1958 F.W.D.

The Wauky is a 3200 rpm engine. Actually the plan is.....if she ever tanks (knocking on wood) and I switch to an oilburner, we already have a specific 3208 picked out- a factory reman 2800 rpm version with an almost identical horsepower and torque curve. We'd lose about 10mph.....She does 60 now. And yes, I am aware that the 3208 is a boat anchor (heh kinda like any 2-stroke DD....) but I'm not delivering freight with it, or putting 100K on it a year.....The most mileage I have ever done in one year was about 400 and that was a busy year!!!

Problem is, owner needs to put down the bottle.........

No, he is not doing too well (at the moment) He has ups and downs but this is a little more serious. I called him to see if he knew Mr May had passed and spoke with his wife at length. Out of respect for his privacy I will reserve further comment.

No sir, not holding out at all. Just need a good chunk of time to tap at the keyboard.

IF YOU FELL FOR THIS.................

Looking for a 6V53T DD (that is a viable overhaul candidate) to install in the F.W.D. Anyone have one laying around, or know of one??? Any leads appreciated!! Thanks Lads!!!

I never met Mr. May, but since I live close by, if I can work it out with my schedule, I am going to try to pay my respects. **EDIT: Due to my work schedule and already having had pre-scheduled appointments, I was unable to get to the services. I will try to type out a narrative of the story of Walter May taking Jim Winsor for a ride in the R-Model with the first prototype Maxidyne (and the story of how "Constant Torque" came to see the light of day) if I get a chance this weekend.

If any of you know who Jim Winsor is, he and my father and myself are close friends. Jim resides in the Philadelphia area and we get together with Robert Gabrick at least 2-3x a year and have lunch or dinner. Jim has a PLETHORA of Walter May stories. Greatest one is about the development of the first generation Maxidyne engine and Mack's "CONSTANT TORQUE." I don't have time to type it out right now, maybe this weekend. It is a story worth sharing.

You're right. You've pissed me off. If it were a cookie-cutter 1000/500 CF Pumper that Mack turned out by the hundreds, I'd be like "Meh......It's not me, it's yours, do as you wish." But this is a CF with a Young WALK-IN RESCUE BODY....rare enough to begin with, but now even more so as I can not recall any others in existence. And I know many of them. Therefore, i IMPLORE you to please re-consider. If you want a low-rider, get a Toyota or a Nissan or something. Or the aforementioned cookie-cutter 1000/500 pumper. -Yardo

Anyone have trouble a few days ago where you kept getting access denied due to "incorrect password?"

I absolutely said it was a "great looking detroit." See:

Do I agree that in principle it is a waste? Yes. Do I agree, that according to MY principles it is a waste? No.

What exactly do you want to know?

They were killing it in order to install a Mack engine.

What is GreenLeakerPeace's email address? I'll send this directly to them. Oh, wait. Found it. BenJumper@2strokes.com

I just happened to note your signature line. I'm leaving this right here.

..............and everyone lived happily ever after!!!!!!!

If anyone wants to buy Paul's doors but cannot make the show, you make the payment arrangements and I will get them and store at my place and get them to Macungie for you.

In 25 years I have been to several fires in fiberglass or other types of synthetic/composites based structural components manufacturing facilities. The buildings and everything inside them usually dont fare very well unless they are protected by full sprinkler systems. Usually when we get there, it's fire in the sky and dump water onto any exposures to protect them......If they haven't already vaporized from the radiant heat.

Wow. 208 million?? That's a shitload of kitty litter!

ws721 if you hear banjo music.......keep trucking, don't stop.

I live in the Lehigh Valley, and if a mouse farts at the Mack plant, its all over the print and television news. Haven't heard a peep, but just in case I will put the word out to some fire buddies to see if I missed something, but with all the google searches that have been done, I doubt it. A more likely scenario would be that whoever makes the sleepers had a fire. I doubt that's Mack, Im sure they would out source that.

You got some perty lips, Boy........

I concur with the two previous knuckleheads my esteemed colleagues. I have driven several pieces of apparatus that had factory Williams air throttles and one that I know of that was converted to a Williams air throttle. You did have to lube them every once in a while with a liquid based lube (I seem to remember we used liquid silicone) so that it would penetrate all the way down the rod. (this is where gearhead gets excited because I used the words "lube" and "rod" in the same sentence.) I do believe that this was/is your issue. American Bosch injection pumps rarely had sticking rack or sticking governor issues (it happened, but was rare mind you.....) the Robert Bosch pumps on the other hand were a different story.

I only let slpwlkr LOOK at the F.W.D. He wasn't even allowed to sit in the driver seat and make "WOOO WOOO" noises.