Vladislav

Is your truck a single axle or a tandem? Tandem B's utilized (in the most cases) the same style carriers as later models did such as CRD92 and CRD93. So plenty of different ratio diffs could be swapped in. Sorry no help with single axles.

Thanks, interesting points.

Best B-lated B-day wishes! April is a nice month. And doesn't seem as a bad time to stop doing job.

In Europe you're seldome to never seeing a tandem tractor with so long wheelbase. My guess the truck was a straight truck or a chassis reequipped with the 5th wheel. Or a custom ordered one but this is not a new truck. Nice 14L animal.

Yup. And dial checking its center when installing for the cut would allow the belt grooves exactly where they should be.

Best B-day wishes!

Couldn't the pulley being put into good shape using lathe? They're cast iron parts in many cases and may have enough of meat to cut off.

DMM had different ratios in the transfer case to supply the torque to the front axle. Front axle's diff ratio was different than rear diffs so the transfer case was designed to compensate the difference. Actually there must be (slightly) assymetrical interaxle diff used. I remember I saw multiple those ratios in some brochure and thought it could be done due different styles (vendors) of front axles used in DMM's during the production years. Following logic you're right about 6 wheel full time must mean interaxle diff. And it would compensate some difference of front and rear tyre sizes. But usually it works well when you drive slow and not for a long distance. Otherwise the transfer case may get overheated due to constant spinning of the interaxle differential which is not supposed to be.

PAI supplys R-model door glass either. But clear glass only, no green tint. Mack part# is18QX416 for the clear glass and 18QX416P2 for green. PAI offers FGT5785 which is supposed to be similar to 18QX416. Both L and R door glasses are similar when new since they don't have metal attachment plank.

Do they do cardboard liners? Or any newer material such as ABS or so? My (basically L-model) glove box insert made of sheet metal but I'm not sure on the kind of the liner. Anyway thanks for letting us know.

To sorry to hear about the happened.

Uggh... Just checked in and saw this thread... Rest In Peace Ed. As you once typed, nothing ever disappeares completely.

Congrats on the first start! Didn't you bother the injection lines so they kept fuel in the injectors? Looked like pretty easy start for newly assembled fuel system.

Yes, as said above. If a valve's leaky it would allow the fuel to run back into the tank and also cause loose of pumping allowing the fuel escape that same way instead of traveling to the injection pump. The matter of the belts jumping could be pulleys out of center. Or unevenly worn grooves. I never meet such issue just figuring. Maybe uneven hardness of rubber in the belts due to drying out during storage?

They're still avalibly new and Watt's Mack used to have them in stock. But the costs became not too pleasingly in the recent years. The rocker panels I used for repair of my R688 cab were 169QS43P3 RH and 169QS44P3 for the left. As for the roof skin keep in mind there were shorter cabs (pre- 72 or so) which had shorter roof sheet. So look for the later (or the longer) one. Vlad

Almost true

What are those green tint glasses? Newly made?

And the one in the initial post is a very interesting find.

I'm pretty sure Jim has...

What I found locally is industrial carpet with rubber (poliurethane?) backing and they claim I could bend it in shape applying some heat. Haven't the job done yet just going to put my hands on.

As I said in my previouse post - unbelivable and interesting! Currently I'm on my very first steps on Farsi. Seems to me of not much worth of a trip in those lands with no local speaking skills.

Unbelivable and very interesting. I'm on a slow hunt for an old Soviet YaAZ-210 truck which was produced in 50's and looked very close to a L-model Mack. Actually it was designed using Mack chassis as a prototype. 20 thousand were produced and only one survivor is known at the moment here in Russia. I know a few were exported to Afghanistan and some other countries and keep a hope to find something in that part of the world. Seems like not the safest place on the planet to travel and the virus made the most of borders closed at the time.

The vent windows would suit any show car. Excellent work!

They seem built on later chassis such as some heavy B-models with locally built L-model like cabs. I may be wrong since never put my hands on one or even an eye below the chassis.

Great to hear!