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  • Category: Automotive
  • Founded: Jan 13, 2007
  • Language: English
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77 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 4, 2007
1:20 am
Last month, Andy won a 1945 type 45 open cab Mack pump once owned by the town of Canton, Mass. Last week, he picked up 1947 LaFrance Series 700 'bath tub'...
78 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 4, 2007
1:20 am
Last month, Andy won a 1945 type 45 open cab Mack pump once owned by the town of Canton, Mass. Last week, he picked up 1947 LaFrance Series 700 'bath tub'...
79 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 4, 2007
1:51 am
Time flys by so fast when you're having fun. Another muster is only 5 days away. Last night I was cleaning out some old tape cassettes, and came across one...
80 Dr. Brian T. Huss
brian51063 Offline Send Email
Jun 4, 2007
9:59 pm
I finally traced down a short that was affecting my light bar, off road lights, ally lights and interior fan. I'm working on the pump next. The points always...
81 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 6, 2007
11:25 pm
Well, not roared, maybe sputters..... Got the Mack started today. Charged the battery all night last night. Re-checked the water level this morning, down a...
82 Phil Gilson
phlgils Offline Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
8:48 am
Sounds like you should test the acid level of the battery and the output of the generator(?) alternator. Don't wet your fingers and touch the output of the...
83 hmaxims@...
hmaxims Offline Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
7:03 pm
What a cool memory. I was just talking to someone the other day that mentioned the first muster behind the Bali Hai. He loaded all he could fit (to sell) in...
84 ka1amr@...
engine2quarters Offline Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
7:55 pm
i've got some pictures around someplace, in a hat,a drawer, or sumtin'. might be in the same place that i have the picture of the rowley hand tub with me and...
85 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
11:57 pm
Well, if we're sharing memories. . . My first MAFAA muster was in 1984. I attended with the Rowley Dodge, and was only 13. The 'mug truck' that year was a...
86 Phil Gilson
phlgils Offline Send Email
Jun 8, 2007
12:12 pm
So I clicked the button that said 'load images' but no images loaded! What hapened? Am I to be deprived on a 1914 White pumper? Gadzooks what a disappointment....
87 hmaxims@...
hmaxims Offline Send Email
Jun 8, 2007
1:20 pm
In a message dated 6/8/2007 8:13:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Fotophil@... writes: So I clicked the button that said 'load images' but no images...
88 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
12:41 am
Sorry, Phil, I don't know which images Yahoo is referring to. I don't have any images of the truck. Wish I did. --James ... -- Never do anything you wouldn't...
89 michael graves
mtcarmel24 Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
12:42 am
I remember my first muster back in the '80s... not sure when but it was behind the Bali Hai. I have somewhere a pic of a steamer in operation next to Suntaug...
90 ka1amr@...
engine2quarters Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
12:44 am
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91 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
1:05 am
Just a note for everyone. In order to weed out spammers, I currently have the group set so that all new members are moderated. Once you post something...
92 hmaxims@...
hmaxims Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
1:12 am
Thanks for the info James! I went looking into the control panel to check settings this afternoon but couldn't spend a lot of time. I still had some last ...
93 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2007
1:47 am
Last minute work. Let's see. Finish the exhaust, check the fluids (no easy task in a Ford C), top the brake reservoir, wash, Armor-All, gas, provisions. . . ...
94 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
1:27 am
Today the family and I attended the MAFAA Lynnfield muster with our 63 ALF. It was a smaller crowd than usual, but I expected that as the weather was ...
95 Phil Gilson
phlgils Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
1:53 am
Actually as soon as he raided his voice and spoke to you in a disparaging manner he assaulted you; In front on the minor children I believe was a criminal...
96 ka1amr@...
engine2quarters Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
2:20 am
I wonder how the Edgewater Park Property owners' would respond. But, on the other hand, how did the truck run after all that sprucing up yesterday? Mine's...
97 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
2:38 am
Good points guys, thanks. I wasn't interested in finding out how the Edgewater folks would respond. I try hard to stay below the radar. As for the pic, I had...
98 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 10, 2007
2:41 pm
speaking of muster problems... I have stopped going to many of the parades that I once participated in with my truck. You mentioned two problems: the lack of...
99 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
8:40 pm
Silly string was a problem years ago at Yankee Homecoming in Newburyport. I have jumped from the cab of a moving rig (not driving :-) and chased down a kid...
100 James Chadbourne
mack505a Offline Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
1:54 am
Yesterday at the end of my rant, I promised some photos from the Lynnfield Muster. Here's the album, with just a fraction in it: ...
101 michael graves
mtcarmel24 Offline Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
1:31 pm
Wow... hope that exchange didn't ruin the day for you and your family. It seems from the posts that we've all had a similar experience (sadly) before. I once...
102 Dr. Brian T. Huss
brian51063 Offline Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
3:28 pm
James, The first addition to my mini-pumper after I got it was locks on the doors and compartments. I'm sorry these idiots ruined a perfect (ok, it as a...
103 hmaxims@...
hmaxims Offline Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
9:19 pm
In a message dated 6/11/2007 9:33:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mtcarmel24@... writes: So, what do we do? Lock up the garage and never enjoy our hobby...
104 engine2quarters Offline Send Email Jun 28, 2007
1:28 am
Okay, here is the situation........ Just got the new 2007/2008 inspection sticker. The Mack loved the road workout, all 2 miles of it. The inspection station...
105 Phil Gilson
phlgils Offline Send Email
Jun 28, 2007
2:55 pm
Maybe you ought to call this in to Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, on NPR to hear what advice they have. Phil, Bklyn....
106 hmaxims@...
hmaxims Offline Send Email
Jun 28, 2007
4:44 pm
In a message dated 6/28/2007 10:56:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Fotophil@... writes: Maybe you ought to call this in to Click and Clack, the Tappet...
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