1958 F.W.D.

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.

Oh, so I have you to blame errrr ahhh I mean to thank for the new friend???

For the record: I just spat my iced tea all over the screen. Four stroke Detroits are acceptable. What I learned to wrench on when I was an apprentice wrench turner at Jevic many, many years ago. "The Plumbing" has been turned off. If SWMBO gets that 9-month disease again, someone has some 'splainin to do.....either her or the plumber. Kidnapping is such a harsh word. Besides when you slip them enough rufies, they do whatever you want them to.

The BMT Truckstop had another asshole errrr ahhh I mean another distinguished visitor today. NoClueJoe stopped by. First we took the F.W.D. out for a spin (it's first time out since before xmas.....) and I had a momentary lapse of judgement and let him drive. After that I am convinced he really does have no clue. Then we fed him dinner. SWMBO said not to, something about ferals that keep coming back if you feed them.

I'm only allowed to have the plastic scissors with the round tips. And the paste tastes better when you put it on your saltines at snack time