JoeH
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Post pictures of tensioner etc. My 12v Cummins dodge belt likes to rub on the arm of the tensioner because the AC compressor pulley is some cheap China knock off. Jumps one rib on the AC pulley then it's happy, after it eats one rib off the belt though...
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That trucks not getting anywhere under it own power without some dead weight in the back. That front axle is buried deep. A gentle tug from a 4x4 pickup may help...
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Can you delete the worn lift pump and install an electric lift pump? Make a cover plate for the old lift pump location?
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RAT ROD FIRST SHOW-66dc75
JoeH replied to Red Horse's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I have two old 237 horses, used as yard trucks once in a blue moon. They both smoke. Never get worked hard. Injectors good be lazy and worn out, sleeves could be worn out or need to be re-honed, valve stem seals could be dry rotted and leaking oil... (I forget if these engines even use valve stem seals) If I re-honed them I'd have to do the brake in procedure which isn't possible on these. -
Wikipedia has the story. Basically the company has been around since 1908? Used to make auto cabs for a lot of companies until GM bought em out. Tags were just their way of putting their name on their product.
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That's what I would assume, this ones in backwards I suppose...
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+1 to 80k. We just bought a triaxle that's rated at 80k with no hitch.
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Cab has a Scott Contractors logo faded on the door. We've owned it a long time, we wouldn't have put it in. Which way were the tags typically oriented? This one is upside down when standing outside the truck. Probably not the factory orientation.
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Anyone else ever see one of these stamps in their R model door sill, driver side? A quick Google search shows Fisher to have been a cab manufacturer of automobiles, but Wikipedia gave no hint towards a relationship with Mack.
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Anyone else stop scrolling and just stare when they saw the lug nuts? Or just me? Looks like hydraulic rear brakes. Does not look like a triple frame.
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Assembling a Volumetric Concrete Mixer, and thought I'd share a welding trick I learned about and am trying to keep large pieces of sheet metal from warping! Use drywall compound as a heat sink to keep heat from extending out into the sheet. Share your welding tips and tricks below.
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What do you mean by higher?
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Wow. I'd be worried about stopping power! Roads must be pretty flat out your way. Here in Pennsylvania we have up hills, down hills, sideways hills... What axle ratings do triaxle have that they can hit 120k? Even with a 58k Camelback you'd have to have a 32k lift (pusher) and a 30k steer...
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Seems a bit light for 10 yds, out my way you have to be a triaxle for 73280.
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I would have dragged him along after he set it to 0 mode on the econdyne. Why would he monitor it, change it, and not monitor the change? Give you raw data to see what changed and what didn't? Only thing I could think of for cost variable is the engineer time to design the fuel map. But you already paid for a 505 with a fuel map, it seems stupid to me for them to charge you 3k because you picked a fuel map that you don't like. I wonder if you could pick up a used maxidyne ECU for cheap. Wonder if it'd conflict with everything else, truck miles, vin, etc.
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That's a lot of weight perched behind the cab on the mixer truck. And it looks like it's got 22.5 tires. Doesn't look like it can hold more than 6 yards. Great looking trucks though, owner takes pride in his business. Out my way I only ever see front discharge mixers. Only a couple rear discharges in the area that I know of, and they're only used because they're equipped with a conveyor.
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Would be nice if you could test drive a comparable 2016 econdyne 505...
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Don't remember how exactly they're put together, but oil cooler gaskets and o rings should be readily available and easy to change. Might need to to change the rubber drain tube out the bottom of the centrifilter, it may be hardened with age. If the oil cooler isn't leaking I wouldn't touch it. I forget if the oil filter housing is attached to the oil cooler or just to the block.
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Don't see anything helpful on that link. Does your truck feel like it follows the econdyne torque curve? Does the maxidyne torque curve look better for your application? If so, is that change in torque curve worth $3000?
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My dad has always had to split our headlight switch up on our trucks. Headlights and turn signal clearance lights on one switch, cab roof lights another switch, and rear lights a third switch.
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My 95 e7 350 if I don't use the engine brake while the engine is cool it won't work when it's at temp. Below 170 degrees both heads work. Above that they only work if I used them a lot before getting to 180. If I didn't use them at all, only one head works at all, and it cuts out and stops working at about 1500rpms. Solve that e7 engine brake problem. Dash switch says Jacobs, so I assume it's a Jacobs brake.
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I'll have to double check the radiator mounts, but I know it has 2 hood rollers. Air was an option in 1988, but this truck didn't have it. Or it didn't get transferred over when H&K put a new frame in the truck. Square tube/muffler support is a bit rusty, I may just remake the whole bar. It also sits too close to the back of the cab, H&K took a hammer to the back of the cab to keep the diagonal brace from scuffing the cab....
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What all did you have to do to convert to air ride cab? I have a 1988 RD I need to convert, rides like a DM right now. Where did you get parts, what'd you spend?
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Hydrovac Brake 1962 Mack B85
JoeH replied to 62MackB85FT's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
On pickup trucks, if I replace the line along the frame heading to the rear axle I've found I usually have to pump some fluid through it before hooking it up to the rear axle line, otherwise it holds too much air and doesn't like to bleed for me. Likely because for a while I didn't have all the right tools. Now I have that cup with the tube that hooks to the bleeder valve. That thing is real handy for bleeding brakes. Just don't let brake fluid get on paint, it eats through and destroys paint pretty quick. -
I can see a dozer and a log truck!
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