Popular Post other dog Posted October 17 Popular Post Share Posted October 17 Here's a lot of pictures of the big green International that runs now. I know most everybody has seen it on the "Odds and Ends" page, since back when it was the "big green International that doesn't run". It should have been here at first, but I didn't know at first that it would be such a long drawn out story. Anyhow... 5 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 That’s beautiful. I have not seen it before. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 3 minutes ago, yarnall said: That’s beautiful. I have not seen it before. I should have posted the pictures in reverse order on flickr, they're kind of backwards, but oh well. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOBWhite Posted October 17 Popular Post Share Posted October 17 Got my 69 International out the other day to plant wheat. Ran great after I replaced all the spark plug wires AGAIN, Thanks mice! Very sweet running trucks glad your enjoying yours 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 18 hours ago, other dog said: I should have posted the pictures in reverse order on flickr, they're kind of backwards, but oh well. Well, I’m glad you got your gas problem figured it out. I was starting to think you had a forever problem besides being a complete lemon ha ha I like when you said Xena from Florida was more pissed than you were. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 2 hours ago, mowerman said: Well, I’m glad you got your gas problem figured it out. I was starting to think you had a forever problem besides being a complete lemon ha ha I like when you said Xena from Florida was more pissed than you were. Oh yes, she was absolutely pissed! 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted October 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 22 I took this night shot last night when the solar lights on the carport came on. I liked the way it looked in the light, so I grabbed a couple of pics with my phone. I had backed it out because I was putting a CB radio in it. Haven't finished yet, it takes me 2 days to put a radio in nowadays. I put my Stryker radio in it last week, but my SWR was up around 5. I raised the whip up as high as it would go and it was still over 3.0. I had shortened the top piece to get it right in the T800, so I ordered a new whip from Wilson. Yesterday I tightened all the mirror bracket bolts and ran a ground wire from the antenna bracket inside to a bolt under the dash. Now I just need to find a good hotwire to hook it up to. Stryker says to go straight to the battery, but I don't know about all that. I might just find a hot wire in the fuse box to hook it to. 5 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Looks excellent Tom and yes that’s what they used to tell us in the 70s was to hook it to the battery. I don’t know what’s up with that but I think it was cut cut out all the engine noise frankly I never liked the idea anyway especially on a company truck. But it’s probably a good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Problem with Hooking up to the battery is you have to remember to turn the radio off, or it can kill the battery if sitting a while The reason they say to hook to battery is some of the bigger radios use up to 20 amp draw. And most fusebox circuits are only under 10 amps. I hook to the battery through a 30 amp relay that is triggered to a key on power source. 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/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted October 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 22 I checked the battery with my little multi-meter device today, that I really don't know how to use, and it showed exactly 12 volts. So there was a terminal block on the fender well under the hood that looked like the wires going to it came from the starter. The Big wire was hot all the time and it tested at 12 volts exactly too, so I connected the radio to it. But I will have to be careful about leaving it on, even a tiny draw will drain a battery if it's on long enough. Then I mounted the radio and an external speaker, and the standing wave was much better than the last time. I had to raise the antenna to get it right, but I had left it bottomed out when I put it back in the shed last week. Tightening the mirror bracket and running the extra ground wire must have done the trick. I didn't get it perfect, but I got it down to 1.3. I was going for a ride around the block to test the radio, but some dumbass mounted an external speaker in the way so I couldn't release the parking brake. I'll fix it tomorrow, it's Miller time now. 2 2 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Tom, I think we’ve all done stuff like that before one to one match is pretty hard to come up with 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Haha,that’s a good one..🤔🤣 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 The dash plaques made me suspicious that this was one of Jimmy Wood’s trucks so I looked through all your photos which confirmed it. I always loved that truck. I bought one of Jimmy’s fleetstars earlier in the year. Have fun with it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 7 minutes ago, yarnall said: The dash plaques made me suspicious that this was one of Jimmy Wood’s trucks so I looked through all your photos which confirmed it. I always loved that truck. I bought one of Jimmy’s fleetstars earlier in the year. Have fun with it. Yessir, it sure was. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 3 hours ago, MACKS said: Haha,that’s a good one..🤔🤣 Yep, as you can see that one spot was about the only place all the way across the dash that was open. I said "oh, here's a good spot for the speaker". Never thought about the hand brake. It was pulled back when I put the speaker there. Oh well, I'll find somewhere to put it. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 10 hours ago, other dog said: Yep, as you can see that one spot was about the only place all the way across the dash that was open. I said "oh, here's a good spot for the speaker". Never thought about the hand brake. It was pulled back when I put the speaker there. Oh well, I'll find somewhere to put it. We always mounted the cb on top of the dash with the external speaker on top of the cb..but I guess it all depends on the truck and your own preference.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 6 minutes ago, MACKS said: We always mounted the cb on top of the dash with the external speaker on top of the cb..but I guess it all depends on the truck and your own preference.. Yeah, that wouldn't work in this truck. The steel dash is only about 3 inches wide. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Speaker would fit up there though, and be easier to hear. 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/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 My last CB I was really surprised. It was the only radio I have ever had where I didn’t need to use the external speaker the stock radio speaker work just fine. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I do have an old cobra 23 channel my father-in-law left me when he passed I will set it up on my garage one of these days and see if I can reach some of the brothers pulling out in the morning don’t know if it will do anything hasn’t been used since the 70s Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Age should not nake any difference. Antenna and power source are usually the culprits. The cobra 29 classic in the other truck died. So I put an old 23 channel ssb sidebander 2 in it until I could get a new radio. The boss loves it and asked if he could buy it. It sat on the shelf better part if 30 years also and still out performs the connex CX33HPC-1 10 meter radio I have in my truck 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/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 15 hours ago, other dog said: Yessir, it sure was. Now where did that milk trailer end up? 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, tjc transport said: Age should not nake any difference. Antenna and power source are usually the culprits. The cobra 29 classic in the other truck died. So I put an old 23 channel ssb sidebander 2 in it until I could get a new radio. The boss loves it and asked if he could buy it. It sat on the shelf better part if 30 years also and still out performs the connex CX33HPC-1 10 meter radio I have in my truck That's the same model Connex that I used to run. It was a good radio, I used it since the old 2006 Peterbilt says. But when I tried to cram it into the space that was supposedly made for a CB something on the back of it shorted out on something in the hole and smoked it. It was substantially bigger than the Cobra 29 I had in there at first. That's the main reason I bought the Stryker, I saw an ad for it in some trucking magazine and it said it was made smaller just so it would fit in those overhead compartments. It's a nice little radio too, it used to "walk the dog" in the other truck. It's been on the shelf since I retired. I like that it displays the SWR every time you key the mike too. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 i was always a fan of the galaxy radios. i had a 959, then moved up to the DX88. but the new overheads need a front port mike, so the galaxy was out. my radio guy said the connex was the next best thing to the galaxy 88, so i picked it up 6 years ago. only thing i do not like about it is there is no frequency meter, so it is kind of hard to know what channel you are on without an external frequency meter. 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/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 2 hours ago, tjc transport said: Age should not nake any difference. Antenna and power source are usually the culprits. The cobra 29 classic in the other truck died. So I put an old 23 channel ssb sidebander 2 in it until I could get a new radio. The boss loves it and asked if he could buy it. It sat on the shelf better part if 30 years also and still out performs the connex CX33HPC-1 10 meter radio I have in my truck haha,,,not surprised the 23s had more power right out of the box 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74644-the-big-green-international-that-runs-now/#findComment-560622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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