tjc transport

in his defence, the glock is very hard to disassemble if you do not get the bar properly aligned. 

i bought a larger takedown bar, and still have problems sometimes. 

the glock is nothing like any other firearm that have a flip down lever.

any of my smith and wesson or sig guns i can take the barrel and slide off in under 15 seconds.

the glocks take over a minute to get the barrel and slide off.

on edit:

after watching the video again, i realized what he did wrong. 

AFTER pulling the slide back a hair and releasing the slide lock, you need to pull the trigger to release the slide for disassembly.   he never pulled the trigger, so it would not come apart.

9 hours ago, glenbjackson said:

id tell him to keep pushing through, you learn a huge amount of how you motor works and interchangeability by doing and touching it yourself. also he's keeping usable parts out the landfill 

if he shares his knowledge on these forums we all dually benefit from his effort. im also tearing down a ford motor i never knew existed. 6.22l inline 6 diesel, mechanical pump...... elegantly simple.  came in farm trators, road trators, dollies and trucks overseas. alot of commonlly available parts that no literature mentions that would be compatible. would not know unless i held part in my hand and seen this might fit such-n-such.  this is how you become one of the guys with a wealth of knowledge..... by doing.

that would be a Ford Lehman diesel.. 120 HP at 2500 RPM. 

very popular in europe . not so much here. 

agreed. NY sanitation had automatics in the Macks as far back as 1970 that i know of.

two almost identical trucks. X15 565 hp, Allison RDS 4500 trans

one has 3.90 gears, the other has 4.56 gears. 

3.90 geared truck will do over 90 mph, and gets 8-10 mpg LOADED 80,000 lbs on long runs cruise set at 65.

4.56 geared truck tops out around 75, and gets 6-8 MPG on the same long runs same weight cruise set at 65. 

3.90 geared truck is a slug and can not get out of its way, and gets stuck on wet grass loaded.

4.56 geared truck is a race car, and out pulls small cars off traffic lights loaded. and goes through anything you drive it in. 
it is not the engine, or trans. it is the gear ration in the rears that made that international a slug.

i know not mack related, but parts related. 

my ford dealer had two old timers in the parts department that ran the "off the street" counter.

the dealership got complaints about them being slow, why dont you put younger guys on the counter.

but you could go in there and get anything you wanted for any year vehicle if it was available. 

one day Ed was out sick and one of the kids was at his station. i needed a suspension part for my 7 litre. the kid was useless ." 7 litre? ford never made one" because it was not listed in the computer menue. 

chuck overheard the conversation and told the kid to get lost, walked over the the "broken TV they won't get rid of" opened the drawer under it, put a slide under it, turned the "TV" on, and within 1 minute had the part number for the bushing i needed. 30 seconds later he had the revised part number and ordered it. 

i was informed when i went to pick up the part two days later that a message came from dealer owner that all parts men required to know how to use the microfiche machine.

and it was still in use at the front counter until two years ago. 

unfortunately both Ed and Chuck retired end of last year. Ed is 81, and Chuck is 78

the microfiche machine and files now lives in the parts managers office.

yup. that is an ED. the JR was earlier build by REO to mack specifications. in 38 mack started making them in house.

my spring blooming flowers are already popping. 

same here, did not know what it is. 

is the M drive like the eaton fuller ultrashift where it is a automatic clutch controlled by the computer? 

my friend had two trucks with the 10 speed ultrashift. after replacing the clutches twice in each truck he traded them in on trucks with allisons. 

problem with the ultrashift is brake applied clutch is disengaged. when you step on throttle the computer engages the clutch. 

if you are doing trailer work and do brake and throttle at the same time, the computer gets confused and tears the clutch out of the truck.

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yup. sweatbox with armstrong steering and a solid non movable seat......

and 20 speed trans with 190 to 250 hp engines.

nothing beats the old mack 4-52 air conditioning....

except for real AC

and another 3000 from the ford site!!

for about 20 years there was a 3000 box truck sitting in a loading dock used for storage in a box plant in bergen county nj.   i always wanted to stop and ask about it, but at the time did not have the funds to undertake that project. 

5 years ago i was finally in a place where i had spare cash to take on restorations on a truck and drove up there. 

the company went out of business, sold everything and the truck was sold to a scrap yard three weeks before. 

i went to the yard and they cut it up as soon as it came in the yard.

the trailer may have some value to it, but the truck is a MS series. combination of renault parts with a mack name. parts are hard to come by, and they troublesome. 

you may be able to find someone who wants it for parts.

we used to take the hoods of the old DM's until cops started giving us a hard time. so the mechanic made top covers without sides. didn't really help though, they were still ovens inside the cab.

the new trucks get great fuel mileage. 

my new Kenworth with 600cummins and allison auto trans will see 10 mpg on long interstate highway runs. even loaded in city it sees 6-7 mpg. 

far better than the 5 on the road and 3 in city of the 99 mack with 400 and 8ll trans.

so i have no doubt that in a properly designed diesel/electric unit they could not see 15+ mpg like BobWhite says

i aint quite that old!!!

but i do remember 6 volt positive ground...

and 25 mph speed limit when loaded. 

9 minutes ago, terry said:

But I thought the EV push was to eliminate gas and diesel engines?  Terry

it is. 

my friend had a White 9000 tandem tractor he pulled his lowboy with for 25 years until he passed away in 2017. 290 cummins and 10 speed trans. 

guy out of Connecticut bought it and was tickled pink to be able to get it. 

said he was going to put it back to work for his paving company. 

tell her to stop looking at it then...

problem solved!