Vladislav

A couple of years back I had luck getting "E6 overhaul manual" from www.autorepairmanuals.biz. That book covers the most aspects along that engine. Cost about $50 if the memory serves. As for a R688 vehicle book I'd like to learn a place they're laying on a shelf and covering with dust to be bought from.

Was that nice offering a used injection pump with $2800 cost? Looks like no one exited much enough to put a bid.

Good luck on the project! Hope RD will fly soon!

Glad to see the progress on getting her together. Ummm... I mean the truck.

No play in shaft joints and splines is good. The best answer would be bringing the shaft to a prop shaft shop to put on a test/balancing bench. I would expect those folks tell you to swap the splines part before any reason in balancing appeares.

The thirst thing I was going to say on that was "kiking around?" From the story posted it seems I wouldn't be far from the truth.

Hmmm... Red hood became white already... That's winter!

Glad to hear you have your air line issue resolved. I understand you wery well since I use to have exactly the same situation meeting a trouble with SAE pipes etc being in the completely metric environment. It's a bit easier here though because local "DOT" can't inspect such modifications knowing not what Mack truck is and wich styles of pipes it should have. And usually Renault either. I'm afraid (and would advise) you should try to check in some Renault trucks or other European forums to get info on Midliner. Probably if you just don't say "Mack" talking about Midliner those guys might not find anything extraordinal in a request. Another thing that bothers me those folks might be found as French speaking community... Although if the memory serves Midliner was not a Renault (and Mack) product only. A shadow of Vulva was somewhere about that either.

Add a bit of fire under your body guys since we also wish to see the final product! All expectations go to the best in this story but the fingers are crossed

It seems not easy to weld a steel guard to alu grinder body. I hate working unprotected but if I try grab a grinder I always find all of them with protectors ruined. Looks like my guys play Russian rullette...

From seeing the wide bumper I'd say it's EH or EQ. Wet trace on the fuel tank just sreams "Diesel". The tank itself looks aftermarket. And at least some of or maybe all of factury diesel E's had "Mack Diesel" badge on sides of the hood. If you pay attention to the form of the front axle beam you can see the difference to the one on the picture Paul posted. Israel truck has it heavier. But as far as I've found out from studying the pictures in E-model Mack book (green serie) the axle beams roamed to heavier styles during the production years in every E-serie Mack. Nice truck

Exactlly as said above. Your R-model is by some reason just a R-model and lots of parts could be found off commercial trucks.

The most thing you need to start from is the current ratio. You can find it stamped at the front right of the diff housing on the beveled surface. Something like 4.17 or 3.86. Must be the same on FR and RR diffs. Than just Google "CRD-93" with the ratio and you'll be full of offers. If you want to go a self rebuild route gear sets are avalible from PAI.

It was for sale for a while. Are there better chances to sell in Massachusetts?

That is sad and terrible story. Thank you for getting and explaining the details. Hope it might help to anyone to be safer and have his time later. Wonder how things will come along with the driver who was backing to the trailer.

Looks pretty solid. Good find!!

What's a problem with metric fittings? They're all over!! Sorry, couldn't resist myself I'd look for metric Parker fittings (wich should be DOT approved) of the size required and combine them with plastic air hose. And... I'm not sure Mack CS has original metric pipes marked DOT. If a part is metric it means it's origin is Renault. Renault might have different marks wich would be a mistery to DOT officer.

Thanks, found. I just thought that option would change the text background in posts. I'd like a bit lighter on Carbon.

What the paintbrush icon ??

As for the cabs a military open one wasn't quite comfortable and warm for everyday driving so home made roofs were added in many cases. Many cabs were just swapped with different full-metal ones from other trucks. Sometimes you could see a "top level" rebuild done with imported from the US factory L-model cab. It fits "right in" because the early versions of NR's were equipped with them originally. Talking about the cabs on the later series trucks, not the ones wich were Lend-Lease supplies, there was a quite common practice to import just a chassis with a cowl to save costs and use local-built cabs. That was pretty common in Europe, generally in Holland and France. That's the reason many of old European Macks look so strange. The first two pics - NR's in Russia, the third - factory closed cab NR, the next ones - different cab swaps.

Those old black and white photos are pretty interesting and amazing! Actually here in Russia info on trucks wich were supplied under Lend-Lease during WW2 is far from to be called "clear". I try for a long while and still have no answer on how military Macks came to the country. There were many ways for Lend-Lease supplies including Polar conwoys, Iranian corridor and Far East way through the port of Vladivostok. As far as I know many trucks (including Macks) came as a PKD form. But if any were driven from Iran they should be complete running units. And maybe some were used in different areas before. No official data in open sources on the number of NR's supplied to Russia during the war either. Looking the old pictures you posted I can tell for sure some of the trucks were original military NR's and some were not. Original military style open cab was not a thing people had a need to build a copy of. So I suppose all the trucks with flat rectangular two-piece windscreen were original military ones. Including the first shot, the truck at the right from the L-model and the one with the broken axle. The last one has also original left side fuel tank. But there was nothing of hood emblems or shutters on the military Macks and it means they were added later. And I'm sure those parts came from no other place but America. It seems to me there was some deal on Macks imported from the US to Iran wich had no relation with supplies to Russia. And L-models together with later production examples came to Iran along that entertainment. You know the factory "Iran-Kaveh" produced R-models for some time (with local-built cabs again!). Too probably the trucks we are talking about were early products of that facility. It's my idea (again) and I (again!!) would be too likely to learn more facts about. Interesting point - Mack with the wrecker body (or crane) has front wheel drive hubs. And those hubs look pretty much the same as the ones wich were used together with Timken-Detroit front drive axle on military Macks model NM.

As usual, Mike. The truck is pretty anyway. Have I missed any thread of Mickey's red RW purchase?

That's what I stole from Hank's site a long while back. Hope nobody will annihilate me for that. Matt Pfahl might know more and have more pictures since he restored that truck.

Great purchase! Congrats!