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Everything posted by glenbjackson
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Looking for a cab to replace my DM cab that's all gone. This will be all custom truck so I will make it fit. Anybody have anything with an engine tunnel. I want air flow for the motor in this setup.
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Pair of mack tandems and steering axles
glenbjackson replied to Frank in Kuwait's topic in Parts for Sale
im no driver but do my own maintenance soooo as far as ease, spoke wheels with demountable rims are much easier than either disc wheel setup. id have to say the hard part comes in knowledge of the systems, or lack of. Finding a shop that has spoke wheel knowledge, just as hard but learn to do it yourself and i think you'll agree. Also id have to think this ignorance and a procedure/design that lends to more room for human error as to why its faded away. Us humans can make a good system look like a bad design when its just not implemented correctly. I can hold socket's axis inline with lug and put needed torque on end of breaker bar for spoke wheel fasteners. Not so with a LONG 1" breaker for disc wheel lug nuts. -
Macks On The Big And Little Screen
glenbjackson replied to Andy Wright's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
Halloween III: Season of the Witch's Silver Shamrock Novalties had a fleet of day cabovers. -
Macks On The Big And Little Screen
glenbjackson replied to Andy Wright's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
Desperado had a All Mack model B.... i think -
ANY cab can work if you make it fit. If you stay within the same general configuration of the cab now, conventional, cab-over engine or cab-forward engine, will lean to less work but still gotta use your imagination. Even putting same year, make and model cab back on. Id imagine you'll still be rerouting things and making others work, here and there! Differing versions, vocations, options in the SAME year, make and model. Keep that in mind, this type of project will always be a project, and almost NEVER a straight bolt-on replacement. I'm doing same project with a DM of mine, cab is rotten. Looking a cab to work for what I want; travel in comfort. A sleeper, shower and other convenients. A firetruck cab or a double bunk cabover is seeming to be best fit for me. You just have to plan for fitting around what you are keeping of the truck. My axles, body, ride height, length and drive train is all staying. but im changing my cab but can not alter air flow or operation of the body. Remember maintenance(how its mounted, motor access and ingress/egress) and again my plans of traveling in it(cab features i want). Find that cab that fits YOU then just mock it up and make mounts. Making the mounts will be easy to figure out once you can see the body mocked up on the chassis.
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Foot valve plumbing questions.
glenbjackson replied to Full Floater's topic in Air Systems and Brakes
im kinda confused on what you mean by " "release" to apply service brake to the rear" the foot valve is the treadle valve that applies air to both (but separated) front circuit and rear service brakes circuit. are you referring to air pressure to "relaese" spring/parking brake to be able to roll freely, drive and apply or use the service brakes??? thats the pop-in/out hand valve that releases the park(spring brake)... caging it. or do you mean release as in letting the spring relax to apply the brake???? that function is served by the inversion valve, only when you lose primary air(rear brakes circuit) the valve uses front, secondary air(front brake circuit) as a pilot signal to modulate "release" of air from the caged spring brake to apply brakes, allowing spring brake to act as service brakes. -
Macks On The Big And Little Screen
glenbjackson replied to Andy Wright's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
I cannot believe we've forgot Beverly hills cop!!! It starts off with a crackerbox with tandem trailers🫠 As i think about it because it's not a mack😪 -
You could try asking a trucker where local truck tire shops are, they may have some older mounting hardware laying around. That's how I found some old stud piloted disc wheels as well as some tube type and tubeless rims. He even had some split RIMS laying around. I have a truck with large spoke wheels and another with the smaller spoke wheels. There are two sizes! I couldn't read numbers. But I can clean them and try harder if you don't get any leads. Let me know. And I did go up a size on my standard steering gear to 315s and they handle and steer fine so far. As to wearing faster and tearing it up sooner idk 😐.
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Having a hard time finding a axle for our Mack CL
glenbjackson replied to 2001cl's topic in Introduction Forum
Idk seems close...... number of splines, od's, and holes match but kinda long. How are you measuring length? Mines is 45.5" -
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im going tube type all around, i may have 6 tubeless rims that ill be swapping out. If you are willing to come to newport news, va? pm me
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The movie 'Maximum Overdrive' and old Macks
glenbjackson replied to Jamaican Bulldog's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
I'd have to say the nicest Movin' On truck is Hank's gmc astro. Actually had one of Hijack's drivers in it as well. -
The movie 'Maximum Overdrive' and old Macks
glenbjackson replied to Jamaican Bulldog's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
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FOR SALE Sparr Truck: A 10 Acre Mack Junkyard in Central Florida
glenbjackson replied to SparrTruck's topic in Parts for Sale
do you have any walking beam setups, trunnion and beams or even just two of same beams? -
The movie 'Maximum Overdrive' and old Macks
glenbjackson replied to Jamaican Bulldog's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
Unfortunately not a truck movie but had two of the best truckers Lincoln Hawk and Jack Burton, it opens with a clean cab over scene and a good movie... Tango & Cash. -
The movie 'Maximum Overdrive' and old Macks
glenbjackson replied to Jamaican Bulldog's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
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The movie 'Maximum Overdrive' and old Macks
glenbjackson replied to Jamaican Bulldog's topic in Mack on the Silver Screen
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