Vladislav

It seems to me nice to put ducks in a row having such one in the middle.

Looks like the teeth count could be done without diff removing this time. Just in a can with the oil drained.

So did you mean RS600 with V8? I suppose they never existed. Although I'm not 100% clever on this matter. And if anybody say I'm wrong I'd like to know that.

Nobody really knows how many Macks were melted down to become a Hyundai part. But now it pays back

If you mean that guy runs RD with a round headight in a suare bezel to fit a RD newer hood suare opening it was a factory option for some RD's. Sure they had them on both sides when new. There was a talk on that on here recently. Just a couple weeks back. I'm not ready to point you to it right now.

RS700's were Valueliners either.

Neat little truck! Oh, maybe I'm wrong. It starts being not so little when you intitiate works to make it up I suppose you better put front brakes on if runs with no trailer are planned in the future.

Welocme to the site!

Hi, Why don't you like any of these? Seriously, if you're looking for an original one, the best way is to contact Watts Mack, the company which drives this site. They're helpful and qute professional on everything classic Mack-related. http://www.wattsmack.com/ Or just google "Mack torque rod" and try your best talking to parts stores in a hope to get a correct part. The main measurments will be helpful. Vlad

I wish I could Actually there's not so much of to catch overhere. So I try to not miss any chance. And another reason is I payed for that load just a bit more than if I for example buy and import a 7 speed gearbox only.

It seems to me as one good idea! Are you sure you will make such thing correct using your B67 cab? I suppose it's the most important trouble. Isn't it? For shipping it cost for me $2.5 for one kilogram of old iron to bring to Russia from NJ with customs included. I have no of idea on how much would that be for the opposite direction. So if you find it reasonable I would be too likely to trade the setup for something else of the same weight rate

Al, Many thanks for pointing me up. Honestly the Chicago R model thread is so huge by now so I still only going to cut a bit of time to read it all from the beginning. Just missted the point when it was started and now it's a kinda hard thing to be done. Looking the picture it could be seen that's a RD indeed. Those guys haven't saved efforts to redo the hood to look the way DMM does. It turned out nice on my mind. Though in my case already having original Mack 6x6 DMM I don't see much pleasure bringing that custom-built monster back to life. And it's not too old enough so far for plenty of works to spend. With plenty of other projects in plans at the same time. Which burn my bisquits

Hi, I might be interested in the rears. But my need isn't the whole bogie. Just a pair of differentials, or much better just the sets of gears off it. It's not a matter of cost but shipping weight. And I don't know how easy it could be to arrange shipping to New Jersey. Further I can do it myself. Vlad

Brocky, Thank you for the tip. Yes, I doubt it might be reasonable to ship those units to the States. When I googled such parts there were several offers on them on your side of the ocean. And the front axles exist with different ratios either. I'm going to try put them for sale locally for first. It's starting to seem to me here might be more Macks or other American trucks than I used to know of. So let's see.

Here is much cheaper to weld a drive shaft using two different halves with different forks and than balance it. At least so far and if you have the parts for the conversion.

I found it. Not them though. I found some web-store with rubber insulators for small van-boxed trucks. They offered cheap and described as for 2 inch straps. I bought two rolls from them and when recieved found out they are actually for 1.75. With the comment "they could be used on 2" straps"!! Unfortunately when cutting SS strips I ordered them 54 mm, not 51 as I should for two inches. So those rubbers being possible (too hard and not nice) to put onto 2" strips have nothing of intend to fit mines. So now the search continues.

Real Siberia this time. Khanty-Mansi region. RD690S. The year is unknown. It was an oil field truck, some equipment carrier. The company drivers broke one of the differentials and found reasonable to take the truck out of service and put the equipment onto something else. The odometers showed 45K miles. Not sure that's true but see no reason for anyone to turn it back. A bit later a guy ruined an engine in his IH cabover and looking for the solution he bought Mack and put EM7-300 off it into his truck. Still messing with attachment of some minor air lines etc. After that he put an add to sell the rest. Happily he didn't scrap it immediately as many folks overhere do in such cases. It took me almost a year to work the deal out. In the beginning I had to wait no less than 5 month to see some pics more than he originally posted in the net. Than I was told there will be some trucks getting loads from near Moscow so chance to bring it my way appeared. After no less than a month I got some more images of what I was intersted in. At the same time I asked my friend with old Scania to make a road trip. He, being an advanture lover, was eager to help. But the owned resolwed to get a summer holiday to Black sea. For more than a month... Just a week ago the things started to get in order and yesterday I finally saw what I was payed for Had to order a straight truck with a crane since I can't come to my property with a semi. Too tight spot in the street. A plan is to use it for parts. A rust-free cab with decent doors and some of good interior including heater/AC. T2070 gearbox which I was looking for to put in my R for more road speed and less shifts since it's planned as a single truck. A complete bogie on camelback with two 5.73's. Very solid rust and split -free frame which I have no plans for. The same for a newer RD hood and probably radiators. And what is misterious about that truck is someone put Marmon-Herrington front drive axle together with M-H transfer case to make it 6x6. The rears setup is also a kind of "high level engeneering". A frame cut-off with bogie and two pieces of frame rails (off some DM looking for the rails section dimentions) were put right below the original frame and attached with two 3/8 fish plates. Probably for a good clearance or just to level the rear end with the front. If anybody is familiar with such Marmon-Herrington fronts and transfer's I'd like to know their original use. I will probably scrap them having no need in but would be much more pleasant to get a bit of coins finding a person who might have use for them. Vlad

Keep on progress! Looks nice so far

An eye-catcher! As for Tonny Champion it would be much cooler to paint it original way indeed. I'm not familiar with what Ron will say on that matter this time, but in older discussion he stated that's the same truck.

Ja, Ich verstehe die "balltasche". I'm just difficult figuring out what a "balltasche", a man and a door handle have in common??

Paul, thank you for posting that. Looking over the setup on the truck I got figured in general how it works. The said above I meant the truck is not running so I had no experience of how those brakes are good or bad on the road. Relating to the common air style.

Das kann Ich nicht verstehen!

Any suggestions on the origin of the fuel tank? It doesn't seem stock to a F-model. Also what is the can in front of it? Air start tank?

That's right!