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Posts posted by mrsmackpaul
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It sure will be a snug fit
Dogs won't care as they can get more cuddles from humans
Should be a nice little truck to tootle about in
Paul
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To me, it always amazes me just how much preparation goes into things that no one even notices
Keep on plugging away, you will be surprised at just how far you get
I bought a year planner, big poster size thick cardboard doohickie and wrote for each day what I did on the dairy farm, I was stunned at just how much I got done
Like this but no long flowing locks of hair
Paul
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I have welded plenty of fuel tanks, so I don't think a larger tank is any different
Put plenty of air flow into it, leaf blowers etc to really vent it out well and while the venting is taking place, air still blowing, hook in with the gas axe
Make some big holes quickly, 4 foot square size holes and then just break it down
And I would make it the shape and size that doesn't resemble a tank at all
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All the Chev's in Australia came from Canada as far as I know
Came in CKD and were assembled at GMH Dandenong Melbourne
A C60 carting CKD kits into Dandenong GMH
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1 hour ago, RoadwayR said:
There was a point in time during the mid-80's that Detroit Diesel was talking to Deere about forming a joint venture. Deere was involved with the development of the 60 Series and Detroit was looking to market the mid-range Deere diesels as highway engines. From what I understood at the time things were going well between Detroit and Deere until Roger Penske made GM an offer for Detroit Diesel that GM couldn't refuse. And that was that.
BTW, Paul, were Chevy medium duties common in Australia in the 70's and 80's?
no mate, they sold well to begin with but the Japanese Isuzu was the beginning of the end
I know of people that bought them new in the 70's and had and used them up until their death in the early 2000's
They were okay for what they were
Paul
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I had never thought about that, yes we probably do have a lot of very tall gear sticks
And mesh over the lower half of windscreens
Most trucks have huge visors but they are like a verandah on a house, they allow you to see out and keep the sun out
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Mechohaulic I never realized that anyone cared for these trucks either until a few years ago when nostalgia kicked and I thought, wouldn't it be cool to own one
Turns out a lotta people in Australia thought the same thing
As fast as they came up for sale they sold
First few I thought was a fluke price but then it snowballed and prices headed north
One of my old ones, shifting a hay shed on the farm nearly 20 years ago
Thats me up top chaininga truss onto the digger
My old blue cattle dog down bellow watching proceedings, and the young bloke holding the post up (leaning on the post) is the digger mans son
Digger mans nic name is Poodle, he is nearly 80 and still drives diggers most days
Look at that sky, not a cloud as far as the eye can see
Paul
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Lucky for Australia, the super trucker look with visors covering the window and gearstick touching the roof and sitting on the floor has never caught on
Looks ridiculous and I can't imagine it is comfortable to spend 14 hours a day sitting on the floor stretching my neck to look out under a visor
Paul
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Very impressive truck, recovery, the lot
Thanks for sharing
Paul
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I believe we are talking about the same wheel on the Kenworth Vlad, smooth dome shape with 5 big holes thats for a tubeless tyre
Those in the link are to my untrained eye, a undrilled normal Alcoa rim that had 5 larger holes drilled, sort of the wrong shape for me but might suit someone
Paul
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Only bendy bits are really along the Great Dividing Ranges that go from the tip of Cape York to South Australia
I guess it is the Australian equivalent of the Rocky Mountains
The rest of this wide brown land is predominantly very flat and same same
Not uncommon to travel 10 miles without a single bend
Some roads are 60 miles or more with out so much as a bend
So yes we are flat, infact we are the flattest country on earth and have areas were theres not a single tree as far as you can see and you can see the curvature of the earth, don't tell a flat earther this, their head will explode
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2 hours ago, Vladislav said:
Interesting info and interesting style.
But they look wrong or at least in a wrong direction speaking style.
Looks like the producent took classic 10 round hole design as the basis but eliminated the number of the holes to 5. On my mind they would be much cooler if the edge around the bolt holes is removed and the surface goes to the outer circle by radius. Simply to say as those vintage wheels were made.
I would agree Vlad
The style in the link above are much better suited
Apparently no demand so were only made for a short while
Paul
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Very cool stuff, both the truck and the weather, brrrrrrr 🥶
Paul
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Mechohaulic, it's a Superliner with a long long sniffer
Does it make it a Superdooperliner then
The owner contacted me some time ago after watching me rebuild my old bucket of bolts on youtube
He explained a lot of details, both the owner and the truck are retired now
The 375 endt 866 went kahput and the E9 was still under development so a substitute was found
A huge tropical radiator was shoved in and the chassis extended to accommodate all the mods
The owners words "a lot of fellows are aghast at the extra length, I personally don’t give a f**k"
Anyway, it's not my story to tell, it sure is a different looking truck and has served the owner well for many decade's
Paul
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Yarnall, thats a good looking truck, looks like new
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I was stunned to learn that 453 T was sold in them new in the U.S.
Only option was a 292 Mexican 6
I was thinking along the lines of a 3208 or tripple trouble Cummins
But that's a way off yet
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2 hours ago, Geoff Weeks said:
As far as I know Detroit two strokes are the only common diesel that returns to below fuel level. It done so because the Detroit system is just a loop with a restriction. Cat and Cummins and I assume Mack (I don't remember looking at a Mack tank) all return to the top of the fuel tank and are open to air so are an "air leak". There is no check or other valve that keeps air out of the return.
Air in the suction line will make its way to the highest point in the fuel system and can cause a no start. the return line is always open to air (except Detroit 2 strokes)
The only diesels I have seen that don't return to the bottom of the tank are Cat
Most have a pipe inside the tank that returns the fuel to the bottom of the tank
In rough going this pipe can crack and when the tank gets down a bit the motor looses prime when not running
The rubber hoses between injectors are a common leak point on the return to tank side on a Mack
But as they say "wadda I know"
Paul
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If your losing prime when it's not running you have air leak in the return to tank side
White smoke means air in the fuel
Grey smoke is burnt oil
Black smoke is unburnt fuel
So you have white smoke and no fuel, takes a lotta cranking
So get some rubber inner tube and a tyre valve, a big hose clamp
Tyre valve thru the inner tube (might need a large over size washer on the valve to stop it popping thru the inner tube
Hook up some shop air and crank the regulator air pressure diwn as low as 15 psi
Crawl about underneath looking for leaks
Paul
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Evening everyone, late reply, been busy
Snowdog, Im pretty sure the dash is reversed, except for the cluster
292 is carby with electronic ignition
The last one I had I bought a offenhauser 4 barrel inlet manifold in from the states and had it port match to a head that was taken out to a Yella Terra stage three 202 head specs, this done by "head stud development" Melbourne 25 years ago, had a set of rods shot peened and balanced with the crank
Block had liners pushed in, and a set of forged flat top pistons, 10-1 compression and on lpg
Only got that far and all these parts are under the bench Im pretty sure waiting for someone to pull his finger out
The 292 is really pretty gutless for this big a truck but still, it's different
Sorry I took my owm topic off the rails, a bad case of Joeyitus lol
Swanwater is as described, a area town sort of
Most of the exhaust manifolds never last on big sixes in Australia, we put extractors on, like your headers only longer sleaker and tuned to length
Trying track down a overdrive box for it at the moment and I'll see were I go from there
So on spicer trans mission, to decode the transmission
First numbers are torque rating
Then the next number is the number of gears
The number after that is the material the transmissions are made out of
And the letters at the end are the gear set, direct, over drive and so on
So does any of this soundcorrect, do we have any Spicer experts on here ?
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Yeah Brocky, there is bendy bits here and there, they are definitely the exception not the norm
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Had a couple of these years ago as farm trucks
They really are pretty crap as trucks, but are kinda cool I reckon
Seem to be in big demand these days and sell almost as quick as they appear
Always reckon it was a mistake to sell them anyway a mate sends me links to them as he sees them on Facebook
So I bought one home for no particular reason
Starts, runs and stops, that'll do for a while
Tipping tray with a grain bin
292 cubic inches of Mexican 6 cylinder power (if you can call it that) 5 speed with two speed diff
And so super special 10 stud Chevy rims
Ruddy marvelous 😉
Paul
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This terrible news for all, I don't know anything about ships, boats, tug boats floating in a inner tube etc
I do imagine that once you loose power the current takes control and pushes you about however mother nature wishes the current to flow
Easter is going to be very different and a sad occasion for a lot of families now
The whole situation is terrible
Paul