mrsmackpaul

I'll second what Brocky said You do some amazing things and have some fantastic adventures that we are lucky enough that you share these with us all Thank you Paul

So a couple of answers I don't think it matters at all if your to top gear in reverse So backing a dog trailer (thats what we call them out here) is pretty common, backing two dogs is a challenge Apparently plenty of farmers in north America do this with hay trailers I can back two dogs, I can back a semi with a dog Am I competent ? Well yes but not as good as some a possible better than others I have certainly see blokes back road trains that are pretty good, I lack depth perception, dunno if I always have but certainly in the last 30 years or so I have little depth perception over 10 feet away, backing a road train with 80 feet behind me requires not so much correction but checking more often than most Placarded loads can be lot's of different things, even fertilizer I guess like urea can be, nitroprill would I imagine be a placard load Paul

WOW Get your Rocks off Paul

Well from about the 40 minute mark, Buntine "Power and the Glory" Paul

Haven't seen that movie in over 30 years Paul

Have a read through this thread, ut may help or maybe just confuse the Dynatard understanding Paul

If my memory is correct, which is doubtful I reckon the head bolts are 220 pound so thats pretty tight, yeah a breaker bar and pipe as Geoff suggests is probably needed Paul

There's another thread were the chassis is getting done, Vlad rivets the chassis back together and all All very impressive stuff I'll let Vlad tell the story as it's his story, or do a bit of a search and you'll find it all Paul

Here you go Bob Paul

Yes when I nail a big roo it really shakes the whole truck pretty hard Paul

If I took a tyre back to a tyre shop like that I wouldn't get any warranty The story would be "you've bumped it on something" or "you drove something into it" I have had a few tubed tyres do this for no apparent reason I have tried to claim warranty and got no were I guess the tyre shop also has to be able to prove to their supplier that the tyre was faulty and the tyre shop knows what they can and can't get claims on And I also guess I have to be able to prove what happened and that I didn't bump it Tyres are cheap these days and it just isn't worth the aggravation And I only have 1 tyre service in town and I have been dealing with them since the beginning of time, I'm kinda loyal and they have always been there for me on shit drought years Still a bumber about the donut, but she's still a sweet ride Paul

Good luck with this, hoping it all goes smoothly for you Paul

Good job Vlad, was wondering how this was ticking along You've certainly got it going on now Paul

WOW, that's amazing Glad you found the problem, you have to get this all back together as well Paul

FFS, you are really taking this retirement gig seriously aren't you bob 😂 Paul

Nathan Try finding blokes that import Yanky stuff like motors for hot rods and muscle cars etc to the UK and Europe Last year I got 2 truck gear boxes sent from the U.S. to Australia for less than the cost of freighting two sets of mud flaps I got these here from a bloke that imports cars and car parts, I just for a bit of room in a shipping container $300.00 Aus landed in Australia from the East coast of the U.S. Which is kinda strange, it cost more to get them to the port in the U.S. than from the U.S. to Australia And it's cheaper to get things delivered to Australia from the East coast than West So maybe it might be cheaper to get things imported Sweden (lots Swedish people love the big Yank tank type of cars) and grab a ute a mate or the little woman and jump on a ferry from the UK to Europe and drive to Sweden to collect London to Stockholm is according to Google only 22 hours of driving, grab a mate and some good music, your there in a day and have a story to tell everyone Paul

Okay, well there is always good news Should be able to get the crank built up and reground Or maybe get one from the middle east, plenty of Mack stuff there, however the cranks are probably badly worn as well So I would get it built up and re ground, it will be like a brand new crank then I reckon this would be cheaper getting a crank out there Paul

I have never torqued a axle nut I do it as tight as I can the whole time wiggling the hub and down and rolling the hub around, this makes sure the wheel bearings are fully seated, at least in my peanut of a brain Then back the nut of, then just do it up until it is snug and back it off until the first flat or hole in the nut lines up for the spilt pin I guess this would be pretty close to Joey's measurements Paul

Have fun, as if you have to be told to have fun Don't forget to grab some Berocca's for the morning after Paul

There you all go, happy birthday to you all over there Just got off the FaceTime thingy to a fella in Connecticut wishing him a happy 4th July Paul

Bob, I don't make plans, haven't for near on 30 years Just leads to disappointment ha ha ha Paul

No help here, we don't use these type of boxes when the steering wheel is on the correct side Well, at least I have never seen one Paul

It sounds t like the rack isn't shifting far enough I would expect if the intercooler had a air leak it would be making lots of smoke underload I would be looking for something obvious like the injector pump isn't getting pushed around far enough when the foots to the floor It sounds like something is preventing this from happening Paul

AllI can say is, they have more loose change under the cushions than do Crazy money for what it is, but if it is what you want then why not It's not restored by any stretch of the imagination, it's pretty customized I guess it might be resto modded or maybe just customized Paul

Just spotted th i s on Facelessbook Ray Mcnae post Here's a one of two made RM800RSX delivered 1984 allied coalfield carts Stine out of the wash plant didn't see the other one maybe died featured in the bulldog bulletin at the time still working today ipswitch qld