mrsmackpaul

Have you tried Mack, got mine from Mack, cost a bit though Paul

That's a sharp looking truck Paul

A little something like this on the day Except this is the afternoon milking Paul

Weren't you selling a C10 only little while back ? As long as your happy with the deal, I'd much rather a C 10 than a bike Paul

A picture may help Paul

A very understanding boss of yours Good luck with this possible project, sure would be a talking point cruising down the highway Paul

Ah well, at least she knows were she stands now The Ford Explorers were sold out here for a while years ago, looked at getting the Princess a new one back then, maybe 30 years ago, back when we were full of hopes and dreams I dunno why they never sold well out here, they looked the part I bought Ford Ranger a while ago, 12 months or more, shouldn't have as I hardly drive it, but it does go well Dunno if the Ranger is in the states or not, Ford Australia is bringing out the Super Duty Ranger, 8 stud wheels 4.5 ton towing capacity, skid plates to the back of the transmission, snorkle and all the tough stuff Thinking maybe I should but probably won't Paul

Only in the U.S., in the rest of the world you can get the parts pretty easily, you just have to order them and ship them to the States, no big deal Paul

My boy had this thing about cruising around the farm with the AC on and the windows down, end result was the airvents would no longer blower air as the AC evaporator was choked with dust Stuff me that was a huge job, seats out, dash out, pretty much every last thing out of the cab What a bastard of a job, I was like a bear with a sore head and the Curley kid new it as well, but he had to help as he caused the problem he was sure as hell gunna fix the the problem, I coukd of throttled the little bastard Anyway, it cured his desire to have the windows down will cruising about with the AC on Big Bad Beautiful Sam, my old neighbour on the dairy farm took up driving trucks and he rolls into the cane farm one afternoon and tells me theiving bastards at KW in Townsville want 5 grand to change the fan in the heater/AC and can I do it for him, pop the bonnet (hood for you lot) and look and can see covers were it is on the engine side inside the cab, start u screwing things to have a better look and advise Sam it will take a couple of days to get it all apart and back together which was apparently what KW said as well What a crap design, but we get this some times Same ute as mentioned above, had a crook thermostat, gotta either drop the transmission or pull the motor So yeah Ca Ching Ca Ching is probably about right Paul

We found out on the 12th as due to time zones around the world it was already the next day, I was milking cows in the dairy and the Princess appeared with a cuppa A very unusual thing to happen that early in the morning and she told me about the news Not really knowing if it was true or not, it made no difference at all to me until I finally made it back inside the house a few hours later I sat there watching the T.V. a little gob smacked My old apprentice electrician from before dairy farming days called me to ask me if it was real or not Him and a mate were riding push bikes up Cape York, the pointy bit on the north east coast of Australia, very remote and very few people Him and his mate had got a bit shit faced the night before and the publican told them about the attacks when they finally awoke the next morning, he was convinced the pub owner was tricking him and called me because he knows I won't bull shit What a shock to the world it was and it changed the world forever I think people in Australia were possibly just as shocked as America I do remember that the news ran stories asking people to stop trying to enlist in the Armed forces in Australia as the Armed forces had no way of taking all the extra volunteers It was a nervous time for the world Paul

You blokes need one of these doohickies Most trucks with stud type of wheels carry these in Australia these days Guaranteed to bust any nut loose Paul

Normal direction for as with any other bolt Paul

Well Im stunned at this turn of events, as we say out here "you must of killed a China man" with that much bad luck Stunned you have to wait for a fridge unless it's something special maybe We just buy one and it gets delivered that day Country town maybe are different Cool photos Paul

That's right Jo Jo It's because we are having ago and are always testing ourselves on things we have never tried It's called "having a crack" were I'm from Stupid stuff is jumping off cliffs into a tiny rock pool when your high as a kite Paul

Yes mate, I feel I'm only warming up and am about to break into a whole new level of dumb shit 😃 Paul

So Bob, does this mean your all done doing dumb shit ? I was beginning to think blokes never stopped doing dumb shit until we fell off the perch 😄🙃 Paul

What a great collection Paul

Yes there's a lotta corners in the chassis tp clean and sand and so on Looking very purple Paul

Well this is good news then, no leaks is a bonus I know when I fixed mine it stopped leaking on the outside and then just leaked into the motor via the compressor ha ha ha That was all a tight fit for me Paul

inspector Clouseau, I love it and yes, also quality control, customer feed back and general all round judge built a ramp at the back of the house a fortnight ago for Miss Molly, hand rail and all my inspector Clouseau advised that it didn't quite line up properly and could be a trip hazard my un helpful reply, "I didn't build it for you and you can keep on using the stairs" was not as helpful as I thought it might of been gasket is looking good Paul

Good luck, should I have the cocktails ready for the celebration drink ?? Might start mixing just to be ready Paul

Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone I always say to people that dogs are only with us for a short while because they give so much in that short time I have never bought a dog, they just sort of end up in my life, normally as a pup I wish I had my older mind many years ago with dogs as my biggest regrets inlife are when I have really done my block (gotten really angry) at a dog It achieved nothing and the dog meant nothing wrong, I guess age gives us wisdom, sometimes ? Miss Molly will be missed by me thats for sure and to me she was a unofficial forum member as she featured in plenty of messages and story telling Miss Molly came into my world when I was putting underground power onto a cattle station (ranch) in north Queensland, Leichhardt Creek station (is about 33,000 acres) Anyway this little pup, maybe about 10 or 12 weeks old gave me a hand all day, whether I needed a hand or not grabbing conduit and electrical wire, the end of the day I was asked if I would like her to which I said "YES PLEASE" and she came back to the sugar cane farm and chased roo's and pulled deer down and wrestled big goannas and generally lived a good life full of adventure She always loved riding in the trucks, she loved the little Isuzu as she could lay on the seat and cuddle me and watch the road all at the same time what a mate she was, did many 1000s of km sitting on the passenger seat of the Mack, I dunno how she sat there for so long but she loved it and would really crack a darcky if I left her behind I do a lot of running and in maybe the last 6 months she started to struggle to do the miles in the morning so the runs got shorter she loved it when we shifted to town as she would clean up around the fast food fish and chip cafe type of shops Anyway she bought me a lot of joy and I hope she had fun Leichhardt Creek station called her "Rubbish" as they were convinced she would never amount to much as she was kinda smallish for a working dog in Australia were they generally have huge dangley legs to cover upwards of 50 km a day working cattle and sheep the Princess changed her name to Molly I usually called Sweety or Darling pie once again, thanks for the kind thoughts Paul

You all may of picked up I have been lucky enough to have a border collie dog share my life and tolerate me for well over a decade I did wonder when she was young if border collies ever slept Well apparently border collies do eventually sleep Poor old Miss Molly the border collie is gone After loosing the use of her right back leg 5 or 6 weeks ago for no apparent reason, the poor darling had something wrong inside and she went down hill pretty quick Anyway I can't be cruel and made the decision have my darling put down What a good little doggolog she has been

See, that's what I'm talking about, we have all had those moments in life we're we wanna leave a lasting impression ha ha ha Always good to have some fun and it is a battle to honestly remember some of the stupid stuff I have done Thank goodness there was no smart phones years ago But, I doubt a younger me would of cared, as long as my parents never found out I was doing okay The joys of growing up in a country town were everyone knows everyone If you really make a ass of yourself your parents find out before you make it home and the wrath of Mum and Dad was worse than any law enforcement person Paul

So to add some useless information here The main reasons (in Australia at least) for the change from generators to alternators in the automotive world world is pretty simply Alternators last much longer than generators in the automotive world as the spin so quick and the generator has a commutator And a alternator has slip rings The commutator by it's design us very aggressive on the brush gear and it wears very quickly Slip rings are nice and smooth and will often last the life of the motor Alternators as mentioned generate power at a lower speed and the generator commutators tended to come apart in young bucks hotted up cars when giving them a boot full of revs Paul