Mark T

I think another one of those chris crafts ran ashore there, or am I seeing things ?

I think I can see the chris craft. I'll look a little more to be sure.

That looks almost like it's slobbering outta the breather somehow.

I tried a repair kit for something like that once . My results looked nothing like the package the kit came in 🤣 Some real upholstery guys may have a suggestion. I can think of repairs one of the local guys did here I never imagined could be done. Good repairs usually aren't cheap.

I can still picture seeing the receiver cover with the worn plating.

I remember seeing them. Holy cow, forgot all about them.

I can relate. I'm trying to decide if the weather chick is a fox or not.

The part that goes around the top of the liner is soft enough to get squished into the top of the liner and the grove cut in the head.

Back when I was a kid, the owners of the Mack dealership were from in town here. The one relation (a beautician) used to set me up with all sorts of cool stuff I was too young to know enough to save. Sweat shirts, hats, all sorts of things with the bulldog on them. Ash trays. tie tacks. key rings, cups of all sorts. I even had a Mack 3 ring binder from the Signal era. Never gave it a thought 50 years later how much I wished I kept some of those things.

That "P" part is what tells if it's standard or oversized. That piston and bearing looks good, like nothing out of the ordinary 👍

A high class leader like him would never say children picking marijuana......he'd say children working in the cannabis sector. Makes it so much better.

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That head gasket looks more like it was rotted. Doesn't seem to be passing combustion there. If you decide to resurface the heads, be sure you're friends with someone who can recut the fire rings, and you may want check that person has a tool that'll hit the same circle. Old heads mightalready be done once or twice and not enough left to mill off and start over again. So if the cut on them now is a little out of round, it will have been ok as long as it was into the ring, new cut a little off of the existing circle....no good (F's right they're important) Why's that main cap painted ? Pay attention what's going on there. Like make sure it's not cut already and requires a different bearing. ( they did stuff like that back then, like cut one journal a couple thousanths and nothing else is cut ) If I remember, it was a "P" number that went along with bearing size. Engine looks like a good candidate for a rebuild.

😳 You didn't dare call it a 285 back then. A "300" ....you were proud as could be. If you drove a Mack around here with the air cleaner with the two ducts over and under....king indeed.

15 over was popular back in the '80s in tractors. Older trucks might have a direct 15 . Like back closer to the early '70s. ( a ten speed with deep reduction ) They could have been either directs or overs. I think the last ones went up to 15-7s. I mentioned it cause I drove a 300 with one behind it. Even though it was a Maxidyne it still worked pretty good, and was nice for slowing down the truck with the engine brake. After some thought, I think an FRO ten speed might b worth looking into for Larry. ( low 1st gear and fast over gear )They're cheap and lots of CHs used them. I doubt the clutch housing is gonna be bolt for bolt though.

15s went away because axles got so much faster. (basically) That was the beginning of the end for so many of those once popular transmissions. Super 10 ? Technology outpaced them before they ever came close to catching on. Everything gets outdated at some point I guess

Yes Vlad. I believe I speak for many here, no need to explain your grammer . Not difficult understanding your point or what you're telling us . Your efforts are very much appreciated. Always interesting posts too.

I often wonder if people who believe in all the illegal migrants and redistribution of wealth they desire is well within their own reach. There's really nothing stopping them from giving their money and home to someone if that's what they really want to do. I get confused when they carry on like it's everyone else's civil duty to do the same. Something is very wrong when justice is dealt out for a turcking violation within a few days, but be here illegally and it's a minimum of months before anything can be done ? Let's make laws.....ignore. Brilliant !!!!

I remember one pushed, and one pulled on the throttle shaft. Then again, I remember when a 350 was like the greatest thing (lol)......n they kinda were at the time

Didn't the 315 and 350 use a different pump ?

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4.10s and a 15 over. Used to work nice with a 300. And one of those shouldn't cost a fortune. Good luck finding an RTOO thirteen. A RTLO 13 or 18 has a high final overdrive, and some of the smaller series don't cost a whole lot. A direct 5 speed and a 1241 with 4.10s....might just as well use an RTO 13. Even a FRO 10 would be nice with 4.10s.

That truck is on Craigslist here too. Looks like an Osterlund hood on a Diamond Reo from the brief Diamond Reo period. It looks pretty good in the pictures and seems even the interior is in good shape. It's not very far from me and even closer to Joe C. Cool old truck.

Boy, that's an odd failure on a tube type. Guess anything is possible on an older tire though. From the picture , it suggests the wheel is in better shape than most of that vintage. Still might be a problem finding someone to touch it or have much selection to chose from as a replacement tire. Tubeless will go right on there, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for finding good used ones. Budds used to like to crack and often the lugs go way too far into the seats which doesn't lead to anything good either. At least if you bought two new ones though, you'd be done and have way more variety of 11/ 22.5s to chose from, as well as a lot less trouble finding someone to service them. If you're using the truck ? go tubeless. Maybe advertise those budds and someone restoring something who's familiar with them will give you something for them and help defray the costs of the update ?

Lots of those inaccurate descriptions with $1234 for the price are some type of scam.