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I’m sure they will turn out nice, you’re moving along , if I can spend a hour a week on mine It makes me feel better about it , after letting it set 30 years.
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Probably at this point I have reduced the number of wires so I’ll be better off making one. As for the 220s I’m not a expert on them,, I heard they came out in 1959, this one was a Cummins recon, put in in 1963 ,, the welding supply co had it done,, ( unsure if the old disc pump 200 would be accepted as a core back then) I have a friend with a old Gallion motor grader with a 220 , it has 2 accessary drives like mine,, I believe I saw one with a Super Charger driven with a chain off the right accessory drive,, Maybe all factory options.
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Lol ! Yep you got us on that one !
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I love those old company color schemes , You rarely see that anymore, as I have found out with my LJ , sometimes the guys in the shop would add a little different combination. They took “ Pride “ in company colors back then for sure.
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Yep it’s going to be a winter project for sure,, I can’t stand messy wiring ( I’ve bought a couple trucks that looks like someone stuck a weed eater under the dash! ) But on the bright side with a one wire Alternator the wiring is pretty simple. Which was a small project its self, since it wasn’t belt driven, ( lovejoy coupler ) but works great.
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I got some time today to install the dash and start wiring ( I have no harness at all ). I wired my dash lights and the back of the dash, plan is making a harness from my switch’s to their components , I put a universal fuse box on the inside to feed the switch’s. It’s going to be time consuming ,,,,,
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Perfect,, just as We expected! Thanks for the pictures! More Motivation for Me and the LJ !
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No I didn’t know of any, Mostly staying on Hwy 1 from Portland to Bar Harbor,,Love Acadia ! wanted to go to the Mack museum,, but it was still closed, I went though Boston and caught some Historic sights ( and Historic Traffic, lol ) I would love to go back, I’ll Post it if I do and y’all can give me some good suggestions.
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They look Great! It looked like the weather was perfect also! ( by the way we got home from our Maine trip,, weather was amazing all week! , Great trip ,, I got asked a dozen times were I was from, couldn’t hide the Carolina accent I guess, lol . I met a lot of good people! Loved it.)
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It was nice ! Air Ride ! Very updated.
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Oh my,, That’s a nice H ! Anyone know who’s it was?
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Had a great visit,, I found out 3 things for sure,, Matt is a great guy, All his projects are done like the B73 , And all the pictures we have seen posted for the last few years ( and they are great) Still don’t bring out the Perfection as actually seeing it in person!
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Yes it was , sorry I could not set and talk,, my 7 year old grandson walked me pretty much all over that place ( thank you for the water you gave him) I’ll try to get to another show or 2 this year.
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I actually sent this in to the truck magazine, I worked for Mr Jones, I was his only driver for 3 years. He’s the one that bought the truck from the welding company in 69 , it was still the original colors but faded bad, I tapped it up one Saturday and sprayed it with some left over paint I had painted my race car with. I got the truck from him in about 1982 . I still have the magazine .
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Thank you, sounds great,, Hopefully someone will read our discussion and have a Idea where I could find a LJ / LT manual . It’s the same way on this truck as the wiring and some air lines were cobbled up ,, I imagine a lot of emergency repair on the side of the road,,, Funny part is I remember doing some of them! I ran this truck down I 40 a bunch between Asheville NC and Knoxville TN ( pretty desolate back then) towing for McLean Trucking back to Winston Salem , so I’ve done a few midnight wiring “ Bypass “ repairs .
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You definitely took it down further then I have ever seen ! Great Work! Your on the last mile of a long journey,, And DoubleClutchinWeasel was Spot on about having a vision of the finish product ! You actually had to have more vision then me ,, because I drove my project,, 40 years ago .
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I’m going to try to send them a message,, I tried calling a couple months ago and they were still closed. The sent me a Parts build sheet about 10 years ago on it that a lot of the part numbers still change over,, very helpful! I also always wondered if they made a schematic on the air line plumbing? Hopefully I can get in touch with them.
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Will Do,, I hope I can get away. I’ll look for you if I get down there.
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I’m not sure if I’ll get time to bring a truck down,, I just got in from working, I may bring my Grandson down.
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I was wondering where I could get a diagram, l looked at some pictures of your dash that you posted and the LJ has fewer wires then the B73 , the old harness is long gone, I do have a parts truck that I removed the dash and it will be a good reference, but I would like to have a factory LJ wiring diagram just to keep it as close as possible. I’ll use modern wire and loom because I already bought enough 14 & 10 gauge wiring. Removing the voltage regulator, generator, and the series parallel switch cut a lot of wiring out already. Thank you.
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Hopefully I’ll get some time over the weekend to get back on my dash wiring, ( No Harness at all, was all trash) I’m trying to use as many old switch’s as I can, sense I’m putting it back for the same look it had when I started driving it when I was 18 . The biggest changes I made are Tubeless tires, Alternator, backdrop manifold and Jake Brake. Tom Mahoney is sending me 2 old style Jake Dash switch’s. Hopefully I can get a good start on the wiring, Equipment hauling has been busy ( which is great,, when buying Paint and old Mack parts)
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That Last Center shot is Absolutely Perfect! That’s a B73 Poster ! Great Detail!
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Coca Cola LJ Mack colors
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I took the Day off yesterday, My Friend that I got the LJ from back in 1979 passed away over the weekend, he was 91 , Great guy, Army Veteran, I would show him pictures of my recent progress when I would visit him. I was Truly Honored to be one of his Paul Bearers . His real name was “ Hubert Mack Jones “ . I have a lot of great memories of places we went with the LJ , Rest In Peace my Friend!