39 Baby Mack

Happy Birthday, have a good one! Ron

Especially one that's been modified, no original ones ever had light up eyes! Ron

Great job Al, thanks for posting, nothing like the sound of an eight lung Mack! Ron

There are only two grease fittings in the linkage, the ball socket on the shift rod up at the top of the shift tower and the and the "U" joint at the remote shifter on the transmission. There are also two needle bearings and two roller bearings in the shift tower which aren't greaseable. I'd just check and make sure everything is fairly tight without a lot of lost motion. You can dab a little grease on the ball of upper shift lever where it enters the receptacle in the tower. You can oil everything else in the tower. There was also a phenolic or fiber bushing in the aluminum housing that the shift lever actually rides in. There is a pin that holds the lever in the aluminum housing (about 5/16" in diameter with serrations on one end) You can check the shock absorber from the shift tower to the air cleaner bracket. It's just there to help isolate the tower, and even when they were wore out didn't didn't really effect the way they shifted. Make sure to check that the beehive spring on the bottom of the shift lever isn't broken. There is also a very heavy beehive spring located up in upper shift lever housing under the cab (under the rubber bellows). This keeps the upper shift housing firmly seated in the shift tower. This spring is not replaceable it's part of the upper shift housing that is attached to the cab with six screws. I had one break before and ended up welding the spring, never had any more problems with it. After that I bought a new assembly, just incase it ever happened again. Murphy's law, when we shut down in 2010 the new one was still on the shelf. The one I welded, well it's still working as of Macungie this year, last mileage I remember it having on it was about 1,973,000 miles. Just getting broken in!!!! Ron

Nice looking truck, Dave. Will keep you and your wife in my prayers. Ron

Great pictures Tom, I went over to your flickr page and looked at the rest of them too! Isn't too much this guy doesn't have, looks like you could spend a week looking and still not see it all! Thanks for posting! Ron

Nice looking' "MH" First sleeper cab "MH" I've ever seen with a window in the bunk. Reminds you of the old days---- "Single stack Mack with a window in the back"!!! Ron

Welcome to the group, Norman. Ron

Nice pictures Mike, thanks for posting! Ron

Ken, The visor on the green one is OEM from the Mack Co. I'm not sure about the square one but looks like a Lund to me? Ron

Congratulations and welcome to the group. Good luck with the "MH" Ron

The Golden tool works very well, but not cheap. If your trying to save money, the Ken Tool tire irons that TozziWelding mentioned above is the only way to go. They have worked for many years, just use plenty of tire lube like Ray mentioned above. Ron

Great pictures Mike, thanks for posting! Ron

Not too shabby, that's for sure, Mark! Ron

And they say chivalry is dead!!?? Ron

Don't feel too bad, the "L" model cab and the "H" model cab shared the same doors!! Ron

The cab on the C model was a modified version of the L model cab. Ron

According to the Mack bible by John Montville there were a total of 575 B-615's built between1962 and 1966. Ron

E6 with small oil pan and 2 lube filters, or 2 lube filters and centi-max approx. 34 Qts. E6 with large oil pan and 3 lube filters approx. 58 Qts Ron

If you say so Randy! Ron

LMAO!!!!! Ron

Beats the s--t out of me, but I'm not volunteering to find out!! Ron

What the hell, I'll adjust the clutch too, if it needs it! Ron

Ken, don't forget to bring the flour, looks like you'll need it! Ron

Randy, I don't know about the rest of the stuff but I'd swear the two cast aluminum handles are for a cabover Freightliner. Ron