marvgarr Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 just came across a b63 mack and got a great deal on it ( traded my hobart welder for it) it has the 20 speed mack trans plus a 4 speed aux dont no what motor it has maybe one of you could tell me it is a bit far away from my house out in the middle of no were so my ? is were do i start in getting this thing running i have to drive it home its pretty clean truck the diesel dont look geld in the tank didnt check the oil or water though i will take oil and water when i go to start it but what else i suppose pb blaster atf and diesel will help any help will be great the plus is all the tires have air in them still after 10 years of sitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaneyland Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Howdy, you'll find plenty of help here....I sure did. If you look at the post "advice for startup" that I posted a while back, you'll find a bunch of good advice from the guys here. The b-67 I found had been sitting for at least 15 years, and frankly it was much easier to get her started than I had imagined. First I rolled the engine over to ensure it was free, next I took off the intake and return lines from the fuel tank and cleaned them out. I soaked the hand primer and got it to work freely. I had to replace the fuel filter canister as it was rusted through and I had to replace the fuel lines from the lift pump to the filter and the line from the filter to the injection pump. Thankfully someone drained the injector lines and pump when they decided to put it away so I had no issues cleaning the pump and lines out. I cleaned and replaced the oil in the air filter, cleaned out all the mouse nests from the air intake, cleaned out 15 years of bird nests from the exhaust pipe and muffler (they were packed all the way down the exhaust pipe). I cracked the oil drain to make sure there was no water in the oil, filled the radiator only to discover coolant leaking from the left side of the head. I cleaned all the battery connections (after figuring out the craziness of the 24v starting system) and put it all together. I spent about a day bleeding the fuel system once I got the primer working, I just used a clean 5 gallon can and put the intake and return lines in it. My fuel tanks are questionable at best and couldn't see any sense in drawing any goop from the tank. I probably got a little carried away with the priming of the pump and lines but wanted to make sure they were clean before I tried starting it. As my fuel shut off in the cab is froze, I put a pair of vice grips on the fuel shut off on the injection pump and had a neighbor stand by next to it in case of run off. I charged all the batteries, gave her a SMALL shot of ether, turned it over a dozen or so times, and VIOLA!! She came to life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvgarr Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 thanks for the reply back im going out there this weekend taken fresh batts and diesel oil and water and see if she will come to life i hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvgarr Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 so i went out to the truck last weekend took batterys, oil, and water tried to sort out the battery cables got tired of it and just hooked up the batterys 24 volt took of the gen wire so it wont burn out got her to crank but no fuel getting pumped up gave her a sniff of go juice and it fired but still no fuel so i called it quits for the day will go back out next weekend and will take my transfer pump and see if i can get some fuel in the injection pump and check the rack see if it is free so for now tell me what you thinkp.s. its a b63sx from what i know that s is for tandem and x is for servere or extreme service chassis dont know what year though or what motor it has has no rust needs both side windows and some wiring it has a duplex with a brownie with a pto probably slow going but its cool as hell looks good has power steering to has a big ram hanging off the front axle and attached to the drag link well if just ramblen on so see you later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotiveBreath Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Sounds like you got yourself a beast there. Did you replace the fuel filters? No telling what's been in em. Fresh filters filled with diesel and a little Marvel Mystery Oil might just do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvgarr Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 yea i did but i put atf in the housing not marvel oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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