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But yes, then again they are very powerful compared to the slugs. We had a few years ago shift and shift and shift doesn’t change the fact you only got 180 hp.

Thank you GW.. Your words speak truth..

I know the pain you are feeling, and you have my sympathy. Those that have never had a close relationship with another animal can't understand the pain losing one can be. I had to put one down, and I had another die "natural", and the pain and loss is no different. Only thing is with the first you know it is coming and is a relief for the animal. Either way it is the loss of a family member. I allowed myself to grieve and then when the time was right, took another into my heart and home. Peace be with you and your family at this hard time.

Yup all for the best better not suffering!

Yes it is tough. Sorry for your loss.

Back when mem were men ! no AC ; engine right behind the operator ; who by the way worked for way less then todays workers having AC ; enclosed cab; hyd machine = two joy sticks ;;;; not three levers; two pedals and miles of cable / R I P ;; Robert Rich . a man I grew up to respect to the highest degree, could run his Baycity with such expertise = feet and hands movement to keep the boom/ bucket all in tacked .

Its tough Joey....One of the hardest things to do but as you say he's at peace now.. Paul

Mastrobiusto Bristol Conn. ......Suzio bought them

Suzio Meriden Conn.

lol I feel your pain I trained on a steel dash U model and broke in on a steel dash R model-these trucks these days all I can say is there a lot more comfortable and quiet and that’s about it… bob

Those things were really big back in the day. People are still using them now, my uncle had them on all of his Brockways but sorry I don’t know what to tell you I don’t think. They were part of the build. I wanna say they’re aftermarket, but I am not sure somebody else will probably chime in good luck. … bob

Paul... We had to give Charlie peace today. He had been sick for a year, and this last week was tough for him. He is the "Red Dog" in the picture. He was going to 8 years old in December.. Now he is resting.. need to stop now, i cant see the key board anymore...

Probably their version of a granite, which is probably called something else over there I expect

I think somebody took us off track it used to be H model Mack’s lol oh well Joey let’s hear it

That sucks my first rebuilt. I put the hill holder in backwards, so it would only go in reverse. Luckily, it was all in the tail shaft. I did not have to pull the entire unit apart just the tail section.

here is the I.D. tag onit.. My mistake ,,,, 5500#...

as usual some of my co-workers wont fix an expensive tool. they just throw it in the dumpster. This one got tossed because the front wheel bearings went bad. I bought the correct wheel kit from U-line and fixed it at home. My new 5000# pallet jack cost me 1hour, and $110..

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Ya, already bought a new primer pump last fall just like that one because original was broken. Yup, POS. I stole the old bailing ring style off the 237 and it works fine. Can't say it doesn't weep a bit of fuel sometimes but it works!

A pump needed to fill up the torque converter. Normally the front one does that driven by the crankshaft of the engine. I'm familiar with Mercedes auto trannies only and there's (was) additional pump put in the rear of the unit driven by the output shaft. So when you make a rope start getting the car rolling about 25-30km/h you need 30-50 meters for the oil to fill the converter so spinning of the wheels gets transmitted to the crankshaft. As long as engine gets fired up and the front (main) pump develops pressure that pressure pushes a plunger shifting off the additional pump drive deactivating it. That was a handy setup Mercedes kept in production unitil 1990-1991. Than they eleminated the pump putting just a cover in its place. I once had a funny situation when I test drove a freshly rebuilt tranny. After driving fine for 2-3 km I got to a wide paved spot to make a U-turn. Had to stop to pass traffic and when pressed gas pedal found no car movement. Figured my shop guy mismatched front pump drive coupling when was installing the tranny and ruined it. We had that done multiple times with those cars (W126 S-class of 80's-early 90's). Usually a car doesn't move initially after transmission installation but there were 2-3 times when it drove for some while and quit later. That was one of those cases. The spot I used for the U-turn was at a top of a hill and my way back to the shop was downhill. So I bit the bullet managed wide enough interruption in the traffic (needed to cross he opposite lane), pushed the car by hands a bit to get it slightly rolling downhill and in a hundered or so meters switched to D. I was rolling about 25 km/h at the moment and the engine was running. Pressed gas and felt good reaction. Drove 3 km back successfully and luckily needing no stops. The first one turned out in front of the shop gates already and there we had to push in by hands. Transmission removed front pump swapped.