Lmackattack

why did you switch to the 18? just a more modern and easy for parts?

The mytee vaccume bleeder worked good on the cars I used it on. cheep tool and works great. If I recall I put vaccume on the master cyl thru the cap, put a hose on the farthest brake cyl and hang it in a bottle of fluid, crack open the nipple and the vaccume pulls in the fluid and moves the air into the top of the master cyl, shut the nipple and move to the next wheel. do this a few times and all the air is out.

only 10k in its life? I put about 1500 on the RS evary year just in shows and around town.. you got to get out more LOL...

ditto...I need a 12 speed also... Rob I think it will all depends on your transmission. Yes its a hobby truck but you will pull a trailer someday... some of the Mack End Dumps with 300/ 6 speeds and 3.87 rears were dogs in the top 2 gears and found I needed Low Low alot more. Its a minamal Road speed change but if your heavy and dont have a good selection of transmission gears or the HP to pull. it can be a downfall. If you have a 13 speed and a big cat motor you will be fine as you can just downshift if its lugging or you stick it in OD and get home fast.something us 6 speed owners cant do LOL!!!!

if you have low low in f1st and reverse this may be an early 5 speed? how many reverse gears do you have? for a common air shift 6 speed The mack manual, and sun visor sticker, said to use Low low in 1st gear only. If your on level ground 1st / low low to 1st /direct is an easy shift. However if we use that practice most people (like you mention) found that you had too slow of road speed (in soft dirt) to get the truck from 1/Low Low into 1/direct before she stopped. thats why I mention that I use Low Low in 1-2-3 to get my speed up,then shift the aux box into Direct,If im in hard dirt I drive it like a 5 speed leaving it in Direct. If you start in 2nd/low low that is basicly the same as 1st direct because the road speeds are so simmilar. I cant see why anyone would want to go from 2nd/Low Low to 1st direct as your shift will do nothing to increase your speed or change RPMs? So IMHO the best way I have found to shift out of Low Low is to have my road speed up so the truck wont come to a stop before I try for Direct. The manual thats my .02

Yep great person and company to deal with..

The air shift and 2 stick 6 speeds are 1:1. (direct) in 5th gear. I often start in 1st / low low and shift the main all the way up to 3rd. Then put it in 3rd direct, 4th,5th. imo..Nothing wrong with using low low in all gears. I would however suggest that you use caution if you ever try to down shift from direct to low low.. you can split a case if you miss badly..

"Storkmack" has a B?? with a 427 Mack under the hood. it was very tight

spoke to the owner and he does not want to part with the tanks right now. He has a truck still used on the road that has the same style/size tank and wants them for a spare. Sorry but if that changes I can keep you in the loop. There was a wrecking yard in IA that had a few westerns that had the same style tank. they have a website but I cant find it right now...

Will do ernie...when I get back monday or Tuesday...

thats pretty cool. suprised the scrappers have not found a way to get it home!!!

at the yard they have the western style tank on a valueliner. its the style that has the ends with the 3 rings "bulls eye" think its a 50 gal? if intrested I can get a price for you.. will be gone the next few days so I may be late to reply... Trent

Shiny but just wait untill you have headlights behind you.. it will look like a freight train is coming at you from 5 diffrent directions LMAO!!!

Marango IL?

you did exactly as I would have done.....

the seat position is fine I just dont like that I cant stretch out. This IH I drive you cant touch the pedals with the seat all the way back. not that I drive like that but boy do my knees like it. But dont worry we will run at your pace and my trailer has a nice comfy couch for you to sleep on at night. you will even have AC/Heat to help forget that days trip.... LOL

Rob... Remind me to ask you again about the leg and rear wall room when we make our trip back from NV this summer... LOL. farthest I have been in a R cab was Boston and back to Chicago...with a co driver. about the same that you will make in 2-3 days We can compair stories...

I always said one of these days I would take a R cab and stretch it another 5-6" behind the doors. Thought that would be so nice to be able to stretch your legs in a day cab R or atleast recline a little!

I hear that Larry.. If I dont like ATHS I can just leave and keep my .02 to myself...thats how it should be as to not upset the majority. I love checking the Yellowbullit site for the NSFW self shot girl threads...Search for the perfect ( . )( . ) threads LOL.... they are animals over there ...snd just my type....Hey did I ever tell you about the bacon pasties I made for this one girl..... Nevermind I may have just deraild this thread???

yea.. sounds like the online divison is getting back control (rightfully so as they created it) Hope they iron out the other issues that HQ has caused...The part that erks me is that most about ATHS is Many of the people that were VERY helpfull have left and moved on because of the drama and sometimes lack of free speach. One thing I noticed is that for a board that was so against politics it sure was constantly editing peopls posts to their liking.. they sure do come off as one of the more political boards that I belong to. but thats just my .02 I know BMT may be less of a squeeky clean board but Look how well we do with it.. We can freely speak our mind as long as not to disrespect a person or his views. that is the best way to be least politcal. again just my .02 Trent

take that trailer off and that old R model will twist right back into shape... may need some new paint tho....

THE MAXIDYNE was a 1200-2100 RPM enigne. It was intended to use 5 or 6 forward gears as it had a big flat torque curve. this was good for flat land and limited shifting. the 400HP had a shorter torque range and was intended to have more gears to always keep it in the sweet spot. In my opinion..your 7 speed is basicly just a 5 speed with 2 extra low gears. it does not give you the needed gears to keep the engine RPMs where they need to be. as soon as the RPMs fall and you need to down shift you will have to wait untill about 1300 RPM before you can downshift and catch the next gear. I think the new program may not be right for that transmission. A 9 or 13 speed would be better as it has less of a RPM drop between gears. Just my .02 Trent

the mechanical will give you more and is easly turned up if you want to.

one thing that started to gripe me over there was they would constenly jab Mack owners. Im thick skinned and can take a joke. but try to take a jab a Pete or KW owner and your post would be edited, the one way street attitude does not work for me. I have met alot of people from ATHS and most are top notch.I go to many shows and its always fun. Now posting pics is easy if you like to upload to a link instead of just seeing picture automaticly when the post is opened. They give the excuse that people are still on dial up. but how many are? 10%???...i feel they miss the bigger picture by doing this... thats my.02