mrsmackpaul Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 No heat here, mind you it won't be long and it will warm and then the dunny buggies (flys) will be back in force Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Paul Way I’ve had an over abundance of hornets around here i’ve already sprayed down four nests I still see more flying around my workshop yesterday. WTF is this.?????? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 It might’ve had something to do with all the moisture we had last spring rain and snow. We didn’t think it was ever going to quit. We’ve got all kinds of plant life growing around here we’ve never seen for example, lots of sunflowers everywhere. Which is a good thing they make me happy. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Finally got rid of these ugly SOBs my God I’ve been looking at them for almost 30 years likeGOODBYE and don’t come back ha ha more work on the frozen bolts then after lunch more sanding 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Oh that’s especially for you Mecho this looks kind of good to move for the interior. Kind of thinking I’d rather have a flat color but if it’s high gloss , I guess that would be OK also…. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Probably mention my wife’s hair lady husband does interior if it comes to it and I don’t croak first I’m going to tell him just come up with something truck is not going to be bone stock anyway 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Well, I didn’t get any sanding done but yes, I worked at it for around one half hour getting too late still have to do yard maintenance and start winding down for early bedtime as close to seven as I can get … bob 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted September 16, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2023 More sanding knocked out quite a bit of it so far this weekend still trying to find more numbers on the steering box. I’ll have to get under there and scrape and brush it some more.. at least I know where to look now 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I wonder if the green is the gel coat they seal fiberglass with Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 I believe it’s the original color because the firewall is green ,,, Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Boy, whoever recommended double coins, tires thanks again I found some for 183 apiece. Hell you can’t beat that with a stick. I am going to start with four of them for now. I really don’t even need all 8 drive tires since it’s not going to be any weight on it I don’t need the inner’s right now. Just kind of looks funny. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 looks real solid around that air filter, real bad spot for rust, and above the left cab mount can be another bad spot. terry ran one of them steel dash ones in a dump truck for years. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Yes, there’s not much rust on it at all. In fact, I’m going to change that breather. I have another one that one is a little bent and the replacement has a built in ether spout … bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Was going to work on it a little today, but I have to go to a ball game not necessarily a bad thing Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Just started not really people here yet Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 OK now I’m stepping all over my own tread. Nobody cares,,,, I am a little pissed,, We usually come here three or four times a year. This is actually the first one and the last game at home oohwell having a ball at this one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-538987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted October 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2023 Got more more parts ordered Saturday from watts and more sanding… I’m sticking to the 2 the great advice I got … keep it in front of you .. hadda spend most of weekend traveling to California for nephews baby girls first birthday hadda blast lotsa family.. bob 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-539924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Looks like your havin' a ball Bob! Baby steps. I remember when I stretched my truck and did the bunk. It seemed like I would never get it done. 6 months and presto! 2 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-539971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Freightrain said: Looks like your havin' a ball Bob! Baby steps. I remember when I stretched my truck and did the bunk. It seemed like I would never get it done. 6 months and presto! Just like finding a lost cow: all at once! 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-539976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 9/17/2023 at 1:21 AM, mowerman said: Boy, whoever recommended double coins, tires thanks again I found some for 183 apiece. Hell you can’t beat that with a stick. I am going to start with four of them for now. I really don’t even need all 8 drive tires since it’s not going to be any weight on it I don’t need the inner’s right now. Just kind of looks funny. If you're going to purchase any Chinese tyres I would advice you to get all 8 in one time. Or just do other way and buy 2 steers. They Double Coins, Triangles, Westlakes and Aeoluses are taking place at the local market for more a decade to the moment. People drive them there and here and I haven't heard any really bad feedbacks about them. But what I have found is if a certain producent/brand sells a certain model with a certain thread style (which is usually a copy of a certain classic Michelin, Bridgestone etc thread pattern) some years later you find out that particular model is out of production. Or even the brand completely. I bought a set of 11R24,5 Aeolus drives (and 2 steers) for the R-model in 2013. They're sure still like new on the truck because I have driven no more that 3000 km since. But once had damaged a sidewall of one of the drives (luckily just a lil bit) and thought of to look for options for purchasing a spare. Nothing! That model was already out of stock and no other new tyres of the similar pattern avalible. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-539977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 ^^^ This is true in a LOT of things today. Too many products come and go so fast that if you don't buy what you need the first time, they aren't around 6 months from now to buy again. 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-540010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 OK fellas thanks for that. I am fixing on buying of 10 at the same time and as I always say I hope I live long enough to put a few miles on them lol Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-540016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 And yes vlad I am still spraying and banging those bolts every time I thing of it one came out out of 5 I was concerned about… Bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-540017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 The three on the left side I’m not concerned about soft bolts. They will drill out right easy if need be. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-540068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Bob, honestly I wouldn't buy new tyres before blast/paint rims and hubs. Or at least figure the exact plan on how to do that and when. If you're with Budds it's easier but if there are spokes (as I expect for a DM and your taste) you would probably need a media blast crue to dirt up your yard. Or drive the truck to different place for and keep it there on stands for the time the hubs are cleaned and painted. Doing that way you better have new tyres already fitted on new/repainted rims though to throw them on the truck right there. So tyres may be seen of reason to purchase earlier indeed. But anyway keeping them in mind makes sence keeping in mind all the wheel story together. Another option is removing hubs and blast/paint them separately. This is the way I do. But you would need to remove all bearings, wash them, inspect, and if they're good just new seals would be on the list. You would also need washing through the bearing cavits (otherwise you'd do that anyway to remove grease with sand) or fabricate solid steel covers (by a lathe?) and cover the inside of the hubs with them using sealer. So the truck needs to be kept on stands for all the time. Ok, there's one more option. Purchasing of a spare set of hubs to play with them keeping the truck on its own. Recently I like that approach too but aside of need of additional iron in the yard you get risk of miss matching bearings or other mating moments using parts from aside. 2 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73081-finally-some-dm-progress/page/16/#findComment-540110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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