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Many years ago my parents had a new septic tank delivered by an established company with their "college kid home for the summer" as the driver. He had an old GMC 6000 gasser boomtruck with vacuum brakes. He backed up the hill in the yard to set the tank and stalled it. W/o brakes the truck then rolled down into the side of their 2 car garage and cracked the foundation and went through the wall. It wouldn't restart after much churning so he asked for some gas to dump down the carb since the battery was almost dead. My dad told him he had done enough damage and wasn't going to let him catch the garage on fire. He made him call the office and get a wrecker. They got a free cement tank and the garage repaired. When the owner saw the mess he said that junior would be working in the plant for the rest of the summer. Wonder what ever became of him?

Name: Dodge B3D116 (1952)

Date Added: 05 June 2009 - 03:23 PM

Owner: itlldo1

Short Description: 1 ton rack body

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Having lived in one for almost a month during the winter of '77 I can say that one benefit of a cabover is that the sleeper floor is kept warm by the engine heat (we were allowed to idle overnite back then)but climbing over the doghouse to get in the bunk could be a pain when you're fully dressed. Maneuverability and visibility were great, but the ride isn't as good as a conventional. I liked the wraparound dash. Mike

Other than the day I bought it, I can't get the cab to tilt on my F model. The latches are releasing and the lift cylinders are not leaking-pump comes up hard like something is blocked after the latches release. When I originally lifted it-it went about halfway up and then slowly decended on its own. Maybe had the valve in the wrong position? There's a tag in the cab referencing a "hydraulic circuit breaker". I've tried jacking the other way to release those. Took apart pump and cleaned it, even tried another pump. Anyone got any ideas? Mike

I found this thread using the search tool. I need help w my 78 F Model. Cab went halfway up one time, and then came slowly down on its own-no blown cylinders or hydraulic lines. I cleaned the pump out and reinstalled it. It will release the latches, but now will not jack the cab off the stops. I tried another pump-same results. Once the latches are fully released the pump comes to a stop like something is blocked off. When I release the pressure on the jack, the latches set themselves, and there is slack on the lift cylinders-I can slide them on the pins. When jacking the slack is gone and the cylinders tighten up against the mounting bolts like they're trying to lift. There is a small tag that says something about a hydraulic checkvalve but it isn't totally readable. Anyone got any ideas? Mike

Anyone have any experience rebuilding or repairing a cab jack? The unit that I have will release the latches, but won't raise the cab-sounds like its bypassing internally. Is there a rebuild kit or parts listing for these that is available? Thanks-Mike

On my F Model I adjusted the driver's door interior latch mechanisms by taking off the inside cover, spraying a lubricant on all moving parts, and then moving the door opening pivot further forward by loosening the mounting screws and sliding the handle mechanism forward to give it extra travel. Don't know if the same adjustment is on your truck or not.

There's a NOS cab on fleabay listed for this-price was $200 about an hour ago. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-MACK-CABOVER-CAB-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a5a0be757QQitemZ250618832727QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts

Got her running and made it home today. She inhaled a mouse's nest that was inside the air cleaner, but after clearing that out of the turbo-and changing some filters for good luck-made it the rest of the way w/o incident. Now the work starts-really looking forward to it. Mike

It's alive!

Got the cab cleaned out (over 1 full garbage can), tons of mouse crap, driveshaft hooked back up, spun her over a couple of times until the batt died. Next trip she'll be running. Mike

I bought this '78 F Model in my avitar today. 237 w 5 speed-supposedly a strong runner, but has been sitting for 2 years. I'm planning on trying to get it running before I bring it home-actually so I can bring it home, and the 4 batts are dead and probably toast. Can I get by trying to start this w 2 12 Volts that I have in the shop, or will I need all 4? Come to think of it I didn't look at it close enough-are there 4 12volt batts, or 4 6v? Thanks-Mike

PROVAN Transport here in NY state back in the 70's had a large fleet of R600's with DD318's and 10 speeds in them. I think they were cut back to 270 or something. Real screamers.. Mike

You may also want to check and make sure the limit switches inside the motor housing are working properly before you hook everything up permanently. These shut off power to the motor prior to the mechanism coming up against a hard mechanical stop when it reaches each end of the travel that it makes during a shift from high to low or vice versa (got that from the Psychic Friends Hotline). I spent the better part of an afternoon completely rewiring the 2 spd setup in my L800 last year-got to know the setup real well-the problem ended up being a broken wire in the circuit.. Mike

VERY CAREFULLY. I had one w a broken spring, but I decided to purchase a new one and not take a chance with the old one coming apart unexpectedly. I think the entire new can was $65.00 from NAPA (3030?) for my 72 L800. I've heard stories of these coming apart even while being caged-something I didn't want to experience firsthand. Mike

Looking at a 76 F Model that the owner says needs a clutch. This appears to be a 237 with a five speed. Any idea if this is a single or dual disk design? Push or Pull? Thanks-MBF

Folks, we've been busy getting our new look together so that we can roll it out-we'll-we're there. Check us out at: http://www.antiquetruckclub.org We'll eventually be moving this back to our previous domain http://www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org/ too. Check in on the discussion and pictures to see what we've been up to. Tell your truckin' friends. Better yet-if you're not already a member think about joining us. Only about 15 weeks(but who's counting) to Macungie. Tx- Mike Fowler

A friend of mine has a b model school bus he'd like to get rid of. Its complete, last time I saw it had a really solid nose. The bus body is tired, but complete down to the Mack Hubcaps. Drop me an email if you're interested (mfowler53@hotmail.com). Mike