crane operator
Senior Member
So I've got this R model mack under a national crane. It has electric motor wiper, one motor and "transmission"- arm linkages to each wiper.
There is a little piece with like double heim joints on it to transfer the motor to the two arms, and it has stripped teeth in it.
Called the mack man yesterday. He got me a part number and then the kicker- 10 business days to get it to the dealer?
They aren't making that thing, its sitting on a shelf somewhere, and its 10 days? I really don't have to have it right now, but what if I was in seattle trying to deliver dirt or working where it rains everyday? I park it for 10 days waiting on a wiper arm?
There has to be a million of those old R models of one configuration or another out there, what kind of parts system is there now that volvo owns them? Two old guys in wheelchairs in a vast warehouse in pennsylvania sharing one flashlight? Heliograph signals for orders?
I'm just going to see if I can weld it together and live with it. Shoot in 10 business days, I could drive to the cave in allentown, steal one of the wheelchairs and find my own part, and still get home with a couple days to spare.......
There is a little piece with like double heim joints on it to transfer the motor to the two arms, and it has stripped teeth in it.
Called the mack man yesterday. He got me a part number and then the kicker- 10 business days to get it to the dealer?
They aren't making that thing, its sitting on a shelf somewhere, and its 10 days? I really don't have to have it right now, but what if I was in seattle trying to deliver dirt or working where it rains everyday? I park it for 10 days waiting on a wiper arm?
There has to be a million of those old R models of one configuration or another out there, what kind of parts system is there now that volvo owns them? Two old guys in wheelchairs in a vast warehouse in pennsylvania sharing one flashlight? Heliograph signals for orders?
I'm just going to see if I can weld it together and live with it. Shoot in 10 business days, I could drive to the cave in allentown, steal one of the wheelchairs and find my own part, and still get home with a couple days to spare.......