JoeH Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 In the grand scheme of things the exhaust bracket was pretty low on the list, but yes it needed to be done, lol. Nothing bolts to that stand other than muffler, plastic fender piece, and the cab jack pump. Mack wanted about $650 for the stand, but I think we got it straight enough... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 I'm in Joey Mack's territory, I just bought a sprinter van for the growing family. I'll be back in the shop on Friday, maybe I'll get some more pictures then... 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Looking forward to seeing photos of the completed project @JoeH 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted March 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 24 Torque arms done, doors done. I think we just have to do plastic fenders on the pass side and swap out bolts on the mixer body mounts, then the truck is ready for the mixer. 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 well at least you got the damn exh stack set right,, I mean,,, really........ 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 It's set reasonably well. The muffler sustained a dent, and the chrome stack is sitting a little cocked on the muffler. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 still looks a whole lot better than it did. 2 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/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 great work all around.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-548811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted March 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 27 Mixer mounted up, need to tighten mounting bolts and hook electrical plugs, hydraulic pump, water tank rebuild the mixing auger for the back... (worn from use, not collision) I'm also chasing an ABS code that is bugging me. Right steer abs cable ripped so I put a new sensor in, but still have a code. Gotta get this truck ready for inspection! 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-549032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted March 30 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 30 Hydraulic pump hooked up, electrical plugged in, water tank installed... Hydraulics and electronics all functional, but we need to disassemble and clean out the cement metering augers as some humidity got in and hardened enough cement to cause problems. We had the driver empty out the main hopper of the cement bin back in November, but without being able to run the hydraulics back in the Fall we couldn't empty out the metering augers. 4 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-549164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Wow, looks like I missed out on the latest. Thanks for letting us know. Looks great…. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-549207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Can anyone point me in the right direction on these ABS codes? Before the rollover I had no ABS codes, now post rollover I have 4. I'm guessing these primarily just mean I suddenly have 2 bad sensors... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-549770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted April 19 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 19 Changed fuel filters, put 425/65-r22.5 tires on the steer axle, worked through a laundry list of small punch list items, then took it for a test drive today. Only complaint I have is it has a stumble in the idle, most noticable when it's in gear at a stop. (It's an automatic so it puts the engine under load) 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-550181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Looks great @JoeH! Hopefully she will provide years of reliable service going forward. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-550199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Truck is at the dealership getting the go-over and so far with the stumble all they've found is a failing valve rotator, which yielded some small bits in the oil pan and an out of adjustment valve. Cam checks out ok, they don't suspect eup's as there's no knocking sound from the eup "jumping" off the lobe. Cam also looks great from underneath, and they measured the cam lobe heights with dial indicator on the valve stems. They'll put 2 reman cylinder heads on it, plus whatever peripheral junk goes along with that. It's gonna cost an arm and a leg, but I have no doubts regarding their competence, and it's gonna be done a whole lot faster than doing it ourselves. And we need this truck done ASAP. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-550797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted May 1 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 1 Glad we caught it before it dropped a valve or something worse. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-550798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Excellent sorry I keep forgetting to come to the section. Good luck. Sounds like you’re on your way. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-550948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted May 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 24 So the truck is finally running right. What started out as replacing the heads turned into finding 3 bad EUPs, 2 bad EUP rollers, and one bad injector nozzle. I haven't heard the truck running in person yet, but dealer shop foreman says they finally got it straightened out. When they replaced the heads it still had the miss, so they did a cylinder cutout test and found 2 weak EUPs. One was failing in the solenoid, the other the spring was broken into 5 pieces. I picked up 2 aftermarket reman Bosch EUPs from Metro Fuel Injection im Allentown, dropped those off and told the foreman to pull the rest of the EUPs to inspect. That's how they found the 3rd bad EUP and the 2 bad followers. One follower has a chip out of the top of the cup, the other follower the roller's axle slid and the roller cocked a little bit. They had to weld a long stud on the one follower as a handle to get it out. Back to Metro for another EUP and 2 followers. Got all that in, still had a miss on #3, they swapped EUPs, miss stayed on #3, so they wanted to replace that nozzle. New nozzle and it's running good now. I think we can all agree I got lucky the camshaft survived. For now. Now they're just chasing ABS codes it didn't have before the rollover. Hopefully they get it straightened out today. 4 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 frustrating SOB,,,glad your getting close,,,,thanks for that,,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeH Posted May 30 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 30 Picked up the truck yesterday around lunchtime, worked a couple bugs out of the mixer and started running deliveries yesterday afternoon. Truck is back in action. 2 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Great news, a quick turn around for what had happened to it Well done and hopefully many trouble free miles and deliveries ahead of you Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 (edited) Awesome work by you and the crew !!!!! Can you post that picture of it in the ditch, and a pic or 2 of the repair process, then the finished product? kind of a before - during- and after thingy.. Edited May 31 by Joey Mack Pour sperring 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Two 60 ton rotator boom trucks were used to hoist the truck upright while a 3rd truck winched the truck forward out of the ditch, rotators holding it upright til it was in the road. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Pulled the mixer off the truck, and picked up the donor cab, a 14,000 mile gem that used to be a NYC salt truck. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73737-2003-mr688s-rollover-cab-swap/page/3/#findComment-552792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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