Lmackattack

I have thought about getting mine painted like this one. I would need to buy a winning lotto ticket,get fiberglass hood work done first. Then find a heated garage to keep it in!

Just think if this Clown had known about this message Fourm before he had hacked it apart. He could have sold it for 2x as much and still had his dignity. Shake my head

Dont shoot the Messenger... Al Can fill you in on these sad details..........

Love the look of mufflers on superliners...... Until I'm trying to back into a dark tight spot in traffic....then you can't see crap in the mirror or if you have your head out the window....LOL

Use a plumb bob( spelling?) Hang it from the top of the door jam and see how far off it is at the bottom. I suspect the cab may be tweaked. Seen a lot of bent cabs from rollovers when the mirror brackets hit the dirt hard.

I have driven trucks with the same issue. And like you no matter what new parts you throw at it you just can't seam to make it stop. It sounds like you replaced just about everything so you may need to keep adjusting things untill it tightens up. Did you put the bolts in the hinge that you can only see when the door is fully open? I recall there being 3 bolts total where each hinge bolts to the door frame.?

Would love to hear how they developed it. I really think the maxidyne is one of the best diesels ever produced.

Al Does he still paint? Was maybe thinking some day i should get a flashy paint job like that?

What a great looking truck! Thanks for taking the time to post more photos of this truck. I really like the larger sleeper he installed.

Personally for a dump truck keep springs for the tractor and air ride for the trailer. You get better traction for the tractor and the trailer with air wont bounce and buck you around. The ride quaility with a air ride trailer is night and day. Always dump the air bags when dumping.

May he RIP......Was he the inventor for the maxidyne principle?

If what you are saying is at 1900 rpm you see 63 mph with 4.42 rears and tires with 513 revs per mile my math says you have around a .78 overdrive. If you went from a 4.42 down to a 4.17..... Your road speed would be 67mph at 1900 rpm This is assuming you have around a .78 overdrive

I have a 711 non turbo with a straight pipe. IT IS LOUD inside the cab. I think its louder in the cab than from standing next to the truck out side.

i bought some green plastic toggles and I had to put a dab of rubber calk in them to get them to have a "tight" fit. Other wise they would slide right off and flop around on the toggle.

wasn't it a brand new truck? 120K sounds about right for a new truck

I tend to judge things by its cover........you think that guy has ever set foot in a truck?....be honest now!

Looking good. You need a gold dog for the hood with all the " go fast " work you have done to it!

I was at there south Chicago yard a few months ago and they had lots of cool pictures in the office. I dident know they had superliners and valuliners. They use to be all Mack but I saw alot more Freightliners there.

I had the pleasure of working for a company where fuel milage was nothing more than a game of who could put the most amount of $$ into the tanks. The "best" I ever did was just over $1400. That was with a truck that could carry 300 usable gallons on the tractor and 35 for the trailer. This was back in 2007? when fuel was at $5 a gallon. We fuled up in northern Cal or Southern Oragon. The 5 of us pulled up and dropped about 7 grand at a little ma and pop gas station. the owner was smiling and We all got a free soda and sandwich for the road... LOL That being said we were sponcered by Texaco, and they paid the fuel bills no questions asked. Those trucks had 550 cats and good tires. They had a lifetime avg of 5.0 MPG (good times)

Check basics first. Are the tires the same hight? Are you on perfectly level ground? Check by placing a level on the pavement. Then across the tandems. Also chech ride hight loaded and unloaded. To see if your withing spec one way and not the other.

Mack made a rear mount pto that will fit the 2 stick 6 speed and 12 speed transmissions. as long as the 12 speed has the splined countershaft it should install just like they did with 6 speed. Look at the rear countershaft covers for a stamp to indicate it is splined. It should be stamped with a "s" or an "x" I can't recall If you want a married pto/pump unit the 6 and 12 speed has provisions for 6 and 8 bolt ptos I don't recall a rear mount married pto as an option from Mack or other vendors? In my opinion the Mack pto was the better of the 2 options.

I did many days in a mid rise sleeper truck. I like them better than the condo sleepers we had.

Rossi had a few R700s and a B model that I think they still used every now and then?. I saw the B model out at O'Hare field last year. and 3 years ago it was working out on Rt83 in Elmhurst

I suspected air brake valve for the front. up until the late 70s? tractor/trucks did not require front brakes. I think it was an option until the government mandated them on all trucks. I sure wish my RS700 Had them because it makes a huge difference having front brakes when bob tailing in the rain or snow. The front axle ratio valve limits how much brake pressure you have sent to the steer axle. Basically it prevents the front axle from skidding during a hard stop. older trucks such as a B model mack had a dash mounted switch that kind of did the same thing as the valve in your pic. most air driers I have seen on R models were located on the passenger side out side frame rail behind the fuel tank. this is where mine was located from the factory. I have since relocated it to the inside of the frame rail just to hide it.

It looks like 1 and 2 are air brake valves? I cant see where the lines connect to? It is possible that 1 could be a fuel warmer? It looks like a coolant hose runs to it? My RS does not have front brakes or a fuel warmer so it may be missing these parts? The clutch cable loops back under the cab and mounts to the bell housing/clutch linkage. 5. That is the air intake hose for the air compressor. 6.that is the engine oil filler tube.