Truck Shop

9 hours ago, yarnall said:

Where is it?  

About 35 miles from Walla Walla, Wa, that's where I live.

7 minutes ago, carlotpilot said:

saw him burn up some bandag recaps on a couple different occasions    but never did get a look at the whale

The whale was kind of freezer burnt actually.

1 hour ago, yarnall said:

Thanks for the info.  I'll be at the Mack Museum on Thursday.  I'll see if I can find out more. Is there a possibility it is for sale?  It is to far away from me evetif it is.  Mike. 

That would be great if you could find out something about it. Yeah this guy would sell it I believe, I don't think he is that attached to it. 

1 hour ago, j hancock said:

WoW!  Not sure what 85 converts to in civilian Mack designation but it was the first one built.

  One strange thing I noticed this morning while looking for the chassis number, you will notice right below the Mack emblem and mounted on the grille is a shiny badge.

  It says  {85}.  It's only and  2" tall and 1 1/2" wide.

                          I could only find one data plate on that Mack fire truck. It said Mack 85U, Chassis # 85-US-1001.  It looks like it was originally used by the Montecito Fire Dept,

                          Montecito, Calif. 

On 3/23/2018 at 4:54 PM, Lmackattack said:

Where does one get the White wall tires in truck sizes?

 

This guy right here has a set for sale. And the Russian and Chinese military likes them too.

2 hours ago, Brocky said:

It looks to me like Freuhauf was an aftermarket modifier some sort of equipment.. Drom, flatbed, ETC, ETC?????

Correct. I have seen two White Western Stars with that same sort of ID plate.

On 3/12/2018 at 4:55 PM, Truck Shop said:

                               The only thing I can add to this is a strange-odd issue I ran across years ago with a similar problem. Had a K100 KW with a Detroit 8V92 that had a clutch changed out

                                by another shop before it landed on our door step. Found the bell housing bolts were bottomed out but the bolts and washers were right up to the flat surface in

                                the bolt pockets on the bell and really no gap. But the bell was moving ever so slightly. Probably not your problem on this issue but thought I would bring it up.

                               

                                Truck Shop 

Those pictures above are a great example of a loose bell to restructure and what happens to the bell. There is no way you can keep alignment when that occurs.  

3 minutes ago, theakerstwo said:

The single cylinder compressor is timed to a cummins engine.Not many guys know it and i dont know if it matters but look at a shop manual

I knew you would come back with something to say about my post, you always do. But the single cylinder compressors don't run any smoother timed or un-timed. And yes I knew that.

3 hours ago, 41chevy said:

 

 

Since this started after the hit and the shop seems to have been less than decent with the collision repairs. Is it possible that the engine / trans assembly misaligned because of the hit and when the trans was removed for the clutch it went back in misaligned?  Now that asked would loosening the engine and trans mounts  allow any misalignment to some what correct and misalignment?  Or am I just off on my thoughts

One item that should be showing wear if the input shaft is out of alignment is the nose dowel on the input shaft. If it has wear every time you clutch it the driving discs 

will be off center. IMO 

On 3/20/2018 at 6:37 PM, Lmackattack said:

was that on a mack engine? I ask because I think on a cummins or Detroit it can cause vibration if the compressor is not timed or something.  I recall a old timer telling me about that when i was putting a compressor on my 285 Mack. I have never done a compressor on cummins or detroit so Have no clue.

The compressor is not timed on a Cummins, the accessory drive that operates the compressor is timed. If it's not timed the marks on accessory drive pulley will be off for running over heads.

8 minutes ago, RoadwayR said:

That was a special Transtar.  Can't remember the model number, but they made a few.

Transtar 4090 model, I have seen two others through the years.

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

wow, sweet truck. i wonder if there is anything left of it, or if it has been relegated to rusting back into mother earth?

The frame is naturally a little rusty but the cab is in fairly good condition. I just got off the phone with the owner, he wants $10,000 for it. Too high in my opinion.

No I didn't get a serial number off that fire truck but I will get it. i would like to know how many were built.

Truck Shop

Pretty rough

https://redding.craigslist.org/hvo/d/1952-mack-a40s/6533942239.html

Oh that's a beautiful Super, with a 7FB Cat and a real power steering pump instead of those crappy TRW aluminum ones that are used today. The kind of truck a fellow

doesn't mind working on when he has to. 

                               The only thing I can add to this is a strange-odd issue I ran across years ago with a similar problem. Had a K100 KW with a Detroit 8V92 that had a clutch changed out

                                by another shop before it landed on our door step. Found the bell housing bolts were bottomed out but the bolts and washers were right up to the flat surface in

                                the bolt pockets on the bell and really no gap. But the bell was moving ever so slightly. Probably not your problem on this issue but thought I would bring it up.

                                Truck Shop 

                                    https://redding.craigslist.org/hvo/d/1965-dodge-cab-over-coe/6502602880.html