Freightrain

Yup, have the same issues at local mack dealer here. I used to have connections, but when they got bought out everyone left and now they won't even try to find an air fitting if you ask. Simply disgusting. I found another dealer(R&R Mack) to deal with and he seems pretty interested in helping...even though it's for a 48 yr old Mack!

It boils down to how bad you want it and how bad he wants to sell it. Depending on what part of the country you are standing it will dictate the price. It's very hard to say "It's worth XX dollars". Finding a good cab will be more of an issue, IF you can't fix what you have. How complete is everything else? It sounds like it's a under a $1000 type truck. Like Bmoto mentioned....you have to want to throw money away cause if you put alot into restoring it, you likely won't get it back. It is very hard to anyway. Even worse if you have to pay others to do any of the work. I had $2500 in my B, but it was a pretty roadworth piece, lacking decent tires.

I don't have any pics myself, but I had my B in the Stow/Kent 4th parade. I led the pack for NEO chapter of ATHS with our banner hanging from my front bumper. The rain held off, though we did get a couple sprinkles before. Had a great time! I lost track of the times the ol guys were pointing and waving! The ol air horn got it's fair share of use too.

Very nice job!!

505ci ?

Repetitive ratio's Using 4th in lo, direct and Hi, then going to 5th lo, direct would be a repeat in gears since 5th is actually OD and using lo and direct would repeat 4th direct and over. Maybe not exactly, but close enough that Mack just tells you not to. Hope this was clear enough.

Thanks Art.

I usually put 3 gal in the filter housing and 3 in the pan. Been that way for 5 yrs now. I tried "bleeding" the filter once to see if that made any difference in start up. Not really. Mine usually takes about 7-10 secs to read any oil pressure on intial start up(after a weeks time). You should have 60 cold idle, around 20 hot idle, and 50-60 running down the road.

I would think you could have a fab shop make you some up. Maybe out of stainless?? Oh...that would be pretty. Roll the ends, install the t-bolts and weld the loop shut. Oh, the possibilities? I think I have some used ones left out back on some frame brackets. If you don't have any luck let me know and I'll take a look.

I'm in search of a new/used/better tranny gear for my speedo. I need the internal part(shaft with 13 tooth gear). I'm not sure how common this is? My speedo reads like 8 mph slow, so would putting a 11 tooth gear in tranny be enough to speed it up? Is this a common part? BTW, my gear is chipped and non-functioning right now. Anyone got pieces from there triplex laying around? Or is this still an available part Barry?

Nice find! Everyone needs a few extra dawgs around.

Very good look'n Dawg! Nice job.

I cut my single axle springs down. Much easier on the ol trailer. It actually lets the axle MOVE up and down now LOL! Some day I want to slip in an air ride. Dale cut his camels down on his B. He posted pics way back when.

Most truck shops have pieces to make speedo cables, with any ends you need. They have the "special" die that makes the end of cable square to fit speedo head. The drive end, like John mentioned might need a "adaptor" to make the speedo read correct. It depends on what's all been changed on the truck(as for rear gear ratios). I got my reducer off Ebay for like $12. Guy sells them on there all the time. You won't know how far off til you get it working and see what the deal is. You won't need the reducer at first, the cable should thread right on to tranny. The keyed adapter(that John mentions) should be available at truck shop.

Sharp looking truck for sure. Plain, simple, classic lines.

Most all I have seen have had 2 square tanks, or round tanks. The main tank is the drivers side(fuel pump pick up is in it), so the passenger side is just added capacity and can be removed if you want. It would really cut down on the travel distance! Most B's that I have seen had the std battery box on each side behind the cab. My truck has both on pass. side only cause they hung a side box on the drivers side for tools(it was a towing company truck).

I been to a couple facilities that have multi-purpose, multi-wheel vehicles to either move trailer or rail cars. Not sure the manufacturers name but they had rail wheels and pneumatic tires, usually all wheel drive.

Big end=crank end/rod bearing end small end=pin bushing for piston If you had the small ends rebuilt.......you had new bushings installed and sized. If you had the big end done...they ground the cap and resized it. That is one way us gearheads talk about rod ends. Different strokes for different folks.

I switched my B over to tubeless. RIm was $50(used) and $250 for Yokohama Radial tire. So for $300 each you can convert....not bad for a single axle, but a tandem....can get a bit pricey. Check around and see what you an find locally used? Leave the tube type on it? Not really a need to change over...it's basically preference.

I think it makes BAD drivers even worse!! Giving them a false sense of security.....since it "wasn't beeping, then I'm clear to go!" Ya, right! Buddy has it on his new F150(std equipment now) and when he has his car trailer hooked up...it beeps constantly when he backs up. What an annoying POS!!! I think you can disarm it, but he hasn't figured that one out yet. I think GOAL is a better option.....but for idiot drivers...there's nothing you can do for them anyway.

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I was able to pull near 10 mpg out of my B while bobtailing around town/road. Pulling my trailer 14K, it gets 8-9 mpg. Since I bumped the screw a bit I think it's a little down from that, need to check. Still ain't bad for an original 45 yr old diesel!

Seen on another diesel site. That funky afterburner on a new Pete. Looked like a super sized muffler with a torpedo burner built in? Something like a $5000 muffler! OUCH.

That's the problem with some parts guys. Got to have a #!! I wanted to convert, the guy walked over to a shelf and said "This will fit". Yup, sure did! No problems.