Joey Mack

Mech,, would believe that I have actually lined up camel backs and WELDED the torque arms once i had the right length.. only did a few, but i did 'em.

Too late mr. Hollywood.

Mech, his current carrier does not have the 4 threaded holes on the back for a rear bracket. Theres no more eyelets on top for the ball and socket type.. If im reading you correctly

You cleaned the frame below the front cab mount, right?

I worked on a few of those when i was a new guy. It think UPS used them and the post office too. I think in MH cab overs.. all i remember was the gaskets for the bell housing and starter, which i think was air start. And i think the oil was dexron 2 tranny fluid..

Im right there with you Mech... I remember how hard it was to park my horse drawn buggy, and get in one of those new fangled Ford machines, i didnt know where to put the feed bag.. My how times have changed...

Mark, the city is buying automatics because the drivers dont know how to drive a manual. Sad..... Their words not mine

It may have been an 880 that i drove.. anyway, i would happily drive it again. My truck of choice is a late 90's Ford they have, and only because it has an 8ll transmission. All the others are automatic..

Mark? It seems to me that KW is currently making a dump truck that is superior to a Mack. Am I reading this right ? We have a T-600 (i think) it has an Allison 6 spd. I drove it on site for a day and was impressed by how smooth it operated, and was also impressed by all the switches it had , especially the axle controls for traction. Locking rear and a locking power divider. It happened to be after a lot of rain and the red dirt down here is like grease. I did not get stuck. I know for sure i would have got stuck if i had an auto power divider.

Im out..

Oh.. ok.. I guess this is the older post about the torque arm.. that makes sense. A re-Mack rear rear is around $2500.00 ish, plus labor. Thanks for getting me back on the rails GW.. hi

$3,200.00 for a torque arm??? Are you Joking..??? Those are easy as shitting to replace..

Nice save...

I wish I knew how to drive a quad box. All i know how to drive outside of regular grocery getter trannys is a Mack 12 spd. and a Mack X-107 twin stick... Boring I know...

Mark, that sounds pretty cool.. If i ever own and old Mack i would like it to have at least a 12 spd. I will never need the gears but it would just be cool. I know i would do through all the gears just to play around.. Goofy i guess.

W.T.F. ??

Oh hell.... Crazy 😧

as far as PAI engine kits goes, when I hold the parts in my hand they look and feel the same as Mack engine parts, I have compared the liners to each other using calipers to check dimensions and they are spot-on. The piston kit is also spot-on. the gaskets are great quality and actual has more gaskets in a PAI kit than the Mack kits. Pai includes head gaskets, unlike the Mack kits. plus the gasket and oring sets for both style oil coolers, and also has the balls for the piston cooling tubes, and the fuel crossover tube for the heads and the cam bushing set come with set screws thrust washer, and the rear cam plug, unlike Mack... I think I made my point.. Jojo

ok well I would leave the air cyls alone if they are functioning good, maybe put a small amout of a light oil in the air filter to introduce some lubricant to the orings. just be sure the oil is good for rubber o-rings. The o-rings are buna rubber.

Paul ? How is the range clutch sifted? Just curious, do you have a splitter button on the shift knob?

Paul, i dont believe you have an air shifted range clutch. I may be wrong because i have never worked on a cruiseliner. My recommendation is for air operated shift cylinders.. I appreciate your question sir. Jojo

I also have a few transmissions out there with P.A.I. synchros, and no problems..

Yeah well Mack dealers have to suck it up. I have over a dozen Mack engines in a 20 mile radius of me that i built with P.A.I. kits in the last 8 years and i know they are still in service. I see the trucks off and on when Im driving around at work.. and none of the customers have called me to say the engines have failed. I stand by P.A.I.

I think Mack synchro failures are because the range clutch is so big, it has 14 clutch discs and friction discs plus a thrust washer and a large sliding clutch, that if the range cylinder is at all dragging it causes the clutching teeth to start chipping and then they just dont engage good. I would like to see an air water filter before the tranny air lines to keep water out of the range cylinders. Also, many do not removed the rear range cylinder and clean and re-lube it annually.

You go Heinzy !!