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Air restriction gauge most likely...

I spoke with Rob last week....he is doing well just busy with his shop and life as we all alr.... He said he has had little time for trucks and is going to be a grand dad again.....

Thinking back now how old is BMT?.....I remember finding this site on the old msn group page...think that was about 8 years ago?....Barry and watts mack has done a fine job keeping this fourm going

This is the only trucking fourm that I visit because of the way it's run... We can talk trucks,women,politics and still be friends....only once in a while does someone try to get out of line and when that happens it either settles itself or they get the wrath of us.... If you like wild and crazy forums that anything goes with little moderation check out " the yellow bullet" It can be a soap opera or hell depending on the day....

Yep just put a front mount on, install new intake manafold and run new piping.. You will gain some power by doing this as well...

Again had -15 weather today about -40 with the wind .......never seen my dog piss and shi! At the same time so he can get back in side quicker LOL....

-20 here........wind chill -45 Coldest I can remember in Chicago

I remember those dmm mixers running around... I stood next to one once and was amazed how tall they were... I can only imagine how bad they rode and the blind spot infront of the bumper

can't remember the location buy I recall it being a boat factory before Mack bought it?

Sen them in use . They look like the can move a lot of snow quickly...the ones I saw in use had follow cars to keep idiots from trying to pass them....

If I recall the passenger side air cleaner mounting aera has a steel plate behind the cab sheet metal for reinforcement. You may want to do the same on the drivers side. Also standard r models had an 2" indent on the passenger side to help get the air cleaner from sticking out to far. Most superliner cabs do not have this and the dual air cleaners will sit symmetrical. Not sure if it will be noticeable but just a heads up... Your driver side door will need stops welded to the hinges to prevent the door from opening into the filter housing. and watch your vent window if it can swing open 90 deg as it may make contact even with the stops welded in... If you do it right it will look cool with dual stacks

Congrats Steve.....anyone also notice dan was mentioned with his out back valuliner he imported

Dynamat helps but to get the noise level down you really need a thick pad 1 or 2" thick to go under the floor and of the firewall. We just did a r model that I drive with dynamat on the floor,roof and rear wall. ( still need to do The firewall.) it helped some but it is nowhere near as quiet as my rs700 with a thick insulation pad on the floor and firewall. Search for the stuff used on generator boxes to quiet them down.

I could have used this new form of water repellant the last few weeks....Been nothing but rain,snow,salt and road spray

All depends how pitted or dull they are... If they are scratched to hell you need to sand them first. It's a real pita.....if they are just dull pick up a few cloth buffing wheels and some bars. work your way down with the grit.... Once they are starting to look good hit them with some white diamond and the buffer wheel.... White diamond is the best I have used so far... It does not get hard like the purple stuff does... It just seams more. User friendly especially when your doing it by hand.

Just about everything just depended on what model Mack

500psi...wow! .would have thought 150psi for older early boilers.....

I saw that at the Iowa 80. Was very Cool

What's the boiler pressure on the old tractors.....is it as high as late model steam locomotives....250-300 psi?

I installed a sheapperd steering box off a rs600 onto my rs700... I had the same manual steering box as you... All I had to do is drill a few holes and add spacers for the power steering box? If I recall i used 2 or 3 of the factory holes in the front spring hanger... Installed a power steering pump from an 80's vintage r model. The type that fits to the back of the air compressor and ran lines to a frame mounted resivor...

I pulled a frameless hilbilt that would raise real high...the rear rear tractor wheels could touch the forward trailer axel when the box was up... The slop in the 5thwheel showed that the trailer was trying to go over center when pulling forward.... I bet he had the same set up to do that.....we call it " rocket man"

Saw a guy that did this ...frameless end dump...he thought the load was stuck. Backed up and stabbed the brakes...trailer lifted tractor off the ground...trailer sat straight up in the air with tailgate on the ground....

Is that what that switch there does....

Best AC unit found in an r model was the rear wall red dot. It would freeze you out and I had to put all the vents towards the passenger side. Worst part is you would bang your elbow on the dam thing looking for 3rd or 5th

Sorry about that.... What color is your superliner?. Need to see a pic so I know who we're talking about....hell brian sees me all the time and I just drive by himwith my nose in the air. Lol.. ......I saw a gray superliner down near the refinery on near new ave and 355 on Thursday. Waved at him...