Tony Ingram

Need to know of a good fix if any for my door hinges. The doors on my H-63 are plum wore out, the doors are sagging due to the pin holes being wore out and oblonged. There is no adjustment other than shimming the backs of the hinges so the pin hole location is important. Got all my exterior sheetmetal work done, woooohooo, now onto door placement prior to the bodywork but my door alignment is no good. Not sure if my hinges would interchange with any other models. I'm sure if I found some others they'd probably be worn out to. Let me know, I'm rockin and rollin on her again. My passenger side lower hinge where it bolts to the cab frame has 2 old bolts snapped off inside the holes and someone had attempted to drill them out before but must have given up cause the holes look awful. The other 2 holes have been drilled oversize so I should be able to re-drill and helicoil those. Like I said the location of the holes are critical as there is no side to side or up and down adjustment on these at all. All ideas appreciated here.

Ya it's tough for me to find stuff too. I love the radio calls for distraught, stranded females that give a pinpoint location like "I'm on I-5 between San Diego and Sacramento", well there ya go, there narrows it down a bunch. I don't think people realize what north, south, east and west is either. Like I tell my wife every day when I get home, common sense is very rare these days so I call it UN-common sense. Here's yer sign.

This boy is smokin' crack, I'll sell him my H model for 20k, rust and all.

Cabovers kick ass!!! Of course I'm a little biased.

Thanks for all of the tips. Crazy how just a few little tweeks can really make a difference. Thanks for the poke in the ribs Rob, you ain't a kidding out here with the stinkin' taxes. Was just informed a few months ago when I got my taxes done that my overtime pay is no longer taxed at 36%, now it's 52%, glad to see the govt. is getting more of it than I am. Guess I'll just have to spend more time away from work and more on my truck. I spoke with the guy in Wisconsin that you recommended for the pump and injector service, told me to just box it up complete and ship it out whenever, seemed like a real nice guy. I'm hoping to send it off this fall as my goal is to have the chassis completely re-done by spring so I can set the cab on and take it for a spin. I'm not the most patient person and not hearing what that engine sounds like is killing me. Mark as far as straight pipes go they're a no no out here but I don't think I would get hassled I don't like too loud of an exhaust though, especially if my boy's gonna be ridin' with me cause his hearing is really sensitive due to his being blind. He likes some noise but tends to hold his hands over his ears if it's too loud.

This may or may not be going anywhere but I'm kicking some things around here. I'm wanting to know if anybody has a 285 hp Maxidyne that they've done any tweeks on or made improvements to it for more power. Like most factory engines it seems like they're not at their full potential until something is tweeked a little or something else added to it to improve the power or just efficiency of the engine. I'm planning on tearing down my 75' ENDT676 to re-seal and gasket the thing before putting it back in the chassis eventually. Course I'll check the tolerences and all while I have it tore down but was wondering if while I have it to that point, are there any suggestions I could do to optimize its performance. I'm sure someone on here has been in my shoes and has tried it before, just thinking out loud. I'm not looking for a race motor here, just to improve on what I have, if that's possible...Open to all suggestions

Great job, been following your project for quite some time now. Gives me something to shoot for on my restoration. More pics, more pics please

I'm glad to see there are no Obama, Greenpeace or Rainbow stickers.

Well I bought a 285hp Maxidyne from B61 Fred on here and have it sitting in the frame, gotta fab up some tranny mounts since the tiny triplex is now gone and the new behemuth is in. Looking forward to getting it all cleaned up and going. I don't know what I'm gonna do with all that power, jumpin from the old 170hp Thermodyne to this new one.

Ok, spoke with the commercial guy at the scales. Sounds like the section is up to a little interpretation regarding what you might have. Get a hold of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Manual (Title 49) section 393.67 (Liquid Fuel Tanks). It states that they're not prohibited but must conform to the section's regulations. I don't have the manual at my office but I'm sure you might find it on the web.

Ya I'm a Chippy, I work on the Grapevine which is the I-5 corridor between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. I've been with the department about ten years and have been up on the hill since I started. I was pretty much born into it, my dad was a 37 year veteran of the department and I have an uncle who is a commercial officer in northern California. He started out in Central L.A. in the late 60's and moved us up to a small town called Glennville in the early 80's when I was getting ready to start grammer school. It was up in the hills and a great place to grow up, only had 131 people in the entire town. Mostly cattle ranchers were up there so that's how i got exposed to this hobby you could say. I latched onto one of the ranchers and used to help him gather cattle on the weekends and during the summers. Got my feet wet running heavy equipment with him on the ranch and was fortunate enough to haul cattle with him in his early 80's cabover Freightliner. Times have definitely changed even the short amount of time I have been on the job. People aren't as respectful towards law enforcement or even each other as they were some years ago. I think most of the younger generation feels they're owed something but that's got to be a reflection of how they were brought up. People seem to be in a big hurry to nowhere out here, it's definitely fast paced but I don't know any different having been born and raised out here. I've been to other states like Colorado, Utah, Idaho and such and everybody seems to be more easy going and not in much of a hurry. A much slower paced lifestyle, I like it much better but am tied down here with my job. I do my fair share of commercial enforcement don't get me wrong, but it seems like the majority of the truck drivers I end up dealing with are youngsters who have just started with some of the larger over the road carriers. They don't seem to take as much pride in their trucks as owner operaters and the pee bottles strewn about the shoulders of the highways is a sign of the younger generation who just don't care. I know there are quite a few drivers out there that don't care for us Bears out here but we're just doing our jobs like all the rest of the people. I can't speak for everybody but the majority of the people on my department do care about people and take pride in what we do. Enforcement is a critical part of the job and it does reduce traffic collisions. Nobody is ever happy to get a ticket so therefore someone's only experience with law enforcement may be construed as a negative one if that's there only contact with us. My goal every day I go to work is a simple one, not to write a bunch of tickets or take people to jail but to simply make it home to see my family, bottom line. Some of the best help I've ever gotten from passing motorists during situations has been by truck drivers. We need to work together since we're always going to co-exist. Times are especially hard now with the economy and many people I stop are upset thinking that we're "revenue rats" for the state. The fact is my department receives no revenue from any citations issued, it all goes to the local county or city. My department is completely funded by the vehicle registration fund, and since 1929 our department has always come in under budget every year. Not many organizations out here can say that. Anyway, I've been searching for other folk out here in my neck of the woods that are involved in the truck hobby but with "Macks". Needless to say there aren't many but that's ok, guess I'll have to represent for all you guys on the East Coast. I've had a ball working on this old truck and it has definitely been a good experience for my son. I don't see myself ever getting out of the hobby, it's become an addiction. with all of the research I've done I can honestly say that Macks are truly unique and no other truck manufacturer can compare with what Mack has done. I would like to get back and see the Mack museum someday and maybe I can drive the old girl back there with the family in tow.

I took an interest in trucks when I was a little guy. My grandfather worked for a Kenworth dealership in Sacramento from the 50's until he retired in the early 80's. He built heavy duty wreckers and was a shop mechanic. I remember going to see him at work and looking at all those big ol' trucks inside that shop. He had a 73' Ford pickup all dressed up with lights and I remember riding with him in that truck listening to some C.W. McCall and the other trucker singers. Some of the fondest memories I had with him. He passed away in 87' and I remember my grandmother asking me if I wanted anything of his. He had this old Mack ashtray that he'd had for years and it had the bulldog on a pedastal in the center of it. I told her that's what reminded me of him and I've had it ever since. A little DeJaVu that I ended up getting a Mack 20 years later. Needless to say the bulldog from the ashtray went on the front of my H-model. When I was in highschool my dad and I restored his 64' Vette and my first car was a 65' Chevy II. Had lots of fun in those but the neightbor behind us had just restored his old B model Mack. I had never seen anybody restore an old truck and thought it was the coolest thing. He took me for a ride in it and I think that's what planted the seed. Well a long time had passed and after I had my kids needless to say I wanted to get myself a project.My youngest boy who is 4 1/2 is blind and has always loved big trucks, I'm assuming because of the noise and size. I thought how fun it would be to do this project with him. I didn't think there were much to trucks as far as work restoring them but little did I know. I'd never turned a wrench on a truck but found it's basically the same as a car, just alot bigger and heavier. I found the old girl down in Chino, Ca and had her brought home. I got alot of funny looks and "what the Hell are you thinking" from everybody as they saw her come in on the lowboy. I stuck to my guns and now all the hotrod guys are making excuses to come and give me a hand on the Mack. I've told them all it's an addiction and I've already got a few ideas on the next truck I can add to the collection. Shhhh, just don't tell mama, she doesn't know about that yet. This site has been a godsend because without all of the posts and help i've gotten from everybody on here I may have given up. Not now, I figure I'll be an H-63 expert by the time I'm done. Looking forward to next week and some time off so I can go outside and get my hands greasy and some diesel on my clothes.

I'm a California "Bear" is what I hear them calling me on the c.b. all the time. I have a soft spot for trucks though, as you can tell I've got my work cut out for me on my ol' H-63. Not too many of my co-workers are fond of my restoration project but like I've told them, I've driven hot rods and sport bikes long enough, I drive fast at work everyday but I've had the most fun driving that ol' rust bucket, blowing black smoke with my little boy ridin' shotgun. Wouldn't trade it for the world. Hopefully next year she'll be all dolled up and back on the road. There's not very many Macks out here, unfortunately it's Peterbilt country. We also have plenty of bleeding heart liberals like the pics posted above, I get to deal with those kinds of people on a daily basis and people wonder why we're not so warm and fuzzy all the time. Only 19 more years until retirement, wooohooo!!!

I'm a lowly public servant, that's why I'm stuck in court alot. I'm not there due to breaking the law, trust me I'm on the other side.

I'm a lowly public servant, that's why I'm stuck in court alot. I'm not there due to breaking the law, trust me I'm on the other side.

Don't know if much of you watch Fox news but there were four high school students that were threatened with suspension on May 5th which is Cinco De Mayo for wearing t-shirts with the American flag on them. They were pulled into the principal's office and were told to turn their t-shirts inside out because it was disrespectful to the Mexican students who were celebrating Cinco De Mayo. The students refused to do so because they thought they were showing patriotism for the U.S. They were then sent home for refusing to comply with the principal's request. Maybe I'm the only one here but I've always thought that if people have come here from another country then obviously they would be patriotic towards America since they have the opportunity to have freedom and chase their dreams. I have no problem with them celebrating their heritage but don't knock the U.S. The fact that people have come here in search of something better would tell me they weren't content where they had come from. Be proud of your new country and for all of the opportunities you now have. Next they'll be taking down the American flag on those days I guess. Still proud to see a certain court Judge here in my town still makes people stand and recite the pledge of allegance every Friday morning when I'm in there. Sure he'll be getting some flack for that in the future.

Get yourself some PB Blast from your local auto parts store. It's the Holy Grail for me when it comes to rusted or frozen bolts and nuts. You'll throw all of your WD 40 away once you use it.