BOBWhite

Not to derail here but what all do you farm In Australia? And what machinery do you guys run over there? Your right about commodity prices are rising, $14 per bushel of wheat right nows nice but to come out even you would need probably more than 30 bushes per acre which I really don't think we have the rain for. Anyways I heard somewhere that the def shortages have hit Australia hard with their main supplier China cutting back on exports of the stuff. You seen any difference?

Kansas farmer here and He's right. Our Anhydrous ammonia bill this year was higher than it has ever been, and we only did one field. The supply of Round Up and other fertilizers and chemicals we use on our no till farm has dried up, our suppliers said they simply cannot get it. The Kansas wheat production has also gone down due to the lack of rain but there isn't much we can due about that. Def shortages won't do anything to us, but the custom cutters that roll through here use a huge amount of it that they have to bring in because the closest supplier is an hour away. I might have said this before but the Def requirement I think is the biggest scandal in U.S history. Blue sky is (I believe) the biggest producer of Def in this country and when it was signed into law in 2010 can you guess who the biggest shareholder of the company was? Obama and company. They need to be put behind bars for that.

Both the 9 and 13 speed have the same 11 hole bolt pattern but I would check your transmission to see. I think the 11 hole pattern is a SAE standard but I am not sure. The input shafts might be different but I can't tell https://www.pgttruckparts.com/mack-transmissions-s/2822.htm This is the web sight I look at, Don't know if there any good or not

I miss when we used to get MeTv here. Saturday morning cartoon and all the other good shows, Perry Mason would put me to sleep on the couch at night. Old shows and sitcoms had better music as well, still find myself humming those toons.

Glad we bought at least 5 boxes of 30-06 when bullets were still cheep. Won't last long but I wished we would have gotten more reloading gear now that its impossible to find

Looks like we need to wax ours! $15,000 isn't bad these days although we bought ours for $3000 during the recession. Would look good hauling grain

Had the same thing going on with our 1985 mack, Is the truck a mouse nest? I'd bet its the wiring harness if that's the case but check oil pressure and everything else before you listen to the computer. Best of luck

Maybe its just something that men just don't grown out of lol. And the tag says delivered March of 70 so id guess its somewhere around there unless that's just the pump.

Maybe I'm just not very mature yet but I went to a graduation party and couldn't help myself from going and crawling all over this Mack firetruck: No idea what year it is but would love to see it in operation, Any still in operation in your area?

Mack was a company by the people for the people. Each day we all get older and our numbers decrease, although the trucks may live on forever we will not. Some people want to treat this forum as a personal forum I say let em, family to family as friends are to friends.

I thought it was 1985 to 1989, but with model year and actual year it probably was 1984 for the 1985 model year or something like that

I have a lot of dyed diesel sitting around, any chemist's out there who know how to distill that dye out? Oh on second thought the tax man's probably watching this so never mind😉 Dyed diesel here is cheeper than gasoline

That's the International truck video I mentioned earlier. It would make sense as this video and his YouTube channel is all based in Canada, Ontario I think

The tag on the starter should say what voltage it is unless its been removed Put 24 volt and see it works, it would sound like its running unusually fast if its too much voltage for it.

Yep L2 gleaner with the corn and soybean special package. Grandpa was running it when the main shaft (3in diameter) snapped and sent parts flying. A 95 year old member of my church was technically in ww2. He was in training when they dropped the bomb and went over there to clean up afterwords. He's likely to be the last WW2 yet Ill know but at least I'll be able to tell my grandkids I knew one

Really only 2 or 3 democratic counties in my state depending on the year. Thankfully they live on the opposite side

It amazes me how much events that happen to you as a baby affect you as an adult, even when you can't remember them

1985 so it's the same pattern as an eaton 9 speed. But would it be better for the transmission to shift it like the new pattern or should I stick with the old one? Hope that makes more sense, Thanks Edit: Oops Its not the same as the eaton 9 speed, the 3,4 and 7,8 are switched on the mack

Might be a dumb question but there are two different shift patterns for the Mack 9 speed, did they change anything mechanically when they changed this? Ive driven the old pattern of 9 speed but should I be shifting it in the new pattern? If you can change how you shift in the pattern then what the difference between a 10 speed and a 9 speed? Its probably all in the high low shift box but what's is best for this transmission? Thanks

The C9's are good but its the C9S that are junk. They rushed into the new emission's with common rail and variable geometry turbo which caused a the whole thing to be unreliable. In addition they're also very hard and odd to work on, they have a gear driven air compressor that has to be timed for some reason.

Ever heard of the Cat C9S? That is the worst cat engine ever made, last one's were made a decade ago and already you don't see them anymore. The non turbo 3208's make great boat anchors but the Turbocharged and after cooled one's are pretty snazzy for there day. Have one in a 1987 Wanderlodge that starts and runs better than any old cummins.

Thats what happens with most acquisitions. They buy when times are good and leave the company to do its business, but as soon as time's get rocky funding gets pulled and companies shut down. All part of cut throat business practices Did I hear you right? I did't know you could get a Rolls-Royce that late In the game. Ive seen one International truck with one from the 50s but that was it.

Its the "Pollution Control"

Man every 30 minutes?! I bet you're getting horrid fuel economy but it could be the engines fault in that its pouring in too much fuel and thus creating more black smoke (soot) but I'd think this would have thrown a code if an injectors bad or something. Best of luck

Those pain meds are something gnarly, My brother took them after his knee surgery and it messed him up permanently, He's a different person personality and all. And I think it's obvious we have better options but these pills help to control a society, keep us under their thumb. Never smoked pot but have been around it... smells like skunk a$$ to me but I guess people like it.