JoeH

What's your voltage when cranking? EECU shuts off at 9.5 volts. Weak batteries will drop that low when cranking. The ether gets it rolling, letting you ease off starter motor, redirecting voltage to the EECU. Check your battery voltage.

If I put in a new heater I could probably get away with 750 gallons of oil for the year, but I lose the opportunity to harden my kids a little bit and provide them with experiences few other kids get.

My house (1790's stone farmhouse) has a Buderus boiler my dad put in in the 1980's that has 2 sets of doors, one for oil and one for coal. It burns about 1,500 gallons a year to run on oil, or I can get away with about 250 gallons for the off-season and 6 tons of coal for the heating season. The coal is a lot of work, but as a dad of little kids I'm of the opinion that growing up with some more labor intensive chores and maintenance is healthier than the cushy alternative of no responsibilities til they're 30.

I burn coal too, I believe Keystone Anthracite loaded out of South Tamaqua was $325/ton for chestnut, but I pick it up myself.

I had my inner tire on the right blow the mudflap off the left side of my truck once. A couple times I've had tires on the right lose their cap and rip the bottom few rungs off a steel ladder that goes up the backside of the truck. The damage a tire will do really depends on the type of failure.

If you're deadset on keeping that truck then look for a donor parts truck with good rails. For what it's worth, U models use the same frame rails. We've welded the rails on our R686ST. Ours are sleeved on the outside, just with a bolt on section. You're supposed to use 110,000 lb welding rods according to the Mack frame repair book, not 60/70k's as referenced by others.

All wheel drive R models are designated RM600, all wheel drive DM models are designated DMM600 etc. They're more common in Canada I believe. Can't speak to who made the front axles.

This style camelback captivates the outside of the frames, lighter camelbacks captivate the inside of the frame rails. So you'll have to disassemble the cross member to allow the rails to squeeze in away from those massive ears that the frame bolts to.

On this setup I believe the crossmember inside the tandem unbolts I have a truck with this setup, but I've never pulled it apart. Trunnion bar underneath has bolt on caps underneath, so depending on what you're trying to accomplish you probably have a few options. You could unbolts the trunnion bar caps and lift the truck off the suspension/tears. Whatever you're thinking it requires lots of room and big toys to get this job done, everything is heavy!!!

Go to Mack eMedia website, search for shop manual # 8-211. You can download the book from Mack for free. It's Engine Brake Output #1. You have the IEGR engine, not the CEGR engine.

Largely the Republicans are just as guilty of screwing things up as the Democrats. Mostly they all go along to get along and screw us in the process. Any "grandstanding" comments they're making you need to take with a grain of salt, they're just putting out sound-bites to appear like they didn't help create the mess Trump is coming in to clean up.

If Trump gets nothing else done, starting the DOGE and cutting all the bullshit spending will have been WORTH IT!!!

My '95 is only a 350, doesn't have that trans cooler thing. Dumb question, is it actually plumbed with coolant or has it been bypassed? Again, I'm sure that's a dumb question.