mechohaulic

Hey ; what's this "it's old take a chance" ;; now i feel offended. LOL . it's NOT old ; it's mature . I'm a two valve ; new valves in "15 still tickin. LOL

real nice piece of inventory. cranes and road graders always had my vote. looks to be a CCC cab. best of luck . brake system definitely a first priority. customer owed me some $$$$ ' took his mobile crane instead to assemble my 30X50 shop. fun build.

It's so unusual and ugly(in a positive way ) ;; makes it reals sharp looking . color/ design fantastic. there could be 100 B-61's at a show ; no matter what they would look like this one truck will stand out. keep on truckin .

ideas are endless ; it all comes down to what You prefer. talked to Rocky today ; he had nothing but positive and praise for You. the '73 will be great/ wonderful/positive and so much more no matter what,

brilliant idea of viewing options by computer renditions first. also agree with thoughts of not wanting the firetruck look. that's like the mona lisa having a twin sister! the B 73 is in a class of it's own. lookin great

the adapter/reverser has a number of functions depending on application. one pictured is angled indicating possibly a clearance situation . a single gear spacer/reverser is just that used to reverse rotation of shaft/pump etc. did a PTO install on a RR due to transmission pto gear in to far a single gear spacer was needed. in the process the pto changed direction. fortunately the fix was easier. being the pto was going to run a roper pump for fuel oil; disassembly of the roper and flipping top to bottom did it. question is;; when the pto was connected directly to transmission . was the hyd pump also installed?? not hearing the winning sound ; could the noise have been the hyd pump trying to run backwards or was noise definitely gear mesh?? gear mesh then was the gap between two gears correct ? could more shims correct it ??? not being familiar with these new age numbers; is this transmission capable of a rear mount PTO??

mounting the P T O without an adapter will put PTO in opposite rotation ; don't know if that makes a difference.

318 power , it be a Mack with a twin stack on the back. did have a nice sound.

sad part is even at his new "job" the American people will be paying for his lifetime secret service protection.

by chance does anyone have the 1/25 scale Mack cruise liner cab over model? Ryder logo ..looking for some parts from it ;don't need whole kit. unless yours is complete . I have one from '81 still in ceran wrap. don't want to open it , just bought a IH 4070A kit only to find out parts needed won't work. will try hobby lobby figured maybe time to break off the trump ear topic . get back to trucks. scale models is a small start.

farm tractors sold for more then the Macks. most prices very low. then add auctioneers fee/ moving/shipping. still lot of good parts. to only be 40 yrs younger. but then I might still have my two Mack E models. had/lost bid for auction in MA which had box of old books; one being manual for Mack AC and old Cummins book

don't suppose there's a reason the waiting period "for the truth" regarding the JFK assassination is 75 years. 14 yrs to go if I did the math right. does anyone care about it today!! heck no. some one came up and asked: hey wanta know the real story of Lincolns assassination ?" NO . the warren commission wrote "the real story " of the JFK murder back then supposably.

I've got the 33 and 45. also it was '66 not 68. thanks for posting.

as I've said on here before = Johhny Sea recording "Day for Decision " from '68 says it all. on youtube . almost a must to listen to and ponder.

it's like '63 Kenndey/Oswald all over again. quess there is a positive to being old and short timer on this planet...sorry kids

and I never thought I missed anything when "puppet man" repeated what he was told to say.

funny to see those rotochambers- have rebuilt quite a few in the day. 6(?) bolts separate chamber from base; inside a large o-ring and wiper with spring =not a HD maxi spring. outer shell would develop a ring inside and leak. almost positive they aren't legal any more.

one unit for sure which had the service/parking brake set up was an old martin lowbed a customer had. small 12 (1/4) in brake pads . set buttons and drop trailer; brakes were locked, using air to hold them. system lost air =trailer lost parking brake. it used to be dropped on blocks since there weren't any landing gear. driver in hurry backed under before hooking lines , trailer rolled away, which is why going for a CDL =requirement was to hook lines before truck went under trailer. old rule based on old system. many trailers rolled away if backed under first. I made a set of 3ft long with 4 in pipe with 3 in pipe inside having 3 sets of 2 in holes for pin to raise/ lower legs. and yes they bent those backing under at high speed .

I'd agree with possible weak spring tension. either a slightly heavier spring at pump arm OR install secondary spring on fire wall connected to pedal/ firewall linkage . this is a floor mounted fuel pedal ??? how smooth moving is the pedal ? metal pin through alum add a touch of dirt making erratic operation?

using the grand stand bleachers may not have given the proper set up for a sniper . how fast the gun was investigated and found to be a legal purchase by the father. this also set the stage for stricter gun control ; taking away guns from the innocent who have them for self protection. ?????

in'63 the question was asked" why did the limo route change?" answer is = the changed route had the limo driving SLOWER. making the shots easier. a no name kid possibly took the fall for "the sharp shooter who grazed the ear .

johnny Sea back in 1968 made a recording == Day for Decision which said it to a tee {sadly]. "don't attack america ; let it fall under it's own corruption. and you know it's working" . once a respected nation and leader NOT ruler of the world is now considered a third world nation. over 58 THOUSAND names on the Wall in DC. don't think mentally I could go and run my hand over those names. my Brother to this day carries a piece of steel lodged in His chest ;"token" from viet nam conflict. 1/4 in over and his name would be on the Wall. a country so caught up in greed they sprayed agent orange on their own Valant Soldiers. sorry to do what i do best before I'm black balled ; the B model is one fine truck; off topic .

not wanting to sound as a bigger idiot then I may be BUT;; being someone who lived through the Kenndy assassination, today seems to be a "set up deal. amazing the shooter was taken out (same as oswald) . dead men can't talk. another add on for Hilary's list ?? Donald's blonde hair has little blood. the many news clips don't show much ear damage?? no one put coverage on his ear =handkerchief ; yet blood didn't run much. a small squeeze bag in some one's hand with blood in it . sorry if anyone offended; guess it comes with mistrust for any political person; also 50plus yrs of observation, questioning, diagnosing. maybe 1 1/2 yrs college for police work ??? the unfortunate issue is innocent people lost their lives

by "top section" the reference would be to the 1 1/4 nut barrel hold-down. during that procedure requires , cleanliness higher then the standards used in open heart surgery. just the dirt inside the socket can fall in and contaminate things. once removed the barrel hold down has a 3/32nd (?) -less then 1/8=more then 1/16 square o-ring on top. works only as dirt seal.

with changing times/ rules and regs ; hand brakes didn't make the grade . parking brakes systems needed to be a higher capability for holding. in comes the mechanical spring brake. another earlier failure was the brake systems using same service can with dual function valve . flip dash switch , valve sent air to cans (same as if someone sitting in seat holding down on treadle valve. great till truck ran out of air ;releasing brakes.