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23 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Yep,  the birthday list is off by 12 hours.. been that way for years.. 🍻🎉

heck if  your only off by a birthday list !!!  I've been told (by a few and more lately) that I'm way off by more than just a birthday list !!!LOL don't want to be the bearer of bad news but looks like your catching up to us (OLDer folk) hope You had the best day and you spent some of it with that pretty Lady ; one that's a little on the trashy side -- burgers and fries lady. LOL🍺🍔🤣

On 4/26/2025 at 3:45 PM, cruiseliner64 said:

Does show the interest in the hobby....

Paul

or it shows there are people out there having money and time to sort and e-bay to triple their profit. 

3rd lot of interest was the Mack wall clock; 1 outbid it went for $75'oo I had the bid on 399 which i didn't wait to watch figuring the numbers would be high-- wrong again. checked back after only to see it went for $150.oo. all the early Mack bulldog magazines from 30's-40's . 1 -by then everyone money ran out; 2 no one knew what they were. they were the first version of what became the bulldog magazine yrs later. those magazine would have been full of info. 

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

theres just no escape,ive never even heard of it,,,like wow man,,,bob

It's not mine to pass judgment; right or wrong :: agree or disagree . old man like myself, never had to deal with these issues. had an older cousin to which everyone knew was gay. attended family functions with his partner. no one condemned . treat them same as others. guess I'd rather see the rainbow flags waving then a group going down the street waving(shooting) AR 15's.

21 minutes ago, Mark T said:

Ride'm cowboy ???  who knew 

don't think that's the picture I had in my mind  growing up when some one went "bareback riding."

have been monitoring the auction ; there are some people out there with one heck of a lot of money. lot 62 =Mack literature went for $800.oo not counting premium !!!

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Well since it has an electric throttle pedal, and therefore no injection pump. You could put a fuse switch in the dash and on the shifter and a switch on the clutch pedal. You will just shut it off when not needed. You wont be able to just drive or shift with it on, because of how the clutch switch will work

sure glad people like yourself are out there bringing old people like myself up to date. I forgot about the no injection pump/ mechanical pedal linkage. still don't see a need for lower then 850 jake. around here all you hear are the big pete/kw triaxles using the jake for shifting/making noise then actual slow down. like the 4 wheel tin cans with the ying ying mufflers. 

starting now  10:30   winter associates  Plainville CT . large lots of truck/auto related literature.  I'm outbid on two Mack lots.

my question is ;; why would you want the jake on lower then 850 eng RPM's ??  stall time ??

old school jakes (I installed many) weren't wired into a computer as today's iron. I'd bet you can't; unless some one chimes in with more knowledge of the computer system : definitely not me.

2 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Yep... Got one.

how lucky YOU are. second time around I got the full 4 course/ cloth napkins / sterling silver expectation one ::: Darn! as the saying  goes "you don't know what you got till it's gone " . #1 was the burger and fries lady. and beautiful . 

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

well joey,,,,they are alotta times more fun,,,

is that comment based on experience !! OR just passing on rumors heard !!!!😱🤣🤣

count my vote as a yes to Susanna also . '60's/70's weren't to shy about having some beautiful women. not sure is this still on topic ???LOL

4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Bite your tongue Mech.  I keep gasket paper in my shop..  i still make gaskets, even have a round punch set.. 💪🍻

why of course you do ; that's one of the signs of a well kept. professional mechanics shop.

not only was  gasket paper common back then : it came in different thickness. had the hole punch set and good sharp knife .

On 4/22/2025 at 10:38 AM, Joseph Cummings said:

Towards the end of my marriage in the late 90's I was stressed out and eating a lot, not to mention drinking tequila like it was water I got up to 360 and I'm 6' 3". Somehow I was still working like crazy climbing stuff, up on top of loads, rebuilding truck engines, doing clutches. I used to eat kielbasa and eggs for breakfast and wash it down with swigs of tequila and then go to work. I was running a steel nose 1974 DM with a roll off on it, no air conditioning, rough as hell looking, moving containers full of scrap metal all over Philly. I used to hit the scale at the scrap yard way overweight on 3 axles I remember sometimes over 100,000. I really don't know how I got away with it, or for that matter even lived through it.

After my divorce I stopped drinking and eating so much and lost about 100 pounds in about 2 years

You have my "vote" for the kielbasa and eggs -I missed that food intake !! My hats off to You Sir for Your accomplishments. wife number 2 doesn't understand how a foul marriage entices the urge to alcohol  intake.

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

my god,,,i cant believe how slow i work these days,,,,but then again for this job,im doing alot of make sure moves before i start assembling anything getting ready to pull the plug for the day,,,and hopefully finish tomorrow

working slow indicates a great desire to be accurate in ALL aspects of the quality job being done. ;;Sir,

Just now, mowerman said:

well nothing on the DM but i did get my lawn up and running ,,,now mrs wants here flower area weeded today   bob

question for me !!! how far did the lawn run 🤣. couldn't help it.

12 hours ago, Brocky said:

I have slowed down to 2 or 3 beers before/during supper.. I never did do much of the "Hi Test" stuff!!!!

issue with the beer for me is the weight gain. last week or so for me attempting to meet a weight number before this up coming appointment ; NO beer/ eating healthy stuff. DR will kick my ass if I'm over weight. last saw him I was 200lbs (6ft) . today scaled in at 183.4 

when draining the oil/ use a kitchen strainer under plug .strainer usually will catch lifter  particles. when Mack went to oversized pans ; what a pain -in =ass . helps to make sure pan HAS to be removed. and we all know oil warm when draining helps.