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Joebus (Joebus)
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Username: Joebus
Post Number: 17
Registered: 1-2001
Posted From: 204.225.67.17
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 10:57 am: | |
My MC8 has the old (original) "power assist" steering box, would anyone know the MCI part # of the MC9 box that is used to upgrade to an integral power assist |
Brian Brown (Blue_velvet)
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Username: Blue_velvet
Post Number: 355
Registered: 6-2005
Posted From: 67.174.112.202
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 3:08 pm: | |
After owning coaches with both types of systems: a 1974 MC8 with power-assist and a GMC 4106 and a 4108 with integral.. and spending a fair bit of time in and around them (and underneeth them) I would say that there's a LOT more than a steering box involved in upgrading the MCI system to integral. A new steering pump, hydraulic lines, etc. Maybe an MCI owner with integral could chime in.
I can see why you want to upgrade, though. The MC8 I owned briefly had horrible wandering tendancies and a scary amount of dead-center slop.
Seach for "integral" here on BNO.
HTH,
Brian Brown
4108-216
Longmont, CO |
Doug Wotring
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Posted From: 68.83.151.192
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 6:18 pm: | |
I suggest contacting MCI...they should be able to offer you the info you need,
My 75 MC-8 came from the factory with Integral, but I couldn't tell you a part # |
Ray Lala (Rayshound)
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Username: Rayshound
Post Number: 71
Registered: 8-2003
Posted From: 68.201.216.135
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 9:22 pm: | |
Fred Hobe on his website has a good discription & pictures of a mci-8 and the new gear box. The model # of a truck gear box that Fred used is what I had purchased for my mci-8. It was from a Mack truck model"R". Ray |
John MC9
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Posted From: 66.217.107.172
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:21 pm: | |
Ray -
Send Chuck Lott a note. He just got through changing out
his MC8 box to an integral one. He followed Hobe's instructions,
as far as I know...
(way too much for me!) |
Joebus (Joebus)
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Username: Joebus
Post Number: 18
Registered: 1-2001
Posted From: 65.95.60.83
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 8:44 pm: | |
Thanks to everyone who responded....on line and e-mail. I purchased a rebuit MCI box part # 11G-1-1. It is used on late 9s and early 102s. I will have to do some welding etc. and purchase a pitman arm |