mechohaulic

that video sure put a big smile on an ole man's(me) face . the positive memories of good days gone bye bye.

seems by the picture and the post . he bought a B-model CAB. guess that counts out the right frame rail numbers. unless he had removed the cab to work on it?

progress is looking good. 5 steps forward and only one step back. better the leak situation showed now ; not miles down the road. I stopped at atlantic trailer other day for parts pick up. couldn't believe the "fleet " of trucks/ trailers on the wall in service office. 40 minutes later I left the office after talking to ? forgot his name. the builder of those scratch built 18th scale units. we got to talking of your B-73. he knows you and had nothing but positive to say about you being one of the best people. looking forward ;as we all know you are to see the 73 parked at a truck show soon.

trucks looking real good. the B81/DM800 chassis are the best. I have a DM800 with stretched chassis waiting for completion; redoing mounts to take a cummins twin turbo. also two 800's built back in the '70's waiting for repair.

the diamond fused cut off wheels work well; thinner wheels can be a challenge (danger) if not super careful. thinner ones fracture easier with blade bits flying.

as a thought; if the battery is stone dead, did you try another good battery for start up? a low battery can improve with a boost; stone dead ;; you might not have enough for start up.

i had a chop saw; now i use a deep cut portable bandsaw. personal opinion- the band saw works better . no where near the sparks . as early stated it takes a minute (or2 ) to get straight cuts.

nice lookin fleet ; specially the steel nose DM . are those perlux lights on the steel nose . didn't think they were even in existence any more. were you at the brooklyn show ? seems i saw the Gillis name on a truck recently now can't remember where.

sure is nice to see so many people interested in saving history . that's a fine looking unit.

have you mentally got a road ready date ? definitely waiting for the first appearance at local truck show.

no Macks in the barn or yard☹️. 4 walk behinds and attachment. lots of tools etc.

progress is looking excellent . appreciate the close up pictures . A+A+A+

don't see need for intentional destruction of fine pieces of equipment; other side of the why is ;; i'd rather see someone of such talent destroy engines than the videos showing how to shoot up innocent people

watched it and not much to say except WHY. maybe they were bored. destroy it then take it apart check for damage ?? LOL

starting at Mack truck at 17 yrs old now 71 ; kinda glad the memory is failing and don't remember all the changes since then. no computers/ abs/ DEF fuel and don't forget the amount of wiring in just one truck today vs the few wires in a b model. one little tail light etc .. i like the old black rotary phone IN the HOUSE. a burger king whopper that was so big you could only eat one .. LOL and the list goes on

so much easier and safer with proper equipment . AND a shop clean and in order .

I bought the '49 EE dump the paint was a little faded and couldn't trailer home a rusty junk. wipe the entire unit down with some thinner; started at the left front ; sprayed the entire truck in primer. by the time i got back to the front primer was "dry". changed the gun to mack red i found at the shop and repeated the process. wouldn't say it looked like a million bucks= maybe 750 K (from a distance of course) LOL. quick brush and silver paint and all the chrome window trim was "brand new".. the fun days ..

if it's almost all the way out and stopping i would look on top side for a line hanging it up.

never saw a removal requiring clutch assy removal, have had times pressure plate needed loosening -- very rare. had one occasion removal trans would go 1/2 way and dead stop. check all over, (so i thought)no lines attached , fork rotated enough . after a long time= embarrassed to say actual ;LOL .. a small pebble/ rock was on the ground jamming trans jack wheel. rolled back and forth till the rock stopped it. EVERY removal after that the floor was swept, cleaned with air hose.LOL, top crossmembers or compressor line on top had a habit of catching trans , stopping removal also. have seen a pilot bearing frozen to input shaft , would jam the trans from coming out.how far is the unit separating from eng before stopping?

units looking real good. i miss the old walk-behinds i had. suppose to go look at some 60 + yr old " inventory " in a barn this coming friday/saturday. trying not to get my hopes up. might even be an ole mack in there ; doubt it. would have been this week-end. holiday changed things. it's an "addiction" LOL; catch the fever you can't stop. some have iron poor blood and those such as myself have old iron in my blood.

how were we suppose to know back then to save everything to make $$$$ yrs later. the list is endless. cars.trucks. toys. .10 cent hotwheel toys are worth a fortune today. all the mack brochures thrown away when dealership was sold are$15.00 -25.oo a piece ; and the list goes on. beautiful H model; large number of B-75's at the time were large money ($1000.oo ) what would i do with it thought back then.

(1) = i would definitely acquire the right and proper copper washers ;sanding ?? . (2) - confused as to blowing air through return line. a pound or two of air to the fuel tank sends fuel to the engine -air in return line would send fuel to tank,,

let's all hope for the best. greatly appreciated if you keep the forum updated. alot of good people here try to help solve others mechanical issues .

check valve on the pump having the return line to tank malfunction. added info of no immediate restart vs proper start after sitting over night changes diagnostic approach, ?? try shut down and put the fuel pedal down right after shut down . not good to raise rpms ON shut down .