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Called Mack in Orlando today and gave my VIN. He told me this truck has a E7 427 E-tech engine, which means absolutely nothing to me. An Eaton Fuller 10 speed is behind it with 3.86 gears hitting the ground. Alright Mack boys, is this a good set up or not?

I got ya, as soon as I take some, you'll see it.

I used to live in Allentown/ Macungie PA area, never worked for MACK, but knew a lot of people that did. I bet you a good 40% of the population worked for Mack. They had warehouses all over Allentown, the 2 huge plants in Macungie, and who knows what else they had in the area. They had it going on, back in the day. When Mack sold out, everyone was devastated. They all knew what it was going to turn into. I remember riding down the highway and looking over at the plant, they would have R model cabs stacked 6 high, 40 wide, 20 rows deep. All the same cab. Everything back then got a R model cab. The R model itself, the U model, the DM's , which is what I used to plow snow with. A twin stick DM mack, I loved driving them trucks. I haven't been up there in 30 years but I'm sure it's all different now.

Probably a changed out engine

I just bought a 2002 Cx613 with a small/low sleeper. I wanted a day cab but they all sold for a lot. I got this one for $5000. It's a little ragged out, but a weekend with it will cure most of the issues I can see. They said it hadnt ran in almost 2 years. I got in it and hit the key, it cranked about 4 revolutions and she popped off. Ran about 20 seconds and died. Started right back up and continued to run. They dont let you run the vehicles long at these auctions. I didnt even get to see the engine Because it was so close to the fence and couldn't open the hood. I don't even know what engine is in it! I'm surprized they even let me start it. I don't usually buy stuff like this and them dam auctions move so quick, I had a whole 15 seconds to think about it, and I just said what the hell. It needs a GOOD cleaning. And a major service. I dont know what else I'm going to find once I get it home, I just hope I lucked out. I just need it to drag around a old lowboy, locally. Not hitting the big road with it. I've been looking for a tractor for a while and this is the cheapest one I could find. Been here before though, and the cheap tractor could turn into the money pit. Keepin my fingers crossed. Weird thing was, when the truck was running I looked at the mileage and it said 180,000. And I'm thinking, theres no way, this truck could only have 180000 on the clock. Maybe the dash was changed. But anyways, I just signed up on the site and will probably be picking your brains in the coming months. Oh yea, Something I did notice, the rear rear was leaking oil from the forward facing round plate/cover . I'm sure it just needs a reseal......I can do that. worse comes to worse, I'll just part it out and get my money back, I just hope it's useable. It needs tires, radio is missing, hood latch on one side is missing, sleeper storage doors need new locks, left windshield is cracked, 3 batteries, and we will se where that brings us to. Maybe a paint job if it's worth painting. Anybody that know these trucks is welcome to throw some advice at me at anytime, I appreciate the help.