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7 hours ago, fxfymn said:

I believe the University of Wisconsin ended up with the IH archives. They might be able to help you out.

Check behind the glove box to see if there is a line ticket there. I found the ticket for my 72 there.

Thanks for the info. I tried to find the line ticket already. Didn't have any luck. I've been told that I can get one from International. One day I will try that .

Thanks very much for the info Paul.  This has me really interested now. I just thought they were rare around me.

I have heard of Sundance II's , but I have never been able to find out the difference between the 2 of them. I did find out that the Sundance decor package was $333.56.

My International has everything listed below. 

Thanks for the comments. I know GEOFF, a BMT member has one. He hasn't posted for a long time . I think he is on "just old trucks" He might be able to tell me how rare it is . I will have to try to track him down . 

Thanks Paul. I'm not sure how rare they are . I am going to try to figure it out. I just know they are rare around me in southern Ontario.

On 3 March, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Lmackattack said:

I have had to offload in the center of a Chicago street because the crown in the road was just as bad. Its just common sence you dont try to move a machine if the trailer is leaning. And look at the sag in those crap ramps...SMH

 

I found that out the hard way. No pics to prove.  I slid one off that wasn't leaning as much. Once it starts to go there is no stopping it. 

It was 25 years ago. My machine didn't have ROPS. All i could do was jump as far away as I could. Machine ended up in the ditch ,upside down, 3 inches from my legs . Was a Lucky day ,and a life lesson. 

I'm with Lmackattack, if the floats not level , machine is not coming off. 

In my travels a little while ago, I came across this amazing model? toy? Im not sure what to call it. Unfortunately I never thought to see who it was made by or what scale it was.

I was too busy looking at the detail , and thinking "I need pics of this" 

I think before i started taking the pump off I would try what Dirtymilkman suggested.  Check the puff limiter rack limiting cylinder on the front of the pump.  

Before you do this …. If you mash the throttle with the brakes on , does it blow black smoke ?  From what you said it won't , I just wanted to make sure you did this simple test

to see if it is pump related or puff limiter related.  

My 350 4V seemed lazy . It would only get boost around 1600 - 1700 rpm . It turned out to be the puff limiter relay valve  on the manifold. 

I think its test truck because of the "Organic Rankine Cycle"  It was a topic that mrsmackpaul started in July 2014.  Was very interesting.

In my opinion, it makes this a special truck.  I hope it goes to a deserving home .

Heres the link to the thread. 

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/36444-organic-rankine-cycle/#comment-253827

From someone that is north of Toronto, Welcome aboard !     In case you didn't know , we like pictures……..Of pretty much anything .  

Like the guys said above, signals and brake lights go through the turn signal.  If you have a separate brake and signal going to the back.  I think you could  wire in a

 4 to 5 wire converter. They are used for  vehicles that have separate brake and signal lights that need to be converted to a single light that operates both brake and turn. They're not very expensive , and you should be able to get it at any trailer place.

I found another cool video I wanted to add to this thread .  I love it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks4b2WwLjWE

8 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

Kinda like how they bought one of the best motor grader companies in the world (Champion), then claimed stuff like the class leading transmission was THEIR design, then they pulled the plug on them last year and sent production to a Chinese company.

Meanwhile every city and rural township around here had Volvo graders and they just left them all hanging.

Thats an interesting point. Every region and township around me had Champion then Volvo graders. Now they are all John Deere . I wasn't sure if it was pricing or the product. But I never see Volvo graders any more. 

Thanks for the pics Rob.  I found the differences very interesting.

Very nice .   I like it .     

On 12 January, 2017 at 11:34 AM, BillyT said:

What a fascinating post Dave! Did that B have a brownie behind the compound? You'd almost need more gears to get the Damn thing moving! As far as putting a cat in a B, in 74 there was a B hauling steel out of Pittsburgh said to have a 318 Detroit in it! Never saw under the hood, so can't swear to it! In those days the 318 was still considered a pretty powerful engine. There was a very brief period in the 60s or 70s when Allis Chalmers was building an engine for big truck use, anybody know the history of that? 41?

I don't want to get this off track , but here is a thread about the Allis Chalmers engine . Known as the Big Al  

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39749-big-al/#comment-287321

That is one of my favourite R's . I hope one day my R688st will look as good.  I think the owner is a BMT member , but not sure .

I agree, Very Nice truck !      You think its expensive in US money .  Its over 170,000 in Canadian $ .   

I wonder if they would take an old snowplow on trade  

Welcome aboard !     

7 hours ago, 41chevy said:

M2 incomplete is a knocked down unit with parts crated that needed to be installed at point of entry. Generally the parts not installed are front bumper assembly, mirror units, top pipe(s) on exhaust stack(s) and sometimes outer rear tires. Incomplete units also pay  lower export / import duties.    Paul

Well this makes some sense to me now. 

Here are some pics to reinforce what you mention about incomplete.

This paperwork came with my 1988 "R"  . 

Sorry for getting this thread off track   We might have to start a new thread on decoding a VIN 

Vlad, is it possible that your truck is a 1989 model year ??    

Model Year Character Codes

As shown above, the 10th character of the VIN indicates its model year.

• A: 1980 or 2010
• B: 1981 or 2011
• C: 1982 or 2012
• D: 1983 or 2013
• E: 1984 or 2014
• F: 1985 or 2015
• G: 1986 or 2016
• H: 1987 or 2017
• J: 1988
• K: 1989
• L: 1990
• M: 1991
• N: 1992
• P: 1993
• R: 1994
• S: 1995
• T: 1996
• V: 1997
• W: 1998
• X: 1999
• Y: 2000
• 1: 2001
• 2: 2002
• 3: 2003
• 4: 2004
• 5: 2005
• 6: 2006
• 7: 2007
• 8: 2008
• 9: 2009

Country of Origin Character Codes

The 1st character in a car's vehicle identification number indicates the country in which it was manufactured.

Some of the country codes include:

• 1, 4, 5: United States

• 2: Canada

• 3A-37: Mexico
• J: Japan
• VF-VR: France
• 9: Brazil
• WA-W0: West Germany

• S: Great Britian
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