tjc transport Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, Mark T said: This is an old Mack transmission. The compound was like the one in the dash of that DM. I didn't know what it was . I don't think Mack main boxes were backwards if they had an overgear. Just the compound I thought i never saw a swapped gear on a mack trans. only on the eaton/fuller 13 over and 15 over trans. but then again i only ran the one quad, and the mack twin stick. all other transmissions in the macks were eaton/fullers. the weirdest trans we ever had was a straight 7 speed. and i moved a fiberglass nose autocar for a friend with a 6 speed split trans. 3 low, then 3 high. i also moved an 80 autocar with 290 cummins and 5 speed low/deep reduction. to get low you put into first or reverse, then moved the shifter to driver side and up or down depending what gear you were in. then for deep reduction, move shifter again up or down. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, tjc transport said: i never saw a swapped gear on a mack trans. only on the eaton/fuller 13 over and 15 over trans. but then again i only ran the one quad, and the mack twin stick. all other transmissions in the macks were eaton/fullers. the weirdest trans we ever had was a straight 7 speed. and i moved a fiberglass nose autocar for a friend with a 6 speed split trans. 3 low, then 3 high. i also moved an 80 autocar with 290 cummins and 5 speed low/deep reduction. to get low you put into first or reverse, then moved the shifter to driver side and up or down depending what gear you were in. then for deep reduction, move shifter again up or down. That one you pulled the shifter to you and pushed it ahead for low was some variation of a T95ALL usually they came behind a Power Torque 270 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, Onyx610 said: Damn this thread has me out of reactions in no time everyday. A lot need to be given but I’m out, sorry guys! Who started this thread 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Mark T said: That one you pulled the shifter to you and pushed it ahead for low was some variation of a T95ALL usually they came behind a Power Torque 270 A lame attempt at being a Mack with a 6 speed Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted March 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2022 before i retire i am going to put this shift pattern in one of the manual trans trucks...... probably the 2000 W900 with the 18 speed. 😆 3 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 After all this chatter I am going to have to go out and look at my Mac Manuel at least every transmission there was no I’m curious and yes I have also heard backwards shift patterns and was also told it meant overdrive I’ll let you know what I come up with 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, tjc transport said: before i retire i am going to put this shift pattern in one of the manual trans trucks...... probably the 2000 W900 with the 18 speed. 😆 now everyone raise their hand that just spent 10 minutes trying to follow this shift pattern !!! YES my hand is up also. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 no i cant follow it,, it does make me laugh.. now my head started hurting.. going back to watch'in 'open range' on t.v.... jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 7th to 8th doable ; maybe 11=12=13. if you make it to an easy 18=19=20th ''congratulations :: you are a TRUCK DRIVER.. : side note, i didn't make it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 heh not even sure about the the shift pattern that was in it,, plate was partially torn off by someone.so i took it off 26 years ago and straighten it out and its been sitting in a coffee can all this time buried but i know for sure the new trans is a 5and 4....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 we were saying at my place we should test drive all these new hires on a 2 stick,,,maybe we would wind up with some pretty good hands instead of spoiled kids,,,after all most of us had to start on them,,but then im sure they would all fail the road test lol.bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Thus sayeth The Weasel... 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 And an odd one... 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 More Quad stuff, since somebody brought it up. Most of my experience was with the "720" series (overdrive 5th). 2 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/30/2022 at 1:24 PM, mrsmackpaul said: Well I dont have any hand guns as such, pistols and the like I have rifles and shot guns, nothing flash and shiny like you blokes Was working with a Yank from Arizona that now lives in Australia a few weeks ago I asked him about the different attitudes towards guns in Australia and America as he is a ex gun owners in the states and how he found our different attitude towards guns He reckons he found it a bit unsettling at first but once he got used to our ways he reckons its okay and in a lot of ways better We never talked much more about what makes it better or worse as we started talking about medical systems and that's a whole different conversation There was a fella on here from years ago I used to Skype regularly with from the New England area and we would talk about everything and share gun stories and the like Dunno if people even use Skype these days we changed to messenger some years ago Paul I used to talk to Old Bill from Canada on Skype every weekend. Haven't been on it for a long time now. Last 2 times I tried to call Old Bill I got no response, so I don't know if he's still with us or not. I called randyp from Texas a few times too with no response either. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted March 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2022 18 hours ago, tjc transport said: before i retire i am going to put this shift pattern in one of the manual trans trucks...... probably the 2000 W900 with the 18 speed. 😆 Somebody will post this on Facebook from time to time, and you wouldn't believe how people will argue that it's real, it's what they learned to drive on, and all kinds of crazy stuff. 1 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2022 The T-shirt guys even get in on this... 3 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: And an odd one... add another 5 speed box to that, and you will have the trans in the 59 autocar with 16V71 detroit i ran to move a cracking tower 5 miles back in 87. 5 speed under drive, 5 speed main, and 5 speed overdrive. it had a top speed of around 35 MPH. it also had 100 ton planitary axles under it with 14-24 tires on it. the cheveron refinery was being closed and dismanteled, and they needed a cracking tower in louisiana. so they loaded it on a large 40 axle trailer and i hooked to it and drug it across town to a waterfront where A.J.Ross had a yard with a crane large enough to lift it off the trailer and onto a barge. took two days to make the move because halfway there someone missed on the route and a railroad crossing had crap in it and blew out 20 tires. the move was supposed to take around 15 hours at 1/2 mile per hour. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-493990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 39 minutes ago, tjc transport said: add another 5 speed box to that, and you will have the trans in the 59 autocar with 16V71 detroit i ran to move a cracking tower 5 miles back in 87. 5 speed under drive, 5 speed main, and 5 speed overdrive. it had a top speed of around 35 MPH. it also had 100 ton planitary axles under it with 14-24 tires on it. the cheveron refinery was being closed and dismanteled, and they needed a cracking tower in louisiana. so they loaded it on a large 40 axle trailer and i hooked to it and drug it across town to a waterfront where A.J.Ross had a yard with a crane large enough to lift it off the trailer and onto a barge. took two days to make the move because halfway there someone missed on the route and a railroad crossing had crap in it and blew out 20 tires. the move was supposed to take around 15 hours at 1/2 mile per hour. Nice! 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: And an odd one... small quad behind a gas engine, drove one for a couple of years. terry 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, terry said: small quad behind a gas engine, drove one for a couple of years. terry That's what I was thinking. All the ones we had were behind diesels, and had the compound stick on the left. Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: That's what I was thinking. All the ones we had were behind diesels, and had the compound stick on the left. 18 was on the left 20 was on the right 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 So heres a new one for me.... I just finished repairing a DPF in an '09 CXU.. I put a new Differential pressure switch on it... no sweat.. while I was finishing the installation , out of nowhere, the D.P.S. popped open.... it just separated itself.. .. I tried to load a picture but for some reason it wont load.. has this happened to anyone? it's my first.. out of dozens of these repairs... jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx610 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: So heres a new one for me.... I just finished repairing a DPF in an '09 CXU.. I put a new Differential pressure switch on it... no sweat.. while I was finishing the installation , out of nowhere, the D.P.S. popped open.... it just separated itself.. .. I tried to load a picture but for some reason it wont load.. has this happened to anyone? it's my first.. out of dozens of these repairs... jojo No, but I’d like to see it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I tried again... it wont load, only 2.3 mb, but its too big... WTF?? sorry bud... jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69424-shop-talk/page/15/#findComment-494137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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