newer mack engines just have a front mount Intercooler

the tip turbine macks from the 70s/80s had a aftercooler mounted on the side of the engine and they used coolant to help cool intake temps

trent

Truck pull was great. it was my first time and I managed a 220 foot pull or so. It almost was an all mack event except 3 petes and 2 kws and a international snuck in the back door. No boken axels so it was a good night

The red E9500 superdog from WI won the event with a full pull!!!

I had the lowest HP and least amount of gears to use and was withing 10 feet of the avg pullers. i had to use 2nd gear as 3rd is to tall when the weight comes up on the tandems I might use 3rd next year just to see if the momentum will get me farther??

Trent

You can contact the mack museum and give the serial number of the truck. they will provide you all the info of what the truck had when it left the assembly line.

if its only got that many miles it sounds like a good deal. im not shure what trans it has as some times people replaced things over the years. A "standard" R model from that era would likely be equiped with a 237hp-250 hp, non overdrive 2 stick 6 speed or single stick 5 speed, with 34,000 rear ends. all trucks are speced diffrnetly but that combanation seams fairly common. at least here in chicago

most R model macks with mack transmissions that had 2 sticks will be a simple 5 speed main and the aux box will have Direct/low and reverse/ giving you 6 speeds foward and 5 in reverse. if it is a 5x4 that would be a quad box and you will have 20 gears. My 78 mack has anti lock brakes but they have been unhooked for what looks like years. On my mack there should be a silver alum box mounted foward of the first rear axel driver side. thats where mine is

if you need quicker info and cannot wait a few weeks for the museum to get you the info. get to your local mack dealer and ask them if they have any records of your truck.

Good luck

Trent

they are regular light bulbs. I also put 2 oarnge bulbs between the air tanks. it looks good at night. the red lights reflect on the rear cab wall and stacks . makes it look a little evil

here are the new lights i added

Trent

what engine does it have fred? is it used in HD or off road use

Most of the B models I have seen that had Diesel engines came with 10 or more gears

I know some fire truck B models had 5 speeds but they were gas jobbers

If you plan on pulling anything with a B model I would not install a 5 speed unless you have a maxidyne engine. the turmodynes engine needs more gears to keep the engine in the power band when pulling a load

are you planing to pull a semi trailer or just your race car gooseneck trailer? I thought I remember you saying you were going to add a 5th wheel again

LOL

do you just slap one glad hand on and lift the trailer?

I did that a few nights at UPS when I was 18. they needed spotters for the X-mas rush and all the oldtimers (30 somethings at the time) were complaining that I was makeing thim look bad spotting 4-5 trailers more per hour.

I understand and fully agree its for the officers safety to get in the blind spot of the driver but I just think they can easly pull off to a safe location to conduct the matter.

and yes granny likely ran a red light or thought she was on a freeway LOL

trent

I agree Terry!

I drive over the road for a living and 95% of the truckers I see all change lanes to give the emergency viechels and cops the space they need . Unfortunely cars rarely move over with us and often get suprised when we "close the door on them"

glad the cop and motorest were ok.

one thing that does piss me off is when officer Joe pulls grandma over on a busy highway for a simple violation and he feels the need to park 1/2 his cruiser in the traviling lane. it just causes a back up and often the car behind me ,tailgating or not, will nearly hit the cruiser because they are not expecting a car to be parked halfway on the roadway. fire trucks wreckers or an accedent I se no problem to block a lane for safty space. but for a ticket thats just plane wrong and unsafe!!

Trent

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What are your other money draining hobbies?

This is my 91 Mr2 turbo

280HP 2000lbs

best 1/4 mile to date is 12.2 sec

Hmmmm... Bulldozers .... lowboys .........WAKE UP i live in a town house! LOL

I have a Import "hot rod" 1991 toyota MR2 2.0L turbo 280whp and only 2000lbs very fun in the corners.

Glad a mack won the truckers award , bet the pete guys wasnt to happy a mack won, i guess i should have went, looks like there was some good looking macks, what engine was in that B model that won.      thanks for posting the pictures    Ron

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the B model that one the show had a turboed 711 or a ENDT673? I asked him but forgot already it was dynoed at 250HP so it was juced a little for more power. it was all stock looking and had chrome in all the right places. the only other engine I have seen like that was of that red B model with green frame. There were lots of trick looking petes there but that B model just had more class than any other truck. best thing about it is it started as a work horse and ended as a show truck. the petes looked like they had never seen a day of hard driving.

It was a great show and would highly recomend it.

Trent

you might be right Larry, that would alow the window to go down more.

I pulled the R model panels out recently and they are very simmilar to a b model but dont have that stop at the bottom.

do a search for gulfway in Flordia

my trucks insured for 5k with a trailer

dash panel for a B model? if yes the 4-5 screws holding it to the dash remove and then you can get a hand in the back to remove the tach and speedo cables. after thay are undone you should have more room to work with to get the guages out. The gauges will need to be removed one by one as they slide in from the front of the panel.

hope this helps

trent

I have not done it in a few years but if remember

you need to remove the door lock and door handel.

remove the screws for the locking latch on the side of the door.

roll the window all the way down

remove the inner window and door handels.

with all this removed

lift the panel up about 3 inches and then when the bottom clears pull down and outward.

hope I diddent miss anything

trent

Whats up Mike

the show is at 7 pm on friday the 29th (this upcoming friday)

If you dont make it I hope to see you in union for the show

Trent

sounds good Rob.