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4 minutes ago, mowerman said:

I’ve had mine 46 and the last time I had to lay down twice to get my blood pressure down I only have two more years to go according to financial plans but I started usinq Flaxseed and beets and my blood pressure went way down so I shouldn’t have any trouble all I need one more physical That sucks that you had to turn in your license glad we could pick you up a bit on this site..: bob

my blood pressure went way down moving out of CT and going to TN. didn't need pressure pills. back in CT = I know the pressure back up. still have a ct license, not the CDL i had such honor to have . 

i left mack went to Baskin Robbins ; they had a fleet of 318's and 350DD. number one priority  ==pull all the intake housing and repair/ never seize the emergency flippers .everyone had to be working or truck is parked.  originally they had a small 1500gal fuel tank, always fuel problems. fortunately they upgraded to two 10k tanks ,

23 hours ago, Onyx610 said:

Agreed! Also like to hear from Glenn, V, FJH, Mack pro, etc. yea nitro seems like a good time haha

another sign old age is kickin in. after 52+ years of having a CDL license, i turned mine in yesterday to DMV. more difficult to get a medical card now a days. finding this Mack site has been a real up lift in life for me. 

On 3/23/2022 at 7:04 PM, Joey Mack said:

he got lucky, a lot of times they are sucking engine oil  and running on it...  its a scary time when it goes off...  takes a set of Ball's to jump in and try to shut it down, before the boom...  jojo

yrs back at Mack a customer truck (KW coe ??) towed in for bad driveshaft. repairs were made, truck sat 2-3 weeks waiting for $$$ bill to be paid. customer comes in one night = i had the night shift. he climbs in - hits the key = ole DD went to wide open. emergency stop didn't work ; i climbed on back kicked out the wire mesh grate  ; laid between engine and cab to manually flip emer stop. pulled valve covers later on- parts all over inside. only once saw/ heard a mack engine run away. 

connecticut         D O T "inspectors" on paper are separate from state police. during inspections they usually wear coveralls. they might have guns locked in cars.  like all situations there are the good inspectors and the bad ones. 

On 3/17/2022 at 1:04 PM, doubleclutchinweasel said:

I still remember how we drove fuel prices down after the first "shortage".  We started pumping oil out of the ground here, and all of a sudden, there was plenty of foreign oil at reasonable prices.  Time to do it again!  Sorry.  I try to avoid the political commentary.  I won't do that again.  Promise!

don't know if I would call it a political comment ; more like speaking the truth and we all know politicians don't do that. and to stay on topic;; more oil means better mileage. I know = best i can do 

now  there's a sharp lookin could be service truck

37 minutes ago, The Nitro said:

Just went to town and bought a come along 900kg was all the shop had. Will go crank up the chainsaw now and get into it. Will be a lot more fun hooking that come along up first rather than finding out truck strap wont pull ram down later on after its all up in the air. Thanks for the tip saved a potential greif cheers 

don't take the hyd line off the bottom of piston till last. put the cab lever in down position as you ratchet the piston down . oil has to go somewhere back in the tank is better than on the floor. 

you will have a helper there also== correct. there are a number of ways to remove a piston. you are comfortable with way you described . go for it. single piston with hyd tank behind cab , i put a 4x4 by hyd tank to stop piston from hitting anything. will need ratchet strap to lower ram for sure. 

i've use the piston to raise the body; first have everything in body ready for piston removal.  secure a strap inside front near piston pin, raise body. block the body . using the inside strap to get yourself up the raised body to top pin, (climbing a mountain) remove pin , lower piston=remove.  whatever way is safer

just don't delete them ;;; do that i'll be stuck talking to my wife , not reading interesting info LOL

not a computer  person ; just a thought= older topics  possibly can have the post date in a different color/print etc. for us older folk maybe BIG BOLD dates

4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

my question is.... how do you find an old post?  however I have typed it in to google and it will show a BMT listing... maybe thats how???   jojo

i find alot of old post by going to whos on line -then see what the guest are viewing. that turns up past history of topics. becomes a situation when finding yourself wanting to respond to old old topics

never would have seen it ;; thank goodness i checked my app!!😀😁😆

kinda makes you wonder doesn't it. looking for the solution =WHY!  do you have the same problem or just catching up on the 6 yr old topic.

5 hours ago, Vladislav said:

You are probably right. I have only a few Mack tranny manuals but one about T2070 represents long compound only. Also there's a brochure (below) posted on here in the past which also describes T2070 in the long housing only (note the length in the list). And two actual 7-speed trannies I could adopt locally both have long 2nd housing. On the other hand I see no reason a 7-speed can not be done in the short version.

anyone notice the T-2070B doesn't have a fourth gear , I know it does; missprint 

seems mind set of younger generation unfortunately .   know a 23 yr old truck driver (relative =won't say how ) LOL that is proud of his fancy red triaxle with "flat top eights" for us older folks ,myself included  ;; flat top eights means twin 8 in flat exhaust pipes. he didn't like my reply :: don't sound as good as a B81 .

might not  be a matter of will the e7  350 handle the 600 hp, seems more like will the one behind the wheel know how to respect  the 350 pushing 600hp.  have been very fortunate to learn from a REAL mechanic  building a 318 DD yrs ago; he had it tuned to point where exhaust stacks were blue ; point being the driver knew the HP was there when needed. not there every time key turned on.  back then not many were concerned of actual HP engine had ; just knew it could.

exhaust noise was the written complaint. main issue was the two team drivers thought their sh-t didn't stink. they were also the pair given  one of the first 866 's on the road for trials. FL700. i'm being careful NOT to call it a prototype this time . LOL '' I still remember the day it came in on  flat bed. front axle was back passed the fuel tanks. my "baby" was totaled and I  WAS PIS-ED

17 minutes ago, mowerman said:

That’s discussing… bob

might have to seriously consider going back to locking fuel caps. news this am showed thieves stealing from gas stations after station closed for the night. most stations (till now ) never locked the fill covers . 

4 hours ago, 85snowdog said:

I was trying to figure out what was on the lower corner of the dash. After zooming in , it looks like a way to check the oil .  Ive never seen that before.  

Very nice Truck.  Just right. 

I can only remember seeing one new mack come through with the in cab  oil check set up. don't recall any with the fuel heater switch ;;last switch to left of 5th wheel . 

wouldn't take a lot to make nice looking cross brace. heavy wall pipe   ( 1 in ? ) with ends flatten out. drill hole both ends  and bolt to some brackets. duals always look sharp. my concern is the added noise behind drive side. had a customer that demanded duals  on a rented COE.  dual set was installed . wasn't long after came back  complaining too much noise in bunk . 

agree with paul  about the welder. have taken a number of broken  out with the welder. larger nut over the stud ; welded nut gives more leverage to work broken stud. challenge not to weld base having the broken parts.

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

it's great that the trunnion bar was re-usable..  quick turn around..  Im also impressed that you didnt spend 2 hours knocking the saddle out..  I have to pull a Mack carrier out tomorrow,,  I pulled the side cover and gear chunks and teeth fell out,,  driver said he got stuck, then got it out, then drove to the quarry,  on the way out of the quarry,, the truck locked up...   No Sh!t...

"" I thought i heard  a strange noise; so I turned my radio up louder" . oops, think i'm dating myself again;; Not a radio; today it's headset, telephone or whatever they use.

a bank teller when asked of coin shortage , stated " there is none, the government started it". so many are in debt with plastic and when the paper dollar is worthless (like now ). no one will have coin to survive. ever stop and think of the motive behind things like james bond movies?  NOT money the bad guy wants world power.  check the details of the terminator movie. two came back in time because the world was a cluster f mess . sounds a little extreme (maybe ). for my grand children i feel sorry. notice how the virus is slowly coming back in the news! physer wants more of the billions of $$$ . now their saying a second dose is needed.  if (when) the end shows up ; i want to be sitting in a beautiful (green dash) DM800

4 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Olives are these things for airlines, well at least thats what they are called out here

 

Paul

once again another fact is proven . no matter how long a person does a job , there's always room for new knowledge . after 50 yrs wrenching never knew they were olives. i know plenty of times when the line wouldn't move i called the brass ferrells alot of other names.