JoeH

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

triaxle needs an 18 speed. 

Whhaaaaat?? Not around my town. I run a 15 mile (20-25 max) radius in central Bucks County in Pennsylvania. There's only a handful of roads in the area with 55mph speed limits, and I'm never on the PA turnpike.  PA triaxles gross at 73280 unless you're pulling a trailer then you're at 80k.  

I was more so thinking site work dump trucking not highway paving...

So of the transmissions mentioned here what is the best one (or your favorite) for local triaxle dump truck type work? The T310M looks like it matches an 8LL except for multiple reverses.

If The Big Six from Macungie goes missing I didn't steal it and Dan doesn't have it for 3D replication!

1 hour ago, h67st said:

Seems risky...how many times has a greenhorn put fuel in the wrong tank?!

What's more risky is letting a greenhorn know where the keys are to a truck that nice!!!

Your son has some talent!

Not your ordinary hippy, that's a pro-USA rocket Mack-retro hippy van! 

Japan woke us up. Yes what they did was a bruiser, but if they didn't then there's no telling what Hitler would have done with what remained in Europe. I'm no history buff at all, but since WWII has Japan ever picked a side against us in a war?  My grandpa was on his way to the Pacific when the war ended, thank goodness. 

Some things I will never spend money on: gambling/lottery tickets. Was stuck behind a guy at a gas station years ago for about 15 minutes while he decided what scratch offs to literally spend half his paycheck on. (It was a Friday)  May as well piss on your hard earned money and give it back to your boss.

Is that rear cab mount crossover bar factory? Never seen that type of bar before.

Shame to part out such a good looking truck, but I know the parts will get used to make other trucks look as good or better!

So on the econovance E7 the injection advance runs from 5* to 28*, depending on emissions and specific engine characteristics. 

How exactly are the vmac1&2 injections done? Are they PLN with the econovance that acts like a points&condensor spark advancer? Anything electronic about the pump and injectors other than the econovance?

6 hours ago, BERTRAM said:

That Autocar was nice. It looked like even the front axle was chromed. The B model is mine. I drove it to Macungie from Long Island. Pretty bouncy ride, especially over the Cross Bronx Expressway and the GW Bridge. It's something I always wanted to do though. It  ran like a

top!

I'll take your B over that Autocar any day of the week! Never drove a B, but their look is growing on me!

Just kidding.

That bastard stole the seats outa my minivan!!!!

2 hours ago, Mack Technician said:

for E-Tech see attached...…….

 

.E-Tech 427.pdf

Not that were ever going to see gio again, but am I I reading the fuel chart right? 1200 rpm is the most efficient rpms to run the etech 427 at?

I know you set injection timing to whatever the engine tag says, usually 18* or so at idle. I assume it advances as rpms increase. How many degrees advance is typical for a diesel? Specifically thinking about etech engines.

Playing with some toy robot programmable microcontroller. Curious if it could handle a diesel engine.

Some 2x4 wood fiberglassed in as reinforcing ribs does wonders for repairs. My dad's repaired pretty much every hood we have, everything from the spider cracks on the top of the hood to corners busted from snow plowing.  I can't see damage to anything other than the fender plastic, and that should unbolt.

Any cracks should get a rib fiberglassed on the inside of the hood and the area on the outside should be sanded down so a filler can be worked into the crack. Then once that's all hard sand it smooth and shoot some paint at it.

If you punch your town/city into your profile someone here may know of a local place that'll take care of your alt for you.

Great looking dog too!

Extra temps caused by the charge cooler maybe caused manifold studs to loosen a little, causing the exh manifold gasket to leak? My old 2 valve endt676 motor is notorious for having the exhaust manifold nuts loosen. Been a while since the truck has had the lock tabs on it. Glad you're running again!

Have you dropped new batteries in it? If the old batteries are still in it I'm sure they have some dead cells that'd make a good alt look bad. Alternators are sometimes rebuildable by specialized shops. 

14 minutes ago, 41chevy said:

Plus it is good to see the PAACAR crowd look at you funny when you shift a few times backing up.

Lol someday soon modern trucker crowds gonna look at you funny for shifting gears period!

Nice looking rig! Hope it quiets down for you!

Describe the rubbing noise. Where is it coming from? Any symptoms other than noise? Any circumstances that make the noise more prominent? Steering related? How is your Carrier bearing? (Rubber driveshaft support bearing after trans, before intermediate drive axle)

Any time I buy an auto trans vehicle I take it straight to my trans mechanic to have the trans serviced. On cars/pickups this usually involves fluid flush, new filter, and adjusting a couple of the bands(internal clutches. Yes automatics utilize clutches, some if which need periodic adjustment). 

A good trans shop can run some line pressure tests to see how well your transmission hydraulics are working. Great for finding a blown internal seal. I've done this myself on my dodge Cummins transmission, but I don't have any interest in big rig autos.

I got to take my winter season boss's son out in their manual trans oil delivery truck because he needed seat time and a fresh copilot to learn a few things from for his CDL skills test. Synchronized transmissions are junk, but at least he will be legal to drive manual transmissions!

Wife just gave birth to my son a couple hours ago, I'll be sure to keep one of our 2 sticks in roadworthy condition for 18 years from now!

That's nothing. The rust by the 5th is just from the 5th wheel being moved to different positions and the axle housing looks a little scabby but everything else has paint and no rust stains. An axle housing can be replaced. Rusty frames are more worrisome. From the pics it's a good looking truck, I don't see anything I'd be scared of.