jakebrake86

What do you mean by you moved the thermostat up higher? I'm trying to doctor on mine to get the a/c temp down. I'm blowing 40-50 degrees at the vent. I took my thermostat apart to try and adjust on the spring, but there's no adjustment screw like my buddy's CH has. I'm glad you decided to keep your RD. I'm going to try to get another 40 years out of mine.

Red Dot offers a factory style dash unit, for around $1200. I believe it includes the compressor, lines, expansion valve, dryer, and condensor. You could go with a universal between the seats style unit, which in my opinion does a better job for less money, but I'm a stickler for keeping it factory looking.

That's a beautiful F model. I'm glad y'all decided to keep the spokes. Looks just like it's being put together on the Mack assembly line!

i like your truck a lot. If I turn my phone with the volume buttons down when I take the picture, then they seem to post O.K. Hope this helps.

I did not know that. Cool, I'll give it a try. Thanks!

Hate to hear that, buddy.

Jake,

I believe that would be a BD series Hendrickson. The Fleetstar cabbed ones were H models. The S-series cabbed ones were the VT-100's. Al

Cool, I thought I'd seen pics of them with butterfly hoods. What would the model designation for a truck like this be? I don't know much about them. There were a couple of tandem dump trucks running around down here in the 90's, but they had IH Fleetstar cabs instead of the R series cab.

I does seem like a waste to have all that hood and put a 6-71 under it, but I'm sure it made sense to whoever spec'd it that way.

Looks like there's plenty of room under the hood. I bet it's gonna be easy to work on. I figured the hood would open sideways like a B model, but it tilts forward, and the fenders stay with the frame. The hood is surprisingly, very light. It's a neat little truck.

That middle pictured B-61 is just plain FUGLY! Looks highly unsafe to boot! The top one with the "partial school bus body" is kind of interesting. Liked ours much better. Al

Thanks for flopping it back over on its wheels, OD. I'd post a lot more stuff if I could figure out how to post the greasy side down with an iPhone.

I guess I need to look on my value liner, it may be mounted to the cab too, I can't remember.

There's a linkage rod on roller bearings mounted to the back of the motor. The pedal pushes a rod that rolls the cross rod, and another works the governor on the pump.

Scott, I don't have a cutoff like you're looking for, but if you find one and don't have to trade yours in, I might be interested in your 4.64's and Dayton hubs and wheels. Are they 22.5 or 24.5?

You can buy those Mack hood mounting bolts on eBay. I think I bought a set for around $10.

Does All Truck in Baton Rouge not have any housings?

Is that the old Crisp truck from West Memphis? If so, it'd be a heck of a note to have to haul it back to Arkansas. Lol

Interesting, it looks like Autocar and Kenworth were their biggest influences. Not a bad looking truck at all.

I doubt Mack would have the insulation. I've used Dynamat extreme on floors and firewalls with great results. I haven't gotten motivated enough yet to pull the headliner but I'm sure it would do just fine.

I think they went to a chassis mount CAC in '82, and the 4 valve came in '84-'85. I had an '87 R model with a blown up motor so I dropped in a 2 valve 350 from an '82 model. I sold the truck but I still borrow it from time to time from my friend, and it will straight up SMOKE my 4 valve. I think it's got the peppiest throttle of any truck I've driven. The MH I got from Mr. Harbison seems to be running a close second.

Good luck, I've been dump trucking a long time and Mack is definitely the way to go! I usually set my chains to where the gate will open about 4 to 5 inches when spreading SB2. I've never used my chains hauling asphalt. Sounds like you have the spreader box figured out already.