mrsmackpaul

Do we worry about a whole heap of crap these days or what 

Came across this on Facelessbook 

Tough old blokes who despite what the ungrateful sods of today bitch about did a hell of a job and changed not only the U.S. future forever but the whole worlds future for the better

I dunno if you need Facebookor not view it, someone much smarter than me will have the answer 

I wonder what these old fellas would think of America today compared to the one they fought to create

No doubt things like the space race and our fast l

planes etc would impress them, not so sure about the girls blouses running yours and my country into the ground 

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and as John Laws would say "keep the dream alive"

https://www.facebook.com/1534320662/posts/10216980552296065/?sfnsn=mo&s=100009061418031&vh=e

Paul

I doubt it, Im guessing cutom job 

WOW Vlad, you and your helper are doing a great job there, have been wondering how its all been going

Did any damage happen to the cab when you  lifted it ?

I am wanting to lift my cab off and pit heat shield and more sound depending  under it

Great stuff and thanks for sharing 

Paul

Maybe its the internet over here at the moment but I cant get those YouTube links to work

No good asking Swishman to help, he would say they have Volvolized or some such thing

Paul

Another man ruined

2 hours ago, 1958 F.W.D. said:

I like the idea of a members calendar, but I do not own a Mack.  I haz a sad. 

Thats why I reckon we cant nominate our own toys , instead it must be someone else's 

Gives every joker a chance then 

Paul 

In Australia before the days of luxurious power steering and the like trucks had either a lesser or greater castor angle which caused you to chase the wheel at speed down the high

Often this is referred to as taching, like sailing a yacht

This is easily correct by returning the caster to the correct angle with wedges between the axle and the springs

The purpose of the incorrect castor angle was it made it much easier to steer at low speed as in parking ot tight manoeuvring 

Im guessing this was a common practice back in tbe day across the world

Im also guessing the castor angle was  decreased but a proper wheel alignment place should be able to give you correct castor or no doubt google can help

Then off to your local hardware store and buy a spirit level doodah that can measure angles and see what you come up with

Paul 

As far as I know phasing of drive shafts is only needed when more than one drive shaft is used

Each shaft generally is not lined up, the yokes on each shaft must be lined up but the yokes shouldnt be lined up between shafts

As in the yokes should be not in a straight line down a drive shaft

Usually starting from the gear box end each is set one spline tooth  lagging the shaft in front

However this not always  needed . Unsure why and or whats differrent but I  think it may have to do if the shafts are balanced as a whole or separately 

I doubt there is many places that can balance a combination shaft 25 feet long 

I also think the phasing may have to do with one shaft interfering or affecting the other I do not know this and only am guessing 

Paul 

6 hours ago, alex g said:

That's impressive. Did they say what was rebuilt/ replaced over the years? Truck makers would go outta business if they kept making trucks like that

No mention of anything like that

I know of Superliners on triple road train work grossing over a 100 ton ever day of their working lives 44's , 12 speed ,440 and 500 E9's that have done over a million miles or 1.6 million km with out a spanner on the gear box or diffs

The E9 motors never had the longevity of a E6, dont get me wrong they are a good motor just not as good as a E6 in my opinion 

Back to figures above for the box and diffs, I  feel they are pretty impressive figures, to put that weight into USA truck talk thats over 250,000 pounds 

They are huge figures, Mack sure new how to build gear back then

Paul

Sounds like you just volunteered to make 2021's calender

Should be plenty of people to volunteer photos of their pride and joy or who knows maybe even someone elses pride and joy

We could have to nominate a photo that isnt our own and you get to choose 12 or maybe 14 if we include front and back covers

Paul

Well it's almost all there 

Paul 

On 2/11/2020 at 11:14 AM, 66dc75 said:

Dynamatting well under way. Ordered 2 new airseats and made up new floor brackets for them. Got some pleated black vinyl material coming for back of cab, door panels and firewall. Going to get a new floormat too, might as well at this point..

Amazing how this stuff can snowball, I really just wanted to get the windshield wipers working again.

Yes things snow ball very quickly sometimes

Are these the trucks made in Turkey or some where around that part of the world

Have read about them on here but brain must be over full as I can't remember the details lol

Paul 

Alcoa 10 stud rims 

Or Budd rims you blokes call them I think

I have noticed there are two types mentioned on here 

Piloted mounted or some such thing and the other type

So this may seem dumb to you lot  but apart from Budd rims on a old truck with  double nuts  and rims on a Isuzu that rims just clamped up really really tight these are the only two stud mounted rims on trucks I have had any thing to do with 

I gather the Isuzu was a pilot mounted jobby and the other was Budd as it had that stamped on the rims

I have only spider hubs on trucks and trailers 

You blokes call spiders dayton or some such thing 

So can some body give me the low down on the ten stud jobs and the whats what and whos who of them 

Thanjs in advance fgor thw wisdom 

Paul

There is some one asking what these are worth on a Australian forum, no one has any ideas 

Anyone know what this made or didnt make  as was  hoped for

Give a starting point for the one in Australia 

Paul

Thats how we unload tipper truck and dogs in Australia ,  even end tipper road trains can be done the same way 

Well there's lots and lots I could say but little point

Watch out USA your manufacturing your in the firing line just as much as Australia 

Oh and just in case no body in other parts of the world knows 

The slang meaning of what Holden means 

H hope

O our

L luck

D doesn't 

E end

N now

Sorry Holden and Australia it appears it has 

Thank the UN and their scum bag mates for giving all of us Australians the proverbial rough end of the pineapple, bastards didnt even use lube

Paul

Gotta rotate on the phone or what ever your using before loading them up

Paul

I'm still checking the mail box each morning for the new conventional Autocar to turn up

Maybe I need a bigger mail box lol

Truck looks really good, wishing all involved the best of luck

Paul 

Im glad its all coming together for you. Its a big commitment taking this project on

Should be all smooth sailing shortly with any luck

Paul 

Im thinking you may well be right

Well this is how it ended up

Seller provided the stat dec which doesnt really mean much as a criminal type isnt gunna care about filling out a false document 

So I  as agreed tried to pay the quite considerable amount of money into his account with details he provided me of his account

This is many many thousands of dollars

Anyway the payment came back from his bank as his bank rejected his account details

I phoned my bank and they said I had all the correct details and all was confirmed as been correct and matched the details provided

My bank suggested fraudulent activity on his behalf was the reason why, they wouldn't go into any further details but I felt they clearly new what was what

My bank advised extreme caution before going any further and also advised me they thought it would be extremely unwise to proceed

So I  contacted the  seller and left a message

I heard back from him today and got a mouthful of abuse 

So looks like its not the car for me

Paul