Popular Post Freightrain Posted 15 hours ago Author Popular Post Share Posted 15 hours ago Friday night in the garage. The pan is on. Geez that was a PITA, sorta. Lost a front big bolt, got all the rest in and the two fronts would not start. Had to bang the pan around and they finally started. Had to jerry rig the one bolt until I buy another but at least it is torqued down to set the RTV. Went ahead and bolted flywheel on. I wire wheeled the lugs and they are pretty straight yet so I won't be screwing with them. Just will make sure new clutch plate floats good. Did get the compressor bolted on last week. And a new coolant line made. I will be cleaning up the injection pump and get it bolted on next. I can now clean up the corners of the block and wash it up for paint. Baby steps. I know now that the new rear seal is in, the crank is WAY harder to spin. Wow, that tightened things up. No, the three injectors have not come out yet. 3 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davehummell Posted 8 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 8 hours ago Larry looking good it looks like the air compressor has a place for a power steering pump on the original 673 in my Mack I put on an air compressor like yours and added a pump it was a job and a half if I remember correctly, it involved me using my one lathe and milling machine and a lot of figuring. So far you gained over 40 hp. on me that should pull your race car very well that same engine was in a Mack cabover that I would pull 100,000 plus gross of bedding for riprap in a steel dump trailer. I wish I went through the aggravation of getting a twin disc clutch but the triplex was set up for a single and I'm usually only hauling a nine-hundred-pound bale of hay for my goats. 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago The single disc behind my 237 pulls 30k lbs easily. I have the pump, tank and lines for the power steering. 1 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Larry maybe next winter you will rig up a power steering box on your B. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Nice going Larry and thanks for the updates.. bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago I’ve done nothing all week around here but run around…. Best of luck with the last two injectors 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Looking good sir.. 👍 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I was looking back on your pictures trying to find the differences between your engine and the ENDT i built a while back. Mine had 20 bolt heads, but there are 18 bolt heads out there, my crankshaft had flywheel studs, mine had more piston rings than yours and mine did not have piston cooling tubes. I am not smart on these, just trying to observe what you have, compared to the one i did... thanks 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 12 hours ago, Freightrain said: Friday night in the garage. The pan is on. Geez that was a PITA, sorta. Lost a front big bolt, got all the rest in and the two fronts would not start. Had to bang the pan around and they finally started. Had to jerry rig the one bolt until I buy another but at least it is torqued down to set the RTV. Went ahead and bolted flywheel on. I wire wheeled the lugs and they are pretty straight yet so I won't be screwing with them. Just will make sure new clutch plate floats good. Did get the compressor bolted on last week. And a new coolant line made. I will be cleaning up the injection pump and get it bolted on next. I can now clean up the corners of the block and wash it up for paint. Baby steps. I know now that the new rear seal is in, the crank is WAY harder to spin. Wow, that tightened things up. No, the three injectors have not come out yet. like the working shop pictures; there must be a story behind the "Battlestar Galactic". any pictures of it?? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 39 minutes ago Share Posted 39 minutes ago i got it on a video clip at watts show,,,,you musta missed it was posted a while back,,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted 5 minutes ago Author Share Posted 5 minutes ago 2 hours ago, mechohaulic said: like the working shop pictures; there must be a story behind the "Battlestar Galactic". any pictures of it?? Bought it in 1992, all original 289ci/spd OD. Turned into racecar in1995 and have run it ever since. Still a stick shift. 427 FE, 5 spd. Has gone 10.15@130 mph. This picture is the track I started at, Magnolia dragway. The name is a take off from a fellow years ago that ran an original 1964 R code galaxie called "Galactic Warrior". Liberty Equalizer 5 spd, same transmission they run in Pro stock today. The badasses you can buy. It's like jewelry on the inside! Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75768-300-rebuild/page/24/#findComment-590802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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