Mack Technician

On 12/23/2018 at 1:24 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

Well that's amazing 

Interesting enough to me(maybe not to anyone else though)

Studies have shown just like cholesterol has a good and a bad type so does methane produced by live stock

Cattle fed soley on pasture grazing produce the good methane were as cattle that are on high input grain fed diets produce the bad methanes

This is believed to be because of the natrual microbes and enzymes in the soils the cattle eat when grazing

Dunno how true any of this is but none the less interesting to this farmer

Paul 

I’d believe that. Was watching a study on real, market legal, Parmigiana Reggiano cheese. Can only be made in one spot on earth by cows that are grass fed. Reason being the enzymes and bacteria digested from the earth in Northcentral Italy which remain a live culture the unpasteurized milk they use. 

Blessed Merry Christmas Gentz!!!!

Not a bit uncommon for aged shift cover soft parts to lose elasticity in winter and begin to leak. For an o ring to seal it has to be willing to distort into the shoulder of its land. 

Neighbors aren’t going to be singing Silent Night!  

I’ve owned 9 Fords and not a single Chev.....what’s the block? 3 plugs on side is not small. 454?

The best thing a man could invest himself in......where did you study or teach?

Agree on last para, except our Republic is theoretically the best roll model on Earth if it’s people have inhibitions and impulse control which takes us right back to “Decay”. 

1 hour ago, 66dc75 said:

Ginsberg will probably arrange for her aides to do a Weekend at Bernie's and tie her upright in a chair and hope nobody notices.

Bless that old feminist for her firecracker zeal, but how many times can she be jump started before her battery shorts out? Hopefully Chuck and Nancy will donate one of their bilateral internal organs if need be. 

If the United States would become the isolationist nation Ron and Rand dream of this globe would look a lot different in short order. Congress was full of non interventionist “Paul’s” at the beginning of WW2 and when it was over they became the new interventionists via hard lessons. It’s an inviting thought to just wash hands and go home to make babies. Problem is China/Russia/Iraq/ISIS/etc/etc are poised and ready to fill any and all vacancies we create.

Realistically, our greatest security threat isn’t what’s going on outside our borders, it’s that Americans have failed to identify what the characteristics of good leadership look like and then general Agnosticism. Can’t wait till Kid Rock or P Diddy are president. Maybe we can have a rap music curriculum in our schools and pot application course for home Ec. 

If that was a work order line item we would be well set. Since we can’t touch it you need to provide a long descriptive commentary so we can throw some shot-in-the-dark educated guesses back’atcha. 

Idle to 900 is usually......

A. Throttle position sensor open/ground/short. Blink 5-1

                          or

B. J1939 communications limited. Blink 6-4

If your engine speed sensors are wigg'in out you should have a code. It's common to have clutch metal stick to the magnet tip of the sensor (flywheel housing mount), that can screw things up. During key-on do you see the amber engine fault light bulb is still working and cycling?

Did that fix the Jakes?

On ‎12‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 3:25 PM, mowerman said:

I know a lot of guys that work there out of Reno......bob


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Mostly poking fun of the Volvo, but not too sure about the driver either...…...

The next day one of our operators came in and asked about it, he heard me on the radio calling for a tug. Our operator said, "we had him out at the back dock just 10 minutes before you were calling for a tug. He had backed into the dock, shut-off the engine and the truck wouldn't start. He asked us for a tow. We got him going and out of the dock. He drove around the building, parked in the center of the in-gate and shut the truck off again to sign out???". Unless they have a one minute idle shut-down?

15 hours ago, Phase 1 said:

 

1 hour ago, Swishy said:

Moxie get heavier to haul since the 1930’s? 

22 hours ago, Mackvette1 said:

Ok folks I started with 2006 granite with ami 370hp 13 sp fuller and 4.17 mack rears that I called the "boat anchor" when I first bought it.   Hauling road construction materials, heavy equipment, and grain so loads vary from 70,000 to 85000 lbs.  sluggish, no low end tourque, terrible fuel millage, and just tough to drive in the hills was a far cry from my old ch with a 400 or even my old r models with 350.  So I went to work on here and learned how to make these trucks run.  My first step was to take my 370 to 427, which I did in by having my local injector shop resize the injectors and then drove to local mack dealership to have it set to 427.  Results...better definitely than before and was somewhat ok with how it ran so I ran it all season that way.  This fall I decided to go a little further and do the conversion that macktechnician has done on here.  I however started in reverse order to see what would happen.  I started by leaving everything alone and putting the full 5'' exhaust system on and noticed no real difference other than it sounded a lot better with the flow threw muffler.  Next I installed the etech manifold and the s 400 turbo and noticed a little bit of pick up but not much at all.   also boost went from 32lbs to 30lbs when doing so.  Finally I installed the injectors from mike at k and s.  The truck is now a completely different truck.  Low end tourque and lug is back where its supposed to be, power is awesome when you need it but the thing that I find most impressive about it is just how easy the engine has to work now obviously less pedal and less work to drive.  Less shifting.  As far as millage goes it definitely didn't go down any doing some of the same runs as before but that's hard to tell this time of year with winter time fuel and heavier loads.  An amazing, relatively inexpensive(I figure I had $2000 in parts, I got a turbo dirt cheap) creation that anyone that knows anything about trucks can do in there own shop.  Mach technician has done a great job of listing part numbers, pictures, and information on this topic.  with out this a lot of us would be still unhappy campers and cussing mack every day!  thanks again!

Great returns Mackvette!!!

It’s easy to be critical so I’m going to take it easy. Kids mouth breathing. Mouth’ers don’t taste well. You can only taste while your exhaling....humans can’t taste while inhaling. He did his best with what’s he’s got, but I’m taking the BMT interpretations as purely delicious. 

Gonna be on my game to make sure this precious necture doesnt freeze and blow up in my mailbox. Can’t be seen next to the highway scooping slush from the mailbox and licking my paws like a barn cat. 

19 hours ago, 41chevy said:

Moxie is a soda unchanged recipe since 1876 made from Gentian Root . Kind of tastes like black licorice water they say it's good for what ails you .  You want to try some PM me your address and I'll sent you a can or two for you to try after the holidays.

 

All in Amigo, now I have to find something for a return package. We do make Maple Syrup every year. 

Mackvette1 is going through his right now and scored a new 400 series turbo and a manifold for $600 total, that's a good deal. Maybe it was right place, right time or he has a source?

Tap the link I sent and scroll page 4 till you see a sheet with buncha displayed numbers. It’s a handy summary MackPro put together of general AI engine specs. 

Spec Sheet on Page 4, under "AMI power increase" by 03' Big Red.  Should be 50-85 PSI. Might find some other good pointers in Big Red's AMI post? 

Waukesha Motors Co, WI.

Hunter blaze orange for loud generators.

if your neighbor shoots a .50 hole in the block it’s murder, not an accident. 

Whats Moxie and how do I get some?

Let’s PM....

On ‎12‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 8:55 AM, bjohnson1781 said:

So the AI400 can not just be installed as is in a truck that had the E7?  If not can parts from the E7 be installed on the AI400 like the heads,camshaft and other parts? I think he should have checked on this before buying the engine. I drove a Granite with  the AI engine and it was a gutless piece of junk. I'll get more info on the year of truck. Thanks for the info.

ASET heads have water jacket updates & head gasket is different, larger nozzle sleeve holder and also has no injector leakage drain-back. Addition of an Idler between crank and cami ASET means power steering and compressor rotate in the opposite direction of an E7. Vibration Dampner hub on ASET is 3/8” shorter than E7. Not certain on this but pushtube holes in head of ASET May have 4 degrees more tilt. I can’t tell if all E-Tech up have the addition of 4 degrees or just ASET heads. Your 2001 current engine MAY be CCRS, that was the year of inception. In which case your camshaft, EUP’s(exchangeable, but not shared), lifters, pushtubes and valve train will be shared parts. The lifters could be steel and not ceramic on the 01. ASET should be ceramic. Inspect the old motor for the little fuel return tube between front&rear head and return fitting barb to confirm CCRS. If you had an AI300 it could have the same, old school, front water pump design, since it is above 300 you will have a completely different water pump/housing design. 

You might have good luck selling it right here on BMT. Couple months ago I spent a week trying to find one of these with AlexanderMack. All we could locate was AI300’s everywhere with the old style water pump system. He had to pay extra labor (and no useable x-tra spare parts) to have the engine converted to the higher horse cooling system package. There was a member who had the right motor for sale, but he was MIA. 

Run power to heads to confirm they are/are not   working. You can do it running. If they work chase the throttle/rack sensing ground circuit controlling engagement points. 

V-mac electronic engine controls started around 1990, whatchagot for injection pump? V-Mac one was 1990-1994. Last mechanical fuel pump went off-line on March 1, 1998. 

If it clicks in tandem with the cut-out you eliminated some of the possibilities. It is in the 85/86 circuit feeding the relay.

His and Hers garage doors.....or His and His’er?

I got a call from security at noon, "We have a transport dead in the middle of the main gate". You'd never guess in a million years....

Yup......