mechohaulic
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give it time; sooon when someone mentions the great golden years you will do the same as will smith on the award show other night. sure you have heard /seen it . his slap is more famous then covid/ russia ukranie crap. golden yrs you tell someone to go f--- themselves. the drs like people in the golden yrs. i haven't had a beer in way to long. heart dr told me yrs ago ;; don't come back here 20lbs over weight now that your retired. beer adds the lbs fast. not counting pain pills i have three heart pills.
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another old age situation;; your told DO NOT mix alcohol (hang overs ) with meds. old age brings in many meds. LOL😁
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the body parts don't get worse (yes they do); call it they get more challenging to operate. your DM is a DM6??? , DM607/611 ? do you have the same shift pattern on the dash or is it showing 15 speed?
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possibly but he states it's in the DM 607 he posted a picture of. a DM607 wouldn't be gas ?? 711 or 673 non-turbo . green interior from picture. i'm thinking early DM. not saying trans wasn't changed ;; who would change dash shift pattern.
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it can be done without cab off. helps alot to be 20-30 yrs old. have tried lowering with a rope, someone inside cab and helper outside. remove small side panel outside , try not to think of how many fingers will be smashed .
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at 70/closing in on 71; i don't think i can climb the steps to sit in the seat and turn the key to start it ,never mind change it ,,,
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the DM800 along with it's "older brother " the B81 will always be a favorite . the steel nose 600 is a close "cousin" . the steel nose 600's back in the day have also been called other names when twisting upside down trying to remove items such as starters. LOL . that orange one must be up in age late 60's=early 70's being a 607 (sx)?
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i have heard the term mini -quad used in yrs past. at the farm i've been hanging out at; supposed to be getting a B81sx up and running there. out back with lots of other stuff is a mack trans. i t's a small twin stick . tried to clean off data plate section for numbers didn't come clean enough. complete trans with mounts. took some pictures a while back. can try and up load. back section had a repair . will talk with owner and find out his plans before it's scrapped .
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I've been staring at that pattern for some time now. 1- can't recall ever seeing a 14 ;; 2= minus 5th lo which would give the 14, it states lo-lo NOT a splitter. 1st lo-lo only?? that would take out 3-4 more moves . how14?? like the 6 speed twin stick maxi low for first only was "made into a10 speed by many
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when you want to get away from the TV crap; as always Youtube has some fun stuff. punch in --- shifting a Mack quad. one is a B81 ; of course some are good ; some aren't. if memory is correct ; a B815 has the V-8 ..
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There's NO WAY anyone could ever say THANK YOU enough to people like those who had the interest in saving a valuable part of history not for the making of $$$$ , but in saving the past.
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G Mack cab entry
mechohaulic replied to D2Denny's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
and I thought I was the oldest on here at 70( closing in on 71 in may) LOL😄 -
not to easy for many to see what's coming up when they have their face looking down at their cell phones. sad state of affairs on the highways today.
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seems so many are in a hurry for no reason. weather channel has the highway through hell show, i know it's hiped up for tv , yet watch the vehicles traveling fast by a wreck with no concern of the responders working the wreck. challenge is going passed a wreck when the people have to slow down to "see what's going on" hoping the one's speeding behind you pay enough attention as to not crash into you.
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front bumper spacers?
mechohaulic replied to Tinman22's topic in Exterior, Cab, Accessories and Detailing
I know this model builder will make use of the info given here. at present no R-models on the "assembly line". one IH payhauler built up for low bed load; one DM-800 waiting on parts, DM-800 mixer ; and wrecker waiting in line for repairs. R-685ST with 300+ eng hasn't made the repair order line yet.LOL might have warm weather by then ; model repairs will end up on hold again. -
front bumper spacers?
mechohaulic replied to Tinman22's topic in Exterior, Cab, Accessories and Detailing
if it never had a bumper, and you don't have the right bolts ; i would go with the spacers. what was there before? -
8:10pm IT'S SNOWING IN CT RIGHT NOW !!!!! ''enough for ground to be white.. i really hate this state. was raking leaves yesterday. NO cooking out around here.
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Power plant mechanic needed in New Hampshire
mechohaulic replied to B61Hobby's topic in Engine and Transmission
before pulling the pump apart, i would second the motion on the list freightrain wrote. start out with the basics first. -
I'm likein the trike. drove/rode a variety of things through the yrs NEVER rode/drove a motorized bike. had a license since 16. rode a bicycle till 18. at 18yrs old, was involved in a bike vs school bus accident. i was on the bike. hit the bus close to head -on. days of no cell phones. kids on the bus watched me fly through the air . busted up for a long time. point being after that i was never allowed on any kind of bike ; motorized or other after that. LOL
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now that would be a FUN time/day. just have to be careful and patient when an ole timer starts a sentence with " remember when " ; 1- it could take a while ;; 2- you hope the ole timer does remember what he was going to say ...LOL
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winter in older times as kids we watched the town crew plowing the country roads with two man teams per truck. they took turns ;one driving other was in the dump body SHOVELING the sand out the body to the roads. the blizzard of '78 had an OPERATOR on a TD20 with open cab spent 48 hrs no sleep opening roads
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one of the ole timers i worked for used his cable run bay city shovel to lift his truck up in the air;; said he didn't like laying on the ground to grease!! LOL. he also told of running a single axle white from CT to NY in the winter with no heat. he put candles on the dash to defrost the windows. i know i said same thing ;; no way. he was serious.
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like the FLYING ACES of the WW's , "operators" are things of the past today. ever see the satellite senders on machinery today. the drivers not operators sit back set the computers and a satellite thousands of miles away set the grades on the dozers, scrapers etc. had little time behind controls of a grader trying to teach myself how to operate it. any one can drive it operating is a totally new ball game. besides a grader, running a 100ft + crane was on the bucket list for me.
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