Vladislav

In relation to nearly 10K it was advertised previousely 6500 seems like a warming up tendency.

I doubt on the ability of installing a MR axle onto RW. There could be difference in the location of the U-bolt holes. MR has a chassis similar to a R-model with 3.5 wide springs. RW has 4 inch springs and they put closer to each other along the axle beam than on R-model due to the different frame rail spread at front. RW front axle is similar to a one used on MH cabovers and probably CL. Vlad

Mack differentials sure have 2 gears, not 3. Or 4 gears of 2 gear sets if you count gears as toothed wheels. Ring gear of the first stage (an upper gear set) is unified with a small gear (a kind of pinion) of the lower set (which is used to be called a bull gear)

Hmm... Pretty easy. To get a final ratio you should multiply a ratio of one stage to a ratio of the other one. Or having teeth counts you just divide the larger number of teeth by the smaller number of one set of gears, than divide the larger number by the smaller of the other set, than multiply the results. Vlad

Best B-day wishes Mike!

A moving sight..

Ok, now it seems allright. I mean the pics. Barbequeing really makes mouth water. Love the red Ford firetrucks. Actually - Budd cabs, similar to a N-model. Nice dogs, onions, and the tool boxes. And the kids growing up day by day

There were some military E-models used during WW2. Painted Olive drab.

Best wishes!

Neat scenaries. Especially I like the way the orange truck is parked Any relations of the WW2 Dodge and the park area? A military memorial? Thank you for spending your time sharing that. And I hope we will find girls at another place trouble-free.

Taking to account your experience with the ink the counterbore is in squareness with the bore. And making it parallel to the top deck would be mistake. On the other hand that fact states that the whole bore is not perpendicular to the crank shaft. But the imparallelnes is 0.002, so the total imperpendiculatness along the length of the piston travel must be about twice more (as more as the stroke length larger than the liner ID). And this figure to be count is less than the gap between the piston and the liner wall. So looks like not a big trouble. As for the imparallelness to the deck (what means to the head surface) I suppose the firering would compensate it easily. The liner insquareness to the crank could rest some traces on the piston walls and compresson rings. Something like uneven wear. I would look over the piston and both check out the gap of the rings being put into the original sleeve and relate it to the other cylinders.

Me either.

I would try to measure up the imparallelness, or more correctly to say, the rightness of the angle between the deck and the bore wall. Might be done by some common tools. You said 0.002 on the lower step. But the bore's (and the liner's) heigth is much more than ID of the bore, so the measurment along the wall would be more visible. A friend of mine has Scania with D14 engine, which has a similar block with Mack 865 or 866. He had nearly 2 millions km on the clock when got a trouble with a liner set down. The matter was a worn (or pressed down?) lower liner seat. From talks he learned it's a common issue with those engines. Repaired it together with some other bores using counterbore tool and shims. Not sure he had that lower bore step out of parallel.

Cost seems reasonable and the pics would help selling them for sure. Any Lund's for a MH Ultraliner?

Nice area wievs. The copper mine is impressive. And looks like a hot day. Thank you for sharing this part of the world.

I like that red model. Upps, I mean red R-model! And the eight legged cow. Again, I don't mean red legged cow.. A question. How much time does it take to plate such a meat loaf having just a pack of beacon slices?

Welcome to the forum!

The rivets are made of low-carbon soft steel. To be shaped up by pressure. That's why you (and me either) drill them easyly. When re-riviting my frame I ordered making new rivets in a machine shop. Had to buy a stock of sutable steel for, being guided by general recomendations on that matter. https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29254-frame-is-ready/#comment-155896

Wow! Looks like a very nice day you had there. All those animals are really attractive. And it's nice to see the MH actioning.

It's not a bumper to bumper traffic. You had a gap of almost 8 yards

Looks like a great environment for a vacational trip. Just drooling on cruising such roads with a truck. Not sure the weather is that beautiful all the time though. Thank you for sharing this part of the world.

The B is B e a u t y!

Welcome on board! And also what they said about pics !

One extremely rare beast. Thank you for sharing. Once some long while back AC Mack of the same company showed out on here. Was in a very good shape for its age either.