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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
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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
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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
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Have fun, as if you have to be told to have fun
Don't forget to grab some Berocca's for the morning after
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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
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Bob, I don't make plans, haven't for near on 30 years
Just leads to disappointment ha ha ha
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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
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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
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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
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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
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We had the Chamberlain Super 60 then the super 70 and finally Super 90 with the 3-71
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The other thing to consider is bump steer
So the link between your pitman arm on the steering boxes and arm I circled kin the redish orange colour in the top photo needs to be level when the truck is at ride height
If it isn't, when you drive through a hole or dip on the road the truck will wander across the road height difference is lengthened and shortened
Bump steer is pretty important, probably more important than Ackerman as Ackerman only effects the steering on tight turns and has no effect when cruising along down the highway
Bump steer has a big effect at speed
Caster angle is easily corrected with wedges on leaf springs, so it's no big drama
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I gather this arm is the one your talking about
I don't think these can be switched from side to side, the key ways will be all wrong amd ass about
And this bit is upside down ?
Is this correct
As far as Ackerman angles and how important it is, well it wont effect you much when your driving add speed, only when really turning sharp, the tyres will try and peel off the rims if wheel base is vastly different
Good news is, these two arms have effect on the Ackerman angle, wrong arms for that
The two short arms with the blue arrows are the two that effect Ackerman angle
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So I gather if my translation is correct
There was a blockage in a oil gallery ?
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Yes, they were pretty basic but sold like hot cakes
Just imagine how bad the opposition were for these to be regarded as fantastic
The tilt ACCO was a game changer until the cheaper and better built Japanese trucks arrived
The tilt cab ACCOs still sold like hot cakes well into the 90's
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Was on Facelessbook the other day and noticed a post of a bloke who's dad worked as a designer for IH
Lot's of concept drawings of IH trucks
Anyway two that stood out to me and I reckon the Australian ACCO tilt cab models were based on these concepts
This fella Troy Gaskins shared these and many more on a Facelessbook page
Robert was Troys father
Troys post
All done in the 60 's.....Cheif stylist Robert Gaskinsfirst drawing is the tilt cab grill, bumber bar and mirrors and so on from the ACCO A series
And this shetch is the tilt cab truck, just goota add the grill and bumber bars a mirrors
And the Australian ACCO tilt cab A series sold in their thousands
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1 hour ago, mowerman said:
but decided to dive right in and sink or swim,,bob
That's the way I tackle stuff, jump in boots and all
Good see you back at it
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Wont tjis br only accurate to the width of the magnetic strip ?
I don't know anything about this at all, but from what I can see above it reads off a bit of magnet that must stuck onto the crank by the looks
So I'm thinking it must read as the magnet passes, the longer the magnet it is the less accurate the spot is ? Would this be correct ?
Also if this is correct, the bigger the diameter the magnet is stuck to the more accurate it will be ?
So I'm thinking the flywheel may be the spot to measure from
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Yeah I got not a lot of wisdom to add here
Lucky you had some ice handy
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Have a great one Navypoppop 🥳🍻
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Hand throttles in Jap trucks are like that
My Mack uses a the same style as the stop cable, it holds any speed I push it to and within 100 rpm
And idle I think is around 600, might be 650
I was readimg tonight that parts of the U.S. are struggling to get hay and the like done this year, the rain just want bugger off for long enough to get it done
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Sounds like good news and all is running well
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Well the FWD was caught by the Boston trucker, dunno if he new what he was hanging about
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The Ranger and Everest are the best sellers in Australia by a long way, that's gotta say something
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Finally some DM progress
in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
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FFS, you are really taking this retirement gig seriously aren't you bob 😂
Paul