mrsmackpaul
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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
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Nope, not gunna forgive yah 😉
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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
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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
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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
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Zach Brown’s new Anthem
mrsmackpaul replied to CaptainCrutch's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
Anthem looks a lot better with a decent paint job and as already said, no snail antennas Paul -
Was a V8
mrsmackpaul replied to j hancock's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Thats a very clean swap and a a very clean leaker A lot of Mack purists will have coniptions about this swap but I like it as thats what trucks and trucking were all about once Paul -
Particulate filter
mrsmackpaul replied to mrsmackpaul's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
If your talking petrol with ethanol I would question those figures I have run E10 (10% ethanol) in my petrol vehicals ever since E10 came out and have never noticed any difference in performance or fuel economy Both old carby motors and new EFI motors seem to run the same High compression motors are a different kettle of fish, but normal 10 - 1 compression motors are fine in my experience Paul -
Dunno if you have seen this or not, I haven't noticed it on here before Don't know if it still classifies as modern, stumbled across this on YouTube yesterday Paul
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Particulate filter
mrsmackpaul replied to mrsmackpaul's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
Thanks for the replies, I'll look into it further If we want to keep running older trucks we all may have to look into this one day Paul -
Operation Desert Storm Macks
mrsmackpaul replied to m16ty's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Thank you for the link, some very interesting reading there Paul -
I dunno nothing about these but was wondering could these be fitted to a older Mack motor and if they were would they help to clean up the black smoke ? I was thinking that even in Australia we have pollution law's and although Mrs Mack rarely makes into the big smoke she does on a rare occasion venture into Australia's biggest cities and all it would take is for some over educated knob head to make a complaint and it could become a head ache Appreciate any thoughts on fitting one of these Paul
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It has come up well I hope the maiden voyage all goes well, as I'm sure it will Paul
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I think most Australian conventional cabbed trucks have cabs mounted higher than normal to try and keep the cab floor cool enough to put your feet on. This may have something to do with the hood (bonnet) been steeper as all bonnets are mad in Australia. Paul
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It will be interesting to see what Autocar have to say Paul
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The old pooch is better than most humans and all they ever want in return is a pat and some tucker Paul
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Wondering what the plans are for use on of the truck with wanting a 65 ass end I can only guess some pretty heavy haulage type work I wonder how it will ride as Mrs Mack isnt exactly smooth with a 58 ass end Paul
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Not that I have heard about
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Well for the negativity from people (me included) about these newer types of trucks, it appears that I will have to eat humble pie I wonder what the figures on Australian Macks like the Trident (have had a hard on for one of these for some time) as theu certainly would out pull the old coolpower 320 and be a lot more comfortable Paul
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I havent seen or heard anything mainstream media about this sadly I'll take a moment to stop and reflect on this day and say a thank you to all those young men Paul
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I followed this unit a couple of times now up the Calder hwy and I can tell you that while it might have some benefitsn one thing it doesn't do any good at all is track Maybe at 60 km/h it goes nice and straight but at 90 - 100 km/h it's all over the road like drunk dog ice What a mess, almost impossible to pass safely and doesn't track anywhere near as good as a double road train I hope these don't become common place Paul
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Yes, they sounded like the perfect plan and I like you looked them up and also decided they will be out of my proce range Paul
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Thats gunna be a fare old treck Good luck to him Paul
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Sterling Dump Hauling a Small Mountain
mrsmackpaul replied to autocardc's topic in Other Truck Makes
Dunno about the other parts of the world, Australia was built by men who weren't affraid to push the limits way beyond what was acceptable Our troops fought and won plenty of unwinable battles around the world We have cattle stations bigger than Texas in some of the most inhospitable country in the world Thats how things change and improve in the world, by men pushing harder and further than ever before (mind out of the gutter) Paul -
Greetings from The Netherlands
mrsmackpaul replied to Vladislav's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Great stuff Vlad Thanks for sharing Paul
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