mechohaulic

5 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Keep goin' Mech..  🍻

will try ; just seems it takes longer to  keep going. attempted to walk an  auction yesterday of HD equipment. did an early start with a walk through and had to leave before it started. 1- knees couldn't take the pain;2- alot of good"stuff" , had to deal in reality :: do I really need more stuff;3- is it worth spending the day to wait for a JD tractor that will be over priced any how !.

12 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Mechohaulic and Bullheaded are birthday boys...  Happy Birthday !!!!

THANK YOU . made it to 72.  

waterbury Mack had "ole man Dixon" in the machine shop. all he did was transmissions and rear ends.  i was told he knew every gear by location from any transmission or rear. put Him to the test . found a gear   identified  the number / trans model and location. showed it to him . he told me exactly where it went and trans model it came from. I spent many a lunch hrs listening to Him. 

change a few names a story I could have written. the ole timers back then had sooo much knowledge , one inspiration for me was the shop foreman at Mack. if i could have tapped into a small part of his knowledge . unknown secret he had was ; he couldn't read or write well.it was hands on that taught him. started as a gas pump boy before it became a Mack dealer. I had/have the highest respect for him. as with many ; he's no longer with us.   always figured You must have had a great foundation for the knowledge  You express. willingness to learn is important ,  a concrete influence  plays a major role in the desire to learn.

SORRY for Your loss. 

had to take a moment to ponder the welded pipe on front bumper;;; then realized/remembered  it was a protective shield for driveshaft that ran plow pump. just for sake of conversation and based on unfortunate experience ;;I would highly recommend a small block of wood under the extension where breaker bar goes through pipe or under second extension to keep socket square on crank bolt. best is a second set of hands assisting, when the bar slips while you are pushing down you are apt to go for a heck of a tumble ;; just sayin

ditto on the pictures and story.  looks like the R doesn't have AC .  can't believe the R has built in extended cab  vs add on sleeper. caught my attention due to I have a DM-800 in progress (1/25th scale) that has been given a built in extended cab. in between lawns etc cab got primer today. 

someone pushed the temp probe tooo far into the core?? that's going under assumption the "new "iron still has that set up.

13 hours ago, mowerman said:

Thanks for keeping us posted bud. Yes life in general takes up all your time. Ha ha by the time you get a few minutes to play with the toys you’re too tired and wind up watching TV.

he's not playing with toys!!!he's doing his part to keep history alive.. sounds soooo much better when static from "other half" bout wasting time on junk ::LOL  . 

those picture show so much for useable parts . which may look like junk. as has been mentioned in earlier post ; many times easier to keep entire unit intact  although not always able.

what did you use for batteries on start attempt ???    one 12 v/s  2-12v  or other set up. with a s/p switch one 12 might not be enough  unless using a over size 12 from a dozer or equipt  type. trace the system .didn't see battery box/boxes .possibly two boxes on passenger side held 4 = 6 volt batteries at one time and changed threw out time.

if it is a 24 v starter for sure , before condemning the starter check wiring and between seats (or battery box) for a series parallel switch. may be 24 on start ;system  will be 12 or 6 for running.  push button signals  = I like it.!!

only set back to trip to deerfield was I 84 closed westbound going to show. what closed the highway would be something from a comic book ;but it wasn't funny. a car went airborne  through the roadside sound barriers high up with back half sticking out , with the amount of troopers on sine and cameras. someone didn't make it. I couldn't go back to driving in to days environment. everyone is preoccupied 

sorry bout that proper name :: 70mackMB . JoJo didn't see you there today. must of missed you in crowd. LOL

On 5/4/2023 at 6:24 PM, mechohaulic said:

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

weather wise perfect for deerfield truck show. was an honor and pleasure to meet and converse with MB70 and his son. had my Mack gold coin and forgot to show him. 

truck is so different with the twin air/ front bull guard and highly impressed with lettering with shadow on door. unique is nice

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.