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Back when I was towing & on the Haz-Mat Emergency Response team I had 3 antennas on my blue truck. I had thought about putting them on there but they just wouldn't have looked right & the antenna on the right was for my scanner, the left was for the CB and the roof mount was my county radio. It did once get pulled off when it, somehow, got hooked on the bottom of the opened garage door.

Have a few trucks I’m working or got asked to figure out. They all got wieght losses and now they have problems. Would be easy to fix if original file was available. Is there any way to get original file for each vin?

Sent turbo to shop turbo shop to get checked out.

Success!! I did make a dump truck clutch!! Two fingers is all it takes to depress the pedal. It is far from complete but it does function. Few more things to machine but a HUGE milestone. I got the floor reinforcement brace across the floor bolted in so I can now cut the removable panel for the new shifter and get the floor installed. I'm taking Friday off so I can get the last two power steering hoses made and installed and it gives me another full day to work on it.

Having some issues uploading these pictures. Just tried from my phone, too. They seem downloadable, then you should be able to open them on your computer. I’ll try again tomorrow morning. Sometimes they will load after waiting a little while. Just saw your post about changing to a 12V starter and alternator. The diagrams will still be useful, but you're going down a much easier and reliable path now.

Here are some photos of the wiring diagram. I tried to zoom in on the S/P switch. This will hopefully help and the internet won't degrade the resolution to a point where you can't make them out.0D50EE72-8BCB-4EE4-BABA-13378E81E656_1_201_a.heic2AF4430A-2BC0-4FA3-8F0E-0B8E65AB3061_1_201_a.heic6C9893B1-B022-4782-95E3-8B7D9755EF40_1_201_a.heic

that was my first thought;;; a NY truck ended in Luxemburg. !! but thinking of My Minneapolis Molines tractors supposably ended up in Brazil being bought at my auction.😨

leaving the inner seal ; keeping the grease/oil bearing combo ; it's more important to tip the wheels allowing gear oil to reach the outer bearings. not much of an oil cavity in hub of combo set up with axle removed. combo seal set up should always be tipped. easier / better to update to one seal ; both bearings oil.

Congrads to you Sir ;; You are the Senior adviser to BMT. Navypoppop is "second "in command.

"overthinking" is the signs of a real mechanic. any one can build . a real mechanic ALWAYS has the back thought of - what if !!

GW. I stopped to think about a PVC.. I looked at the truck a minute ago. I have a copper line coming from the valve cover going to the air cleaner. I forgot it. I even blasted and painted it for installation..

Joey, I’ve had many old old cars in my time and it seems like those older engines had just about that same oil pressure. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it at all as far as oil pressure goes

Thank you for helping me again. I have not done what I am doing to this truck on any other truck. At times, I tend to overthink things, only to find out that I am fine.. This is likely one of those times again..

It will, mine was 12 volt - when I bought it.

Tom, In regard to your fuel pump. Did the previous owner ever run ethanol gas in it????? If so the diaphragm is probably eaten up!!!

There have been a couple of write ups about Brockway's design including pictures.. One picture has the headlights horizontal on one side and vertical on the other. Contact Tom Millard at oldspwr@gmail.com and he knows where to find them.

I was 81 on 5/7.. My friend, Arthritis, has slowed my down a lot but still get out to shows some.

GW. I was curious about the pressure issue. I did not rebuild the engine. When i had it running, it ran great, and the torque when i let the clutch out and when i stabbed the throttle, was impressive to me .. I will leave it like it is. I hope I rebuild the starter correctly, and then get it to fire up with my new wiring. Im hoping the distributor will accept 12 volt neg ground as it is.

Joey, I am a firm believer in Shell Rotella 15W40. I run it in both my Diamond T with a rebuilt Hercules flat head six and my 92 Caddy that only has 135k miles on it.

Since the filter provides a restriction between the main oil rifle and the sump, removing will not change the pressure. the restriction in the housing limits the flow through the filter to the sump. a restricted filter would not change the pressure. You could try shimming the relief, but I would guess the bearing clearances are more likely. I can't remember if you went through the engine or not. Main bearing sets are hard to find and come in two types, thrust washer type and conventional rear main with thrust surface on the bearing shell. You can use either type, but you have to either remove the thrust washer retaining pin or notch the shell to clear the pin and leave it in place. On mine, I tend to think may be the oil pump shaft bushing may be worn and leaking pressure out of the pump past the shaft bushing. It tops out at about 40 PSI but hot it drops a bit.

Welcome to BMT. It would be interesting to know how a truck from Poughkeepsie NY ended up in Luxemburg??????? There are some Mack collectors near you in Holland, who have an occasional show. Contact Vlad (from Russia) by PM or email thru here as he has their contact information.

Ok. I guess I wanted higher oil pressure, it only peaked at about 30 ish at idle around 15. Of course this was with the original sensor and the dash gauge worked.

Although they are a bypass and don't do a great deal of filtering, I don't see any gain by not having it in there.

He looks like a cross between Alfred E Newman and Bill Gates.. Just sayin