Mark T

13 minutes ago, mowerman said:

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ya me too,,,alotta people didnt know leslie nielson used to play mostly villian roles...he did a great job with comedy thanks for the post...bob

At my age I first saw him in  the comedy roles. It's something how seeing him on something older , you can't look at the guy and not still think about the Naked Gun stuff, or Airplane .

Those two are fairly close ratio wise as far as low gear and overdrive. The 13 would require at least shortening the drive shaft. The 9 speed top cover will bolt on the 13  . Is it an (F) because that's what the chassis requires (forward shifter)  In my opinion ?  unless you plan on pulling a trailer , the 9 should be fine.....unless you take the muffler off and really like row'n gears 

I had one once , the genius driving it insisted on putting a stick in the tank ( to check the fuel level.... cause gauges aren't always right )  Blew air back from the supply line at the filters. It was full of bark .

4 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

What did this truck have for power?  Cat ot Cummins?

Pretty sure it was a Cummins (400 ?)

5 hours ago, HarryS said:

Looks like you could fly out and drive home.

Just don't try breast feeding any cats on the flight

Holy cow..... is that little girl in nice shape.   Not many mixers make it that long without being trashed. Thanks for the pictures.

Oh..... "86 R too   E6  2090 and camelbacks with 92s...... chrome dog.  That's about as Mack as it gets (lol)

2 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Ok I will take the test.... What I was told 20+ ago.... A gold bulldog meant the WHOLE truck was Mack, engine, tranny, and rear's.... I have seen other postings with some pretty good answers, but this is the only one I know...  I'm curious too.. Jojo

I've been told the same thing..... but ?   I've owned 2 CLs from brand new that had 8LLs in them (both Elites) and they both came with gold dogs. I have a CTP  MP 7   Maxitorque   CRD92s   only thing not Mack is the Hendrickson air ride and the brackets on the frame have bulldogs cast in them.  The CLs had Hendrickson RT and they had Hendrickson "H" logos cast in them .  The RW in my avatar was an E9 2180 and 461s   No gold dog there either ?

2 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

Well, I guess I’ll have to scrap the whole project then? On to the next thing to screw up.

IDK if I'd scrap it. Some times if you just walk away a while , you see things different. If it would help ??  You can come to my place and polish my tanks like yours.  It'd be a nice get away for a while .

Might want to take the side cover off the front rear and take a look at the bevel gear.  May even find a tooth hide'n up in the top 

I think maybe we need more pictures of that truck. Some from under the hood, couple of the inside, maybe a few from underneath 

Sometimes the reliefs are referred to as "auto stops"  BGarofalo  is correct. This is no where near as complicated as it sounds and if it's not done ?  Good luck steering past the travel it has with the help of the hydraulic pressure.

And...... that's not even mentioning the likely $150.00/hour (minimum one hour) if it was installed there. A job like that ??  might have it back in a couple days.  

You can't put a price on safety 😂

The E9 and Scandia are the same displacement too.  This isn't a coincidence.  And yes, a huge 90 degree turbo charged V8 does sound awesome.  Like a giant Power stroke..... except it can move 50+ tons all day

Make it easy..... remember The Veterans on days that end in the letter "Y"

Biggest tire you'll fit on an 8.25 X 24.5  wheel is a 12x24.5   All wide base are 22.5 as tubeless goes. 

Ever try adding additional ground (earth) wires ?  like batteries to frame, cab to frame..... engine to frame. Adding some wires as grounds seems kinda a cheap try as compared to stuff you tried and didn't work. Extra ground wires won't hurt anything even if they don't cure it.

I don't know why I had a hard time with that. I'm embarrassed to say how much thought I put in that .  

This might sound dumb, but will that steering box work mounted behind the axle ?   Almost seems like it'd be going the wrong direction. 

Too bad the engine and stuff from the rusty one couldn't go in the red and white one......... or could it 🤔

On 11/5/2021 at 12:16 PM, Freightrain said:

Last month the Cuyahoga Valley brought the Nickel Plate 765 over from Indiana and used it for their excursion for a couple weekends.  We rode it, they dump you off and do a couple fly bys for video and pictures.  I have them on my phone, I need to get them over to youtube so others can enjoy it.  It just sends chills down my spine.  I'd really like to get to see a Big Boy in person someday.  I really enjoyed the restoration videos that UP put up.  I couldn't imagine what it took to do that locomotive.  No different then what worked on actually.

We have a Big boy here in Scranton (non operational) 

Miss'n a ground somewhere

1 minute ago, 1965 said:

Wow, had the truck for 8yrs.& never smashed all the buttons on the dash. I would’ve hit all of them in first 8 minutes!

lol

Give'm a break.....takes a big man to own up to it (lol)