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JerryB

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  1. It's either a 2000 or 2001 Vision rollover. uh-oh I said Vision but it's a CH612
  2. I don't know the CH dimensions but the Vision is 29 X 32 and the hood design traps the heat. I have a 97 CH w/350 and about 850,000 almost painless miles on it that still makes a Houston to Chicago every week rain or shine. The EGR 460 hasn't been that consistent ever.
  3. Yeah I thought about that too bigen and I don't know. How's your new ride doing? I'm hoping with the ECM still with the pullout motor all there is swapping places but I don't know.
  4. Okay gents I've found a pre-EGR low mile 427 pullout at a good price and wonder if I use the wiring harness and ECM from the pullout what other heartaches I might have doing the swap into my 04 Vision with the EGR type 460?
  5. Thanks to both of you. I'll check the drain tube and If it helps thinking mine truck is a 2004 Vision vin# 017436.
  6. Thanks for advice on the cooler that saves at least $1000 first. At idle the boost is most times 0 psi but never over about 2psi. Can Mack tell me the engine data file and turbo speed settings you're talking about when I have the new turbo calibrated? Maybe I better take the egr block out and try again. I'll check the oil drain and if you think of anything else I always appreciate your interest and I'm open to suggestion. Thanks for your advice.
  7. Yessir the turbo is warranted so I may save $3500 or so on this breakdown. Mack warranted the last one after several months and sending it to Memphis for a final exam. I decided I'm going to put a new charge air cooler and all the rubber hose parts this time around. Mack says the air cooler isn't leaking but something is causing the turbo problem. A new cooler is $850 from Detroit radiator but it's $1595 at the local Mack dealer.
  8. She made up for it this week bigen. She started white smoking about 100 miles from home on the inbound so I pulled the discharge hose from turbo and sure enough the turbo was puking oil. That's the 3rd turbo to go out. The side to side and end play are okay but the seal is out.
  9. Thanks for the link bigen I've been looking for a good reliable 04 Vision.not I don't see how a Mack salesman can sleep at night.
  10. good luck with it bigen I hope it works out good you. That's pretty impressive looking.
  11. You're right. I was just thinking out loud about the chirp. My head gasket experience is limited and I found that if it's blown it would only chirp when the engine is under load anyway.
  12. That's my thought too. The only chirp I've ever had was either a broke head bolt or blown headgasket myself. Every time I couldn't find the chirp in that same area he mentions it was on #4 blown to the front and chirping between the heads.
  13. Thanks to Fred and Bruce for your valuable info and service bulletins we've found the problem. After much much head scratching and inventing a few new cuss words and re-reading what you guys said and then re-reading the service bulletins you sent on the coolant system we've found the problem. It wasn't the water pump as I suspected, it was a thermostat sticking, but only sticking sometimes. If I was a mooselimb I'd send you guys 3 or 4 virgins each in appreciation but since I'm not mooselimb I'm having trouble finding them for you. :chili: It's time for my weekly Chicago tour so my wife and countless bill collectors say thanks for helping me. Thanks to both of you, JerryB I hope bigen is having good luck with his coolant woes.
  14. Today while I was salvage surfing I found a crew cab B model and don't know what it is. The owner says he thinks it was originally a fire truck. The series badges and data plates are long gone so could anybody tell me what it is? The paint is bad but there's no sign of rust so I'm thinking of putting the cab onto a Dodge/Cummins chassis and running gear to pull an RV trailer..
  15. bigen I'm having the exact same problem of pushing out coolant right now myself. Right now I'm checking the water pump and came by to read the mail. Sorry to hear about your woes. Was your dad a traveling salesman of some kind? Sounds like we must be kinfolks.
  16. wow I've never get near 8mpg but at 80,000 if I keep a light foot on it around 55-60 I can get 6.5 or so. If I run 70 or over it drops down to around 3.5 to 4 mpg.
  17. yeah I agree bigen. I have a 97 CH613 with a 350 in it that's been almost pain free for close to a million miles. It's had a tranny swap, one water pump, one starter, and one oil cooler. I put crankshaft bearings in at about 800,000 when the oil cooler went out because I was afraid of damage from mixing oil and coolant but the bearings looked good. The 97 still makes a round from Houston to Chicago every week grossed out at 80,000 lbs like a new one and gets better fuel mileage than the 460 gets on the same job.
  18. That's correct fjr there's no code present. lol I've thought about putting Jim on the new truck but I don't have anything against the man.
  19. aint that the truth brother. Nope I bought mine used with just shy of 200,000 on it from an "honest" friend. He said he never had any trouble with it. I sure hope St Peter is in a good mood when he gets there and tries to explain lying to me about that. If the Mack engine was worth a flip this is a dream truck. It runs like a champ when it's running and rides-drives like a Cadillac. I'm giving serious consideration to putting a mechanical 427 in mine or else a 60 series detroit. I have a 97 CH613 that I put 875,000 miles with only one waterpump and one transmission rebuild so this 04 is a huge disappointment. I have a driver on the 97 who never misses a trip, and wish I could say that.
  20. Yes bigen. I used the gasket for my template and cut a flat piece to fit. Put the gasket back between the EGR and plate so it don't leak then just sit the EGR back on top and nobody knows it's there. I'm in the windy city this morning I think it was 8 degrees
  21. The way the pros here at Big Mack told me to check worked fine. If you turn the fan blade by hand and hub is locked it's bad. IOW- if you can turn the engine with the fan blades it's a bad hub. I have gotten a lot of money saving and nerve settling advice from these guys.
  22. That was my original thinking fjh. I had replaced the cooler once and didn't want that prob again. so far on just over 100,000 it's still doing fine and the fuel mileage gain doesn't hurt either.
  23. I don't mind bigen. I hope somebody can shed some light on it for us.
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