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The "party of tolerance" showed their true colors tonight. The people who should be ashamed of themselves are the people who continue to vote them into office. They demonstrated to the Nation that they are NOT on the side of American Citizens nor our great Country. I salute the two recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Thank you both for your service.

Excellent Larry thanks for that … bob

Great story and welcome aboard… and strange things happen sometimes have a ball with it … bob

I have it on R.A.V. 🇺🇸

Progress.... I put the "newer" valve spring on #5 intake, set head on and just snugged the bolts. Will torque after front head is installed. I received my reman 673 water pump and got it bolted on, along with torquing the oil filter housing once everything was lined up. I got the fan hub slipped on and nut tightened down. You can tell this is "new" as the bearings and seal make it snug to turn. Unlike my original one from who knows when?? My injectors are ready to pick up. They had to dig into their cores for a few parts to get them up to spec. I get them Thursday night. About $650 total. I still am working on getting copper seals out of front head. My round file isn't large enough to grab the copper. Will continue to tinker with that situation. I do need to come up with a plug for the puff limiter in the front of the pump. Limiter was broken off when I got motor. A question I will ask at pump shop. I did start to get the gold paint put on. Just quick coating over most of bottom end. Will need a couple more cans to actually finish it but first coat will be set. I need to determine what that hose is sticking out of top of water pump housing. My 673 didn't have that. Not sure if that heater connection? Mine has nipple that I put into new pump down by oil cooler neck. I can always swap it back for the plug that was in that hole. I think that pipe just had a cut off black hose and assume it might be heater. I know this 300 motor had water shut off on rear water manifold just like my 673/237. The 300 pump didn't have a hole down there by oil cooler like 673 pump. I did order new lock tabs for exhaust bolts. No sense in using old rusty ones. Speedi sleeve should be here Thursday for crank hub.

I guess this is the " this, that, and more" part of this thread... N.Y.C. Mayor Mamdani said he will not pursue charges against those who threw snowballs, ice, rocks and bricks at Police officers yesterday... which sent 2 officers to the hospital with head and face injuries.. How nice ??? I went to CNN's website to read the report so I can avoid being biased...

Same here Geoff I’m hoping for at least 10 more years. I need at least that to get everything fixed and running around my place.

Dogs are the best definitely family

I’ve been told recently vickers parts are very available

Its backwards. Grease needs to leave the bushing bores through the seals. So the open, or grease side faces the area in-between the bores. (Toward the axle beam) This allows the grease to leave and push dirt out..

Also, do these seals need to go in the other direction? This is how my old ones were in but after reading an old thread on here it sounds like maybe the lips needs to go towards axle?

I hope I still have another good 10 years in me. I went looking for an older animal to take care of, Puppies often get adopted 1st (but don't always get to stay in that home😒). 5 years old was on the younger side.

That's the same valve body I have as your's and HarryS'. I'll have to look through my paperwork, but I made copies of the installation and plumbing routing from a maintenance manual I borrowed to install it. I'm going off memory, I recall it did say Garrison. As for the Ross unit, like Sheppard, that was a power steering box rather than an add-on assist unit. I've seen some that have a Ross Power Steering logo horn button on various make trucks. I know there's some casting numbers and IN/OUT markings on it, maybe a part or assembly number, but I don't recall seeing Garrison or an ID tag on the valve body. My pump was a Vickers unit I sent out for overhaul that had an integral reservoir bolted on top of the pump. I just went through my photo archives and I took copies of the plumbing from what looks like a Mack maintenance manual. I have a pic of the rebuilt and installed pump. The only picture I have of the valve body was from the donor truck, covered in grease and dirt. But, that picture also shows the steering are limit stops that I grabbed and installed, too. I do have a picture of it hanging up after I painted it.

the grease board was a common tool back in the day. sometimes a P I A but better then dismounting the tires , pulling hub /drum assembly with floor jack. Luckly a customer having large fleet bought an OTC wheel dolly jack. I borrowed it countless times. not only faster but less seals got damaged on reinstall. accurate control when sliding wheel assy back on axle. I eventually acquired one (walker); think that went in auction also😞

carefully remove o-ring , clean the inner ring groove . can find another new o-ring better.; if not apply some RTV in o-ring groove reinstall the o ring. it's not a high pressure area.

beautiful looking . only good thing about this rent is contract states no animals. closing in on 75 ; can't run with a puppy; won't go through the events of putting down a senior . shelters have some of the most amazing animals

Yes, if the inner ring is free from damage. Be sure to put the dowel in the hole in the spindle.

I just bought seal. As long as the sealing surface is good and the o-ring is good should seal up fine.

It must be pretty big difference Even C models as I may call them, CH, CHR and so on used the R model chassis in Australia There has gotta be something special about the R model chassis I'm gunna say, without looking it up that Mack Australia stopped using the R model chassis maybe 10 - 15 years ago Paul

Another Mack question. Never seen a setup with this extra race either. Looks like I can buy just the seal quite a bit cheaper than the set that comes with both. Does that race with the roll pin need replaced with the seal or can it be reused?

Spoke hubs are all inboard drums, they have to be!

Harry’s,that the exact as what I have.What I need is the threaded nut on the end,it has bad threads.I can use it but would like to have a better one.