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I still have all the budd hubs for my rear axle. Guess maybe I need to start poking around for front hubs that I can convert my 517 axle?

Great job. I never even contemplated doing the machine work to get hubs on like that. I have access to all the equipment to do it. It basically is just making the old bearing spacing fit the newer hubs.

I hope that old starter valve works okay for you. I wanted to use the one I had for my starter but was warned against it because of air leaks. I used a new air button on the dash and tank mounted valve and it holds 100# of air for 6 months. I'll be curious to hear how well yours works.

Lol....ya it might need just a slightly larger conductor......;)

One thing I found out was I had to grind the width of the spring slightly to allow it to slip in the rear mount. When it was rolled, it was slightly flattened/widened and just didnt quite fit. Not a big deal.

Dennis, I'd call ahead as this was a few years ago and you know how things have changed.

Superior spring in Canton made me a new top leaf for my truck a few years back. Nice work. They couldn't order the correct eyelet, so they made it for me. 330 477 7291

Saw a news report stating statistics about ICUs being full blah, blah, blah, then they had a disclaimer at the bottom of the chart saying 80% of ICU patients were not COVID related. No sheet. People do go there and die from natural freakn causes. Wonder how many people actually read that small script?

The early v8s(865,866), was it just owners over fueling them that caused failures? Or just not a strong enough platform to live long?

I'm thinking that was a site dump truck. Never seen salt in Jousey?? Double frame that isnt spread?? What a deal for the money if the cab isnt all bondoed up. I bet that thing barks pretty good with that pipe! I love the sound of my 237.

Had a 427 ford engine that had collapsed filter. It read 60 psi before the filter. Changed the oil and suddenly there was no oil pressure. Reinstalled the old filter and 60 psi! Found out an oil galley plug had popped out, thus not much pressure at idle with such a large internal leak. The old Fram filter had collapsed and was creating a false pressure reading. I think the pump relief had stuck shut, blowing the filter up, popping the welch plug, then relieved itself. Leaving the engine with no real oil pressure. We dont know how it survived all the driving it had on it til we found the problem. This was in the red Willys that I was doing all the repair work on a few years back for a friend. As for oil pressure. It is there to keep the wedge of oil in the bearings so there is no metal contact. Lugging an engine has nothing to do with valvetrain. The early Mack thermodyne engines could not be lugged. It would pound the bearings out along with cracking the mains. They were not designed for that until later on(maxidyne engines).

Interesting. If Erik's wheel will fit I may be interested in buying one. I have air assist so I dont need the big wheel. I was leaning towards that new white wheel. I like the look. I may paint it later?

I just measured the spline on my column since I happen to have the wheel off. 1.080, so I assume that is for a 1 1/8" spline. I could have my buddy paint it for me cheap enough? Or find out if that M35 wheel is the same and paint it green? I see Raney's also offers a black, blue and red wheel.

I'm in the same boat. I want a new wheel but torn between what to spend. I epoxied the cracks in mine a few years ago, but didn't sandblast it first and the rod corrodes and expands and cracks it again. Ugh. Decisions, decisions. I like that white wheel. That's something to consider even though it doesn't really match a green interior.

Unless you find a rust free cut off, you'll be blasting and painting that.....so I agree just clean up what you have. It only looks like surface scale.

What makes this meme even funnier to me is....the fact the gentleman very closely resembles a friend of mine and so I read the words in "Don's" voice...LOL!

Bob, well she's about the third one I've known here. I'll say there is one that most want to forget! The second was that young girl that was only around for a short time. Can't recall much about her right now. She was a driver if I recall.

There are no "Mack" specific meets per say. There are lots of truck shows all around the country you can attend.

My condolences to High Binder and Redhorse. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and happy new year. It's been tough on everyone.

Fairly local to me. Dont know the truck or owner but saw it posted on facebook recently.

Merry Christmas All!

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Trump supporters. Only one real ahole. Him. Everyone else is good people.

Crazy he is a trump guy. Though that doesn't stop you from being an ahole. Pretty sure everyone at my work is.

Same guy who, like 8 yrs ago got a speeding ticket in the f450 stakebed and tried to blame it on the previous plant mgr because "he didnt tell me I had to follow the truck speed limits". Bwhahaha. Yup, he's that arrogant. Nothing is HIS fault.