mrsmackpaul

UNC

Have you tried the ACMOC forum

If still stuck, sing out and I'll make some enquiries

I'm sort of more used to doing things by feel, butb will find out the actual measurements if you get stuck 

Paul

16 hours ago, 67RModel said:

If you want a a real fuel can with a flexible funnel thingy in USA you have to opt for a type II style safety can pictured below. In my opinion the Jerry can is flawed design. They are top heavy and tip over in transport unless they are strapped down or setting in the proper bracket. In the USA it is typical to set things in the bed of a pickup truck and head down the road without restraints. A full Jerry can would be on its side in 10 seconds or less. I get it they most likely won’t spill if laid down but I wouldn’t want to do it on the regular or have to strap them down every time. The cylindrical cans pictured are next to impossible to have lay over in transit. Also, the Jerry can has the top handles parallel to the direction of pour. Horrible. Especially with the largest size. The top handle should be perpendicular to the direction of pour as pictured below. I’ve used both. I would not prefer to use jerry cans if I had other options. 

I could agree with you but that would mean that over 95% of the world's population is wrong 

I guess a lot depends on what we have been exposed to during our lives

Paul

Oh you Americans are so far backwards compared to the rest of the world when it comes to jerry cans 

I can't help but shake my head in disbelief at how a country as advanced as America can be so far backwards with jerry cans compared to the rest of the world 

Sorry I know I'm gunna piss most of you off, but it really is true

The genuine style steel jerry can is so simple and so smart and the chances of spilling fuel so small when using the correct funnel 

The correct style of clip on spout, air breather standard and fuel rushes out in under a minute

They come in 3 sizes, 20 litre is the most common size

1 gallon, 2 gallon (2.5 U.S. gallons) and 4 gallons (5 U.S. gallons)

These jerry cans are the standard the world over, except north America 

Even when they are full of fuel you can float them in water, they are painted inside and out so they don't rust, they do eventually 

And as far as the modern plastic rubbish goes, well I'll just leave it as what it is

I doubt they'll last 40 years or more and most have a crappy filler funnel thing 

Off to the naughty corner Paul

6 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Paul, lf you have all day go on you know.........YouTube.    

 

Didn't have all day, but I  did check it out

I'm guessing the mid to late 60's with it's white wall tyres and chrome budd rims very impressive stuff 

And out on the highway, hardly another vehicle to be seen, unless it was a test track 

Shame the colour didn't survive in good order, but we are lucky to have just that bit of film survive 

Is there promo films for conventional cab Brockways ?

Oh and I dunno if it was just the film or not but in Australia a COE is always called a "cabover" as the one word, even in the old brochures 

Funny how different countries use different ways of describing things 

YouTube may get a search today 

Paul

From what I understand (not much at all) diesels start on full noise and governor pulls them back to control the revs

So with this in mind I think the governor might be the issue and not the rack

Paul 

Okay you jokers, you all need to have a look see

This was a bloody good film, colour has all gone a bit,but still a good watch 

Is there any other Brockway films like this  ?

Paul

Was a good watch, Jerry cans were called that because that was the slang name for Germans in WW1 and they invented the Jerry can

The American copied Jerry can is a absolute balls up disaster and no one out side of America can work out how the U.S. got it so wrong 

Especially when the U.S. got so many other things so right during WW2 

For the U.S. people on here, the filler pooring cap hole is the main issue, it's to big, doesn't fit anything properly except the silly U.S. funnel and can't be used with any other jerry can

The rest of the world uses a copy of the German Jerry can so everything can be interchangeable and you can grab fuel were you find it 

The U.S. jerry can was so bad of a design that something like 20% of all fuel carted in WW2 in jerry cans spilt 

Pretty sure the U.S. persisted with their ballsed up design well after the Vietnam war 

Good youtube clip, really enjoyed it

Paul

I lost a nut and used a 3/8 nut, pretty sure the that the nut was a special deep acorn type of deal and normal one wont work, been a few years now

Paul

Does a DM have the foot vent on the drivers side ?

I stuffed about getting the one on my truck working only to discover that the air cleaner stopped it working ha ha ha

Paul

On 12/30/2025 at 3:46 AM, mowerman said:

i think it has a roof AC but im not putting it on

You'll over heat in those hot summers 

Paul

5 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

1937 Mack powered by a CAT

A tribute truck the same as was made in recent years 

Have a Google about and you'll find it's photos 

Paul

Gunna watch this on the big screen 

I'll report back, look at making out that I have some idea of what I'm looking at ha ha ha 

Paul

The king pins can take some pushing to get out, I  normally pull the axle and put them in a press, still need some heat even then 

Amazing thing is, once they are loose the seem to just slip in and out really easy 

Paul 

It could be bound up with paint maybe ?

I'm thinking high beam, low beam and parking light in the lower light and the upper is high beam only 

Paul

I'm thinking a squirt of normal engine oil would help a lot as the seal is probably dry as chips 

Paul