Maddog13407

also keep in your head,''it is gonna take 5 gears to get to 55mph.... space them accordingly. same with a triplex or quad within reason, its gonna take me 15 or 20m gears to get to 55mph loaded.... and don't let anyone fool you, if your empty even with a triplex you only have a 5 speed, the rest we're all just showing off

there were not many B42's made with a tach and in my experience the 77 series trans behind a 401 or the smaller transmissions are not forviving like the bigger 67 and 72 series and they HATE being shifted without the clutch. the wander could be in the steering box. did you set the toe on the tie rod an 1/4 inch in? and i know the later B42's had stops on the frame for the pitman arm and they sucked. made the turning radius horrible, you could also have the stop bolts in the backside of the spindle screwed out too far

and then of course because its a Mack and OLD put it up for sale for 5 times what it worth and then get mad when no one buys it and end up scraping it.....

that's a B62 radiator btw. mice love old Macks. we had a b61 we bought that wouldn't turn over, turns out the mice went up the exhaust, found and open valve and built a nest on top of the piston!. turned it one way then the other, didn't have enough clearance to outdue the nest without pulling the head. they love air cleaners to, have had to clear out a few after sittin for years and glad i did before we tried to start the engine

that truck has been painted like that for as long as i can remember. think i have a workhorses of yesteryear calender with in in the 80's or early 90's

and an early 65 or 66 R model. i don't think the marker lights lasted long next to the headlights. coulda even been a 711 or 673t

i dare say that truck is probably a B42 or a B62. both commonly repowered with 160 and 180 cummins motors years ago when the gas jobs let go. hard tellin if your radiator is original to either model. they were different between a B42, B62 and the original B61 diesel radiators came in a small one or the larger radiators that completely filled the horse collar was fittin to B61 turbo trucks or trucks with 711 motors

hate to say it but I'm gonna, OK how many old timers covered millions of miles in a B model with no power steering? unless your jockeying trailers around all day with an old B model with a small steering wheel and a 517 front axle, over the road, you don't need power steering! yes there were some B models with factory PS but it was an option and not every truck got it

or better yet the early 1953 B models were stamped on the rear of the frame near the roll by the spring hanger so with any modification, it might be non exhistent

let me walk into Mack and give them that part number. them shitbags would laugh. Christ it was hard enough ordering B model door handles or Mack emblems 10 or 15 years ago. i talked to Barry about 905 Bostroms with the bulldog emblem at Macungie. he said he has had a lot of interest but there is a minimum order.... dunno what is minimum but it seems maybe you can sit on an order of 25 if your selling 1 a week and if your not doubling the price.... people might actually buy more than one.... just sayin. there is not a person on this board who would not pay a REASONABLE amount for a chrome shell, bumper, fenders, vent windows , lund style visors or air ride nice seats and headliners and floor mats. cause i don't care what B model you dragged in, they all need every one of those pieces. someone needs to start making this stuff and reasonable, we will all pay a reasonable price and probably buy more than 1.....

a member on here owns that truck, think it says 309 or 509 on the left front fender

i scrapped a B62 that someone swapped in a 673 and used the original 10 speed 72 series. they actually torched the trans mounts, moved them back and rewelded them . this had the smaller bell on the 72 series. never understood that cause you could get the 67 or 72 behind a 464 gas job. the mounts look the same but even the front motor frame mount is different between say a B62 or B68 and a B61 so i assume its the same for an H series

67 the bell is mated to the trans all in one piece. the 72 has a removeable bell and some 72 series had as smaller bell but they are scarce. not sure what you actually have without more pictures.

67 series was a cheaper box. id go with the bigger box. and they mounts may look the same but they are different between the two

kinda hard to tell by the pictures but it looks like one is a 67 and one is a 72 series? i maybe be wrong

M and G's were everywhere when i was a kid runnin Brigadiers i think mostly on low pros. i think they had a yard out of Selkirk Ny or close?

gotta be more specific. lookin for a vintage B model junk series 673t or the better 60's and 70's endt673b or c motor 225 and 250 horse

i think that was one of Matt Pfahl's first restorations. that's the truck Franklin Mint modeled the yellow B61 dump truck and diorama after. maybe not his first cause Jane Anne was but know it was in the first batch along with a B42 fire tanker truck.

i can top this idiot. we got called to go tow an abandoned Maggot wagon of I90 the other day. must have broke down and sat there all night, driver quit and vanished. we get there 10 hours later and its sittin on Amsterdam hill on I90 in NYS. go to hook to it and it starts rolling, guy got out and never set the brakes on the truck or trailer, ON the hill........

had one of to those shirts in a Large and xl. sad to say i need a 2 x now a days cough cough. wish they still sold them,i did dig out my Tidewater Mack Chesapeak va B model shirt the other day, size LARGE.

should already have lines run to the brakes. personally id run a line for the maxi brakes and then a other for the air ride. then see what happens

is that one of Bob Theimers old trucks?

there are a few obsticles that you need to overcome to putting the diesel in thr gas job. make sure you change the thru shaft in the left spring hanger for the clutch or youll be scratchin your head when you go to adjust the clutch as the gas jobs have the keyway in a different spot. also make sure you put the shims in between the front spring hangers and the radiator crossmember or youll be swearing when you go to change a fan belt and cant get it between the balancer and the crossmember. and if the gas truck is a single frame your gonna have to shim the rear trans/motor mounts a 1/4 inch and maybe swap the rear cab mount crossmember and shim it also unless you ditch the driveshaft mounted e brake and put on maxi cans

after the B up til around 71 or so everything was die cast. after that everything went plastic.

worst part is its most likely a B30 0or B20 as there is no treadle valve and has the tell tale line off the manifold to the fire wall for vacumn. not that desireable at all. if the sheet metal was decent, 1500 at most