oldmacktrucks

BTW Nice looking truck

Call All Systems Brake, they are located on Long Island and they are great with old hard to find brake parts. The number is (631) 491-4000

LOL,was that a tire cap that flew threw the air,or something else,to bad there was no black smoke coming out of the stack

Looked like a cap! Black smoke pouring from the exhaust would have made it!

I'm on ebay alot, if I see anything like the parts your missing I'll contact you right away. From one collector to another I wouldnt even think about accepting any reward. I'll keep my eyes and ears open -Sean in New York

Not to get off topic, but what's parked next to it?

My 78 steel nose RD tractor (whats left of it) engine and tranny were sold a few years back a few years back. In front of it is an 89 RW-700 Super Liner tractor with a blown up cummins 444, 58 rears and an 18 front end.

Its that time of year when we all (well us up north anyways) LOL start to plug in our trucks at night. My uncles Value Liner went up last night due to a frayed block heater cord. Thank god we were there and caught it in time, no damage other than a melted plug. Be sure to check your cords and use GFI's he didnt have a GFI and the breaker in the shop never popped. This was cause due to a stressed cord being used, they pull 1500 watts plus and if your heater and or cord is not 100% it can happen to you! Check your cords

That gasket should have nothing to due with it, it looks like its there to exhaust the air out of the engine compartment. All trucks sound different, as long as its boosten' I wouldnt worry about it

This truck is at my uncles yard in Brookhaven N.Y.

I'm making progress with mine, slowly but surely

Nice looking tractor

Hows this for a New York flame wrench (AKA engine removal) hack job? The cab and nose were mint. Notice the firewall cut out in order to remover the tranny? Gotta love cheap labor

Truck is for sale, whole or parts

Name: Mack steel nose RD (1978)

Date Added: 06 December 2010 - 04:13 PM

Owner: oldmacktrucks

Short Description: Truck was running and driving, until we sold the engine and transmission. Idiots cut the nose off and cut the firewall out of the cab in order to get the engine and tranny out. We should have told the guys we wanted to save the cab and tin. It has 58's and a 20 front. For sale parts or whole

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Name: Mack DM800 SX (1968)

Date Added: 06 December 2010 - 04:07 PM

Owner: oldmacktrucks

Short Description: Original US Department of Energy Mack DM800 SX 65 rears, 20 front 12-24 rubber 18 speed quad box. Original Cummins engine from factory. For sale whole (will not part out)

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Name: Mack LS (1953)

Date Added: 06 December 2010 - 03:58 PM

Owner: oldmacktrucks

Short Description: 53 Mack LS gas job, 44 rears, 10 speed. Been sitting for about 15 years. It ran and drove when it was parked

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From the looks of your picture the gasket your talking about appears to be an exhaust gasket / duct to exhaust the air being pushed thru the intercooler fins from the tip turbine out of the engine compartment (should have nothing to due with lack of manifold pressure) I've added 2 pictures, one of what my 285 intercooler looks like, and a picture from my Mack service manual showing you how the air is directed thru the box. The air being supplied to the tip turbine is on the other side of the engine, from the looks of your picture the gasket your talking about apears to be on the drivers side? Its hard to tell from what you posted. If I'm correct and you still have no boost, your intercooler may be leaking or you might have a bad turbo. Keep us updated -Sean

The kid is a decent driver, for a minor LOL!

If you need a picture that bad here's one you can gander in the meantime. I took this last summer, had a model posing beside the truck and some girl I don't know was doing a kegstand on the fender,with a keg of Heinekin. I ran her off. As expensive as it is, I just don't like Heineken.

NICE

I agree with Randy WE WANT PICS!

Sounds like you had moisture in the tanks and now may have algae build up in the pump. Take off the fuel filters and cut them open, if they are black then thats a sign of algae. Drain your tanks at the sump on the bottom and I'll bet theres water in your fuel. If so, let the truck sit overnight, drain the tanks in the morning until only fuel comes out (water sits at the bottom) get 2 new filters, fill the filters half way with standyne additive then top them off with fuel and let it run, be sure to add stanadyne to the tanks as well and it might just fix it self...if not its off to the pump shop.

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There's no tip turbine intercooler on it, just a pipe from the turbo to the intake manifold.

3 filter engine ESI plus...didnt really look at the turbo tube so that makes it an E6-260 (ETZ673) 260 HP I'm so used to calling them 285/300's same engine in my book

Oldmack, I can attest to the fact that thumb is plenty heavy. I was all stretched out like an octupus trying to work come-a-long and maneuver around. I even had one chain going to my truck bumper to keep it off lower boom while I winched it up. I ran uptown at lunch to grab a burger to take back with me, on way back passed a guy walking, stopped and asked him if he wanted to work as a swamper a couple of hours, he said "Screw working, I need a ride to Jenkins!" Jenkins is next local town. I just laughed and said "Screw you then, keep walking." heh heh,,oh well, world is full of assholes,,,,randyp

Haha! You aint kidding. If you keep walking you should make it there by 5:30 lol!

I noticed that some of the fine pine he used is black and burned - surely he did not use the Arkansas Hot Wrench to try and cut the wood did he?

One never knows does one!

Low hole six speed with a 2 valve E6 300

Yeah, like the people on L.I.Avenue and the people on Route 58 Avenue with the goodies near us... Paul

Tell me about it lol!