mrsmackpaul

Fantastic stuff 

A classic still in its working clothes and still working

Thanks for sharing

Paul 

All three shafts need to  be timed thru all sections of the boxes

It really is pretty self explanatory when your working on it, or at least thats how I  have found it to be 

When you pull the box apart put all the parts in the order they come apart in 

I dont wash anything until Im re reassembling what Im working and then I  wash each part or group of parts as it goes back together

This I feel adds a lot to reduce confusion for me and ensures everything is spotlessly clean 

I dont worry about putting marks on things as they will only go together one way 

Paul 

The smaller gears have dits cast into them

Larger gears have holes cast into them 

They are  very simple to work on, or at least I  have found so

Yes there is lots of parts and timing etc 

But if you have to force any gears in they arent lined up, they just drop in when all lined up

The hardest put is splitting them and linig them back up when putting the sections back together

A friend to steady the box sections and a tape measure to ensure its lined up square will help a lot

I have done them on my own several times

A car engine hoist is pretty helpful and once it's on its end is all you need

Paul

Could be lots of things

If you have the box out at the moment then I would lift it apart and have a look as its a much bigger job to pull it out later

You need to stand the transmission on its bellhousing and lift it apart with a chain block

The air split section is the rear section and once this is off it comes abart pretty simply 

The sliding dogs in there collect all the rubbish as in silicon dirt and what ever else you can think of that may be getting pumped around in the oil

Make sure the dogs dont have bad bevels worn on them or very rounded corners  as this can cause the dog not to slide in 

The 10 and 12 speed maxi torques I know of have no synchros at all, however I do know later model Mack boxes do have synchros

Im not enough of a expert to advise on later model boxes as I have never touched one , just old rubbish for me

Paul 

Yes I do know of it  and as far as I know it's still around

I think that soil compaction would be the down side to getting so much to the ground with so little surface area actually touching the ground it would need to have tremendous weight transfer to utilize the power

Paul 

It looks neat enough even though it may have faded a bit

If the chassis and cab are fairly rust free I would think it should be worth a few bob

However Im in Australia so I  couldn't really even guess a value in the US as the market is a lot different than out here 

Good luck 

Paul 

There's surprisingly not a lot of room on a R model for paint and stripes 

The cab fills up pretty quick and starts to look very busy if you put to much on

This was the advise given to me by my good friend when he painted Mrs Mack

Paul 

Well if it is I'll see at Alice Springs 

I got asked if I would like to take Mrs Mack for a run up there ??

A chance to spend a couple of weeks away from home with a bunch of rar bags

Of course I will  even the Princesstold me I should go even though she has no interest in coming at all

Paul 

2 hours ago, tjc transport said:

good luck and congratulations!.

it sounds big now, but once you get everything in it it will be way too small.   

As my dear old Dad always says " you can never have to many sheds "

Well done and Im sure you will enjoy it and fill it up plenty quick enough

Paul

The top photos on this page with a molding around the waist line of the cab are much more appealing to my eye thsn just flat panels and I feel will hide the wear and tear over the years much better 

Paul 

My truck has three inside the rails and on beneath the rear cross member

This would appear to be pretty standard layout on Australian Macks

Paul 

I do hope Billy T is fit and healthy 

These threads (think thats what you call them) can certainly take on a  life of there own 😄

Yes the forum has changed and in lots of ways it only has got better 

I dont posy as much as I used to and once I was on 4 forums regularly now just 2 

Life gets so busy and my eye lidsare faulty and shut of their own accord when I sit down at the end of the day

Keep the dream alive people and I hope Billy is fine

Paul 

They were never big seller's in Australia, however considering how few would have been sold a surprisingly large amount seem to have survived 

And it's even more surprising considering the extreme conditions a lot were operated under

Good onya Barry and co

It's good to see patriotic people proud of their nation 

Welcome to the forum 

Paul 

NZ has many custom buses as described, or at least I have read about many over years in Truck and Bus magazine 

They had half bus half goods  carrying that worked in conjunction with their railways 

In the Otways (the part of Australia I grew up in) the local bus company had at least one bus like this

I did a quick Google and Im guessing like most things they have been bought out and shut down and erased from history 

One things for sure, them kiwis are custom builder's of most things and appear to have much straight off the shelf stuff 

Paul 

3 hours ago, PD84 said:

Hate to say....but unless there are two sticks through the floor . Mack transmissions are over complicated junk.

Heavy built , but just not reliable.....forgive me if I have sinned

 

Nope, not gunna forgive yah 😉

Just so I understand this correctly 

Air is going down the exhaust line on the stick when you shift it into high ??

Have you checked the O rings in  the splitter knob ????

If a regulator stopped working or someone had the pressure to high it push the O rings and seals out of their seats and then the air circuit is mucked up

Paul 

At a guess I would think it's more expensive to manufacture as on a V8 you have 8 heads to machine as opposed to  two or 4 on a E9

So at least twice the setup for machining and twice as many heads to machine 

Paul 

And it's cheaper to make one head to fit all configurations of motors whether its a 1, 2, 3, 4, or what ever the case maybe

This single head per cylinder was pretty common in Europe on trucks tractors and just about any type of diesel engine 

Paul 

Anthem looks a lot better with a decent paint job and as already said, no snail antennas 

Paul