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  1. I am currently running both a 2014 Mp7 and a 95 E7 350 pulling flatbed. The mp7 is a 6x2 with 3:21 rears wide base singles small sleeper averaging 7.8mpg . The odometer has been changed and not accurate in 95 , I made the same run 370 mile round trip with both trucks and the 95 twin screw 4:17 rears small sleeper only burned 3.5 gallons more fuel. I personally like the simplicity of the 95 better.
  2. The final gear ratio in a 10speed overdrive and a 13 speed is the same , won't give you a higher gear , just more in between.
  3. My 95 CH is starting to get some leaks , I noticed some of the lines are starting to seap , I asked dealer about lines and they acted clueless , said to go somewhere and have them made . I went to Napa and vermeer , and some other places that make hoses and they said they don't keep any kind of fittings like that. The truck is almost 30 years old so I'd like to just start replacing some of these before they fail on the road , can anyone tell me where to start to look , thanks.
  4. Yes , mine went out and wouldn't start , (95 V Mac 2) I can't remember where I sent it to , I think some place in Texas , and came back working good.
  5. Just bought another truck , 2014 small sleeper Mack with mp7 an M drive , still have my 95 small sleeper with E7 350 and 4:17 rears , it is getting 6.7 to 6.8 pulling a flatbed mainly in Ohio . I'm hoping this new truck gets better mpg but bobtailing home empty the gauge seemed to move more than I expected. Is it reasonable to expect to outperform the 95 on fuel economy, or not? If this thing burns more fuel it will probably be finding another home. The 95 has been a very economical truck to operate.
  6. Thank you for the reply, that's good information , I wonder how much better fuel economy the v Mac II vs the mechanical pump of the same engine then would be?
  7. I would start off as low debt as reasonibly possible , try to get an emergency fund aside , even if you have to get a truck that's not as fuel efficient , doesn't matter , main thing is reliability starting out , once you get the ball rolling and are able to save up then upgrade.
  8. Ecm went out of my 95 Ch 613 , E7 350, borrowed an ecm from shop to get home , found a place in Texas that "thinks" they can repair mine , but most places have never seemed to work on these older ecms. Mine only has one big box on passenger side under glove box , we took the one out of our 96 and it has the big box and a smaller box that says Bosch on it , and they have different connections, so that didn't work. Can't find any used ones anywhere my part # is 12MS54M5, the one I'm using is 12MS54M7. I find alot of the ones with the number ending in M7 but no M5, I wonder what the difference is , the one I'm using now is an M7 , it seems ok but my speed is off and truck seems to surge a little more at idle, I think mine is a vmac 2 , but not sure , can I swap a box out of a 427 , into a 350? Dealer says new one is nla.
  9. Looks good! We're about a week away from running beans.
  10. I don't know how much longer I can hold my 95 CH together, can frame rails are rusting out under sleeping, bottom of sleeper is about shot too, rest of truck is decent. Looking at a 2000 vision with the 427 in it, little disappointed in condition, no rust though, just a lot of minor issues. The engine also surges when sitting at an idle. Truck has a little over 700k on it. How's this engine compare to mine? Didn't seem to have much more power, but was bobtailing.95 has the E7 350.
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