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common sense russia won't use nukes; they are too close. of course there is no common sense any more. be like going in your garage with a hand grenade , close the door and pull the pin. you know shrapnel will get you. scary part is like china getting the blame for covid , a nuke can come from russia direction; doesn't mean they sent it. who shot kennedy=?? , who fired the first shot to start civil war =?? need for power and greed worse ever. as I stated many times unfortunately:: sorry grandkids

definitely agree on the B model not possibly having the problem BUT 1- statement said more with the plastic fans .2 - don't know if the metal fan removed and plastic installed.3- when the shutters closed the sound (negative draw) changed ; 4- have to keep these "youngsters" on their toes. 5 when plastic fans appeared ;; alot -not all shutters disappeared. 6- many time I have used cardboard to heat an engine. it's the method when placing the cardboard. less flex on older metal fans and possibly distance from fan to radiator was more, B's and others of the day didn't have AC condensers, trans coolers, intercooler radiators and whatever else was put up front .LOL

remember if you are going to block the radiator with cardboard ; do it slowly. have seen a cardboard thrown in front of a running radiator because "it was cool to see it stick there" . the quick negative draw will bend a fan blade into the radiator. more with the plastic fans then the older metal ones.

is it staying in Maine or going else where ? great if it's heading to CT; might be able to check it out. 864 and triplex in a cab over . real nice combo.

sorry couldn't reply sooner; spent the night in hospital emergency room till 1:30 am. home and doing a little bit better. the answer has been given above the main issue is how an appliance is fasten to the truck. has to be insulated . CB's back in the day neg ground put in pos ground units had to be secured by rubber ties etc. some older brockways also had pos ground if memory is correct. far as the heater, I would install the screw style red/black connectors on lower dash, set up where put the wire end through the terminal hole then tighten connector .

story I was told is , UPS figured the cost each mack letter on hood and the cost of the bulldog ; had the total eliminated from the truck. makes sense if a company is buying thousands of units . Mack provided the bull dog on each truck. also UPS didn't want to be an advertiser for anyones product. keep in mind this is back 50 yrs ago. seeing the brown interior first thought was a UPS truck. never remember seeing one back then either.

to be around when those P T O's first came out ; talk about feeling old .

also looks to be wrong size pin in the linkage;; doesn't help🙃 . worn pin hole, wrong pin; cyl doesn't have 3 -4 in throw. LOL

enlarge picture 3 of the air cyl;; linkage from PTO (flat bar) looks to have worn pin hole on back side. measure the distance from pto to welded bar. remove linkage see if you can manually pull pto linkage out further. might just be worn external parts

by the picture seems air operated. indicates problem with internal pto . air cyl wouldn't know difference if body empty or loaded. I don't know why it would make a difference either. as joey stated worn slide clutch ,same as trans pops out of gear when sliders are worn. looking at the picture, 1- a little lube on linkage would help;2- remove linkage check see if cyl is throwing far enough. 3- adjust the throw to fully engage slide clutch might be a quick fix.

can't say i've seen every B model made (far from it). never saw a brown interior, red for fire trucks close to standard. the kicker is the brown steering wheel- that's not a repaint. learn some thing new every day.

I never saw my x-rays back in '66 after a bicycle vs school bus crash. i was on the bike. shoulder busted the bus door so bad they couldn't open it. my shoulder was taped up across my chest for months , right lung was bruised according to DRs. the stupid things we do.

the idler on side mounts was usually there to set the pto in opposite rotation.

when you get old like me , before anything is done I ask myself " how is this going to hurt me" . on a positive if you call it that jojo ; I think of your situation when i go to light the fire pit in the back yard or any fire related (torches ) now. unfortunate as it is , Your situation is a teaching experience for many. glad to hear every day is a little bit better.

early rear mounts had a shaft out similar to the floating axles . always mounted on the bottom counter shaft ; allowing oil to flow through and the lower counter shaft had a hole in the middle with splines for the PTO shaft to mesh with. very simple install, no shims /spacers or backlash setting like the old side mounts. only thing that had to be done (with extreme caution) was to slightly pull the countershaft out ;it was tapered and turn it 180 degrees. too far and the internal shims fell off shaft and someone's ass was grass.

purpose of the rear mount P T O's on the maxitorque was to enable the truck (dump) to drive and raise the body same time . such as spreading asphalt etc. aux in neutral would allow 5 different speeds for a body to raise but couldn't move. pto in 1st too slow, 4/5th truck can't drive. rear mount was constant operation same as old style side mounts. those were the days of many spreader boxes towed by truck unlike the high tech self propelled asphalt spreaders of today. boy do I have many many hrs on those spreader boxes. LOL

Guess it proves the statement "we all do (stupid) things" that have us asking ourselves ; what were you thinking!🙄. don't think that episode was as painful as the day i fell 17 ft+- through a roof of building i was taking apart. that cost me 1/2 inch in height .. as Einstein once said " for every action there is a reaction" .. Oh Ya ..

At one of the fleets I worked for, I took a quart of AIR LINE alcohol (not from a package store) :drained the wet tank and pour the quart in. with marker wrote date on the tank. tanks were orange = black marker showed easily. every month drained did process over again. this was done yr round. never had a problem with frozen brakes in winter either. the alcohol kept system clean, many people wait till cold weather to add alcohol. this loosens all the crud sends it through lines. union company== drivers never drained tanks. far as this unit; i would suggest the airline alcohol treatment ; the alcohol will mix with the water /oil make it easy to drain till it's clean. as above stated, regular drain is best. starts showing up in other tank or goes brown to black that's raw oil not condensation .

I didn't think the rear mounts had that many variations . have mounted a few but that was years ago .as with everything else back then no one paid much attention to keeping numbers or all the stuff would be collectable 40-50 yrs later.

nice picture of "open air shop" ; sure brings back bad memories for me seeing a R-model on trailer. after loading a R-model on non-detachable lowbed and being in a major hurry;; stepped out of R model forgetting i just loaded it ; stepped out to a long way to ground level! one of many reasons my knees are past worn out.

sorry for correction '' not"he was part of the greatest generation . He IS part of the greatest generation.

the "greatest generation" is slowly passing away. with their passing goes knowledge and stories that will never be duplicated. I've been so fortunate to know a number of them. short story never forgotten by one of my mentors was how He took an AC chain drive Mack with well rig on the back from CT to Maine for a job. trip was three (3) days ride EACH way. LOL and the Mack was near new at the time. must be due to fact he didn't have his usb plug🤣

another thought to having a full crew is 1- more projects can be worked on at the same time ;2- faster doesn't need to be part of restoration ;3- quality has a better chance. many positive comments have been made through out this B73 build. for basically one individual to have been responsible for the entire 73 build and have it come out beyond perfection ;; no one sentence can sum up how great it looks.

seems there 's more progress on the real trucks of these forums then i can put into the 1/25 scale projects i have on hold. don't know where the time/ days are going. now i have a '84 john deere apart trying to find clutch parts; grass is still growing; etc and the list gets longer daily.

kinda late now but i always use lighter fluid made for the out door grills , spray the wood let it soak then light the top wood. it gets going slow burns in the wood . as above mentioned ; thoughts and Prayers for fast recovery.