mechohaulic

can remember the trans with external compound shift rails. might have been big and heavy, but easier to set on a proper jack for removal. except for one occasion pulling a quad from dm611sx using a borrowed car jack,NOT my idea: top plate maybe 8-10 in square and it was old ratchet style. outside on a piece of plywood that cracked as we moved it. maxi torques came along had to make adapter plates for the transmission jacks to cradle the top heavy tri shafts.

guess it's another sign of memory fade, never noticed 15/18's main on the right==10/20's main on the left. at one time :WAY back I could do 3rd high to 4th low with one hand . levers close enough to spread fingers move both levers same time on the duplex.

ole school ; the cable going from firewall to front top lever. some had compression release ; mack had the series parallel switch. HD equipment had things like pony motors (cat D8), or the IH (dresser) had =start on gas , flip both levers , fire up the diesel; such a beautiful sound engine going gas to diesel-OH the good days. lets see which had a computer = NONE

can't compare the 3406/ 3408 with the 1100/3208. cat 34 series were real truck engines. the 11/32's were cheap engines (favored by some fleets)used to make a truck move. a LITTLE difference in fuel cost then vs now

we're on the same page with that. first thought looking at the pictures. a LT relative for sure . to have an unlimited check book ! that's one truck you don't see many of. would be a class act with proper total resto. in the day trucks were made for working , yet so many had style. unlike the plastic of today.

when i see the TV commercial about mesothelioma i say yep know all about the asbestos in lungs. no one paid attention to the brake or clutch dust back then. wouldn't want to count number of times leaning through floor panel with air hose in hand cleaning out the dust in a bell housing for clutch job. when the guy was grinding down the brake block ; 1- he was in the open,2= maybe clean asbestos was better then dirty clutch disc asbestos..

every engine in the day had a Nickname; DD =carry 10 gallons of oil were ever you go. cummins = a boat anchor. cat == take out a mortgage if you want one. the 1160 was called a throw away; replaced by the 3208. i did a swap for a customer had a ford dump single axle. saved the best for last ;;;;Mack = now there's an engine .. before the days of electronic intervention on engines . $$ were important for owners ; it worked use it

A real long time ago. guess you missed all the fun of brake jobs . pull the shoes , shatter the remaining linings, remove the 3/8th brass bolts any way that worked. pop the shoe in a vise, and start the clean up. looks clean dig out the straight edge, follow the shoe making sure they were flat. not flat ;possible the shoe would crack when tightened. lighter shoes with 3/16 bolts(mostly trailer shoes) same process. important part == the shoes were tapered 3/4 went to center. watched some one put the blocks on the shoes not paying attention( he didn't clean them either) ..saw his mistake, didn't remove the blocks, took a grinder ;; yep you guess it. sanded the block till drum fit.

like alot of good stuff I HAD , all the baskin stuff i gave to a driver. even had a 1/32 scale model painted their colors. think that went to palawman. the move from CT to TN saw a massive scale down.

when is the brooklyn show ??

later on the company contracted with TTS - truck tire service, it is /was a network of garages they would call near the downed unit. gave me a few nights full sleep , or most cases time to work else where. one night/morning i was at second full time job and the phone rang. it was foreman from baskin. he says " what you doing there it's 2-3 am " said im working, "there's a road call" -- guess you have to go i said , he was pis-ed

THANK YOU for comment on pretty big impact. it was a team effort . myself and wife #1 took one of the newer combo out for a ride one Sunday. i dropped her off at a highway overpass on I84 . she took the pictures as i drove up and parked the rig. had the pictures enlarged and on my office wall.

every day was (still is )a learning experience. i made alot of mistakes; just did what i thought was right. had my own little office which i swept the floor; no house keeper LOL. no cell phones or GPS. road call to MD to change alternator, up state NY to change steering box on KW123 in an ice storm. just couple i remember.

alot of things changed . started at baskin day after leaving Mack. foreman at B&R was one who didn't care. fortunately company transfer him to lawn mower detail.==long story. '75-'98 mech for B&R , '98-'09 driver.

i had a major discussion with super when i started at baskin. questioned why a fleet hauling food product looked worse then the concrete company mixers down the street. a paint /cleanup process started. after teaming up with a REAL good MECHANIC , work was a pleasure every day. fleet was mechanically fit to the best of our knowledge and clean. A DOT inspector told me once;" when we see the baskins in line at the scale house , we flag them by" , it took alot of work over 6 1/2 yrs to get and keep the fleet there.

also the mechanic was put in parenthesis for a reason. don't know who decided to pull eng apart. maybe it ran a little with disconnected filter ????

agree on that. at baskins, one driver ; real good hard working guy didn't have care for cleaning inside. i tipped the cab =IH 4070 opened both doors climbed on a ladder let the steam cleaner go. at coke same ' good guy; no one myself included wanted to go near the truck.that one stunk for trash. far as the MH it's any bodys call. battery box off (dead?) have to be there to find out.

looking at all the dirt over the speedo gage which someone had to wipe off to see mileage, i say pretty good chance maintenance /servicing wasn't on the top of the list. it sucked the rubber hose flat could be the air filter so clogged eng couldn't get fresh air. a "mechanic" may be looking for technical problem not looking at simple first, bad air filter. once again not being there difficult call.

my 6x6 lego was ( have to check wifes not around ) $400.oo . i haven't given upon the excavator . watch you-tube for that . can even buy a light kit . then you can dig at night. LOL lego technics aren't cheap, ones with remote control at least let you do something with them for your money spent. there is a Mack lego . the red one which was a modified is from the kids movie.

updates are always appreciated . lets folks know their input is being used. the lower picture has the hash mark i would assume that's your system. before purchase of SP switch, if cable replace /cleaning is an improvement; i would say continue with the cleaning cable ends first. with many parts i had , a brand new SP switch was thrown out yrs ago = thinking no one uses these . such a mistake. bad as that sounds; you would be sick if I listed the truck load of DD parts i had that went over the bank. brand new complete liner kits etc . updates are good

and I want to find one for ME . I have the lego 6x6 ; took days to build with remote control . a relative came over yesterday; i dug out boxes of 1/25 scale models . found stuff i forgot i had.

7th to 8th doable ; maybe 11=12=13. if you make it to an easy 18=19=20th ''congratulations :: you are a TRUCK DRIVER.. : side note, i didn't make it.

now everyone raise their hand that just spent 10 minutes trying to follow this shift pattern !!! YES my hand is up also. LOL

now this post has my curiosity going . weather in ct gets above 40 i'll take a ride to farm ;; try for side numbers ; and see if i can save it from scrap yard. hopefully i can get it. might bring it home and take it apart to remember the good ole days..

not according to my wife 🤣 LOL