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85snowdog

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  1. Thanks for the updates. 

    The pic of the number off the motor , I believe that is just the oil cooler part number . The "   10   88  "   in the middle line is a casting date. Which could mean your truck is newer than you though . Or, it was replaced at some point. I have the same numbers on my oil cooler. Its an E6 350 4 valve. 

    If you take a pic of the motor , I'm sure we can help. 

     

     

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  2. Welcome aboard :WELCOME:

    Looks like you have a nice project to work on. I liked the video. 

    Just my 2 cents....... Before you put batteries in it and start cranking. Change oil and filters and change fuel filters. 

    Take out air cleaner and check animals haven't made a home in there somewhere. If the project is for entertainment value, I guess it doesn't matter much. It looks like a nice truck though, that deserves a fighting chance. 

    I'm assuming you checked engine ,and its not stuck. 

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  3. It sounds like you have a plan for going ahead.:thumb:

    I noticed something in your picture that triggered my curiosity . 

    On the inside of the front spring bracket, are  some tabs that a cross member bolts to . I thought it was very far forward for the front of the engine. It didn't seem right. 

    So my curiosity revealed that one reason for different front spring brackets is the Radiator that is used in the truck. 

    On both my R and RD 688. The rad goes down beside the front spring bracket ,with not a lot of extra room. The rad is supported at the top side of the frame above the spring mounts.

    On a RD 685 with a rad that allows a driveshaft from the engine crank. The rad doesn't come down as far, and we see a different rad, and rad support cross member is bolted to spring brackets. 

    This , at the end of the day isn't very important . But like you said , the little details can be very interesting. 

     

    This is your pic . 

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    This is outside of RD685 ( 1985 ) Looks like similar bracket to yours 

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    Shows from underneath . the same bracket as in your picture. Just opposite side. 

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    This shows the rad on RD688 .Rad goes down beside spring bracket. 

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  4. The best I could do for the bogie stand is comparing an RD with 38,000 # to an R with 44,000# . The R frame is the R 700. But the frame hight is the same as my R600. 

    This is where things get muddy. At the front of the truck the extra inch is on the bottom of the frame. On the back ,the bogie stand is kept on the bottom, and the extra inch of frame is on the top. Unfortunately , it doesn't make sense to me. 

    First pic is RD

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    Hopefully , this helps . Its unfortunate you can't use your RD frame rails because of the V.I.N number. It sounds like its in good shape. 

     

     

     

  5.  I have some more pics for you Vlad. I have to apologize in advance . I think these add more questions than answer them.

    I forgot to mention in the first post. The R 600 is a 1988 with a 14,300 # front axle . The RD600 is a 1986 with an 18,000 # front axle. 

    You will see by the pics that both front spring brackets are very similar . Even the size of the frame at the front of the truck is close to the same .

     

    RD first pic, R second pic

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  6. 8 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

    Well worked out better than expected. I got a really nice kitchenette room in a town one hour away from the job. A very nice couple from Wisconsin bought a motel up here and totally renovated it, so it is all new. Very nice place and very nice people. The Outdoorsman in Wawa, Ontario.

    Still ice on the small lakes and it snowed today. Was nice the first part of the week though.

     

    Looks like a nice " home away from home" . 

    Shows what a big province we live in. You still have ice and snow. We are cutting grass and job sites are dusty . 

    The western stars look good. :thumb:

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  7. 15 hours ago, alex g said:

    Good pic. Did you time that out with train?

     

    14 hours ago, Vladislav said:

    Looks like he did. And even matched the color. Good job :thumb:

    Not really, lol .  The first pics  I took didn't have the train. Then the train went by so I figured I would grab some more pics. They generally don't go very fast past my place . So very easy to get pics. 

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  8. 6 hours ago, Whiskymack said:

    When Mack brought out the Higher mount R700 in the 70's they must have kept the same radiator as on the earlier models. This meant that the lower edge of the radiator top tank became visible at the top of the opening in the hood and the only way to disguise this was to apply a grill.

    Thanks for the explanation Whiskymack. It sounds logical to me. To help reinforce what you said, I will add some pics. You can see clearly, the bottom of the rad tank is visible without the grill, and I also added a pic to show how close the grill is to the shutters . Just out of curiosity I measured, and the R700 grill opening is 2.5 inches wider than the R600 opening. I also have a pic of an R600 with rad shutters. You can see that the hood covers the rad tank . 

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  9. Thanks for sharing story and pics. I think thats really interesting. 

    Unfortunately, I don't have anything with a tip turbine or even access to one. I can only share a parts list from PAI . I'm not sure if this helps you at all. No big loss if it doesn't . 

    It appears your looking for a Mack part # 314GB41C. Hopefully someone corrects me if i'm wrong.  A lot of parts that are no longer available at Mack/Volvo are still available at PAI .  

    Good Luck . 

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  10. 10 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

    had a fight with my township this winter. Even got my government involved. Found out my township gets $500,000 a winter for road maintenance and they have never spent over $50,000.

    The same township that's sitting on that money probably says your triaxle is only worth $52.00/hr for roadwork or hauling snow I'll bet. 

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