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Thanks for all the replys - Mack warehouse in Mississippi had several adjusters (if computer system is right). Mack dealer in PA has the push rod. Now if my friend can train Columbus Truck to act like a Mack dealer and get the parts in! thanks again for all the help and offers TG

Did that unit come from truck driving school on side of I-77 close to Bland, VA? Wasn't there a F model there also?

A pair of "Trump 2020" socks would have been a great addition to the Christmas cheer

Good point hicrop, good point!!! Lord, can you just imagine that picture - I just finished supper and making myself sick. Gotto go to toilet, Bye

Thanks Rob and Larry. Brian has a dead 864 and is offering an adjuster. We'll sit tight for a bit and see what else pops up. Push rod still needs to be checked. 865 pushrods are different number than 864.

Just to add my 2 cents - I got a pair of "Trump 2020" socks for Christmas! Now I promise you they will be worn totally out by election time along with my Trump hat. Remember the decal Tommy had on back of his trailer - "I would rather be an American than a democrat, Keep on Trumping"! Have a Trumpy New Year

Brian Blaylock checked in this afternoon - part number for adjuster is 417GC113P1 and my 864 parts book shows same alike number. Best I can determine it is different that 673 adjuster. Now , who has a trashed 864 or 865 under the bed that would be willing to part with an adjuster???? If you got one, please PM me. Thanks and over & out from Ignorant Ridge Tom

Friend is looking for adjusting stud on rocker arm for 865. Anybody know interchangeable or is it exclusive to this engine? Anybody got a part number - think he said it was intake rocker if it makes a difference.

There is a JD 350 dozer here that doesn't start that good on a 50 degree day

Great video, love to watch little kids working thru problems BUT ----- why in the world did you start him on a John Deere??

Look at the B Model Registry on this site, There are drawings for both positive and negative ground old style SPS setups.

Carl, Thanks for posting the article. I grew up close to Rt 100 at Draper, VA. Saw a many H model Hennis running 100. Cousin lives in Winston-Salem, NC and the guy he worked for owned the Hennis property as part of Salem Leasing

I got one in the attic. Go buy B model with contour cab and busted rear window and I can fix you right up - cheap!!! Off topic - did you ever find aluminum spider for H model? TG

That picture is a little hard on my supper!!!

My old draggin' wagon is 235 according to tag, new turbo generating up to 30 on boost and using the oil bath cleaner. Like Freightrain, I know this cleaner is clean inside.

Paul, there ain't no copyright on that sticker. Print off couple of copies and ride them around. Stir up the "tolerant' people !!!

Peaks of Otter - man, that brings back bad memories! Do you remember the earth quake around Smith Mountain winter '69-'70. I was on survey crew for Appalachian Power during that time. We were sent to that area to do a deformation survey to see if any movement occurred around Smith Mountain Dam. All work was done at night for better accuracy. There was a survey point on top of Peaks of Otter that I had the instrument set up on. Up there about 5 hours and colder than Mad Maxine Waters tit !!!! Ain't been back to that hill since.

Think I am going to have emotional problems with all these grain binder pictures and then, a threshing machine picture shows up - quick - somebody call in a red flag alert!!!!!!! Think I have spent more hours on a threshing machine than driving Mack trucks. Maybe that's why I'm a little mentally unbalanced

If your trans is a TRD72 and you use 3.90 rears - top speed will be around 62-64 mph. Is that fast enough to suit you? I have a 675 engine in the old "draggin wagon" with 10 speed (direct in 10th) and a 3 speed Aux behind it (0.84 in OD) with 4.00 rear on tall rubber which gives 3.36 final drive ratio - top speed is 80 mph against the governor. I would love to have a double overdrive - 0.69. That would give 2.76 final drive ration but that would require an airplane radio!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, the 2 pictures of the grain binder made sick - Lord how many hours I spent pulling one of those at 1/2 mph with a 871 Ford tractor. Bet the cat was glad to get box cleaned out!! That was really noble of you. I would have done the same thing.

I stuffed a 675 in the old Draggin' Wagon. Check oil pan front bolts - If 1/2" hex head, replace with socket head bolts so you can get the pan off if necessary. The gap between front of oil pan and cross member ain't enough to get socket in to bolts. The channel shaped steel that is bolted between the rear spring hangers of front springs will have to be shimmed down about 1" so it doesn't hit the pan. The left hand starter will be a SOB to change due to steering column so don't put an old worn out starter on it. I changed to a pull clutch which required a bunch of fabricating which I have tried successfully to forget. Now, the water pump ------------ from my experience ----------------- well, really, I said the hell with chasing water pumps since my 673 pump was not shaped correctly, threw the fan in the trash (I didn't want to listen to it anyway) and put cooling fans in front of radiator (and junked the shutters). I'm sure there were other things that I'll remember soon as I submit this but that is enough to start with. Plumbing up turbo was fun - I like to cut and weld stuff. Lucked into a rubber angle adaptor from God knows what to hook on to air inlet in fire wall. Also for the outlet side of turbo, I found a 90 degree adapter off IH school bus that looks like it belongs on this mess. My original turbo was passing a little oil and replaced with updated rebuilt unit. That really improved boost psi especially after replacing all manifold gaskets it blew out. Seems like I had trouble with throttle linkage length but forget what. Probably just little cutting and welding cured it - I kinda like to do that anyway. Enough for now - just one more thing - it made that 18,500 pound hunk of junk FLY!!!!!!!!!

The purple B model with "Smilin Jack" on the nose belongs to Jack Akers from Dublin, VA, the one horse town where I went to high school. I've know Jack for years and you would be hard pressed to find a better person! Smilin Jack turned 92 the weekend after Winchester Show. Hope I'm still moving that good 21 years from now.

Fred Craig - what a character! Sure miss visiting with him. Like I said, you always meet the finest people at truck shows.

Tommy, enjoyed meeting you and "the Red Head". Always meet the finest people at truck shows. The pictures were OUTSTANDING! Did you buy the optional water cooled shutter on that Kodak? Had a good ride back to the poor country EXCEPT oil pan cracked riding thru MD. Made heck of mess but no damage done. Had lost bout 1/2 gallon oil when I found it. Found sheet screw in tool box, cut rubber washer out of toilet plunger in truck stop and we were back to riding. Keep the pictures coming - really enjoy!!

Went to Farm Science Review yesterday at London, OH. Lots of German tractors there, most expensive was little over 1/2 million bucks! My biggest compliant was if the thing broke down in the field on Friday afternoon, where you going to get any parts. Yep, I know we have US dealers but if they have to call Germany - GOOD LUCK. I had to deal with Germany in my coal mining days and it was not a pleasant experience. Kinda like trying to convince a socialist democrat that he is a fool!!