rhasler

Hey Phil, you may want to check the driver's seat for "incident related staining".

Here's the post: http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?showtopic=15475&st=0&p=62416&hl=+'let%20+the%20+drooling%20+commence&fromsearch=1entry62416

I posted some picture of one awhile back, I think that company owns at least 3 or 4. As far as I know they still don't have a factory sleeper option, the one in my picture had an aftermarket affair installed. On a side note, I hear the GU is supposed to be getting an HOS sleeper option in the future.

From SB 422-008 FXL12, 14.6, 18, 20, 23 Torque.pdf

Or "Mack" and "truck".

Sure that the ghost of Colonel Otherdog must have been responsible for the sudden disappearance of the secret recipe, Randy, the Sheriff, and Spot the wonder dog load into Killer B and prepare for a midnight meeting with the Colonel's ghost at his burial plot Following the directions laid out in the Otherdog family history book, "Take 108 north to the top of the mountain then go past the yellow house and take the next right-there's no road signs, but there is some orange tape there. When you get to the blue building stay to the left.Open the gate and go through,then close it behind you. You'll see some equipment on the side of the road and a road turning off to the right, but don't take the road to the right or you'll pass the church with a cemetery on both sides of the road...", Randy slowly but surely navigates his way to the Colonel's final resting place as Spot keeps a watchful eye on the roadside, always prepared to spring into action should anyone should attempt an ambush. But alas, after finding the gravesite there are no signs of the Colonel, the hot sauce, the pigs, or the family recipe book. Looking as if all is lost, the Sheriff and his dejected deputies return to Daingerfield to break the bad news. Before disclosing the terrible news to the townsfolk, the Sheriff decides to take another look at the crime scene for any clues that he may have missed, only to discover that he has made a real bonehead mistake! BE SURE TO TUNE IN FOR THE NEXT EPISODE "SPOT AND THE DOUBLE DOG DILEMMA"!

We begin our tale at the sprawling Otherdog estate as the Sheriff prepares for the annual parade and picinic commemorating the Civil War battle of Longhorn Gulch. The Sherrif will be honoring his ancestor Colonel Thomas Otherdog, the family patriarch, hero of the battle, and creator of the world's finest hot sauce. At this year's parade the Sheriff plans to announce plans to begin marketing the Colonel's own original hot sauce, but first, the Sheriff has to make it to the parade. Finally dressed for the parade, Sheriff Otherdog gives himself one last look in the mirror before running off to town hall to obtain the last permits needed for the annual celebration. Randy and Spot, who are preparing the roasting pit for the picnic, are set to meet the Sheriff there. After their rendezvous, they will all go together to pick up the half dozen hogs that will be roasted in the ground for the big shindig. Before leaving, the Sheriff goes over the new advertisement for "Colonel Otherdogs World Famous Other Sauce" before locking it safely away, along with the secret recipe, and the inaugural test batch of the hot sauce. Meanwhile, in the town square, Randy and Spot dig the fire pit that will be used to roast the pigs that will feed the hungry citizens of Daingerfield at the picnic. The permits obtained, the trio heads for Sheriff Otherdog's estate to pickup the pigs, the hot sauce, and the world famous, often copied but never duplicated, top secret family recipe book. A disturbing sight, however, greets the troubled triumvirate upon their arrival! Owing to his newly acquired hobby of photography the Sheriff has a camera on hand and ready to document the crime scene. Spot on the other hand, has a portable forensic lab with him at all times. His amazing olfactory sense quickly ferrets out a clue. Sheriff Otherdog hurriedly takes his photographic evidence to the County forensic lab for analysis and is shocked to find the image of a ghostly man on the photo that no one had seen while at the crime scene. After enhancing the image the Sheriff is shocked that he recognizes the person in the photo, it's his Great Great Great Grandfather, Colonel Thomas Otherdog ! TO BE CONTINUED....

I can look some thing up on your truck, but since some recent changes the parts records no longer display as a normal build sheet with arrangement numbers.

Thanks, that's an excellent suggestion, do you have his contact information?

1986 RW613 E9 450 RTO14613 Transmission at http://www.haysmack.com/pre_owned_detail.asp?sid=08304102X3K5K2011J11I21I18JAMQ4540R0&veh=936966

Well shiver me timbers and blow the man down!

Otherdog's truck is flying the Jolly Rodger!

No pirates? I think you need to look closer! I bet he was working with the cop, waited till you were distracted and then boarded your "vessel"

Thanks Doug, that was my thinking too. I talked to Jack today and he rattled off the names that the dealership had from way back. I figure some pictures of the old dealership would make his day. One of the old hands from the Mack factory branch here passed a few weeks back and got me thinking about this. By the way, he's a Swede, and he don't much care for what volvo has done! Just a reminder, the old timers are disappearing, make the most of your time with them!

Does anybody know if the Mack Museum can/will provide information about their former service locations? I assume they would at least have some records, but I'm not sure if they will release such information. Specifically I'm looking to get some historic photos of the dealership from the days when it was a factory branch location and possibly further back. These would be for my hero Jack, who is getting up there in age, but still has a memory like a steel trap.

Sorry, can't help with that.

I wonder what he told his dispatcher when he called in! "Uh, seems I have myself a situation here, I'm kinda stuck. Think I need a ladder"

If it is hardwired you can't get the belt on and off, so if you go that route make sure to install the belt first, and don't chop the wires too short or you won't have enough left to repair it properly later on. If I remember correctly the fan hub wires are something like 18 or 20 gauge, so it's kind of hard to splice together. Here's a service bulletin on the Behr fan clutch, complete with wiring diagram. It doesn't tell you exactly which wire is which on the fan side, and I can't recall which color wire goes where, but this may help some anyway. Enjoy! SB 215-024 Behr Fan Drive Diagnostics (June 12, 2003).pdf

I would suggest not hard wiriing it. It is sometimes necessary to disconnect the fan wiring for other repairs and hardwiring it will cause more trouble during subsequent repairs. I'll see if I can find the wiring instructions for the fan and post it later.

Here come the judge...

The stacks are so tall they don't fit into most of the pictures!

I was waiting to see which logo was going to be on top I dunno. The old sign faced one way, the new sign faced the opposite direction. Seemed kind of weird to me too, maybe the sign company put the sign on backwards?

They put up a new sign at the dealership this week, a dual sign for Mack and volvo. Here's the old sign And here's the new sign (with the old one still up in front of it)

Saw these two trucks this morning I also saw a Range Rover with the same color scheme as Leon's (mack4ever) Nooteboom, but I didn't take a picture of it.