mechohaulic

I "harp/nag" to the younger generation ALL the time about start now to take care of yourself, time flies by faster then you will realize. mother-in-law (80's)smoked probably 1/2 pack or more a day. says one day; I have to stop smoking lungs are getting bad, I said why stop now damage is done . you can take an engine with 100k which never had an oil change .then it starts making noise; better change oil= really too late now. speaking from experience and having a bad ticker since12 ; the retirement yrs have been worse then 50 + yrs of working 80 hrs a week. retired and older the body doesn't have the ambition levels of yrs before. fine yourself hanging around and food picking, boy do the pounds add up fast. heart Dr told me " your retiring now , better not come back here 20lbs over weight.!! it's a bit-h trying to keep the 20lbs off. little known fact ( to family members)not my BMT family ..is main reason for not driving to NC is the internal chest and other pains have been getting worse. afraid to get behind the wheel for that long a haul. Dam old age sucks. how I miss having a good burger and ice cream not to mention missing beer and cigars. hirop10 glad your on the mend.

does anyone even go by axle weight any more.?? now that you brought it up, thinking about it most go by GVW . haven't seen the portable scale trucks much lately. possibly enough money is made with other paper work being wrong . yrs back CT was making money with the axle weight gimmick.

if the rest of the truck is any where as nice as the dash looks, sure hope we get to see it.

I may be "out in left field " with this ;hopefully someone will correct me. 1-the super large oil pans had a situation with hairline cracks developing in the casting . vaguely remember pulling down the tubs fining cracks near the middle reenforcing braces, 2- when the three oil filter set up FIRST showed up , was not the rear filter an internal spin/scrapper filter unlike the other two ?, I know the scania had the spinner /scrapper filter. as stated before these forums get the dormant brain cells moving.

If we weren't watching the transformation through pictures on BMT, I would say without a doubt ==THAT'S NOT THE SAME TRUCK . the fact it is a B=73 with the bold radiator and so forth makes that build even more spectacular! nothing wrong with a B-61 build or any other truck== MACK . 73/ 75 has a way of saying ; get out of my way i'm coming through. for highway units. now if looking at the 73's cousin the B-81 = won't go there ..LOL

how sad low numbered units never were important then . a unit came in for a repair= you repaired it and it left. might look twice at an unusual set up but then it left. spend time 50=60 yrs later wondering how many of those "unusual" I had access to ;; if any. . Darn!!

to combine forums ;; THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR,..

Jojo will sent you the wrench and stuff. my days of using are over. talk soon = hope.

sure hope now that this beautiful masterpiece is done it doesn't go to a "back burner " and is forgotten on these forums . we still need a mental boost every now and then for moral support to forge onward with other projects,

never realized in the late '70's the twin steer was there in the '50's. how was anyone supposed to know about record keeping and picture taking would have been SO IMPORTANT today. darn

Jane F--- was a turn coat and C--t , please tell Your Father from east coast a very emotional THANK YOU!

I have an 1 1/4 box wrench with slot cut in it to loosen the valve body on pump. hand pump going to watch fuel flow till it stops. among the many things confusing me today is the new designations of E-6/7 /8 /9 whatever. a 237/ 675/688 were just that. word of caution to you "young folk" when you are over the hill and turn around the hill is very Fu-- in high.

Your NOT weak on that knowledge Jojo ;; you haven't got to that chapter yet. trudge on YOU CAN do it.

in the good days it was the ONLY way. boy how i miss those days and glad I'm out of circulation today, gotta go think jack Daniels has taken over the mind set.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ; SIR ''late '60's were to me the end of the world. as a young farm boy never knew or saw such unrest in a country ,

THANK YOU . I received a thumbs up from lady passing me on highway today; believe it was response to back window of my jeep which states NEVER FORGET OUR VETERANS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN. all gave some '' some gave ALL,

THANK YOU ALL for positive response to our military hero's.

My Brother served in viet nam ' I never talked /discussed it. I'm 13 months younger, sadly as I have stated in other text did NOT serve in the military . not a draft dodger but medical unfit. I highly recommend listening to Red Skelton's narration of the Pledge of Allegiance. a wonderful man speaking such a strong message. you younger folk missed so much. Red was a real comic back in the day and didn't have to use the F -bomb to make people laugh. I would bet people like jeff foxworthy and others used Red Skelton as a mentor.

want to take a moment to thank ALL Veterans for their service . and to remember Those whom made the Alltimate sacrifice so we may have the freedoms we now have. see a Veteran tomorrow and any day , give them a salute and a Thank You. at a diner or where ever buy Them a coffee. 🎖️🏅

maybe the 31 number stuck in my head from working at baskin robbins ==31 flavors :LOL for 34 years. 56gts ;;darn that's alot. another one of those things didn't realize back then info I should have memory banked.

also seeing his truck is an '88 R690 vs a '75 R685; that type of yr spread anything possible. for original question == it's all ok run it .

noticed location (AK) and spreading lime. could be the closer model number is a RS/RL western, making things like rockwell rears more do able .

I never knew the relationship between oil pan size and number of oil filters. for a while Mack had the huge oil pan total was 31 qts ; 3 filters ??

rackin my brain on this one ; should remember . question I have is the rating on the rears 34k /44k and so on. can't remember a round tube in 55k class. 34's with lighter spring set up and rubber bushings ?? I know as stated other vendors made "mack" parts. 92/93 carriers ; going with the R 685 is an R685st . are both units same gvw rating ?

I think we are brother-in-laws.I know my wife has a sister but maybe she has two. does your wife have a sister (my wife ) . sounds like something my wife would ALSO do, LOL