mrsmackpaul

The E9 V8 that was in the Fench tanks, 750 ho quad turbo starts first piston to the top, brrrrrrm

We'll the not so famous Mrs Mack is still not there yet However, the boy and I went for a looksee today

Paul

Hello spring time

Hoping it all goes through okay for you 🤞 Paul

This one ? The other end is of the shaft is off and sitting on the chassis rail Paul

If your serious about flying someone out from Australia to paint your truck send me a message and we can discuss it further Paul

My mate Mal painted my Mack He is a award winning spray painter, he is really good If you flew him and his wife to the States and put them up, I'm sure he would paint your truck Paul

Dunno about the valves and the amount of oil Joey or Geoff will know, I just set the valves and send it, yeah I'm not super anal Paul

Well if it was in Australia I would be there right now peeling 100 dollar notes off What a cracker of truck, should sell really easy Paul

Bob your on the money I don't notice the shaft or uni joint at all, dunno what R models have in Yanky land Joey here is a very unexciting view of the steering box Paul here is our self rolled flanges to clamp onto the turbo and exhaust brake And the 5" down pipe that fitted in pieces but not once someone welded it together Paul

Good result, hopefully that will be the end of your series parallel issues I guess thats why Mack Australia was all airstart into the 2000's Paul

I would give it a crack but I doubt you would like my results Yeah Vlad, the world sure has gone a tad crazy in recent years, luckily we all have Mack trucks and good humour in common 🍻 Paul

I wonder what connection between the ph level and cavitation in motors like Cummins and IH is I'm thinking it might be as simple less corrosion and more strength mainained longer on components I do wonder if "cavitation" is a generic term coined for this type of phenomenon in some motors and is it actually cavitation ? Paul

The only place I ever heard of these been used in Australia was in the Hunter Valley coal region Very steep and windy roads Paul

From the Telma web page So these aren't that heavy, if your working in hilly country or city stop start, they probably don't take long to pay for them selves Paul

Rained half the day today, so off to Echuca for a Mag drill and other supplies Stuck about in the wet and sticky clay this afternoon My grand achievement for the day Got my new to me after loosing (missplacing so safely I can't remember were) 4" - 5" reducer for the exhaust 4 inch turbo outlet and putting a 5" exhaust on So we, my son Jack'0' and I had our virgin run on a bead roller and made a 1/4" step roller, roll a 60° flange on each end, this bolts to the new to me exhaust brake Then grabbed from the selection 90° mandrel bent 5" elbows my first victim I soon realised that there just wasn't going to be room to fit the elbow in between the fire wall and exhaust brake Oh and I'm fitting a exhaust brake as well because as good as the Dynatard on a Mack isn't, we can always do with a little extra stopping power So I promptly chopped the new flanges off the reducer as short as I dare go, minus a little bit more Then re rolled flanges on the new "how short can you go reducer" and refitted the exhaust brake and reducer I then looked at the elbow/victim and after much discussion with Jack'0' I ignored all of his advice and protests and cut away with the grinder Would you believe it, it wasn't right So next victim in site and more guidance from Jack'0' ignored, I sliced away merrily This result was much better and not as diabolical a egg shape as doom and gloom Jack'0' suggested So thinking this might work okay we rolled a bead or ten and flattened these out to form flange It almost didn't fit, but if we made the flange sharper on the bottom and less on top we could adjust the down pipe slightly so it fitted fine So after a afternoons work and lots of discussion we have a exhaust brake fitted and engine down pipe, Jack and I were certainly pretty impressed with our results We have a 5 inch down pipe were it shouldn't fit and a Jacobs exhaust fitted to possibly assist the not so impressive Dynatard engine brake I know it doesn't look much but struth, it was a lot of work for a couple of rookies using the wrong gear Paul

So I'm correct that cavitation in pumps is a result of the discharge been greater than the capacity of the supply to the pump Paul

Well the mess is in full swing now Mrs Mack is up on blocks, wheels off, exhaust off, bull bar off Spent way way waaaay to much on parts Have a week off work, it isn't gunna be long enough My boys down from QLD and he is chief in charge of polishing the bull bar as I apparently can't polish to save myself I have lost a important part of new exhaust system I ordered years ago Spent hours searching for must have item that I have carelessly missplaced or as I would suggest, put some where for such safe keeping even I can't find it Lost a couple of days visiting a friend who is having a bit of bad issue with a brain tumor, thats a fair bastard of a thing Anyway some unexciting screen shots from a less even exciting video I might actually get to edit and finish one day The boy on his phone, porn hub no doubt shinner than my head on a hot day to quote my father, "your exhaust is exhausted Paul" And squashed And Mrs Mack up on blocks Paul

I guess the U.S. oil mighten need to have as much travelling through the Strait of Hormuz as Australian oil Things like this really effect Australia as a lot of our exports go through this shipping channel as do our imports The flow on effect can be quite dramatic But maybe it is a small price to pay to sort the mess out over there Apparently the up take of electric cars in Australia has sky rocketed since this layest bun fight began Who knows, not me, that's for sure Paul

Magic man, turned a big green truck into a stack of green money Good job

Thanks fellas, I think reason for the fuel hike is to pay for the next load of crude, not the stuff they already have And were else are we gunna go Thinking this bit of excitement in the middle east might want to be over soon otherwise your fearless leader might not be to popular with the people after 6 months of high prices Anyway, it still beats walking Paul

How's the fuel prices in the U.S. and Canada ? Fuel has gone through the roof in Australia $1.65 - $2.60ish in a week in Australia This is per litre price so multiply this by 4 for gallons Paul

So I think we are all sort of right and sort of wrong Cavitation of pumps, which is what I was talking about is different than cavitation in a Cummins around the liners That been said, I think we are all learning and that is what really matters Thanks for the thoughts Vlad Paul