Freightrain

Looks brand new! Can't wait to bolt it back in.

All 6 out. Picked up the right oil pan from motor shop as they hot tanked it for me. I traded the big 54 qt model for this. Good to have friends in good places. I also picked up the radiator but it's dark and cold so I will get pics tomorrow. I want to slip it in the collar to make sure everything is just as it was and will fit when I go to assemble this pile of parts come spring. I can't see it being an issue as the upper and lower tanks and side brackets all have to fit together and if the core was not sized right then they would not have been able to solder it together. Will be stopping at Mack dealer next week to order the kit. Piece by piece.....

Good news. Local Mack says full kits are available in .020 liners. Pt number 215SB196CP2 $3355 cash over the counter. Now I will pull the last 5 liners and confirm before ordering.

I will once I confirm I can get them. The deck is stamped at every liner that it is .020.

Thanks for that Paul. I also just pulled the front Jake housing off the 237 and found out the valve lash caps are the same for the 300 valve stems(.500), so I don't have to chase those down.

Hopefully they are still easily gotten.

Well, weekend update. Dropped off radiator Friday. They can handle it. $1200. Well,at least it isn't $2000.... I told them to do it. I was surprised how flattened out the fins were around the fan area on the back. I'm surprised it cooled as well as it did. I picked up the puller and started on it this evening. Got #1 out. Found out what the .020 stamped on deck. Block bored oversize. I need to make sure I can get oversize sleeves. These were Mack sleeves. You can just see the .020 on the deck by the sleeve. The bore is 4.875, which is stock. Apparently the dealer must have rebuilt this at some time and bored the block. I knew it has been apart due to red silicone on gasket surfaces. I will contact Mack and see if these are still available or if PAI has them before going any farther. May have a large paperweight on my hands?? Might be in framing the 237 and bolting on 300 parts. Time marches on ......

I am not holding my breath until I get a price. It won't surprise me if it is crazy. But this is a very small radiator compared to an R model. The original has worked flawless for 25 yrs. Even on the biggest, longest grade I run it just gets to 200* and just holds it. It is a 9* grade in Pennsylvania.

Working at a machine shop, it was going to make my own puller plates. 5.25 disc for the bottom with 4.875 pilot to hold it correctly in the bore and not slip off to the side. A hydraulic jack would just be easier then strong arming a nut and all thread. I don't know exactly how easy these liners will move? And they are like 11" long!

No. I was going to purchase a puller but this friend offered to bring his hydraulic puller over and help. Basically a piece of well casing, all thread and a hollow pin hydraulic jack. Seemed a bit easier than a hand puller.

Haven't touched it. Waiting on friend to get time to press liners out. I have researched buying a cheapie hollow hydraulic jack and build my own. Be a few hundred dollars and no real use after that. But if I want to get started now I have to do something. Nothing against the friend as he is a farmer and this is busy time for him. I can wait but I just am getting antsy.

Ok, time to start getting into this teardown... I'm going to drop the radiator off and look to have it recored. It doesn't leak, now, but with the added power/heat I want it to be good for awhile longer. Need to have buddy stop over this coming week and help get the hood off(two man job). Then I can continue with fenders and unhooking stuff. 10 yrs ago I man handled the fenders alone. I'm not feeling that strong these days...😲 I need to get floorboards out and shifters off so I can pull trans with engine. I am going to start working on who can pull it for me. I have a few options so far. If I can get it out before the winter blast I can clean up the chassis some before other engine goes in.

Like the insurance commercial... I'm turning into my parents. I hate the crap they are turning the world into ....just like my parents said when I was young. I think it is much worse then 40 yrs ago.

Gold anodized to keep from rusting. Looks great!! I'm so unhappy with the way my wheels turned out when I did them. Just 5? yrs and they look like chit. Rusty and ugly. I should have just painted them with a brush.

I was going to make it look more old school with the separate range control below the knob but decided against it. I can't screw it up now by moving the wrong knob.