mrsmackpaul

So you have pressure tested the intake side of things, is this correct ? And when I say you I mean your actual self not some other mechanic, unless I see things been done with my own eyes I dont know that they have been done Apart from your intake side I have no other ideas, at this stage Paul

You have a air leak between the turbo and the inlet of the motor Maybe a split hose at a guess And one of those big rubber type of hoses maybe 5 or 6 inches across Paul

I discovered the Boston trucker fella a little while ago I quite enjoy his channel, I was watching this the other day and Princess reached across and pushed my mouth shut Apparently my jaw had dropped Looks all quite impressive to me Paul

These are a pretty impressive looking truck to me Doubt they will ever sell them out here in Australia, if they did I think I would be their first customer Paul

I'll look forward to that beer, if it's over it will be one of these unless something better comes along Great Northern Victoria Bitter, or as we call VB XXXX Gold, still enjoy the odd Elephant beer I normally go straight to bourbon these days Paul

Guessing they fixed it or crashed it Paul

Maxi's only on the assend ? Gunna have a trailer hooked up ? Going duel circuit ? Paul

I know in Australia there was a bracket to take the Maxi chamber further away from the wheel as a lot of NR Mack back ends got fitted to single drive trucks in the 60's and 70's Apparently I have been told on here that is wrong so I stand to be corrected However I clearly recall Gleemans running the adds for a NR back end and the associated brackets to do the conversion The bracket wasn't anything special and I reckon Gleemans just made them to suit If my memory serves me correct which it probably doesn't it was a big thick piece of flat bar with 4 holes to shift the maxi chamber a inch ir so inboard Maybe needed to change the S cams for longer ones to shift the slack adjuster as well Gleemans were the Mack people out side of Mack Australia for many many years and sold everything Mack, new, second hand or rebuilt Paul

did this just start happening during the days work or was it like it this morning ? Intake hose collapsing ? Is making lots of smoke ? Paul

At the risk starting a international incident, the U.S. and it's citizens have pretty poor record of handling Covid 19 so far and judging what is myth and fact So far plenty of people in Australia have had the jab with out been threatened or offered incentives and we are running along all okay compared to most countries Maybe there's a lesson for the U.S. and it's citizens there, dunno maybe not either Paul

dunno, to me it needs to be run hard got hot, then see what the go is If it still has bad Indians you have a problem, until then we are only guessing Paul

Anything is possible and more than likely This type of thing has been going since the 40's so it is nothing new Paul

Dunno if they are rare or not in the US, I have never seen one in Australia Paul

Welcome to the forum, good luck for your future dream machine Paul

You made rubber guns, now that's classy, we just used a stick or no stick at all, just held our fingers and arms the right way for our weapon of choice, we made our own noise and by the noise that was made you could tell what type of gun you had And there was always that one kid that would change guns at will just to kill you and then one hell of a argument would break out, some times we would end trying to throw punches and rolling around on the ground doing our best to beat each other senseless Funny enough we would all go home mates and never held grudges No parents ever got involved as we all new that first kid they would belt would be their own My how times have changed and for the most part, not for the better Paul

Thats a bugger, I wont even speculate as to what has happened as it doesn't really matter now and would be pretty poor form Anything can be fixed, as a fella once said to me "with enough patience and persistence you can stretch a mosquitoes bum over a wheel burrow" And that truck is no were near that bad Paul

Of you like, I'll make some enquiries on Monday in Australia if thats of any help, unless someone comes up with answer beforehand They are like a cross between 58's and 44's Paul

Ground fault Im thinking Paul

Yes I have had a Federal truck that today is along similar lines, not quite so advanced as yours , hmmmmmm I do wonder if I'll live long enough lol Paul

I have had the air supply line ware thru on the alternator were the air line comes up from the chassis Paul

Must be a great fealing to have things going back together All your hard work is paying off Paul

To clear a few things up in my peanut sized brain This isnt a tip turbine motor or is it (CAC) I gather is some short abbreviated thing for after cooler or something along those lines Rough idle or hunting as it is called in Australia is very common on old mechanical injector pump motors so nothing maybe a problem there So some real basic tests Does it make lots of smoke and does the smoke clear as the boost climbs ? If it doesn't make smoke your not getting fuel, dont panic it might be really really simple fix If it makes smoke and it doesn't clear up your lacking air, once again dont panic this may also be a really simple fix Before you pull anything apart you need to sort out whats going on or more to the point, what isnt going on Paul

It will climb fine, as said, coming down will be more interesting A nice low gear, usually a gear lower than you climbed is my rule of thumb, most people say the same gear but I'm a pussy lol Paul

Early 50's

As Joey and Swishman have said, a picture and we still use them out here Paul