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Dang, that's cool. I love the old steel dash trucks. And, that one's a little better than mine was! LOL!

Sounds like the hi-lo synchro is disengaging... Could be the synchro ring or the gear it engages on the mainshaft.

Wow! That's funny, Hippy! Welcome, Matt!

I'm just repeating what the instructions, which truck shop posted, said. On my Spicer, you had to remove the lock plate, too. Whatever...

Ouch!

That's pretty cool, Bob!

You may be correct.

More??????

Probably did not happen in every state. Where I grew up, it was a normal thing.

Yep. Remember it well. Thomas Built Buses had facilities in High Point, NC. Blue Bird had facilities somewhere in GA. So, we saw a lot of chassis and new finished buses in this area.

Yip. They’re pretty good.

If so, there was another discussion...

Somebody had this on Pinterest, or somewhere. One nice-looking crackerbox. Seemed like we were discussing these a while back, but I forgot where! Looks like it may have center point steering. Poor man's power steering.

That's about the way I got all those I found. A guy bought 2 trailers for storage. Took the axles off and put them on blocks on the ground. I got all 16 wheels and tires for something like $400. All of them were marked for drive or all-position use. All caps, but pretty good shape. I put 8 on the truck, but I let all the rest go when I sold that truck. In fact, part of the deal was that he HAD to take all those old 2-piece rims! LOL! Good luck hunting.

Exactly! That's all it was meant for. Hold the button in, get out of the road, and let the button go to lock it back down. Sometimes, there wasn't even enough air in that system to get them to release cleanly one time! That's how my old R was set up. In fact, all the R-models I drove in my youth had this setup. If/when it worked, it was a pretty nice system. No crawling under the truck to cage the spring just to move out of the road.

Found this the other night. The Quiring guys (from Highway Through Hell fame) apparently found themselves a D9G to help pull big stuff out with. They have posted several videos of the tractor in use. Seems like I read that they have both 8s and 9s. Interesting thing about this video is the tractor rearing up while pulling with the winch. I remember having that happen a lot when we used winches with the elevated roller over them (we called 'em "logging winches" because that's where they were at their best). Didn't happen when the cable came straight off the drum like most of our stuff was set up. That's a lot of nose up in the air! Looks like they could use new grouser bars on the tracks! They're kinda' worn down. Anyway, these are some pretty good clips to watch.

I hope you can do that. Much safer all-around. Not just better rims, but tubeless to boot. I haven't done hundreds like you...more like "dozens". Hated the 3-piece just a little less than the 2-piece! Like solid/tubeless better than either of them. My R600 had tube-type 10.00-20s on 2 piece wheels (rear), tube-type 10.00-20s on 3-piece wheels (front), and I found a butt-load of 11.00-22.5 tubeless on 1-piece wheels that I bought and put on the rear. They were all caps, but were better than what I had...and that got rid of those 2-piece rims. I've had a 2-piece come apart on me before. Luckily, no injuries. Probably because of the great deal of...uh...respect I had for them. Or, was that contempt? Luckily, never had a 3-piece separate on me. We had a local man killed here a few years ago. Was putting a 2-piece on his truck on the side of the road when it came apart. Bad day. Family man. Just trying to make a living. Hopefully, you can convert all yours and stay unmolested for years to come!

Stumbled across this link. Free download. Might help somebody??? http://www.taurusfleetservices.com/images/MackService/Mack-T313-T318-Service.pdf And, then there's these guys... https://www.globaldrivetrainparts.com/transmission-manuals

Anybody ever hear whether or not he got this problem sorted out???

And, maybe more importantly... Another one of my pet peeves...the mirrors are on that truck the "right" way! LOL!!!

I was talking about posts I have read where some expert declared that all 2-piece and 3-piece rims were "illegal" now. That's all. The 2-piece, as far as I know, are no longer manufactured...whether by law or by good judgement! But, the 3-piece design is still in production. Just trying to differentiate the two designs. Not advocating either! Not trying to stir anything up! Sorry, Bob!

It's sad that there is still confusion about the different styles of multi-piece rims. I have heard lots of people talk about those 3-piece rims in the same sentence with the 2-piece rims, and about dangerous they are. The 2-pice rims ARE crazy-dangerous. But, the 3-piece design is not a problem. In fact, they are still being manufactured and sold today. From an engineering standpoint, that 3-piece design is actually very sound. Not so with the old 2-piece. I spent a winter working in Frankfort, KY at a "Hot Rocks" (i.e.: Firestone) dealer. That was quite an experience! Nothing like being a tire-buster to make you appreciate ... pretty much any other job! LOL! Actually, I did rather enjoy the work. Mostly, it was the customers who made it unpleasant (at times). I remember the day that an irate customer backed over the shop manager while leaving the shop. One day, a snow storm hit, and another guy and I spent all day studding snow tires. I think that;s the day I decided to go back to clearing right-of-way!

That looks like it has the 3-piece rims on it. We talked about those in another thread recently. Pretty good-looking truck. Thanks for posting!