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After driving a lot of trucks I like them at least 206" for a day cab. That looks like a 187"

IT MAY HAVE BLOWN OFF A INJECTOR TIP...IF IT IS A BOSH INJECTOR JUST SWAP IT INTO A DIFFRENT HOLE AND FIRE IT UP. IF THE OTHER HOLE IS SPEWING ITS LIKELY THE INJECTOR. IF IT DOES NOT THEN I WOULD SAY SOMETHING IN THE PUMP...

Saw a lot of these down in fl as cement trucks.

I'm in the same boat. I Need a good rubber boot that fits the window opening so I dont have to drill or cut into the cab sheet metal.. people have said to contact sleeper mfg or rv dealers. If you have an air ride cab you will need to allow for movement.

This is exactly why I don't like the electoral system.. I think popular should be the way to tally the vote. I know blue won the popular but look how close it was... Im from Chicago and it sickened me to see how a few blue parts of the state can control everything. I honestly think the immigrant, black and white trash sway the election towards the hand out party. And let's be honest. If you had nothing, were uneducated and raised to ask for other peoples stuff....who would you vote for...it will take a generation to change that mentality. Sad....

Happy B day Staxx

few more showed up on facebook tonight...some of the motorboat worthy

No I did not. I left in my 65' caddy with my bride,best man and a bunch a blondes. no way that was happing in a R model with no sleeper.We did kick around the idea of my buddy taking his RD and dump trailer and I would follow him with about a 100 beer cans strung out the back of the tailgate. But that was going to be alot of work and I was hung over the night before LOL.... But it crossed minds more than once that day!

thanks for the link, Intresting vids he has.. and I like his steady talk and camera shots. normaly its just a blur with lots of stttttttudering LOL...

Cough.....Well this year has flown by! I had one hell of a bachelore party 2 weeks ago. It Started out late afternoon with endurance style Go karting. I had invited some ex champ car race car drivers and car builders. It was a blast and I took third!. not bad for a trucker! Party ended at 6 am with the last topless waitress leaving after serving us for over 8 hrs. My best man Managed to keep me alive and not violate any contracts with her. I wont go into any of the top secret details but my sides have been hurting from all the laughs and pranks they played on me. People lousing kar keys in strippers cleavage. streakers at the hotel pool, strangers from another wedding trying to crash my wedding reception, friends passed out in the ditch next to the hiway at the reception hall, Forced drunken Motorboating just about all of her bridal partyand the list goes on and on and on... Suprisenly with all that madness she still agreed to get hitched this past weekend 12-1-12 Weather was in the low 60s no rain , We decorated my 65 caddy and my groomsmen and I stopped at the local tavern for one last drink. Church went perfect.Reception was a hit, hotel party ended at 7 am and woke up without feeling any different than before. She was stunning and brought a tear to my eye when she walked through those church doors. She even had a special grooms man cake made for me with my Cadillac,Mack,Blues brothers hat,Gears and Railroad items on my cake. Class all the way with this one! Thought I would share some of the results of the past few weeks. More to come later! Trent

rip....

2300 RPM (if my memory is correct of the shop manual). however that is the suggested max rpm. our sled pulling truck turns about 2600 with stock heads. someone had said old stock valve springs start to float near 3k RPM

If I recall there is also a detent for that stick. If its worn a bad bump can knock it out whith slack in the gears.

good point about the complete swap...A friend of mine was asking and I dident know if the axel housings were beefed up too or if it was just heavy springs and diffrent bushings etc... Thanks guys

I have the alum caps. Standard 34k housings and rubber bushing. I have hauled 90k with a low boy and she was squatting pretty close to the frame/axel stops just wondering how simple it would be to beef it up a little.

What do you need to convert. Is it just springs and longer u bolts.?

That 10 speed won't have a real low gear for off roading. But it should be fine if your off road is pretty much hard flat surface. Or minimal soft ground. The 350 was a good engine and simple to work on. Camelback is a great set up, check the frame. Single heavy is better than double in my opinion. The r model was one of the best trucks Mack built. It's easy to work on and parts interchanged easy...

Most block heaters were installed in the freeze plug on the drivers side. Early block heater plugs were just hanging down near the battery box. Later they moved them to the headlight panel. If the old heater went out they may have put a pad on it similar to a pan heater?

Don't you love those 20 year projects.... Looking good and that's pretty quick

Don't forget to hold it At full throttle when cranking with the injector line cracked open. This will help suck up the fuel faster.

Those old dogs move out!

There was a guy on eBay making some old logo flaps in white or black. I bought some 2 Yeats ago and they look great. Will have to search for the guy again.

Ok let me try... Early r 600 models had a small cab (metal dash) and short hood, in 73' they went to the +3 cab giving more rear room. I think in the mid to late 70's when the 300 came out the hood was stretched about 2" to help make room for the inter cooler. The new cabs will bolt on to just about any frame but check the hood size and rear cab mount locations.

It all depends on what your doing with the truck. My 285 in the dirt loaded I can drop the clutch and it will walk away easy my 550 cat will stall out unless I give it some throttle. Put both trucks on the Hi way and that cat runs down just about anything. As far as super liners. E9 for obvious power reasons but expensive to repair. for simple power and cheap a big cam cummins is a A lot of motor with good value. Cat 3406 make a lot oh high rpm power but also pricy to maintain. If you want big hp and not brake the bank it's cummins. If power and cool factor e9 or cat...