Vladislav

Some day in the fall an ad popped up offering a Mack with some kind of an oilfield pumping unit mounted on it. The truck was located in 1300 km from my place and there was no price tag listed. I scratched my head for a couple of days, made a call and learned the details. The condition was running but it was not in use for a few years. The asking price was not too attractive either and having well enough of old irons to play with I put the deal aside. The ad kept posted for a few months and had me scratching my head ocassionally. But once about the New Year the title got changed from a truck to a chassis. I made another call and learned that the equipment got removed (and sure scrapped) and the asking price reduced. I put an offer of nearly 2/3 of what was asked and having it not accepted put the deal on a back burner again. But noted to myself that cab and chassis is much simplier combo to be transported than a truck with heavy equipment. Closer to the spring the guy called me back himself and said he got ready to get rid of the truck. I than had to wait for warmer times for snows to melt down and than some time more to shedule the trip. Took my shop guy as a company and we covered 1350 km in a day and a half with Mercedes. I investigated the Mack and found it well worth its money. Called a semi guy I have had preliminary arrangement with and asked the seller for a crane to load (which he had promized to bring). In fact it turned out the crane could get to the place no earlier than in a few hours (after a shift) and others haven't pleased us too. So the seller said there was a crane in a company he was employed in but it could not go off a yard it supposed to work at. The yard was in about 10km from the place the Mack was parked so it was needed to drive that distance on a public road and partly in a city. I was not happy to drive unregistered old truck in unknown condition having no wrecker coverage but also didn't want to spend extra half a day there waiting. So I test drove nearly 10 circles over the yard the Mack was parked in and after fixing a couple minor issues hit the road. The drive turned out smooth and the crane came to work in a quarter of hour. The semi truck arrived about the same time so we packed the toy really fast. Than me and my swamper got our trip back home and the semi followed us the next day. In a couple of days the load was at my place so I arranged another crane and freed the Mack off the trailer. Had to drive it from the place we unload to my property on a public road again so was glad I could test drive it earlier. All in all not a really heartbreaking story but some reasonable purchase I currently have no particular plans on

Horses??

That setup you had laying on the ground in front of the truck was called "long ignition" by some slang term of older days where I am. So your mentioning of a "long day" gives me special meaning. Cool truck definitely. A pleasure to look at the pics once more.

Cool job Swishy! But this puzzle wouldn't work as a kid's toy definitely.

I also missed that thread by some reason. Thanks for putting a note. Really sad fact. RIP Mike.

Too sorry to hear, really sad news. I remember notes mentioning his health issues but hoped that was not that bad. A real loss. Rest In Peace Mike.

What a nice looking cracker box! Overnight colors put a character to it no doubt.

Brocky, it's an interesting fact. By my observations Western RS/RL700 with a single axle was as rare beast as I once was going to post a thread with a question of their very existance. But probably here on the forum we have more folks over East coast than the West so Western models were discussed less. On the other hand I remember relatively many Western RS600 showed out. And I belive no more than 2 or 3 pics of RS700 single axles were saved on my hard disk at all.

I like the way those boots look! Oh, ain't I still have issues with grammer?

The Liner looks like it was prepped for and than took part in a action and was hit. The dog is awesome!

Cool dog! Plenty of potential. Congrats on the purchase! Early Western R700 with steel dash and a single axle seems as a quite rare combo. At least for the East coast and it doesn't even worth to mention my neighbourhood.

That's one nice looking RD. Or maybe R. But she's definitely heavy so I lean toward a RD. How about the pictures you "forgot" to post? I mean those creatures you usually had no time for.

Actually it looks like you just need to put the fenders and bumper in place and (maybe!) the hood and the truck is ready for Macungie. Bed installation is another story you may easily put aside at the moment and take some while to enjoy a running truck without it Sure on the other side it's better to complete a job on one breath then putting its part on a back burner.

Who-hoo!

I never fit the 2nd stack on a truck myself but payed attention to the subject which was discussed multiple times on the forum during those 10 years I'm an active member of. The most time people looked for options for a Superliner. Actually they were just looking for the LH stack bracket. And the most cases ended up with purchasing another RH bracket and installing it with minor (or neither?) modifying. Or another way was custom built brackets. Vlad

These pics with the cab and the front end together make me cry. I just can't imagine how anxiouse you are having that "installation" in the shop and waiting for the moment to get it sitting on the chassis. I wouldn't promise but my feeling is when sunday comes a thought will pop up in my mind from time to time that mean while Matt is putting the cab on

I noted later DM's utilized the same style top tanks as RW II did. But not sure the core heigth and attachments were the same.

Great to see! And looks like one interesting thread overall. I definitely need a bit of time to read it start to end. Not right now though. Thanks for pointing.

Would be really cool to hear a note from him. Or about him.

At least 1st gen and 2nd gen Superliners had different radiators. Of what 2 generation had they overall look similar to what was used in MH's. But I'm not sure were they all of the same higth?

All Renault Magnums were produced after 1990 or 1991 (or so). They only used in-line Bosch pumps. Mech 520hp pump model was PES8P120A920 with Bosch part # 0 402 748 807.

If so the things seem easier. I sure didn't remember all specs of your truck (and not always remember everything about my ones). Seeing the stud holes in the adapter a thought of Budd wheels appeared on my mind automatically. Anyway I suggest a need in adding the ribs. But the style you have allows you to add them at any time. My guess is you will find out they are needed after a day or two of operation on a soft ground. But it's a guess only. I wouldn't worry much on difficulty to center the adapter for weldng. If it's a bit loose in the rim I'd take a steel ruler or better a caliper and relate the distance from opposite stud holes to the rim edge to put the adaptor even. You may be Ok with about 1/16" (1-2mm) accuracy that way and I wouldn't worry with 1/8" (3mm) runout for speeds and applications you're forseeing. Lowered tire pressure is also on your side here. Put 6 setting weld spots at the outer side where it's easier to control the adapter position. Than flip the rim over and you're free for laying thick seams at the inner side where melted steel spills better catching both the rim wall and the adaptor being in a tight corner between them. Sure put weld at the opposite sectors, the way you tight lug nuts. If the day is long and amount of weld rods sufficient weld than may be done over the outside also.

The issue is the truck is Renault. Not a Mack so no help from Mack dealership. The part numbers listed look like Renault/Volvo (newer Mack numbers). Seems worth trying checking out them at a Mack dealer (in the States) for possible luck. Otherwise it would be too difficult to find that info since I belive it does exist but as an in-factory know-how. Which is not supposed to be shared with customers. It's supposed that a Renault customer goes to a Renault dealer having his Renault's VIN. Looking the list of parts I can say a bit. The injection pump has a plate riveted to its housing. It's Robert Bosch inline pump with Bosch number on the plate and it can be tracked in Bosch parts list (and related to a pump off a Mack this way). Oil-water exchanger is a typical E9 part which didn't have major (or any?) changes during the production years and can be swapped in from a Mack. I don't know what those manifolds are. If they're on-engine parts (intake manifolds) they must be the same on a Mack. If they're air pipes which go to/from the intercooler they're special to Renault. But can be custom made of a steel (SS) or alu pipe. Water pipe it the most probably almost similar to the US part since there was no need to modify it. Hydraulic pump is difficult to comment since I don't know which pump is that. The power steering pump used on Renault was different than on a Mack (but similar in overall style so may be possible to use maybe with some modifying). Same with the air compressor (it's not pointed in the list). Renault used Wabco European made compressor which differs with what was used in the US. But seemed of similar fitment (better to check that if needed). No hydrostatic oil tanks were used on Macks I belive and the turbocharger used by Renault was different than on a Mack (or very similar but installed rotated left to right). Definitely no wiring harnesses suitable for use on Renault could be found from a Mack truck. Telling more there were two versions of E9 engines used in Renaults. Mechanical 520hp and later electronically controlled 560hp (probably something of the kind Mack used on E7 and called V-Mac). But Mack didn't offer such E9's on the North American market. This means two mods had different injection pumps. And no chance to adopt the electronic one from a US made truck (or a US dealer). I wanted to install E9 engine in one of my Mack trucks and bought a unit off a Renault (what was possible to do at location where I am). I partly disassembled the engine and could relate its parts to what was used in Macks. So now I can tell something. But way far from being able to tell everything. Vlad

Of what I had on my mind is to re-anounce the thread presence. This way new (and old) members on here may fill up new content or maybe put back what is gone but saved on their Mack treasure keeping hard disks.

If a MH is found in a not running condition it may have a gear shifter damaged and that's one difficult to fix issue. Windscreens are NLA from Mack or about that I belive and the same with the grill. Gas and brake pedals boss in the cab is a subject of heavy corrosion and brake valve gets stuck if the truck is parked for a while. Besides that the most is common Mack stuff and can be found OEM or aftermarket.