davehummell

I worked for Great northern as a mechanic I think at the end of the 70's they had all R and F model Macks when I worked there. The trucks were well used for the most part.

TJC have you ever heard of Great northern trucking out of Netcong it was right of rt 80? I was wondering if it was still going.

I at one time shot 1,000 yard competitively with a 308 bear wildcat cartridge, 300 yards with an open sight 45/70 Shilo sharps with black powder as the propellant, 100 yards at a running buffalo with a 38/55 and an Italian made 45 colt yellow boy, and BR 50 with a custom made 22 caliber Time precision made rifle. I missed the world record that was about 3and 5/8 inch I shot a 5 inch ten shot group with the one shot .206 off absolute dead center of the bullseye, I had a record group going but I caught a condition and one fell out of the group it would made my day but that is what makes it a competition. After shooting 30 or 35 rounds out of that 45/70 my shoulder would complain, The 308 Bear weighed 45 lbs and I was sending 220 grains at 3600 fpm. it moved the gun 4 to 5 inches in the rests. Just for fun we would get together and shoot bullseye at 50 yards with 22 pistols I used a Smith model 41 and a model 27.

Other Dog I thank you for taking the time to post the pictures always got a kick out of them. I hope we cross paths again down to Macungie this coming year.

You could be right the picture I had hanging on my old roll around was at least 35 plus years ago. I don't think I have ever seen one in person. A few years ago I spied some talk about those engines on some web sight.

I worked on both colors the 1693 was a 343 with a different governor for a truck and some other changes were done for more hp. The 1693 was my favorite engine.

If I remember it correctly couldn't you order that A C engine with 600 hp. I spent many hours working on 1693 engines went to school for them when I worked at Cleveland Brothers. If you were running the upper way west a lot of trucks had brake savers before the transmissions that brake saver really worked way better than a jake. It's a shame Jake brake didn't come up with a set up on the 1693. I paid .17 cents a gallon for fuel when I was getting a load in El Paso. I used to take care of a pete cabover that I finally did an inframe at 1,500,000 miles it still ran to California without any issues but the owner wanted it freshened up. The 1693 was rated at 425 but when I ran my engines I would find out if the owner wanted more you could get about 600 hp without too much fiddling.

I looked over that engine they had on the stand when I was at the truck show, it's a real shame they didn't get them in their trucks I would have loved to experienced that engine see how it stacked up against their competitors engines.

I have an older Lincon 400 amp power source for mig I have a ln-7 spool gun and a mini spool gun for aluminum, an Esab 300 amp tig and stick that I got a super deal on years ago and a little Lincon mig that runs on 110 volt that little welder I used in my machine shop and run god knows how many 10 lb. rolls of 035 wire through that welder. My good friend had a large machine shop and he treated himself to a new mig welder it had printed circuit boards in it had to be repaired so much he stuck it up on a shelf and said never would he buy another new welder. He had a 1000 amp setup for constant welding building up shafts and rolls out of mills. Some of those rolls were very large his one lathe could swing 10 foot x about 20 or 30 feet.

Larry that looks like my engine right side starter and two spin on oil filters and I have the power steering pump mounted on the air compressor and I painted mine Mack gold.

There is a vast difference between penn. dot in Luzerne County and Wyoming county and don't get me started on the Luzerne County Road and bridge outfit. It is quite the job driving my B model any ware out from my house for the potholes and the terrible repaired potholes. I all most stopped driving my restored Model A coupe I am afraid it's going to shake the car apart. I always headed out of Luzerne County roads as quick as I could when riding my motorcycle.

That is the filter off an earlier engine I did research a few years ago and the info I got was on my engine I had to keep that style filter.

We had a can of Commet cleaner setting in the engine dyno room when I worked at Cleveland Brothers it was just in case. I have used it in the cylinder of an old hit and miss engine it got the compression up.

When I worked in the fleet garage that had r's and f's we always painted the head gaskets with aluminum paint and the orders from the owner I had to change the rod bolts when I did an engine. There were 27 or 29 Macks in that fleet.

I live in Luzerne County, and it seems the paper ran out in republican led areas. Thats what I was told.

I gave about 7,000 for my b-42 and have double that in parts and original purchase price. I payed 16,000. for my restored 31 ford model A and still sunk 3,000 in new parts. It's all about your personal interest and determination.

I was looking for stackable washer and dryer so I could build them into the one wall in the bathroom, small house. I looked and looked at cheap units very unusable for us until we looked at Miele units, they had standard size tubs and still fit where I wanted them that was about 15 years ago, and Marianne has been trying to wear them out ever since I installed them a load of clothes about every other day. At the prices you're quoting I guess the price in the end wasn't that bad for the units.

When I bought my new to me engine the governor didn't act right so I took a chance on an injection pump rebuilder in Williamsport Pa. the guy had it fixed that day and it was just a shim adjustment and it was around 100 or so dollars I would recommend the place, but I just can't remember the name. There is a shop in Dunmore and I took the pump from my early 673 to see if it could be repaired and Charlie said throw the pump in the junk no parts available it was as if he really didn't want to touch the pump.

Get a 675 it fits without too much hassle use your flywheel and front balancer and water pump I did it and it was a piece of cake.

Larry, I got done getting things all squared away and my duplex would jump out of 4th or 5th I can't remember now, and I went looking for a twin stick I wanted a 20 speed, but I found the triplex and it is ok. I actually like this trans better than the 4x4 I had in my Autocar. Licensed to kill we belong on the model a site and I did the 12-volt thing because I put the heater in my cab and 12 volt was half as much as 6volt. I figure I was pulling more air through the air cleaner, and I figured the dry type would help out.

Larry when I changed out my engine for the 675 I bought one of those air cleaners from Watts I figured adding about another 100 hp that old oil bath unit was a little small for the new engine. I don't know how you feel about the 237 you put in your B but I'm not sorry I upgraded to the engine and rear assembly I did. And I really like the jake I found for it.

When I still was working at Cleveland brothers they had two 977 track loaders one was really in good shape and the other one was a worn out mess, the big boss sent word I had to sandblast the dog one and give it a good paint job, they always got me to do the painting if it was important that the paint be good. I did the job and that junker sold fast. Me and my uncle tried to talk the customer in the better machine but the new paint got the customer he was a fool with his money.

I've had those discs fly apart on me when the pieces start bouncing of things around me it gives you quite the scare. I am really sorry that you got hit that hard with the disc parts, I hope it heals up and the dr. is wrong, and you get all your recovery much quicker. Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed.

Yes Joey that is the one.

The charmin pampers factory up from me has three gas wells on their property, before I retired the toyota forklift dealer I bought parts and lifts from just got an order from charmin for 100 natural gas powered forklifts. I see most all the class 8 tractors shifting trailers are natural gas fueled. They had a turbine installed to make energy after the first well was up and running.