mowerman

tom,,,you need to be more specific,,i do all my own body work,,,whatta ya need to do,,,one thing you need to know is cover your motor,and all inlet,and exhaust spots,,bondo,can seeze engine parts,any where you see an opening breather tube,air filter, block breather,,smoke stack,,,try to block all these spots,wife was getting pissed at me,,,had to get off computer earlier.lol...bob

oh,,ok,i wasnt aware the buddy was so flexable,now i understand why there so spendy..ya my neighbor has two big yale lifts,for loading flatbeds,i can use anytime,and a couple engine cranes,,next time i take heads off,i will use the engine houst,,when i put up my shop i will install i beams overhead for chain fall,,,lol,,,no more manual labor for this kid,,used to man handle mack heads in my 20,s no more,,,ya hear me?,,,save all that man handle for unwanted chores.lol...bob

ahrite,man appreciate the offer,,ill be working on that truck,,hopefully pretty heavy in about a year or so,,deponds on a couple loose ends i need to get tied up,may have a lot more cash flow,in a few months,,thanks russ

been busy all day doing a few last minute chores around here,,will be getting back surgury,tuesday,,and wont be able to scratch my ass,for next few weeks,,getting back to the equipment..lets face it,,rob,,everything on these things are friggen heavy,,anymore i try to use,fork lift,cherry pickers,for lifting anything,,i have access to both,,makes life easy,,what does your back buddy look like,,that was a hell of a price,,who cares about the casters.lol...bob

well im pretty sure,by 01,they probably profected them a bit,,but looks like your saying,,they still hang up in nuetral,,,personally,i think i would prefer the two stick,,atleast you know it will go in,,of coarse the auxilary hangs up,also on the two stick,if you try to go too fast,,then you have to stop,and untangle it...sucks,man.lol.bob

ahrite,,,well i should hope so.lol,,,bob

im supprized you didnt put up a fuss,over the circumcition.lol.bob

oh forgot to tell you,,my cousin worked for hess a long time...bob

you know,im 55 years old,and been around these big rigs since 1959,owned 5 macks,been driving since 1973,,and im still learning,,there is nothing wrong with that,,im certainly not a know it all,although sometimes i think so.lol...bob

ya,,,agree man,,its just mind boggling,,how lazy these kids can be,,,if they had to drive some of the crap we had back in the day,,they would quit,and go home..lol...bob

hey ,,,noticed alotta you newbe,s around this site nowdays,and buying old trucks,thought i would give you fellars a fare warning about maxi brake pots,a lot of you guys dont realize they have a lethal high powered spring in them,,that can kill you ,or cause severe bodily damage,,,when your working around them,try to keep your body parts away from open end,with the key hole,,and if you find one leaking,,just remove it from the truck real carefull,and replace the pot,,dont try the repair it,,,its not worth the risk,,people have been severely injured,with these brake pots blowing apart,,,a friend of mine was outta work a whole year due to one exploding,,and just grazing his face,,got lucky,,,be careful,,guys...enjoy your hobby,,,bob

wow,,,see what you mean,,certainly is ready to go,,not hard to look at,,saw a u model in truck paper 74,55000 or miles $7500,looks excellant,,,need money man.lol..bob

oh man,,,i forgot about that thing,,,, had one in an f model,,it was also a piece a shit,air shift,it would hang up in nuetral,especialy when it was cold,i even tryed rebuilding the clylinder,still did it,lol boat,,anchor baby...bob

ya,,,well i bet you ,and mike get clobbered regularly.lol...bob

ya,,,thats a good idea,,im planning on doing the same thing,,but also putting brand new tires all around,also,i better plan on spending a couple a G,s,lol...good luck,bob

boy,,,thats a neat little ride,there,,wow it would look good in my yard,,,lol.bob

oh ya,,those things are godsent,,but ofcoarse not everyone owns them..i have a motorcycle jack,for harley,,was just wondering if i could use that,,,you know i bet i could...bob

well i think the bottom line is once a guy gets used to a straight fuller ten,,they are like walking backwards,,thier kind of fun,but have to pay attention at all times,,soon as start daydreaming,or talkin on the cb,automaticly start grinding gears

that sounds good,,both i drove had electric,not a good setup,bob

the big shops generally use a big type special jack for tire,and hub removal,,but you can put a board slide it under tire and put abuncha grease on the board then raise the truck just so you can just barely turn the tire on the board then have a guy give you a hand pulling the whole thing straight off the spindle sliding it easy on the greased board,,,just a little helpful hint,works like a charm if you do it rite,,also put a little grease.on bottom of tire.good luck,bob,oh have that other guy bring beer,lol.

oh ya,,,those 2 speed axles were also a nightmare,,half the time they wouldnt go in,,oh by the way welcome back bill,,do you get any extra time off?

ya mean the pete or the trans?we had a bunch of them in our older kenworths,everyone hated them..bob

i suppose thats a good point.lol...bob