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D J Smith out near Marcellus Ny had a crap load of those Michigan loaders when i was out there about ten years ago. also had every B model mack n a 150 mile radius in his yard. The old man died in the last few years. think his kids are cleanin up a lot of stuff least thats what Doug Fetterly told me. believe he also had a few M ichigans with Mack engines in them. he loved the Michigans cause he said you could bolt any engine in them pretty easy.

recently took the duplex out of my B613T and replaced it with a Trt722 triplex. this truck had a triplex originally anyways. the duplex i took out was said to be a 10 speed direct but i believe was a mixmatch of gears cause you could Rarely shift the auxillary without clash. i think someone put an overdrive backhalf from a 9 speed or 10 speed overdrive onto a 10 speed direct. anyways with 4.00 gears on 11 24.5's and a 711 it would do 70 against the governor. anyonbe have an idea what it will do now with the triplex or will it be the same? also are all 15 speed Triplex's overdrive and the 13 speeds are double over? Also what was the abreviation for a double overdrive? Trt7220? and the singles were Trt 720? and mine isnt overdrive? just wondering. thanks, Matt

youll need the cross shaft from a diesel truck that goes thru the spring hanger for the cluch as the keyway slots are in different spots for the linkage from a b42 to a b61 if you choose to go with the orignal b model clutch pedal.

108 thousand miles on a en401? thats about the life expectancy for one of those. 401 and 402 was basicaly the same engine. just two more head studs in the corners.

that sleeper cab b61st is awesome. definately a very early ones. never seen a b model with an aluminum trunnion like that one and you can tell its a 53-56 cause it has the raised crossmember for the rear suspension. definately worth saving but not worth $5000. remember most of us are working stiffs and just wanna have and save as many of these beauties as possible haha.

nice truck, just got all seasons of old Jimmy Rockford for x mas this year. almost thru season 4 haha. nice trucks. definately two of them. one at the end didnt have the light on the bumper they showed 10 times and the bulldogs on the door were painted over in blue. also one truck had quarter fenders and other didnt. still both really nice truck. ANY old Mack steering wheel seems to be rare now a days. Matt

pretty nice set of parts there, few turbo air cleaners and the single axle truck looks pretty solid. has the old school riker muffler on it by the looks of it. sleeper cab b model is worth it no matter how rough it is, looks to be a 52 54 or 55 truck with the radio delete plate in the dash. also looks like it has a straight 5 with a 3 speed auxillary in it, kinda old fashioned before the ''married'' boxes got popular.the green truck cab looks pretty solid and the red one has some good parts on it even tho it looks pretty rotted, Matt

Roosevelts towing in Cobleskill Ny had a R model tandelm tow truck with square headlights in it. was red with silver stripes. Matt

definately sounds like the shoes are glazed over as the 'drum' style parking brake in a b model will usuauly skid the back tires or lock on so tightley you wont be able to move the truck. this was one of the best set ups in the 50's and 60's. a big step up from the 'junk' parking brake style on the 77series transmissions. the 67 and 72 series parkin brakes would hold the truck ona hill with good lining. Matt

anyone else notice the different radiator shell on that red Lj tractor with the cummins engine in it? doesnt have the center strip in the shutters and looks flat on top and fron kinda like a B model shell? Matt

dont seen any fender entensions. isnt that a B615 not a B75? jw. either way i love the Kentucky radiator as we call em up north . would love a B75/ tried to buy one last year, single axle, 673 turbo with triplex singlke axle tractor. offered the guy $2000, he wanted $5500. it was well worth 2000 as it needed a cab but nowhere near 5500. went by there recently where it sat along side a steel nosed Dm and a few big Cat scrapers. looks like he scrapped everything. all that was left was a pile of tires. he probably got $1800 tops for junk. some people amaze me. matt

I 88 in New york State from Binghamton to oneonta, othewise known as the thump thump road. they are repaving it now but you use to have to to change lanes from side to side to find a good piece of pavement. matt

heard many stories of upstate ny winter in Long lake Ny hauling logs with B62SX Macks. my great grandfather would leave them running all night long cause they would never start in the morning and they would have to start a fire under the rear end housings to get the trucks to move in the moring cause all that was warm was the engine and transmission gear oil, Matt

speaking of the extension pipe. anyone have an original b model air cleaner extension tube? thanks, Matt

seen the ''turbo'' air cleaner on mostly trucks with 711's in them. either that or the 711 trucks had a air cleaner similar to the gas job air cleaner but was a little bigger in diameter. usually the turbo trucks had stops in the passenger door hinge so the mirror bracket wouldnt hit the air cleaner top. also the older b's seemed to have the smaller air cleaner bonnet on top while 59 and up or so had the ''top hat'' as i call it cover like my B613 has. Matt

they are the same from case. someone probably split the case and bought one from Mack or had one laying around. my B613 had a cracked case and we stripped out a worn out quadbox and put the duplex gears in it and the duplex back half on it.the aluminum thing i have never figured out. have sen B61LT's with half case aluminum, both cases aluminum front and back and some just the top cover. also seen some aluminum top covers front and rear on quadboxes and triplexes that werent even in Lt trucks. sometimes i think Mack used whatever was handy lol. Matt

by looking at the fuel tank brackets, where the signal lights are on the fenders and the dash guages id guess that truck is early to mif 50's. Mack changed the fuel tank brackets in late 58 early 59 to the style with the bolts out twards the end more and the shorter straps. also moved the air horn to the side and off the pedestal and any b model before 1960 would have a fuel guage that read 1/4 1/2 and 3/4. after around 1960 they just read e 1/2 and f. you can also tell by the cab mount crossmenber. the older ones 53 to around late 58 had the two holes on top of each other for air lines to pass thru. after that they changed them to the middle hole with spots to mount air line clamps to. one other thing is the bumper brackets were changed around same time. earlier ones had a short piece of pipe for a spacer for the big tow hook boltm later ones Mack had a piece of angle iron welded in for a spacer. one other thing was any b model before late 1959 would have glass fuses in the glovebox and later ones had circuit breakers. of course a lot of this could be changed over the years, just a few things ive notived. Matt

i go by irocz2886. would be nice if ebay didnt block the name of the bidders now a days also.Matt

i have that on my watch list and was gonna bid. wish damn ebay would post our buyer names still. maybe we should all list our ebay names so we arent bidding against each other??? jw, thanks, Matt

too bad your so far away. if no one is interested in the whole engine, id be interested in the split intake manifold and pipes from the air cleaner and water manifold and thermostat housing. Matt

_{ppg/ditzler code for Mack green is 40496 last i checked. has been that since the 70's or 80's. it may end up with one more letter or number on the end depending on what brand paint you cross reference it to, Matt}

Doug'S truck came from Fort Plain Packing company i believe he told me. Matt

anyone have a source for 4'' exaust pipe? im lookin to put a straight pipe on an r model and would like to find a 4'' straight pipe with a slash cut on top roughly 80'' long? seems as long as i can find is just a top piece for a stack about 36'' with a slash cut. everyone has bullhorns but cant seem to find a slash cut. thanks, Matt

as long as it is a TRQ77 series and not a TRQ72 series it will bolt right in. might even be the same shifting levers. cannot remember if the auxiliary is the same length under the bolt pod from duplex to quad. i know the smaller TRD77 9 speeds had a different auxiliary shifting lever. should be a direct bolt in, just have the shorten the driveshaft. also some 18 and 20 speed quadboxes in the b models had an extra support that bolted to the back gas tank bracket bolts and a cradle that went under and bolted the the flange between the auxiliary and main boxes. some also had a leaf spring that bolted to the center to support the back of the bigger transmission. all depends on the year. they did away with the leaf spring and used the cradle in the early 60's. , Matt