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It happened! It's in there. Let the fun begin.....all over again.....ugh. It went well. 1.5 hrs from friend backing into driveway until he pulled back out. Took a little finesse, wasn't perfectly engineered, but it got set in place. I can't post pictures of friends truck because it is a Cat service truck and it will get him in trouble with corporate. We just back from lunch and it just started pouring rain.

I finally received my chain I ordered. Took 6 days and it was only about 30 miles away. Shipping was cheap or I would have just drove up last Monday and just picked it up. I welded my cross bars on the spreader pipe. I am not a certified welder but it AIN'T coming loose! I contacted my friend with crane to see what he has going on this week. I have to make two hook plates to weld on top of bar to chain to hook to. I can use the plasma cutter at work to make short order of putting holes in the plates. I did fill the transmission with the 50w oil I bought. It is ready for installation!!

Truck update: Power steering installed. I cut the original tube and steering shaft. I then made a bearing ring to weld onto the bottom of the cut tube. This supports the bottom of the shaft/column Mock up Steering shaft conversion. 3/4" key stock cut round to slip into shaft. Then welded and pinned. The bearing is a tight press fit but I also got two clamps for added support. I lined the square into the joint and drilled for 5/16" pin diameter(3/8"-16 bolt turned down on the end). The yoke has 3/8"-16 thread so I used a bolt with lock washer. Installed. Seems very solid. I may need to put an additional support clamp on the column if it seems to wiggly when driving. Time will tell The column is just barely aimed upward more then before but my hand doesn't contract the windshield. I can put a 1/4" spacer under the clamp to shim the column downward slightly if need be. Just glad it is basically done. Waiting on R model drag link to cut and paste with my B drag link to attach to spindle. Then once motor is in I can work on lines to pump. Hope to get motor installed next week. Fingers crossed.

Some progress today: And then.... Tadaaaa. I picked up a 5 gal pail of 50w gear oil for the transmission. I need to plug off the cooler fittings before filling as I don't know if that won't just puke everything back out. I am going to just loop the two lines for current operation. I don't think I need a cooler. Maybe I will look into a small alum cooler and mount on the frame down in the air just for the shitzandgiggles of it. I received the steering column yoke and.....it was packaged wrong and is not correct. The eBay seller promptly refunded my money. I got lucky and found one in a truck parts warehouse in Tn and should see it early next week. Once that fits, I can get box mounted and work towards getting it connected to the column. I am feeling good today.

So, Zina decided she wanted to get some chickens. As for me, I'd just as soon get chicken from KFC and eggs from Kroger. But there's a saying, something about "happy wife..." So I've been working on this chicken coop that we got at Tractor Supply. They loaded it with a forklift and It was way too heavy for me to lift, I can only lift 490 lbs. So I had to open the box on the truck and carry it to the jobsite piece by piece. We've made decent progress on it though... I guess. I'll try to finish it tomorrow.

Hello forum members, I have been doing some exhaust work on the B-20P. I thought I would share some pictures of the work. I know the B-20's had a muffler on the bottom but that did not do it for me. So, I made a mast and put on a 4" exhaust pipe, it was a tight fit but I made it work. The box goes up and down nicely with no interference. All clamped up and it sounds great! Best Regards.....Frank

while this may be true, all he has to do is change his name to Karen and declare himself president of the HOA. then he can do whatever he wants. 👍

Picked up the B73 a couple of weeks ago from storage. Needs service and a big cleanup, still. Still tweaking little things with it. Added some seat belts to it. Re-did the bumper nickname "KRACKERJACK" in vinyl letters after the painted letters proved a lot less durable than I hoped. It was a gamble doing it, but the trip home from Macungie last year in the rain gave it a real beating. Just had it put on this morning at a local sign shop and it took barely five minutes to do. I actually think it looks better and stands out more than the old sign. Been busy with a lot of other projects over the winter, like managing a project for my employer with recommissioning a 1953 Mack fire truck to roadworthy status. Just mechanical and electrical work until he figures out what he wants to do with it. Took on my cousin's '54 M38A1 for some mechanical work. I generally don't work on other people's vehicles, but he begged me and threw some cash at me to do it. Mostly finished all the work on the '41 ford cruiser for the CT State Police Museum and it had several big reveals over the St. Patrick's Day parades, participating in some big ones in Hartford and New Haven. Lots of coverage of it for the museum. So all my hobbies are keeping me busy while i still work on call for a great employer at this point in my life. I can't wait to see what shows I can make it to this year!!

Hippy, The guy who stabbed that girl in charlotte is a repeat criminal, that Democrat judges let out of jail 14 times before he killed her. And now they are going to split hairs about his metal condition... Bull Sh!t !! He needs a dose of leadacilin.. I am so sick of liberal judges ....

Geez, you're never satisfied, you're always looking for more power! You should just get a race car and be- oh, wait...never mind... 🤣

Thank you, Vietnam Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans from 1955 to 1975, Thank you for your service. Fred & Nessa

I couldn't take the green paint on the transmission so it is now black. Much better! I checked clutch brake adjustment and clutch height was setting really close already. To help with building the linkage I used a bar on the clutch fork arm and measured 23* of travel from freeplay to clutch brake application. I can use that information to work on the new linkage and make sure I have enough travel in everything. I received my cooler block off plate and have it installed. I also re clocked the air starter. The inlet was on the bottom because it was on lower passenger side on 237. Now it is flipped on the drivers side. I didn't like the exhaust on the top so I pulled it off the engine and rotated the body 180*. Now if it drools it won't make a mess. Also, WTF, you have to remove the rear oil filter to get a starter changed out on these engine. PITA. I liked my passenger side starter. Yesterday I took 1/2 day vacation so I could go buy some material at steel supplier to make up the lifting cradle. I will be working on that this weekend so I can make plans to get motor set in the truck. I finally got the correct steering knuckle parts, so I welded the old holes shut, painted and installed the steering box. I was playing hell trying to hold this heavy bastard and start the bolts. I gave up and turned the front bolt into a stud. Now I could slip it in the hole and start the nut and then stand on the out of frame and wiggle the other bolts in the holes. The joint comes up right about the same spot as the original column did in the floor. I started measuring the old input shaft on the old box to see where I need to cut and start to fab up everything. Should go relatively smooth. 😆

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I've read numerous reports that the 2nd airman has been safely rescued from Iran. I think I can speak for most of us, that is a huge sigh of relief.

Not my photos or story, flogged from Facelessbook Bulldozer and prime mover in the river at Berri ferry. It took 3 days to retrieve! Not sure what year I guess it's one way to detail your truck and crawler tractor Paul

Jiggs McDonald, NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster, speaking in Ontario, says: "I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Toronto . I think it should be the goal of every Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance." "That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque; thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, The Turban Cowboy, and the other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot." "Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called " Iraq of Ribs." "Across the street there could be a lingerie store called Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret, with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods, and on the other side a liquor store called Morehammered." "All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us." Yes we should promote tolerance, and you can do your part by passing this on. And if you are not laughing or smiling at this point, it is either past your bedtime, or it's midnight at the oasis and time to put your camel to bed..

I guess it didn’t make it this far out ….. that’s discusting should be hung in the town square our legal system sucks

First time out this year, had to go get inspection stickers

Thank you Vlad, yes that's the official uniform of the Winfall Department of Public Works. I saw one of them at an antique truck show in Colfax, N.C. one time wearing that same uniform. She asked if she could take a picture with me and of course I said "of course", because I'm just that kind of guy.

We're rollin now! Good enough to roll it out into the driveway so it can be lifted by friends crane. The plates sticking forward will hold chains going up to spreader bar and will get the chains ahead of the firewall. The front will have chains hooked to the front motor mount trunion using eyelets. Yea, it will be in the way of setting it down in the truck but will deal with jacking it up slightly and removing nuts and eyelets at that point. It's hard coming up with a way to hook onto anything up front. Besides using a strap around the crank/pulleys. I can't fudge it too much as it has to be able to be used the day the crane is here. Can't find out afterwards that I don't have a way to pick it up. I didn't want to have to remove anything off the motor like I did with pulling the 237.

We went out to eat today for the first time in a long time. We went to our favorite restaurant in Appomattox and it did not disappoint. I've only met a few Mexican restaurants that I didn't like and I've been to many, but this one right here in Appomattox is as good as any I've ever been to.

Happy Birthday Bob! 40 people - wow, that's a gang! Wonder might anybody from them be interested in helping fixing the DM as a weekend activity?

Did the alcohol go on the boo boo or in the pie hole ?? Just curious, you know,,,, in case i get a tick bite.....

Nowhere near the number that have been murdered in abortion clinics! Tell us, how many? Please provide specific incidences, details and PROOF that the shooter was a republican. I'll wait.

I have kept chickens for over 15 years there is 22 plus Fred the rooster in the henhouse. One time I had a fox checking out the chicken run he led a short life it ended that day. Every morning I have two eggs from the day before, there is some upkeep you have to change out the wood chips I spread on the floor and cleanout the layer boxes we have two Bernese mtn. dogs and a border Colley and a little guy that is very intent on barking at everything that moves so we don't see too many critters sculking around the chicken coop I keep my granddads single shot 22 and I keep a 22 that is scoped for longer shots and for anything larger I keep a loaded 44 mag handy that gun came in handy when a bear got too interested in my goats

Well said.

i didnt. i knew before he was even on the ballot he was a useless demonrat pos. and he proved me rite!!

Sums it up nicely -

Maybe. I usually go with the tacos al pastor, but today I decided to go with the ribeye and shrimp with beans and rice. But this ribeye was today's special so I got that instead. Here's a big Mack truck too.

Thank you guys for the add! A group of guys that i work with started a nonprofit in the Texas Panhandle. They bought a 1949 Mack Type 85. The plan is to restore the old girl to all her glory and use her for parades and funerals of our fallen brothers and sisters.

Well, that's another issue. I was going to add it to my homeowners policy but I never did because I thought it was sold. I just hope the tax assessor didn't see it before it was stolen because if he did I'm sure my personal property taxes will go up.

Thank you, spent "69" there. terry

The thing that would make that truck jump out from the rest at a truck show is the tip turbine aftercooler. I think it would have been fine with the triplex or just about any transmission given the loads he is going to pull. It will have a unique sound pulling, and there aren't all that many tip turbines on the road anymore, or those that know what they are. I think you'd have to look a long time to find another B with one. They were an interesting answer to a problem that went away, much more unique than low flow cooling, for the same problem.