Vladislav

Upps, all is fine now, the issue is gone.

Great pictures and it looks like the great show it was! No doubt the organizers put alot of efforts to get everything together. Also great to see your face smiling ear to ear and a little! I used to work plenty of time with about no gaps but once I figured a man should force himself to take holidays. Otherwise the most bright pages of the life book go aside and get missed. For some reason I don't see nearly a half of images with comment of "the server is busy please try again later". I sure will but would like to know if anybody else is against that brick wall?

Tom, interesting to see these pictures of a truck show of older days. Thanks for sharing. Many trucks seem familiar. It's great when people were able to restore a rig and than keep it in that condition for many years and attending shows.

2018. Life is a cool thing when you have friends.

Let's hope. There's definitely a trouble to drain the swamp at the moment...

Damn, turkeys are sweet! Unfortunately I have nothing positive to say. Diplomatic war followed to firing employees from US ambassady in Moscow (alot of BS was involved no doubt) so no touristic visas are given in Russia anymore. It's possible though to go to another country where US ambassady deals with Russian citizens. Those are in Azerbaijan and Tadjikistan trusting to recent rumors. But the same rumors told not many visas become issued with many requests declined. Seems I should plan one more "adventure" and make a try myself.

...And mentioned relatively small drop in revs at a shift gives thoughts that the tranny is NOT T2070 but maybe t2090 9-speed or so with much closer gear steps and less drops as a follow. All T200 series trannys look similar in general and sticker in the cab may be obsolete to the current state of the truck. Worth to mention even if the things are of that way it wouldn't mean big change in the shifting approach. Just as said above, try to feel what the truck wants from you and improve your skills. Than after a bit of time you will learn which revs to go out and in a gear. Crawling under the chassis to look for stamping on the tranny housing may be found as a worth to do thing either. Vlad

Wow, guys!... Thanks for remembering about me. I'm Ok in general. Had troubles with computer that's true and busy with some works and construction of a house I started building in 2015 and it's still not finished yet. Good thing my Macks also took care during the recent times but no finished rigs either. Speaking Russian/Ukrainian situation I'm not eager to discuss this matter much for some reasons. Being short my understanding is what you hear from your local media about that... does make sence. My official media tell different things definitely but there are some facts a man may have difficulty to name other way than they actually are. Truth said I'm not on too optimistic wavelength at the time since my country is in war. Regardless it is officially called a "special operation. Anyway I'm eager to discuss Mack trucks and hope for some better times in the world to come. Vlad

Thanks, Brocky! Good thing is my problems with presence on the forum was mostly a matter of old 'puter giving up the ghost. But the matters you mean are in the air around indeed.

Hello! Unfortunately I have no ideas on the truck's origin. Would be interesting to bother Haliburton for any info or just send a request to Mack museum as beginning. Currently I'm too busy with many things so can't pay attention to the matter well enough. Interesting entertainment to rifle through Turkey looking for Macks. I was lucky cruising Turkish roads in 2010 with my motorbike. Drove no less than a couple thousand km including streets of Istanbul and Ankara. Was for a couple of weeks there. A score of Macks turned out really poor with only one truck seen at all. It was probably a DM I catched with my eye in a opposite lane of divided interstate highway. Was difficult to recognize the truck riding at 140 km/h and the truck had its own speed too. I had a thought of making a U-turn and catch it but it could worth me up to 100km of extra trip with no result guaranteed. I was told there were many Macks in Turkey earlier but I saw what I saw. The rumors are Iranians found new homes for the most of Turkish Macks.

Factory Mack wheel had its hub riveted to the plate (spokes). It looks though that you can purchase a wheel of the same vendor as aftermarket. But it sells as just a rim with spokes with holes to install a hub. Or a wheel with a hub but sellers mention a need of adaptor. So a contour of another story than just a ready correct wheel to fit seems on a horizont.

My guess is that style of the wheels could have different hubs depending on a truck model it was used on (don't know for sure though). The wheel I used was off a Mack and had its center with Mack logo, as on the picture.

I fitted a wheel off 2002 Mack Vision and if suited 1988 R-model steering column fine. Had that same black rubber wheel you was telling about and got newer style which looks good on my mind. The pic is not my truck but the same look.

Great to hear and welcome to BMT! I never met Mike in person (unfortunately) but had a few private conversations with him. Hoped to make a trip to his place some day to check out the collection but the things turned out different. A sad reminder on better to do what you can when you can otherwise a back burner deal may burn away. I wish you good luck on restoring those trucks. Pretty sure Mike would be happy to see them finished if only he could. Vlad

The ones on a H-model seem taller than on a L or a C. The latter two definitely differ being installed into openable frames (L) or straight into a gasket (C and B with L cab). I doubt the width differs (exctepting frames or a gasket) since both day cab or integrated sleeper cab on a L-model have the same cowl to suit the hood.

H-model windscreens are not interchengeable with a L-model. They are but with an integral sleeper L cab.

Cool to see that picture #5025. It shows out the life goes on and also brings hopes the U-model has chances to be finished some day. Glad to learn Vinny was fine.

Wow! Thanks, Larry. If you ever see the truck again (and if you will happen keeping this point in your mind) please pay a bit of attention to the sleeper. The one I have on my R (and the one I built) seemed a kind of unique since I never saw a similar bunk on any truck or a picture. The one on the B is not a 100% copy too but very (95%-?) similar. I have no practical need in any info about it having my bunk almost finished. But would be cool to learn its origin and design details. I will try finding the truck owner's contact info either. Thanks.

I'm really glad to say thanks for the Macungie photo album! Spent a couple of hours yesterday observing the pics of those nice trucks. Sure saved a few on my hard drive. Although it's difficult to choose a favorite in such the case my "truck of the day" was a rusty heavy L-model on a lowboy hooked up to a Pete tractor. Worth to mention the fuel money you spent on the drive to the show gave fun for many others either. Very appreciated!

Tom, I got to good practice (as it seems to me) using my digital camera. I just buy new memory card after a current one is full, or preferrably a bit earlier if I'm going to some event or a trip. The "used" one gets off and puts on a shelf with a mark on it. So you can always access all your images in original resolution if ever need. Nice looking r model indeed. Bronze color is fine! Seems like difficult to purchase and also keep owning. But no need to restore since she's self making up. Haven't opened the Macungie album yet. Just going to. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for sharing the pictures! I sure heard about that show in the past but now learned more facts from Larry's post. Does anybody know the owner of red and white B73 with L-model cab? The sleeper on the truck looks very close to what my SGT R-model have and I enjoy suffer difficulty identifying the producent.

But you had great time (at least I hope so). And we can fill our tanks only being in this part of reality, on Earth. Sure no point in spreading cash left to right. But sometimes it worth to pay a bit more than would be pleasant for things you can do today since you never know what you will be able to do tomorrow. Thanks for sharing Tom. I too hope to see more if you find time to upload.

You may be sorry in the future after not doing that. Would be a really cool adventure. Worth to bother imagination a bit, maybe looking for a non-profit but fuel paying load to cover some big portion of the distance.

There are two ways to set the mesh. 1st is using that asked tool and fitting pinion to the size marked on the gear set. The tool (more correctly to say the main tool of a set) is something you put in place of the differential since the base you measure the distance is the imaginal axle of the differential spin. But you need a physical base and not an imaginable. So you need a kind of cylindrical boss you put into the diff bearing basements imitating the diff and measure (with a measure tool) from it. Than make math and choose the shim thickness. I made such the tools for Mercedes car differentials I rebuild for money but wnen I started using the method I found out the actual mesh I got setting by the marked distance was not perfect (or sometimes quite wrong). So there's the 2nd way setting the mesh by check-printing it (as mentioned above) and correcting actual positions of the gears changing the shim pack thickness. Any book describing process setting of a diff gear mesh no matter truck or a car tells which gear to move which way to obtain correct mesh print. This method is more correct that setting by the marked distance since you see the actual teeth contact area. Which is important not only for no noise but for correct stress distribution between the teeth. Worth to point out the job is time consuming patient process not a common mechanical work. Vlad

Damn sad to hear your motor bike crash stories guys. Wish speedy recovery and enjoy other kinds of activities if riding doesn't seem as fun anymore. I noted I ride less in the recent years . Made a few really long holiday trips in the past cruising to Europe for a couple of weeks. The greatest adventure was a travel to Turkey where I happened to go to Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya on Mediterranian coast. Have that done in 2010 and got feeling of a big deal done and moved focuse of interest to trucks. And also big trips with a car since my kid grew up to age suitable to keep my company in such adventures. Hope Macungie will be no less greater event as in the past. Drooling to see fresh pictures from the showgrounds since currently I'm not supposed to be able to put my foot print onto in the foreseen futrure.