mechohaulic

2 hours ago, tjc transport said:

i love my new Kenworth T880 as i am in my twilight years, but i will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Mack R-688.

in my youth i started in a 49 International L-190.

than moved to a Mack B-815, than a 79 DM-800. than in 85 a new 85 DM-800. i put close to 500k miles on those two DM's

in 88 i  got a brand new R-688. and i put almost 1 million miles on 688's over the next 20 years. 

in 09 i got a 2 year old CV-713. 

in 2010 i switched companies after the other one went bankrupt due to the owner going to prison for bribing federal inspectors. 
i moved into a 99 R-688. ran that one for 4 years and than back into a 05 CV713. 

in 2016 we sold that and i went into a 2010 Kenworth T880. in 2019  we sold that and i went into a new T880. 

last september we sold that one for $20G more than we paid for it with 75k miles on it and i moved into the new 2022 T880.

of my over 2 million miles driven, over 1.5 million were in macks. 

Dang; that's an impressive "profile" ::B-815 to two DM800's to R-688!! I spent too much  time wrenching  vs driving. had a B-81 dump at the farm last yr , hoping to get running. go to work one day truck gone !! WTF. owner "oh I sold it . least he could have done was wait for day I was there so I could say "good bye  " . did get quite a few hrs behind a DM-800  at part-time job. tri-axle no floatation front tires, pulling out asphalt plant scaled 84K  it was a saturday boss said get all you can plants will be closing. the fun days , had a huge coal body  came from down south .

started on craigslist CT under mack trucks;  bounced around to NY // long island etc. albany NY  showed the "53 LJSWS .I'm not good at this cut/paste stuff. if it wasn't for spell check I'd be in a heck of a situation.LOL

another way to build a set of install tools ; look in the scrap barrel for any bad bearings, cut the outer cage =throw out the rollers and keep inner bear piece;  . extreme caution with hitting  the harden bearing parts. installing a wear ring doesn't take a 20lb sledge; little RTV and even round the spindle tapping. stemco did make a spin within it self seal which required no install tools even tapping . I always lube the two spinning pieces before install whether C/r or stemco.

was always a stemco believer ; had at one time quite an assortment of the install tools :: in the dinosaur days when each seal had it's own drive tool ; before the blue tube and changeable heads. the grit guard seals were a big improvement for keeping crap out. technology came out with the spin within itself seals (C/R). bet not too many remember the stemco seals when the wrap was actually leather ?? based on picture; i go with a improper install with a hammer. in hardship cases , I have used the inner bearing for ring install, carefully tapping inner race with flat punch, huge metal washer found in the HD Mack rear wheels also worked for a tapping spacer. close tolerance on spindle / thick enough to tap on.

not associated with any adds posted; just passing on info. have no idea of each truck.

1-Albany, NY =='53 LJSWS //// 2- long Island ,NY B-40 mack headed to scrap yard possible.///// 3-Deerfield,Ma parting out a '40's FJ Mack /////4- Utica , NY "42 EF model 25 Mack. 

all above trucks on craigslist  . adds found using Mack truck 

1 hour ago, 70mackMB said:

My '77 R600 had the ESI and l think it was 34qts in the pan. l remember the oil pan was big enough to bath a small kid. lol    .....Hippy

some where along the way the 3 spin on set up with large oil  pan was 51 qts  ??? possibly that 51 was total capacity including filters. unofficially there was a problem with the large pans  developing cracks , something with the manufacturing /casting process. brazing didn't work for repairs.

with the phasing out of generators the alternator of factory install was the Leese/ Neville (as pictured) , built in regulator on top cover . plastic cover screw removed take small screw driver to adjust voltage.

agree 100% ; alot of work tooo many differences.  depending on your maintenance  set up == time down ;; most important $$$$. look into making a RD  unit. R with double frame  must have been an RD from start???? is the DM that bad to use as donor ? rails are a challenge to change , .RD might have rails similar to DM , R  models will be different

finally a positive sun shine for this weekend in new England  ; hopefully the Deerfield show will still take place.

Autocars possible cummins power . another one famous for side panel removal were the IH's having gas power (545 ??). hot summer day leaving side panels on was almost a guarantee for vapor lock. on track now let's stay on track !!!😂

correct on extra pin setting.  nice looking machine. 4 in 1 an invaluable asset to  that or any machine. 

interesting set up. don't see where it had a 5th wheel or dump. 

not only looked cool but technically it helped engine run cooler. and driver didn't mind a cooler cab inside . keep in mind this was the day of mechanical common sense not computer modules  shutting down a unit due to temp  fluctuation ;; LOL 

make a few phone calls to people such as Matt phahl  or other CT people before the phone call to scrap yard. I only rent here in watertown with possibility of moving or I would gladly store stuff for you.

thanks for the update also

1=THANK YOU for YOUR SERVICE.   2= the list of things to "throw away " is shorter than what to keep. most times that's not practical, yet there will be days of + darn I shouldn't have thrown that away. 

between the pencil and pto shaft . the small shaft pushed in is the aux shaft I was referring to. center is 1/2-5/8th thread.  when rear cover is in place, aux shaft in present position. when installing a rear pto that shaft has to be turned 180 degrees  : actually sits inside the pto housing. I would assume that pto is being mounted on top right?

THANK YOU  ;Macks for photo. 

no idea how much on a positive I feel now. most of night staring at ceiling trying to remember (yes i did). duel reasons =1- feared I misinformed someone;;2- constantly concerned of mind loss. cover closest is one I remember. by chance is there a picture of back side of transmission showing the aux idler shaft which had to be turned 180 for a pto to be installed ? 

3 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

That is before my time Mech..  I started out on X107 and 1070B.. then 200 series, and then 300 series. Bearing race is in the bearing cover, so pulling the cover allows the counter shaft to drop a little.. 

 I can understand now why you made the comments of the countershaft dropping. makes much sense . which is reason i said DON'T DROP OUT of conversation.  I actually confused the topic not realizing a change over in countershaft bearing set up. I didn't remember having to take side cover off. can see why now it would be done. 

spent quite a bit of time checking U-tube for a demo of installing rear PTO; none to be found. tried to verify my failing memory of days gone by. going with idea changes have been made to design of transmission.

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

Oh excellent I don’t remember it looking like that but then I’m getting old and senile … Bob

you don't think your alone in that area  do you!!!  imagine a calendar of us old folk . now that would be hilarious.

1 hour ago, Corporate72 said:

New here, picked up a 91 ch613 gold dog,  shes old and shes grumpy lol so comin down off from hi range to low range it grinds into position, i was reading something about taking airlines off and sprayin a little wd40 in or something about a nut that comes loose on the forks or something. Common issue from what im reading. Any thoughts???

now be careful when you call a'91 OLD AND GRUMPY!! . wish I was in the '91 bracket=NO not age ; all though getting closer. the '91 bracket is called mid life crisis Mack. my  class (B models) are old and grumpy. getting back on topic= you came to right place for info. i've learned much here.

On 4/30/2023 at 7:54 PM, Joey Mack said:

I'm lost, Mech... I'm thinkin about 107"s  are you talking TRD72's and such..  ??  I may need to back out, so I dont post wrong info..  

think I know where  confusion came to be. memory serves correctly; at 2am today staring at ceiling ;;the EARLY 6 speeds had roller bearing for three counter shafts  , not bearing/ race combo .when removing lower rear cover for PTO installation there wasn't a bearing race in cover. just a "flat" aluminum cover. hardest part to pto install was turning small idler shaft. never had a situation with dropping countershaft and misaligning timing. spent many hrs in machine shop at Mack and watched the man I considered to be the Master builder. He always prefaced the importance of the timing. a rear 6 speed pto install was done in short amount of time  then. the pto went up against bearing /held it in place.