Deere Mack

not to mention the cha ching factor

I know but why does it have to be an underground world. I don't think they could do anything about it if someone developed their own interface. I looked into this before and remember reading where unless renewed the proprietary rights expire in 20 years? I really don't know much about it, just find it interesting.

I haven't found away around it. It'll get you when you least expect it.

lol...I knew they were. I ask two mechanics to check them out. My new now ex mechanic that would help out from time to time and I had it at the mack dealer for pooter updates and ask them to check them out. Both said they looked fine. It's really hard to find good help these days!

Proprietary rights are legally confusing and seem to have loop holes. I've often wondered why someone hasn't developed such for all the big boy toys.

Do these look worn out?

yes. I'm trying to eliminate the negative things in my life these days and it was to light for a boat anchor.

UPDATE! I messed with this for a while before giving up a replacing the air manifold on the firewall. Got the quick connects out of the manifold and the o ring. Cleaned it all up, trimmed up the lines etc. and I believe if I could have found the exact o ring I could have repaired it, but good luck with that. The o rings get hard and crack. Went all over north Alabama looking for that thing. If its not perfect it will not seal off.

Thanks Joe, the solenoid was jumping fine. Just got threw working on it. It was a stud on the solenoid. It was slightly stripped. Those nuts are slim so they don't grab a lot of threads anyway. It would snug up but after the engine ran the vibrations would loosen it up. Took me forever to figure it out.

Good afternoon! Having problems with my 05 CV713 AMI 370. Just started all the sudden and seems to be related to the windshield wipers? Sounds crazy but I got in it this morning it started fine, turned it off came back would not crank. I get power with switch on to dash, everything except wiper motor. Messed with it all day, thought I found a bad switch connection at solenoid and put a new connector on it, started up and wipers worked fine. Shut it off and came back a few minutes later it started up but when I went to turn the wipers on I got a lighting bolt, not wipers with 1-6 code, no power to starter. lighting bolt only comes on when you try to turn wipers on, turn wiper switch off lighting bolts goes off but still have problem. Turned it off and now it will not start again and no power to wiper motors. Solenoid is good/new and you can jump it and it'll start right up. Any clues??? Anyone??

Yes sir I'm very impressed and really appreciate that thread! I've got to see if it'll be worthy. Got a few repairs and adjustments first and that was the plan all along. Might be my winter project.

Mine's got the AMI 370

It's not bad. Seems to have plenty of power on the top side but a little sluggish coming out of the hole. If I'm loaded and on a slight incline it seems to want the low gear to get going and it's supposed to have 4.64 rears. The mack trans is what I'm not thrilled about, it's a lot different than the Eaton fuller 8LL in my CH.

Thanks for the all the tips! I haven't got back around to this problem just yet, other problems got put in front of this problem. Think I bought someone else's problem or my ocd is getting the best of me. I like everything to be right!

I do a lot of sight work and the extra foot print would be helpful. After several phone calls and emails I did find out what the off set should be. For an 05 Granite CV713 with 18k fronts it's 2.75". Depending on your set up it could be different. I found this website to show the side by side difference in tire sizes https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=315-80r22.5-385-65r22.5 . There's not a huge difference between the two.

Also, has anyone had any luck with the Firestone FS818 steers tires? or what would you recommend for the best ride etc.?

Working out some kinks on a truck I just bought. It's got the wrong fronts on it, it's supposed to have 385/65/22.5 with 12.25 rims. My question is what offset do I need for the correct rim?

Thanks Terry, I'll clean them up and give it another try in the morning.

That's what I thought. After looking at this photo closer they may be to dirty to push in. Once the tubing is out, can the fitting be removed or repaired?

Good afternoon. I'm having trouble figuring out the quick connect air fittings on the firewall. I've got a couple leaking but cant see how to remove them. I think they have an o-ring behind the fittings? Any help would be appreciated!

Your probably right, still a cool sign. The fact that you might be right should make the sign more collectable. Might not see this image for much longer.

Thanks! I agree with you too. It only makes sense.Wished I'd thought about some lock tabs, at least all my studs came out and I got some new ones back in. Might pick up some locks later and put em on. Happy 4th of July to everyone! God Bless America!

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Got the truck back last Friday. It was a blown exhaust manifold gasket and a bad charge air cooler. Both leaks were hard to find. Had to pressurize the intake system to find its leak. It was weird they both happened at the same time. I'm hoping it was a coincidence, but it's running better than ever. Thanks for everyone's help! Here's a pic of the old dog. I also use it as my lowboy truck. It earns its keep!

I went ahead and took it to my mechanic. I didn't have the time to pull the covers but I'm leaning toward a bent valve or something to do with the Jake. The drive is about 45 min and the warmer the engine got the worse it ran. The cold start was good. Made me think might of had a stuck valve that unstuck but the further I got down the road the worse it got. I did not use soapy water on the intake side. It was more of a visual, touch and feel, and not to mention the old dollar bill for vacuum leaks. I'll post what he finds when I hear something. As always I appreciate everyone's help.