BOBWhite

6 hours ago, 67RModel said:

I don't know about a bargain. Possibly for nostalgia but not when you have $5.25/gal diesel with no end in sight. Plus you would be lucky to achieve 3 mpg with a 650hp E9

True but our semi with the cat 1693 gets about that on a good day and only has 300 horse power. 

And now that fuels so expensive Ive polished everything up and parked it so even if I can't drive it I can still look at it. 

Yeah $70,000 sounded like a lot then but now it'd be a bargain!

11 minutes ago, Licensed to kill said:

I am a licensed pesticide applicator. I do field spraying for farmers so I am Literally "Licensed to kill". When People ask me what I do for a living I tell them I am a hired killer.

You must get rain there if you have those fat tires on your sprayer there, ours and all the other one's around here have the skinny and tall tires. Nice stainless steel tank too, so much better than the plastic crap ones. 

How much weight you hauling when everything full and loaded? 

3 hours ago, Onyx610 said:

That has to be atleast 5k in info. 

that's about what would have guessed. cat paints them gold for a reason

https://www.bigiron.com/Lots/CaterpillarEngineServiceManuals

I might regret posting this but if these go cheep I might have struck gold! 

Anyone know how much these are when they were new? Thanks

Auction closed $14,250 (NC). 

14 minutes ago, Dirtymilkman said:

Does anyone really "want" a 15 speed? I thought they were a horrible tranny. Why not a 18?

They're not bad I just don't understand why you'd want to split the low gears if you're ever going to go on the highway with hills. 

Update: $12,000 with 4 days to go. A lot less than I'd thought it'd be but maybe there all watching and waiting. 

And of course the lucky ones down under can still go and pick one up brand new 

10 hours ago, Mike Harbison said:

Finding anything for that engine is going to be costly.

Doesn't the air compressor give trouble too?

Are you looking for a 5 speed manual or automatic? finding a manual transmission clutch and flywheel for these engines in North America might be costly. 

wow that's a lot of info! Thats time and money well invested in my opinion! And I know that $40 isn't that bad when your considering that it might take 10 grand in parts to restore it, but I just really like reading these manuals and it sucks that the BMT wiki links are mostly broken (I blame Volvo). 

from what I remember the truck still had its manual but the mice made it into a biohazard. that's why I wish this worked. 

You could try bigiron or one of those other auction sights if you want to gamble. Restored truck can bring a lot of money sometimes on that sight but often time's the Peterbuilts are the only ones that get attention. Good luck

thanks man I checked them out but $40 for my engine manuals a bit much for me. I mean if I used it everyday it would be invaluable but I'm a novice so I won't use it that much. Im mainly looking out for downloadable pdf's that are cheep or free.

Im collecting digital literature on Mack Mh's and I was wondering if anyone has an owner/operators manual for one. I saw there was one on this wiki once but I think Volvo put a stop to that. Also any brochures for them are really cool to look at if anyone has any. Thanks!

Mack 12 speed with that engine and Mack rear ends is arguably the best combination in any truck by any manufacture at least I think so. Send in some pics if you have time. and let me know if you want to sell it!

That shifting rod can get out of adjustment and make it so you can't shift into any gear. Check and see if its loose or try and put it in gear from down at the transmission. 

You're Going to kick yourself for getting rid of it, I know I did. That truck and that motor is worth the trouble trust me, once your hauling and you realize that you can out run any truck on the road you'll know what I mean. And Picture's too. I want to see it!

I love that motor they're just not economical anymore. The parts are painted gold for a reason and more importantly there's no one who knows how to work on them. Especially with the over head cam valve adjustment.  And the fuel milage is something terrible too, like 3 or 4. 

Loadstar's hauled a lot of grain in this country back in their day. Farmers did't have semi's so army's of 500 bushel grain trucks ruled the road. 

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

I’m sure it’s right at the top instead of the side that’s the way all the newer shit is you could probably just change the shifter ball that’s probably the least of your troubles ha ha good luck nice clean interior by the way .Bob

Yeah Im sure there's going to be something else but looking at both transmissions side by side they look like they have the same 11 bolt pattern. And there's probably nothing wrong with my 9 speed the shift linkage probably just needs adjusted. Oh and I wish this was my interior! I ripped this straight out of the catalog

12 minutes ago, Onyx610 said:

What does one of those 500hp E9’s cost on average? 

Easily $10,000 or more for a good running motor, and even a parts engine's worth a good bit especially if it has the inline 8 pump on it

Another question I had: What did the shifter look like in the 18 speed Mh cabovers? More specifically where did the Hi-Lo selector move too? Thanks

This is what ours looked like and I don't see a good place to put the splitter if I swap an 18 speed In it.

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