BrianDzimitrowiczJr

check around and see if you can get a universal cut to fit gasket or possibly talk to watts to see if they have anything or another route is get a hold of the manufactuar and see if you can send them your old one for a template. btw thanks for the horse collar and shutters.

Brian

I have used all sorts of rust converters through the years from many reputable companies and in my honest opinion i think everyone of them is a bunch of witch craft hobbledy hoop bull shit. I think the best thing to do is to sandblast to bare steel and use a good primer. PPG makes a primer called DP 40 that seems to hold up the best out of any primer i've ever used. any rust work that we ever get in the shop we always use it and it seems to work the best. Just my 2 cents

take it and grind it out. sheetmetal is great for reinforcing fiberglass parts, wood works great too. then use fiberglass resin and fiberglass matt and make your repair. do it in layers. more layers = more strength.

b43 is a diesel. It should have a detuned 673 in it. idk why they detuned them, a 673 didn't have enough ass to begin with lol. Odd number trucks are diesel and even numbered trucks are gas jobs

i knew i shoulda went. looks like it was a good show. i'm pretty sure that B75 was in Springfield too. it was parked two rows over from you. Had a youngster wiping it down

sheet metal looks decent on it in the pics. if i was to guess i'd say the rearend is probably in the high 6:00-7:00 range. probably good for 50 bouncing off the govorner. it has an EN401 flat head with what a 67 series duplex trans. either 9 or 10 speed. as for getting it running if it isn't stuck i'd poor a little gas in the carb, clean the points, run it off a remote tank (i've seen a 5 gallon gas can power many of trucks) and give it a crank. more than likely it's still positive ground. and i agree with yarnall, i'd try getting it for 2500 and i really wouldn't want to pay much more than that for it

I'd bet 4 237 horse U models could have done that.

hell in that case i'll bet ya (10) B-42's coulda done that at a whopping road speed of 10 miles an hour haha. the ad is good for Mack i think but the fact is, it's not mack powered.

my grandfather told me that in order to prepare yourself to drive a detroit you had to get into a fight with your better half in the morning then slam your hand in the door of the truck right before you get in. this way you were ready to listen to that mechanical asshole all day because you were already in a bad mood hahah

a U model and Vinny didn't hear about it yet?! there'll be hell to pay haha

when i changed my filters it did get hard to pump. and yes your right it is about 2/3 of the way back on the pump.

fill the filter full of fuel then spin it on. if it's an inline injector pump the plunger will be on the rear of the pump (towards the firewall). pump up the plunger until you feal resistance. start it up and let it idle. let it run for a few minutes. if there is any air in the system it'll work it's way out.

I know on the other side of the fairgrounds there was a B613LT single axle tractor solid Mack green. i'm kicking myself for not getting pictures of it. original turbo charged 673 with around 80,000 miles on the clock. it looks like a virgin. sheet metal was painted once a while ago. inside the cab was all original paint in nice shape plus a bostrom air bag seat. i think it had a 10 speed duplex in it. what a sweet heart. I'd love to park that in my driveway. any info on it????

Well,that's definately a record price.What I still don't understand is how those couldn't be repopped at a reasonable price,with todays "technology"

i agree with Superdog 100%. I remember Tidewater Mack selling them 15 years ago for a 10th of that price

if you've ever watched the movie "goodfellas" there's a beat to hell red b model in it. The truck pulls into the diner, driver gets out. Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta hijack the truck. also in "police acadamy" there's a B model in it. can't recall exactly where

doug's camper has been known to be a good place to hide out at. not that i've never done that before lol. That picture was taken down at our grandparents in CNY last summer.

chrysler industrial 414 (same displacement as a 413) was placed in r410 if i recall correctly. the only time you see them in b's is if it was retrofitted in. Maddog13407 knows more about it. one of his trucks at one time had a chrysler in it.