Vladislav

Best wishes! To be more popular to the populars. And to keep the company actively to the others.

I bought 3 weeks transit inshurance I could get as I have transit plates now. It cost $20 so no troubles to continue it for the same worth for 3 weeks more. At least I don't need to licence the truck and pay about $800 taxes. Took the truck on the road today and made the trip to the person I planned to buy some Mercedes stuff from. About 60 km one way. There are holidays here now due to the 1st of May Labour day so traffic was not so hard as usual. Had to cross above 10 rail road crossings, a half of them was jammed with cars and trucks. So improved my shifting skills. There was a post by the title of "Double clutching" on days so I got fresh ideas on it. I had no luck on double clutching because the gearbox was being grinding untill I synchronize speed/revs regardless declatched or not. Although I got too important note for me about a clutch brake wich Other Dog described there. I used half clutching when had to slow down by brakes with a gear on. In those circumstances when I couldn't brake with just a gear on and the cluch pedal released. The man I went to lived in a small willage, the road to it was through the forest so it was looked like I was go for woods. By the back way I picked up the girl. Not a hitchkiker but she just lost the hope to get on a bus. So I ran her to the rail road station wich was by my way. She looked sitting too comfortable in the arm chair (there's the arm chair for so-driver from Chevy Van or something like that). No love story though and no photos. I had to make my shifts so had no time for

Paul, thank you for your comment. There was another big post over my current project, you can see there the model I'm going to end up http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/29254-frame-is-ready/page-2 Good point about hardware. It looks to me important so I plan to use 100% SAE bolts. The stuff you can see on the pic is all original from the truck. Just cleaned and halvanized. I had 2 trucks when started or correctly say 1-1/2, so I have got some extra original hardware. SAE is exotic here, it would be nice to avoid metric stuff. Anyway I can not complete whole the project without additional bolts and nuts. For example I will need a lot of carrige bolts with square nuts for a wooden body. There are metrics for sale here only. So I'm going to import them from your lovely country

Ryan, there are some granites overhere, I see them sometimes in "for sale" section, they are expensive though. I have never seen them on the road, folks told they work on Northen territories were extremely properties are required hard. Just always try to stop myself thinking on my next import. It's so nice to choose from and make plans for an adventure although I force myself to do a hard work to make up the stuff I have now. I spent money for and i'd like to see it in a good shape. It was the reason to start over.

Good way to go JT. I understood that's not Superliner when started to read this post. On my mind you are doing good dealing with this GMC. She's solid truck with good chances to get on the road without hard investments. So you take a big piece of automotive iron for the money you was glad to spend for. It's not a B although this is your first big truck and she would be able to give you full-colored emotions of trucking and lots of new practice you'll need in the future. I'm a newbie also and shure know you're on the right way.

There are many ways to go on a fuel supply. For example you can put a can upper then the pump and let the fuel go by the gravity. I used another method on the one of my R's to start as a temporary but the second one is equipped that way by the previous owner as the constant solution. The matter of - putting a car fuel injection electric pump into truck's supply line. After a tank and before a high pressure pump. Light it up from a battery and you'll hear the sound of fuel going to a hp pump and backing to a back line. I drive my "drivable" R this way with no actual mecanical pre-pump. And with no issues. Congrats on your first one! I noted your new avatar, had been surprized why you used Superliner pic while looking for a B.

Looks like you can lift an elephant by that fork lift. Or at least the rear end of your LJ.

They are just two different trucks on my mind. Have different sheet metal, frames, suspension and so on. LJ is one of heavy L model modifications so go further from A-model as for example LF. Although they have nothing of a big stuff in common. Some engines and gear boxes migth used intermedial but those engines were used in many other Mack trucks of the time. More interesting to me a difference between A-model and E-model. I know they had different grills although everything else about the out look seems similar. Do they have diff. frames and suspensions? Or did Mack just change a grill and announce the new model?

It's definitely nice. Bobtailing on the back roads

Ryan, you listed out all the components needed for. I spent many years to get it all, now it seems to me I must be happy. What's wrong? Do I need a Superliner to be really happy?

Tim, you are definitely right. I dumped out KamAZ truck of sand (no Mack dumps avalible here). I dry it on sun and put into bags. The compressor has hour counter, need to look at it to know exactly how long I was in a desert.

Good question. I long lost the count. Can say there are 3 years from the moment I got my first piece of iron home and above 2.5 after the start of works. I put not only my hands on it but 3 other guys who work at my shop. Not constantly, some one always involved into while others doing business. I take some worthes off including painting, halvanic and different machine processings. Surprizingly to me I spend much time looking over the photos I made while parting out, thinking on how to do every step and testing my truth in the manuals. That all takes a bunch of brain actions. And naturally, all your pictures posted here, minds, and practice are taking to account every or every other evening. Paul, there's oil in the gear. I had a happiness to mix oil and grease in my old Mrecedes-G front axle gear once, and it worked Glad to learn you contacted that wire man, would like to know an average cost for a start although will need to make some brain pain to him by getting advices on nuances. Thank you, I tried to bite my elbow seeing the black RW you posted for sale. Too sorry it's not the day for me. And I'm also an exporter

Thank you for the report and the nice pictures. I remember your post about past year's event, glad to see it again. Vlad.

I also hope but it depends not upon me now but the ambassady. Will try. Going to be in Holland in June.

Hope guys you like it. Because it's the only reason to post it and the other reason to do it Thank you for the kind words.

Good answer. Although does anybody know how to take them apart? Little addition - the mainfold is of 1945 year.

The stuff that you have now is the NR chassis with aftermarket engine, cab and the front axle. The early series NR's had a dash like in your truck wich is similar or close to L-series Mack. So it looks original. Original NR gearbox was TRD-37 5 speed duplex overdrive, always like the one you described. NR's were army trucks, they came all over the world after the end of WW2. Too possible some of them found their way to Argentina and worked there hard like many others in other such places. You noted for shure the cabs on both the trucks are similar. I have never seen such cabs elsewhere (in the net) but saw many other aftermarket ones. The truck I restore now was also recabbed and had it of Russian after-the-war truck MAZ-200. So everything looks natural to me about this story. P.s. The dash in the cab of a white truck is the NR later one. It relates to the 1946, the year of the latest NR-20 series. Interesting that the last bunch of NR's (500 units) all came into France after the war for needs of French army. That's a way to think of how this truck could go to Argentina.

Sorry, have to divite the story and the pics. Ended up with the steering gear. Those bearings Rob sent me half a year ago were come not so I found them in the net and ordered. They were delivered so I could press them into the gear housing. I did. Put a new seal ring and assembled the gear. Attached it to the frame. Just haven't fit the drag link wich is ready. Want to make seals for the ball joints. There were 3 extra tyres, 1 for a spare and 2 for the front. I put them on the rims wich were ready and waiting that day. The last act of the story was the luckie moment. We hooked the front end up with a winch, put the wheels on and land the ready chassis down. I pulled the top of the front wheel by my hand and the structure wich is going to be a truck one day was rolling!

Next step was fixing the bogie brackets to the frame. Had to grind a bit the bolt holes to align them to the rails and put the brackets on with a seal from a tube. Tighted the bolts wich were pre-painted as usual and had their heads rolled over with a masking tape to prevent scratches. Minor scratches came anyway so I painted them then with a small brush. Primired and painted. Uhhh... That was the time to spinn the assembly over because I was afraid to overweight it of winches. Turned it in the position with no troubles and put the bogie in its place. The bogie was mostly ready excepting the carriers in wich I planned to change gears. I continued on the knuckles, brakes, hubs and so on.

Yes, I got a point on my way, like to tell you about the progress I made since the New Year. About the end of 2012 I put the frame into warm shop to continue on it. Attached front cross members with bolts, they must not be riveted. Next started to assemble and fit front springs. Resolved to work over the front axle with the frame laying on its back. Had to press the springs into the housings by a chain winch fixing the clamps afterwards. Put the beam, tighten U bolts. Prepaired king pins. They were minor weared so I got them to a machine shop to grind over about 0.1 mm off. Bougt a piece of brass and ordered new bushings of it. Pressed them into the knuckles. Pins came in perfect with no play but with some resistance along the end. Put the knuckles on. By the way recieved the current portion of bolts and nuts from zink work.

Leon, it is really the great idea, I just haven't mind it! I think, if I go there at a right time I can cross that small water part on ice. Anyway I should go so far east in winter only when all Siberian swamps are frozen.

Any ideas of how to go with a truck overseas? I'm going to Utrecht (Amsterdam yet), don't know when though.

The power plant looks great! Hat off for 70 years of service.

You should put a pair of each one.

Welcome! I too like the apperiance of the army dump truck on the last photo. Hope you'll go to that condition, just you need an original dump bed.