doubleclutchinweasel

Niiiccceee!!!

Another shot, after a little more tweaking & a new Ny-Lock nut...

Yep. Precisely what I did. The clamp now holds the stop cable. The stud on the pump arm was worn the f#@k out. Almost falling through the arm. Of course, nothing to be found. So, I had to make my own. The hex piece is a coupling nut. There is a shouldered grade 8 screw in the back. It is tightened into the coupling nut firmly, & Loc-Tired. Then the wire hole is drilled through. Finally, the outside screw clamps the wire in place. The washers on either side of the arm take up extra slack, but still leaves the assembly free to rotate in the arm. Looks pretty good, I think.

Oh...and would a length of rubber tubing (gas line, etc...) make a suitable "grommet" to take up the space between the sleeve and the bracket? And, I would still like to see a close-up of somebody's throttle cable bracket.

The shutoff cable has nothing on the end of the sleeve. It does look like it USED to have something on it. Currently, it is being retained by the narrow slot in the clamp. The round part of the clamp is considerably larger than the sleeve, which is why i think there may have been a ferrule or something on the end of it.Incidentally, I found some cables fairly cheap on www.fortpro.com. Anybody know if these are any good?

Any thoughts on the "end" of the tube on the shutoff cable? I'll see about making up a throttle bracket.

In one pic, you can see the stop cable. If will fall through the clamp. So, somebody just wedged the tube in the split of the clamp. Maybe it needs an end of some kind? In the other, you can see the slip-tube on the throttle linkage. But, there is no bracket on the air compressor (or anywhere) to lock the tube in place.

Sure. I'll shoot a picture of the area & post it. I think I'm missing a bracket to clamp the hand throttle tube.

...can't we all just get along...

And, if it's the PeterMack I think it is, the front fenders have been expertly widened to cover the tires on the wider front axle...

Isn't that the one on the Pete' chassis???

You ain't right, 57!

Mack thrived on vocational trucks, for sure. One way to look at it is that Mack built the highway system for all the other guys to drive on. Today, Mack needs to build vocational trucks as well as "wimpy" highway trucks to stay healthy. My personal take on the whole Volvo deal is that they see Mack as just another comodity...that's all. I don't think they realize they are holding an American icon. Volvo is actually a pretty good company. But, every time a company buys another, they get the "WE bought YOU" attitude, and forget what the company they bought was all about...or even why they wanted to buy it in the first place! Only time will tell if Volvo will put Mack on the pedestal it deserves. Sure doesn't look like it so far! But, we can forget ever having a re-birth of an R-model, for example. The government will make sure of that. EPA, noise levels, etc... And, even if they did manage to put one together, us old guys would LOVE it. But, there's not enough of us to make it profitable. The majority of buyers would be fussing that the cab was too small, or the ride was too rough, or whatever. By the time they got done trying to make those buyers happy, it wouldn't be the same truck anymore. Just my opinion, for what it's worth... Thus sayeth The Weasel

Looks like they took a half-dog off the RH door, and the letters off the hood, and crammed them together. Very imaginative...for a first grader. Hey, that's why the designers get the big bucks! Maybe if they worried more about making the trucks than the marketing "image"... Oh, well. I digress.

There's the problem; I don't see any place to clamp the tube on mine. That's why I need to see the details on one similar to mine. Yours looks a little different.

'At's a purty good lookin' ole sidewinder!

Hey, every little bit helps!

This one actually helps a little bit. It appears that, on the shutoff cable, the sheath has a "cap" or "ferrule" on the end of it, which is clamped in the bracket. Mine has no "cap" on it, and the sheath is merely wedged in the bracket. So, a cap would definitely help that one! The throttle cable continues to elude me, however! It looks like the sheath is stuck into the bracket on the throttle rod. That makes no sense. It would seem the sheath would have to be fixed in space somewhere upstream, and the cable continue to that rod-mounted bracket. I figure I'm missing a part SOMEWHERE, but can't quite identify it. Maybe more folks will chime in.

Any way I could get you to take another close-up shot, focused directly on the cable ends and sheaths? I see where the throttle cable comes in, but can't tell exactly how it attaches! I think my shutoff cable is a generic, and maybe the end of the sheath isn't "original". They just stuck the sheath in the clamp, and sorta' wedged it there. The wire is connected fine, and it works fine. My throttle cable is completely hosed. It's broken off several inches from the firewall. I figured that gizmo on the throttle rod was the attachment point. But, for the life of me, I can't tell how it's supposed to connect...or work, for that matter. Thanks again.

I'll look it over! Many thanks!

'70 R611. I believe it does have the Synchrovance drive.

Any 6-cylinder with a Bosch A.P.E. type pump. Maybe a 675? Anybody? Anybody?

Interesting! That could throw you for a loop!

Would one of you fine gentlemen with a 673 do me a favor? I need to see some close up pictures of the details of the fuel shut off & throttle cables where they connect to the fuel pump. My shut off cable is functional, but sort of cobbled. The throttle cable is broken. I want to get all the mounting & attachment details cleaned up, but don't have any pictures of the original "factory" setup. Thanks!

Definitely looks like an L-cabbed B-model. I'm just trickled pink that you got that, considering it wasn't a U, Vinny!!!! Sorry. I couldn't resist. You owe me one.