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cgallamore

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  1. i tried the arc welder set at 75 amps with 6011 rod and made 10 or 12 passes up and down the cyl. i got #1 out after filling cyl.with ice, but it took me half a day! i also seem to remember the screw in freeze plugs dripping a little when the motor was cold, i need to figure out a way to remove those and reseal them. special tool or could i make one? Thank You

    i saw an old timer do it when i was a kid. me and a cousin were to buzzy grabassing as my uncle would say, i do remember looking at the linner when it was out, it had two very wide passes on it, oposing sides. don't know the heat or anything. just remember hearing you boys need to pay attention to whats going on here.

    i had carried a bag of ice to him remember as soon as he raised his welding hood i handed him the bag of ice, got ass chewed for not having it opened, about a minute later he pulled the linner by hand and threw it on the ground. lots of cheeres because they had been working on it for a few days, befor asking this guy to help....

    the old guys name was lucine finch, long past.....

  2. in MO. in the heavy zone you are allowed 22,400 lbs per axle always carried around 80 psi. on my 3rd axle

    never had any problems, but you can't ride around smoking pot and blaring the radio, while grossing 96,000 lbs. i allways tryed to keep it under 110,000 on a straight truck. you have to pay attention at all times.

    i hate steerable, they will f#$k you up trying to back up in the soft stuff.

    as son as they touch anything they turn sidways and dig in.

    i don't think they make a 22,000 steerable...

  3. jerryb has been fighting his 04 cx longer than anybody i know, we had sister trucks for a while, i gave up and bought a newer truck. he refuses to give up.

    havn't seen him on here in a while. i will try giving him a call......

    he had a glitch in his truck, it did not throw a code when he blocked it.....

    if you are willing we have been disscussing a partial block, a plate with a half inch hole in it..

    you cannot drive the EGR motor like the older macks, must never pull them bellow 1,400 rpm's. i never pull mine below 1,500 rpm.

  4. surf this site, mostly modern mack trucks forum.

    anything that starts with, EGR or 2004 or coolant push...

    i had a 2004 cx. i have a few friends with 2004-05 cx.

    contact me for help....

    driving habits can crack an egr cooler in as little as 8,000 miles or less...

    if you have a 2004 cx you are gona want to make this site your home page....

    it would help you, and help the guys on here that will be helping you, if you have your dealer run your VIN number, and print out all the repairs and upgrades that your truck has.

    if you try running your truck, and just adding coolant, it will kill mass flo tube another $1,200.00 bucks. also danger of hydro locking engine.

    i learned the hard way, any time you add coolant to that truck, find out why........

  5. Man o man! i give you flatbedders a lot of credit! i'll be dam if i'd be out puttin on them dam tarps, chains ,straps! believe me,my job aint easy,but no way in hell would i want to "F" with a flatbed! LOL!.............Mark

    i went on one trip with a reffer,it would be a daily struggle to not beat someone to death...

    i would rather tarp in a snowstorm, than put up with the people around that industry

  6. Oh yeah,I went to Orchard Park,unloaded,then picked up some beams in Erie and went to Superior Wisconsin. Came back down to Chicago and picked up some stainless steel sheets- actually 6 lifts in Gurnee,then I had to layover to get one more lift in Franklin Park. That put me in snow,rain,sleet,snow,hurricanes,typhoons,hail storms,and snow all the way from about Lafayette,In. to Lewisburg,W.V. Unloaded yesterday at Oneal Steel in Madison Heights then had to go to Petersburg to load.And that had to be tarped too,55' beams going to Cincinnati.

    Saw a big boat in Superior-it was big as a ship.

    ya gota love a flatbed this time of year.........

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