Hans Remmers

No, its definitely inside the governor of the pump. I'm working the levers directly on the pump. As I said I've had the same basic problem with an ambac pump that sat after running biofuel. All I had to do with that was remove the governor cover and manually operate the plunger while flushing the fuel side out with brake cleaner. The Robert bosch is quite a bit different so I'm not sure if I can do the same as easily.

Went down to the truck yesterday afternoon. Spent 2 hours on it before dark. Minus the time getting bothered by the locals. An elderly gentleman walking his dogs asked if it was going to run after sitting there forever. 2 minutes later a neighbor drove up barking "who said you could work on this truck here!" It only took a minute to tell him the name of the cider mill owner that I'd bought it from to calm him down. Not 2 minutes later the town supervisor even drove up asking what was going on. It was actually a good feeling to know that after working on a truck 5 minutes that many locals showed concern to making sure I wasn't stealing parts or the whole truck. They were glad to see it was leaving after being a community landmark for so long. Found the right fuel cap center vent had rotted away allowing moisture in the tank. Had to hammer the cap loose and whatever was inside that used to be fuel wasn't pretty. Half tank of... Something. Twisted and crushed crossover valve trying to shut it. Cut the crossover tube and drained it until something resembling fuel came out. Kinked that over to stop flow. Dropped in a pair of new batteries and cab relay powered up immediately. Checked air intake for debris and turbo for freeness. Popped off primary to see it was still full but certainly needed to be replaced. Tried to get greedy and leave the secondary alone but that bit me in the ass. Never understood the superliner secondary location. Put a pressure gauge on the oil line cut when the gauge panel was stolen. Cranked for 20 seconds with shutoff pulled to pump some oil. Starter cranks fast but sounds sickly. Got it to fire a little on ether before seeing the fuel running out of the rotten secondary. Broke the handle completely off my filter wrench, got drenched with fuel trying to break filter free from underneath with a screwdriver driven through. Ended up taking filter base completely off and spent 15 minutes chiseling the filter off on the ground. After reassembly it only took a couple more minutes to get it running, but found pump plunger hanging up. Had a gusher from the short return tube around front of pump. Cobbed up with vent tube from hydraulic tank. Running consistently with horrible governor response but only a minor misfire. 10 minutes running time I kinked off the cut heater control air line on the stolen heater box, built full air pressure. Oil psi 60-80. As the rpms climbed to 1800 and stayed I tried to work it back down until I found return line from head leaking. Fuel shutoff lever no longer responding. I removed supply line directly from injection pump to kill it. Aired flat left steer tire half way with gladhand hose. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to see if the clutch is stuck. This morning I'll head back down with the lowboy and hopefully I can keep it down near an idle to load it after I put new return line on it. So maybe I'll start a new post. I've had good luck with a stuck plunger on an ambac after using biofuel and sitting, It freed up well. How about this Robert Bosch? Will a sticky plunger keep the shutoff lever from operating? Once I get it home maybe I'll need some advice on freeing the plunger on a Robert Bosch.

Went down to Jersey and took care of the humdrum payment and paperwork crap this afternoon so its a done deal. Got a photo circa 1996 back when she was pretty and the storage tanks were installed at the cider mill. Funny thing, 2 weeks ago when I drove past to see if this truck was still there on my way home from Gerhart's, the tanks had just been removed and were Tennessee bound. That was the first I ever found people around there to set this deal in motion.

Sometimes its good to leave the GPS off and just learn your way around still. I missed my turn with the lowboy early in the summer of 2020 and had to find a place to turn around. Otherwise I never would've driven past this lonely dog that hasn't moved since at least 2012 based on Google maps. Last registered in '07 at a closed cider mill. Planning on heading to Jersey this weekend to get the paperwork.

YESSS!!! I bought one at the Gerhart show several years ago for $5. Mine has a matching envelope with a hole in it for the logo to show through. Great little piece of history. No copyright, no publisher, no date, nothing.

mackcl96 is the expert on these trucks Not sure how to tag him in this.

There was a thread on here almost 10 years back about them. It was about that long ago that I found one wrecked that I was trying to buy parts off of it. Special hood badges and a dash nameplate and gold pinstripes along the body lines. That is all I see that distinguishes them from a "true" Elite CL. So many CL's were badged Elite on the grill and hood with only basic level 3 interior. I've only seen these as dump trucks with very limited powertrain options and the production number was only around 150 if I remember correctly. I don't think its junk yet by any means. The first owner I knew to have it replaced it with a new Pete, the latter I knew gave up on dump trucking and went back to a tractor for better rates. He is a true Peterbilt fag, but told me more than once that he was much more happy driving this old Mack than the brand new W900 largecar sleeper tractor he bought after it.

No association, price dropped to $29000. I personally know the last 2 owners from NY and MA. Neither knew the relevance to the badge on the hood. It was a pretty clean and mechanically sound truck but my boss steered clear of it because of the frame spread 3 years ago. Current owner removed the gold pinstripes You don't see these very often https://nwct.craigslist.org/hvo/d/salisbury-mack-tri-axle/7174576725.html

Before this thread runs completely off the rails on hot button issues lets just get back to the original topic. Emperor Cuomo has been running this state into the ground with only his own personal agenda in mind from the start. As did his father before him. This is just positive press exposure for him and he's going to play it for all its worth.

They both should be well worth that just for parts. I hate to see any Superliners go that route, but how many Michigan specials does the world need?

Tube type all around, not many options available for steer tires. Its sad but the truck is too heavy to put it to work, and likely too slow to drive to shows. 58 rears make it a dinosaur. If they're 4.64's you'd be lucky to squeeze 65 out of it with the 2 stick 6. Now an air shift t2060 is a different story, need 5.73's to slow them down.

I didn't hear about that at all. Did they have a lot of equipment? The 2 trucks I mentioned are the only ones I saw down this way.

Gerhart's in Lititz has a couple rare ones. Depends if you want a generic freight hauler or something a bit more special.

Not according to any posts I've seen on here. Somebody talked about there being 1 electronic CL E9 at Allentown or Macungie, but don't know if its true.

Old Dorr Oil unit, don't know if he's still in business but they had a gorgeous Superliner and nice B-model. Looks like maybe Jim Emery selling it. He's had some interesting pieces but pricey.

Nice thing about CAT parts is they're outsourcing production all over the world. 6 months ago I got an acert exhaust manifold made in Mexico, last month the same parts made in China. You never have to go too far to find disposable parts. I just hope they keep manufacturing injector harnesses in Mexico, its nice to put a new one in every oil change. Only bad thing I see with the E9 is I can't afford to buy them all.

Can you post some pictures?

It looks pretty nice but its obviously by no means near original. Probably saying it has 83k on engine rebuild. Hub pilot wheels retrofit, Vmack cruise switches in dash, newer gauges. Probably had a 12 speed, deep reduction switch in dash. Door panels are newer clip on type that have been screwed on. The inside of the roof vent is painted the exterior color. The shiny paint in the pictures could be hiding a lot. I'm not at all impressed by the half ass 5th wheel angles installed. Who cares that its an old worn out 70 ton head?

Rears like you have pictured are the same as 80's school bus lights

They certainly don't give much for a description, but it appears to be Neway under it.

The Superliner was used as a racetrack pack truck. I looked at it a couple weeks ago to see if upholstery at all intact. I've known about the truck for years but didn't realize what was under the hood til now. Cab and hood are totally destroyed. Owner says it runs good but has no more use for it but scrap. I need to meet up with him again and see if I can make a deal. I have another E9 project but probably won't need too many parts from this one. Its a 1982 Em9-400, 392hp.

Yes has a e9 in it.

I might come up with a whole truck for parts if I'm lucky. If you can wait and don't come up with anything right away I'm trying to save it from scrap.

Combs Customs I believe is the manufacturer of them.

It doesn't take much to get those old kw cabs out of shape. I chained a 79 w900 on lowboy with no wheels on it and instantly the doors wouldn't shut.