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trump has the right ideas, just not the political ass -kissing attitude. same crap happened to a selectman in our town yrs ago when he wasn't a politician just a life long resident trying to straighten the town.he was black balled if he walked out the door the wrong way. like clint eastwood - good guy shows up to clean house the bad guys do him in. one of the best bumper stickers i ever saw read " i love my country .it's the government i hate"

welding as with many talents is like riding a horse, first time in the saddle you fall off; with a number of attempts you stay on!! videos definitely help. practice makes perfect. welding/brazing has to be one of the best and fun skills. first time i welded it was putting a 24 in sliding fifth wheel on a R685st , 7 lbs of rod ; no wire feeds back then. talk about being nervous , i miss working on the real ones ; with the 1/25 scale trucks i can still stay busy during cold weather LOL. expecting single degree numbers in CT next few days. im finding time to repair trucks sitting in boxes for 30-40 yrs. work on yours is looking great

back in the day ; '70's lenny Masello owned west haven ct mack branch. seems i heard bridgeport mack was a factory branch. lenny bought bridgeport mack = no one ever said it lost it's factory statis . bridgeport had a larger building and yard . never heard customers talk about better deals there. as said in previous text, factory branch just had to do with ownership. then watebury mack was bought by lenny. unlike today if someone wanted a particular vehicle, branches would swap from one dealer to another. no one mentioned as i was leaving albany NY branch with a single axle F-model ;"ya might want to let some air out of the tires for the long ride"; no air ride then .and i have a bad back :why LOL.

did you take the service line off the can to see if air is by-passing internally in brake chamber ? parking brake air is putting service brake on enough to heat the wheel. if that's the case, there should be air leak also out quick release valve.

THANK YOU for adding web site; i'm not that computer orientated to do those things;; LOL and my grandkids were'nt around😄 . i had a lot of that stuff yrs ago. as the saying goes " things change"! in a lot of ways; sure do miss those days.

update/ correction on auction info it's Jacquier auctions location is Southwick , Mass. 01077 pictures show large lots of useful (to the right person) parts.

can't see the scratches and dings in the picture. so no can of polish yet a can of compound instead ;LOL , good luck on such a great purchase.

guyott oil from new haven ,CT had a fleet of the long nose brockways also. green tractor pulling alum tank was sharp looking. had a neighbor who drove one. rims always clean and painted.

now there's a question i never thought of . didn't know NY had any . can't recall anyone on east coast having one. casey,hallamore,gerosa etc always had the M's for big hauls. even those were big not 6x6.now it's got the brain cells going for a 1/25 scale build. past post showed a RD800 don't think it was 6x6.

at 70 yrs old and eyes that don't work as well can't tell if it's a gold or silver dog on hood . hopefully in time you can post more pictures with specs. single axle possibly 237with duplex ? older green interior

that's quite the find. 10yrs sitting and no BB holes in windows. all emblems are there! can of wax and its done-LOL. maybe some air in tires. '69 one of the better R's. solid hood no three piece like later yrs.

another pass it on note; there is an auction of truck/ towing related items on line starting 1-5-22. nothing to do with me just putting info here, Jaquier auctions online Prifti motors towing (northeast). no address showing . quite a bit of garage related items and parts, shop tools etc.

So sorry for Your loss Red Horse.this year there will be two less relatives to spend the Holiday with blamed on covid. my first wife lost her battle with cancer just over a yr ago . even being a Polish Catholic boy. it's a challenge to say Merry Christmas with so many facing difficulty in todays world. now it's "have a Blessed Christmas " and have the best day possible. have a MERRY CHRISTMAS

high hopes there would be little interest day of auction and boxes of parts and truck would go reasonable to the right person.

don't know if this is of interest to anyone; found on auctionzip. has nothing to do we me; hopefully passing on worthwhile info. jan 1 2022 Densmore auctions in madison OH shows a '64 B model with apparently many parts in boxes. i'm in CT renting with no place to put it.LOL . auctionzip for me is toys now not the real ones anymore.

with many text on the forum,added info helps. why were the brakes changed in the first place. type of brakes (shoes-disc), were the ones taken off worn. if the truck had poor responding brakes before the change and still has poor response possibly your brake valve is the problem.

the fact your doing brakes; hopefully you know how. by chance when you said adjusted them did you back off the adjuster or tighten them

being a '69 the air system is fairly simple. a hole in compressor piston would also mean one slow building air system. other then draining coolant system , to pull compressor head isn't the worse project. if it's pumping oil into air tanks , you might consider changing it anyway.

take the discharge line off the compressor , lessening the compressor head pressure . run engine see if there's a difference in back pressure on oil fill. i would go with piston rings. not knowing engine history :hrs, mileage etc. have seen air compressors put pressure in pan ; not common. the pressure build up should lessen when air governor shuts air compressor off if it were the air compressor

gold maxidynes were seen on the road mid/late '60's. many of which may have been "prototypes" for testing in the field. the '72 date was when enough test were completed to qualify the set up for full use. the 866 V-8 was on the road yrs before public purchase. waterbury mack in ct had a FL700 with 866 given to scovill mfg for them to run . engine torn down and inspected ; put back together a number of times. as written in previous text . gold maxi/ silver thermo.

on the east coast, fontaine were quite common . of the 50-60 wheels i installed while at waterbury mack; most were fontaine. as with everything, the wheels were made cheaper with time..no more solid 2 in. cross pins; separate short pins sitting in rubber mounts. alot of holland wheels were put on new trucks. i wouldn't junk that wheel .

I've been checking ATIM , seems a number of items are out of stock. possibly the virus crap is having shortages in all areas. the DM 800 kit is the donor. that RD is looking great so far. didn't think they had 4 latches on each side. the fun part to scratch building is you do it the way you like. building the chassis you have so far with the DM800 running gear should nail it. R model cab /interior will fill in the cab end . the DM800 mixer in my profile was adapted to resemble the real one of days gone by. i've been model building since the '60-70's.

it's a "Johnny Cash" :: I got it one piece at a time RV

Does your truck have the brackets on the seat to fasten seat belts? short strap from cab frame to seat then attaching seat belts mount to seat. i know in prospect, located at the late Dom Moffo SR shop there is an R- model in the back. don't know the story behind it. I heard the entire yard was sold, so i can't speak of the availability of any parts. hate to see that truck or any truck sit in the weather and rust.

who would have known "back in the day" we should have saved everything! can still remember the day watching the janitor throwing out large box of vehicle literature. i saved what i liked ;B81/ DMM etc. tried to get the dealership to upgrade the wrecker (a '57 diamond T). fleet of single axle B75's with quads came in; they wouldn't go for one. to have one today. even the bulldog magazine : i had a pile, can only keep so much when you move. i must have seen Mr. Hansen publication ; can't remember.