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Has signal coming from the VECU, I'm gonna assume it's a Vmac III.

But at least AI will have this movie to watch to keep itself company: https://youtu.be/iJ4T9CQA0UM?si=o5OK_ZNCiwpVtkp6

Spitballing, but I was thinking the other day that the movie "The Matrix" may not have been that far off. Elon Musk is over there trying to build Neuralink, which is a fascinating hopeful opportunity for people with paralysis or Cerebral Palsy. (which I am convinced my 10 month old has to some degree; we've had her in physical and occupational therapy weekly since she was 3 months old to try and remap her brain to help mitigate some of the consequences of a traumatic birth) If Neuralink takes off, it's not gonna be long before "immortality" becomes a thing. They're already able to grow chicken meat in a lab by putting meat cells in some sort of solution. When they fine-tune Neuralink they'll be able to hook your consciousness up to a network, dump your brain and organs into some solution like the chicken, and let you run around and live your life indefinitely in Dreamworld controlling a robot from your artificial womb bath. Other thought I had was that AI will decide we're the problem, kill us off, which will kill off CO2 production, which will make the plants use up all the CO2 to make oxygen, then the plants will suffocate from lack of CO2 and the AI will be left alone to do God only knows what on a planet devoid of all life. Earth will be a barren wasteland. Though I haven't factored in what happens to all the animals, maybe the EATR robot that eats bio-mass to keep charged will eat all the animals. And whatever's left of plant matter as it rots down. 🤠

Are the midliners the ones that are awful to find parts for? Like $10,000 for the brake treadle valve?

you will want to read this thread start to finish. It'll give you all the part numbers you need I believe.

Can an admin sticky this thread somewhere easy to find? Thanks!

Note that trucks of this era were built when highway speed limits nationally were 55 mph, so that's typically what you can expect any old dog to be built to do. Gearing an old dog to go 75 mph is probably doable, but remember the steering geometry and linkage may or may not be happy going that fast. My '79 R686ST keeps you on your toes to make sure you stay in your lane, albeit it's a top heavy truck with light frame and springs.

Ideal is go to a junk yard and see if they have a rear single axle cutoff with a suspension you like and axle ratio that'll get you the top speeds you're looking for. Take note of outside frame rail measurements, I believe Mack frame rails are a slightly different spacing than other manufacturers. May require shims of some sort to match up another brand suspension to the Mack. My Mack experience doesn't begin until you land in a mid 1970's R model.

That's ESI+.

I post all kinds on all kinds of stuff all the time. Probably just an anti spam feature til you've established yourself. log in every day for a week, it'll get you a badge.

In US, 1-3/4" will fail at a DOT stop. If 3 out of 8 wheels fail then your truck is put "Out Of Service" and has to get towed or repaired on site.

Type 30 brake chambers only have 2 inches of rod travel before they bottom out, unless they're "Long Stroke" versions. If your brakes have 2 inches of travel when cold then the air chambers are bottoming out and not applying full pressure on the slack adjuster. Plus, when your brake drum heats up it will expand, requiring even more brake travel to apply the brakes. If your slack adjusters won't keep the brakes adjusted under 1.5 inches then I'd argue it's time to replace them, they're worn out/failing.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xg1jTHpCnufV1Wdx7 Have you tried these guys? They're only a few miles from Sun Valley, NV. "Absolute Hose and Fittings"

Here's a fun rig, anyone ever see one of these? Its a Callahan hoist 5th wheel.

At least 2 shops local here that make hoses while you wait.

Mechanical is always your friend, manual or auto. Would be a major headache trying to graft a computer system into another truck. Apart from that I got nothing. Using what's readily available means parts to fix will also be readily available.

Also, you don't have your air cleaner attached in those pictures, so you don't have as much vacuum pressure at the jets without air filter restrictions.

Far outside my expertise, but we have an old Oliver white tractor/forklift that we replaced the carb on a couple years ago and just hooked the governor back up a couple months ago. Man, it idles so much smoother now that it self regulates it's idle speed. I would look into your governor mechanism if all else checks out.

My Mack dealer uses PAI parts as well I believe

I think the factory cab air ride should mate right up from late model R model, you just need to find a junkyard with the donor parts. We scavenged the parts off a 2001 RD to make our 1988 RD an air ride cab. Everything bolted right in, including the brackets inside the frame for the shock absorbers. We also needed the exhaust L stand that also serves as the frame the cab mounts bolt to.

Just got my 3 year old that lego fire truck for his birthday lol

You can download the books for free on Mack's emedia website, just Google "Mack emedia ASET AC" and the link will pop right up to my screenshot with the view file link.

Below are screenshots of the ASET AI book and ASET AC books on Mack's emedia website. 5-110 is the AI book 5-111 is the AC book which I assume what your engine is. External EGR system. The AI engines use an extra bump on the exhaust lobes to open the exhaust valves on the intake stroke to suck exhaust back into the engine for reburn. If you have an AI motor then now would be the time to delete the emissions system by going to a pre-ASET camshaft. Later down the road you could do away with the restrictive exhaust manifold and turbo, but this would be the time to do the internal delete. But you probably have an AC motor, which uses a different emissions system.

Since this is a 2006 I assume the motor is an ASET AC motor, I'd recommend the ASET rebuild/overhaul book over the ETECH one. It'll cover the minor differences on your engine regarding EGR system. The ETECH book doesn't have that info I believe.

That's right. You two disappeared around the same time.