tdozer

I know it's been a while since I've made any updates. Between work and the ignorant cold weather, I haven't been able to get a whole lot done on the B. I did however fix the auxiliary shaft problem. The picture shows the problem bushing. It was the bushing toward the compressor end of the shaft. You can clearly see the wear in it. At some point in time, whoever rebuilt it, had less than half of the oil hole in the bushing lined up with the port in the block. After replacing both bushings and the shaft, everything is good to go. I have also decided to put rod and main bearings in it too. A buddy of mine has all the bearings for me. I consider it to be cheap insurance for the 40 year old crank.

No, you didn't miss anything. I pulled the compressor, thinking that was where the noise was coming from. The noise was nonexistent until it built around 80psi then as it built more it would get louder. After I pulled the compressor, I found that the auxiliary shaft has a fair amount of slop in it. That is the reason for the timing cover coming off.This is the loose shaft.

Well, I must admit that I'm a little jealous of Wobblin-Goblin. I would love to have a shop like that to work in. I have been slowly working on it when the weather allows. Both fenders, hood and radiator surround are removed. Hopefully this weekend I will lift the radiator out and get the timing cover off. When the weather is too cold(I'm a hot weather person) I have been working on the drivers replacement door in my little shop.

The last company to work the truck was out of vorhees/clementon area.

This pic shows all of the hood emblems that came with the truck. Over the past couple of days I have been contacted by a couple fellow mack enthusiasts. Between the two of them, I have gotten two short hood strips and two diesel emblems. This tight knit group of Mack truck guys is wonderful. All I need now is the left side bulldog, one short strip, one long strip, a B61 emblem and both thermodyne emblems.

I'm looking forward to see it come together. We like lots of picture too.

Rear end shot. Beastly looking thing it is. The interior was painted white at some point over the past 50 years. I wish they left it green. The last one, I just thought was cool looking.

Name: Big B613SX Date Added: Owner: tdozer tdozer

I'm going to take it easy on that quad. I want to keep it for the cool factor. If anything ever happens to it, I will put a 6 speed lo hole in it.

I think the trans will be ok. It will be bobtail most of the time. As long as I don't get a real heavy right foot. I will keep the rpm's up and make sure not to lug it. Those 237's are torque monsters.

Well, I hauled her home today. She fired right up, went on and off of the trailer under her own power. I'm finally a proud mack owner. She sure is a heavy old dog.

The fender isn't missing. It is off of the truck to get at the compressor.

It was originally a dump truck. Tom Carty, a south jersey land clearing contractor bought it and made it his lowbed tractor. Here she is.

Thanks for the replies fellas! I'm heading down there this morning to finish the D2. While I'm there, ill snap a bunch of pics. I think it's a no brainier.

I have always been interested in older Mack's and caterpillar machines. Over the past few years, I have really been going to more and more shows in south jersey and eastern pa. I have also met and became fairly close friends with some local collectors. All of this combined has really given me an itch to have something of my own. About a year ago a friend of mine took me to meet a local collector, while talking to him I noticed a heavy B61 parked out back. I didn't ask much about it on that fateful day. I say fateful because I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since then. Over the next couple of months I noticed that it keeps moving around the yard, so I figured that it runs and it might be worth asking about. Well, it turns out to be a 1964 B613SX that runs beautifully. The original ENDT673 was replaced at some point with a 237. It still has the quad box in it. No rust between the frame rails and just some minor surface rust on the cab. The floor was replaced at some point too. I got in touch with the mack museum and they sent me the build sheet. It has a 15000lb front and the build sheet shows the rears as swd68 units. One person told me that they are 55k rears while another told me that they are 58k rears. I'm hoping someone here can clear this up for me. It sits on 11.00x24" rubber. It needs four tires replaced but could use all ten replaced. It could use a new compressor and needs the left side hood emblems. I finally decided to ask if he would sell it. He said that he didn't really want or need to sell it. A few weeks later I was helping him put together a Cat D2 when he says that he's been moving the mack around the yard and garage for 5 years and it might be another 5 years before he starts restoring it. As He has alot of projects ahead of the mack. He blurted out "give me 3 grand for it". I was almost speechless. His only conditions with that price is that I have it road worthy by spring and that he can drive it whenever he wants. Well, I think that's not too much to ask. He also has all new glass, a new drivers door, new right side hood emblems, new floor mat, headliner and firewall insulation. Is there anything else on the truck that I should look for before pulling the trigger? I feel like 3 grand is a steal of a deal. Now if I can just ok it with the wife(she thinks I'm crazy)