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Rob,
I will look at the manufacture of the drom boxes. I unload Explosives trucks every day now at my new job. I should be able to find out within a few days. Boyle has a terminal in Bloomfield also, might have a used one kicking around I will ask the drivers.
Morgan
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You could ride with me in the Jeep. I'll be toting a car hauler with some wheels, tires, and engine parts for David. Might be a couple hundred extra miles to go as I need to pick up some more parts on the way back.
Sleeping quarters or personal hygiene aren't the best as I usually stay in the Jeep till I can no longer stand the smell of my feet, I then either get a motel for a shower, or find a flush toilet and bar of soap for them.
We could meet up at Crawfordsville, IN and come right back to your place on the way back.
Oh yeah, I no longer "share the bear". Randy had her much too long and it was getting lonely around here.
Rob
Well Rob Thanks for the offer, but me and the Mrs. plan to make a weekend out of it. If you wanted to drive out with us that would be fine though, safty in numbers on the highway. I was going to see when Ron and Mike Bogan were going to drive out, I plan on taking the Crown Vic so we could pile in and go back and forth without hauling trailers and big trucks trough town. Just and Idea. How long are you going to be at the show? I think I will be there Fri-Sun. I got a name tag made for the show, I went to a tractor show today an had one made. Morgan
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Hi,
I plan to take pictures and plenty of them. I didn't take too many at South Bend because I feel it rude to make everybody wait while I fumble with the camera. At Macungie I will come down after supper or early in the morning to take pictures when not too many people are around. I haven't made a hotel booking yet, I was hoping that I could find one a little less expensive than what I have had to pay in the past. The wife would not go for the tent idea at all. We are going to leave beautiful Bloomfield IN (a.k.a. old truck retirement home) on Thursday about 3:30 PM and see how far I can go until I start sleep driving. It will be 11 hours and 700 miles according to the GPS. I wish I could take one of my trucks but It would cost too much, and none are really ready for the trip. I want to meet some people at this show, I have been several times but I am not overly forward and don't want to bother someone while their busy. Maybe I can take a name tag or something. I usually keep to myself and enjoy looking at all the old iron and taking a few pictures along the way. Hope to see you there!
Morgan a.k.a. b61fred
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Hi,
After some diliberating with the wife ( that should be read "begging") I have clearance to go to Mucungie this year. I was wondering who all will be attending.
Morgan
aka b61 fred
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Looks like we'll see you all in South Bend.
Jimmy is leaving here with his W900 and trailer loaded with a nice little Emeryville early on Thursday morning, and I am following a little later. About a ten hour drive.
Morgan - we should talk by phone once onsite to arrange dinner. Rob can buy.
Paul VS
YES! I do believe it is his turn to buy.... We just got to make sure he buys it and not something cooked on the manifold of his truck. Garth called and said he is not going to make though. Tough break.
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Ron,
The phone number is the same, I think we should be in your neck of the woods around 10 am, given no delays...
Morgan
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IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE OUR SELVES A CONVOY! We are leaving Bloomfield IN about 7:00 am Thursday and headed up 231 to Layfayette IN and crossing over through Delphi and onto SouthBend. That should take us around Indy. Between the 500 race and I465 beening choked down to one lane, I dont think we want to be around there. Packer is going to be in our group, as well as the guys from the South Central Indiana Truck Club, and now Rob too. Any one else wants to go with us just let us know.
B61fred
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Tony,
I have that issue, can scan that article and send it to you.
Morgan
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My old b61 had the 673 non turbo engine 170 hp in it's prime, When I would put the trailer and two old John Deeres on, it would fade pretty fast on the hills. I thought thats just the way things were back then. I took the time check all the valve clearance, check the fuel lines to the the engine serviced the air cleaner and some othe minor tune up stuff and it made a hell of a difference. The fuel line was deteriorated from the fuel tank to the injection pump. The oil bath air cleaner had so much dirt caked in the mesh and the air intake, and the valves were WAY out of adjustment. It started beter and didn't have as much smoke on start up. I did eventually install a 237 in its place and that was by far the best investment in the truck.
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Hi,
I have been a mechanic most of my profesional carrrer. I really hate it that all techs. have been characterized as a bunch of know-nothing theves. There have been more than one occasion that I have did a job for free because I just felt sorry for the customer. I suppose there is good and bad people in all occupations, some are just plain liars! Most times when a customer would come back totally pissed off we would make it right with them. I have to admit, I have made mistakes diagnosing problems. When that part would not fix the concern, I would reinstall the original part or if not that I would have to "eat" the part. I think all of you have ligit. complaints about your experiences here, but lets not make this a general mechanic bashing post please. Thanks
Morgan a.k.a. b61fred
P.s. I will get of my soap box now.
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Hi,
Here's the story, My best freind, his dad and myself were eating dinner one sunday night. His dad says "I am calling the laywer tomorrow to make out my will." We started kinda joking around about how would we would like our funerals to be like ,and what would we want to give away to other people and the like. About 2 months later his dad died of a heart attack and it was in his will that he wanted hauled to the cemetary by the old Mack just as we talked about earlier. We figured we would have a little more time to have the truck restored by then. I worked on that truck for 2 days and nights, If you notice that the cab is painted by spray cans. It looked pretty good for what it looked like 2 days before.
Jerry was not a Mack man most of his life but, I think me and John converted him before it was all said and done. He enjoyed IH products, mostly cabovers. His last job he drove for was Gless Bros. tank lines. He had a CH mack and really liked it.
Morgan
P.S. If anyone would ever need this "service" again.....I would be honored
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Name: mack b61 (1963)
Date Added: 23 July 2009 - 05:50 PM
Owner: b61fred
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Rob
I am no expert on air brakes, but could you have a leaking double check valve somewhere? I know thats probaly not what it is called but I do know that there's valves in the system that can basicly switch from which ever resivor has the highest pressure, some trucks use this on the trailer brakes. I had this kinda thing happen to me on a truck and the complaint was an air leak. I found that the leak was from the foot valve vent. Knowing that most foot valves are replaced by poor diagnostics, not to mention that replacing foot valves is not my favorite job in the world, I removed service lines from the foot valve and found air was back feeding into the foot valve. Ended up it was bleading through this valve from the parking brake resivor on this particular truck. Just a thought.
Morgan
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I am glad you liked the brake line plug... It's a family favorite. My pappaw never trusted hydraulic brakes, he was a mechanic in the model 'A' ford days. The check valve in the booster line is so the line only flows one way. For insance... you started up your truck and let it idle, it has 18 in of vacuum in the booster resivor, you start to climb a hill with a heavy load, throtle wide open, manifold vacuum is very low 5 in, with the check valve the vacuum in the booster is still at 18in, instead of flowing backwards. It also helps with backfires and you have maybe on aplication with the engine shut down.
Morgan
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hi
I am fairly sure that all your bearing preloads are adjusted by shims instead of collapseable spacers ( crush sleeves ). That would be good for you because you dont have to worry about getting things too tight when tighting the yokes. I would suggest that you look at your yokes and inspect the place where the seal rides. If there is a grove then you have to move the seal to a different part of the yoke so it can seal. This basicly means to either drive the seal in a little deeper or shallower than the original position. Some new seals have already compensated for this so just compair to the original. The other option is to install a speedi-sleve on the yoke. It is a thin stainless steel sleeve that renews the sealing serface on the yoke without machining. Make sure to add a little greese to the seal lip so it dont burn up after assembly.
As for brakes, I would say that the vacuum booster is the problem. The fluid goes in and is sucked into the intake and consumed by the engine. Very common. When you rebuild your wheel cylinders make sure there is no pitting of the bore. It will never seal corectly if it is pitted. The rebuilds might not be expensive if you have to pull a wheel and drum off while on the side of the road. I have made a little tool to use incase of this happening. I use an old brake line union the same size as your brake lines and have soldered the hole in the union closed. If you have a blown wheel cylinder on the road, just loosen the line and install the union. Add some brake fluid and you have three wheel brakes instead of none...
I hope this will help you out
Morgan
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The price sounds very fair to me, That should cruise along ok with that much horsepower. Are you use a direct transmission (no overdrive)?
Morgan
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Rob..... GOOD DEAL!! I just need something reliable enough to pull it!! Will the dodge now feel unwanted? When are you planing to come down and get the 238 at my place?
Morgan
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I don't know the area at all but wondering if anyone is close to have a look see at this drop deck.
Thanks,
Rob
Looks nice...... Hope you get it.. can't wait to borrow it!!HaHa
Fred
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Rob, I know this may sound strange but, heat the core plug up a little and take a candle and melt around the core plug threads and let it cool. Then you can tighten the core plug up a little more and usually stop the leak. The last time I did this I used one of the wife's sented candles. worked great.. Until she found out about it. Did remove that funky mack smell from the cab for a day or two though.
b61fred
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check out the sliding rear window.. Any one wanting a 3 stick mack here is another one...
Fred
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On the 10.00x22 tires......... There is one source that I have heard about that still has U.S. made tires, They are made for the military SRF or something like that. I heard about it on the ATHS board a while back.
Fred
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The old cummins with the single disc and double disc pumps would run off when starved for fuel. They also had a lengthy proceedure to bleed the air out of the system when ran dry.
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Hi Rob,
It is always nice to have some "me time" once and awhile. I rarely get any anymore with the two boys requiring dads full attention while in the shop. I wish you could have made it to my place for the chapter truck show and pitch in dinner. I think it will be an annual event now. I am thinking about coming over to your place for a spell and dilivering the detroit to you also.
Fred
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Hey Guys,
I would like to invite all my Mack buddies to the South Central Indiana Truck Club's truck show in Elnora, Indiana. This is our 5th year working the truck show, and we have been growing a little every year. For those that have attended in the past I hope that you want to return for more truck fun. This is in conjunction with the White River Valley Antique Assn. annual show that has been going on for over 25 years. If you would like any info. please check out www.wrvaa.org for the show's other attractions. There's something for the whole family to do at this show. RV camping is available. The first 50 trucks entered will receive a free commemorative tire chock with plaque.
HI all,
We have had some poor weather conditions, The rain hit us hard yesterday but has now cleared off to a wonderful sunny day. We will be here till 4 pm Sunday. I will get some pictures to post in a day or so. Rob came over and got to talk with him for a little while, not nearly as long as I would have liked to. It seems when you are running a truck show you are always busy!!
Morgan
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I think you are talking about a Cummins rear drop manifold with the fin inside, The sound is different because the firing order of the cummins and the way the exhaust ports are. Basicly the front cylinder fires and then the back. The two exhaust pulses hit the rear of the manifold at the same time and then a slight pause. Kinda has a Jake brake sound to it to me.
Morgan