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weather wise perfect for deerfield truck show. was an honor and pleasure to meet and converse with MB70 and his son. had my Mack gold coin and forgot to show him.

truck is so different with the twin air/ front bull guard and highly impressed with lettering with shadow on door. unique is nice

Dang; that's an impressive "profile" ::B-815 to two DM800's to R-688!! I spent too much time wrenching vs driving. had a B-81 dump at the farm last yr , hoping to get running. go to work one day truck gone !! WTF. owner "oh I sold it . least he could have done was wait for day I was there so I could say "good bye " . did get quite a few hrs behind a DM-800 at part-time job. tri-axle no floatation front tires, pulling out asphalt plant scaled 84K it was a saturday boss said get all you can plants will be closing. the fun days , had a huge coal body came from down south .

started on craigslist CT under mack trucks; bounced around to NY // long island etc. albany NY showed the "53 LJSWS .I'm not good at this cut/paste stuff. if it wasn't for spell check I'd be in a heck of a situation.LOL

another way to build a set of install tools ; look in the scrap barrel for any bad bearings, cut the outer cage =throw out the rollers and keep inner bear piece; . extreme caution with hitting the harden bearing parts. installing a wear ring doesn't take a 20lb sledge; little RTV and even round the spindle tapping. stemco did make a spin within it self seal which required no install tools even tapping . I always lube the two spinning pieces before install whether C/r or stemco.

was always a stemco believer ; had at one time quite an assortment of the install tools :: in the dinosaur days when each seal had it's own drive tool ; before the blue tube and changeable heads. the grit guard seals were a big improvement for keeping crap out. technology came out with the spin within itself seals (C/R). bet not too many remember the stemco seals when the wrap was actually leather ?? based on picture; i go with a improper install with a hammer. in hardship cases , I have used the inner bearing for ring install, carefully tapping inner race with flat punch, huge metal washer found in the HD Mack rear wheels also worked for a tapping spacer. close tolerance on spindle / thick enough to tap on.

not associated with any adds posted; just passing on info. have no idea of each truck. 1-Albany, NY =='53 LJSWS //// 2- long Island ,NY B-40 mack headed to scrap yard possible.///// 3-Deerfield,Ma parting out a '40's FJ Mack /////4- Utica , NY "42 EF model 25 Mack. all above trucks on craigslist . adds found using Mack truck

some where along the way the 3 spin on set up with large oil pan was 51 qts ??? possibly that 51 was total capacity including filters. unofficially there was a problem with the large pans developing cracks , something with the manufacturing /casting process. brazing didn't work for repairs.

with the phasing out of generators the alternator of factory install was the Leese/ Neville (as pictured) , built in regulator on top cover . plastic cover screw removed take small screw driver to adjust voltage.

agree 100% ; alot of work tooo many differences. depending on your maintenance set up == time down ;; most important $$$$. look into making a RD unit. R with double frame must have been an RD from start???? is the DM that bad to use as donor ? rails are a challenge to change , .RD might have rails similar to DM , R models will be different

finally a positive sun shine for this weekend in new England ; hopefully the Deerfield show will still take place.

Autocars possible cummins power . another one famous for side panel removal were the IH's having gas power (545 ??). hot summer day leaving side panels on was almost a guarantee for vapor lock. on track now let's stay on track !!!😂

correct on extra pin setting. nice looking machine. 4 in 1 an invaluable asset to that or any machine.

interesting set up. don't see where it had a 5th wheel or dump.

not only looked cool but technically it helped engine run cooler. and driver didn't mind a cooler cab inside . keep in mind this was the day of mechanical common sense not computer modules shutting down a unit due to temp fluctuation ;; LOL

a real mack (B-model) could run in the pouring rain WITHOUT the hood ; only inconvenience was the fan blasting the rain towards the window. LOL been there done that. challenging for me to read all the electrical problems of todays iron;; but to have water create an issue. times are different.

have seen a number of times the complaint of rears over full .why won't top stay full!. not suppose to as stated . once had a customer trying to keep power divider housing full!! " it keeps going down" . after a rebuild, the initial three point fill =power divider / top carrier/ rear housing: level needs only to be check in rear housing.

make a few phone calls to people such as Matt phahl or other CT people before the phone call to scrap yard. I only rent here in watertown with possibility of moving or I would gladly store stuff for you.

thanks for the update also

1=THANK YOU for YOUR SERVICE. 2= the list of things to "throw away " is shorter than what to keep. most times that's not practical, yet there will be days of + darn I shouldn't have thrown that away.

between the pencil and pto shaft . the small shaft pushed in is the aux shaft I was referring to. center is 1/2-5/8th thread. when rear cover is in place, aux shaft in present position. when installing a rear pto that shaft has to be turned 180 degrees : actually sits inside the pto housing. I would assume that pto is being mounted on top right? THANK YOU ;Macks for photo.

no idea how much on a positive I feel now. most of night staring at ceiling trying to remember (yes i did). duel reasons =1- feared I misinformed someone;;2- constantly concerned of mind loss. cover closest is one I remember. by chance is there a picture of back side of transmission showing the aux idler shaft which had to be turned 180 for a pto to be installed ?

I can understand now why you made the comments of the countershaft dropping. makes much sense . which is reason i said DON'T DROP OUT of conversation. I actually confused the topic not realizing a change over in countershaft bearing set up. I didn't remember having to take side cover off. can see why now it would be done.

spent quite a bit of time checking U-tube for a demo of installing rear PTO; none to be found. tried to verify my failing memory of days gone by. going with idea changes have been made to design of transmission.

you don't think your alone in that area do you!!! imagine a calendar of us old folk . now that would be hilarious.