mrsmackpaul

If the brake pedal is going to the floor and your not stopping properly it sounds like your brakes are out of adjustment Now for old school junk like I have the slack adjuster should be set at right angles to the chamber rod Then adjust the brakes up The rod shouldn't moce past 90° on full pressure It sounds like (as others have said) you have jumped a S cam Pull the slack adjusters off and soak in diesel and bung them in vice and put a rattle gun and work them round and then soak a bit longer You will be surprised at just how dry old grease will be Slack adjusters rarely need changing unless the locking part is stripped Hook shop air up and give full allocations and watch and listen Wedge a bit of wood between the seat or steering wheel so you can hold the full application and walk about and listen Some ideas Paul

Cracking read Enjoy the truck Paul

I think it's a European truck and as such it looks pretty good, not saying that European trucks are ugly but they do have a different style to the U.S. At the end of the day the looks don't matter for 99% of trucks operating in the world, it's the dollars and cents that make it work or not I'm fairly certain these will sell okay and if available in Australia and NewZealand they would sell like hot cakes Paul

Not mine, no connection to me but I thought some might find of interest https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/857893105554772/?mibextid=dXMIcH Paul

A little bit more 1965 Brockway 257T owned by Ed Greene of Barton, NY Anyway, Im pretty sure the ass end was all spring So I looked a bit harder and I'm wrong, lazy axle is air bag And yes I do like the colour Mark Bob the peach is his little girl I reckon nothing better than having my adult boy ride with me in my Bucket of bolts Paul

I had spyed the same doodah Swishman and am puzzled by the doodah I wonder if it controls air to the lazy axle brakes ? Paul

They sure would Hippy Long drive in Mrs Mack via Russia and Alaska to take the happy snap Paul

Not a bad looking jigger, paint colours are a very wise choice 😉 Seems to toodle along okay Paul

Might be of interest to someone https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1049577446482589/?mibextid=dXMIcH Paul

Now to my way of thinking, and yes I am quite deluded This would be the type of thing to take for a drive around the states and up into Canada and were ever else I want, so much cooler than a RV type of deal Paul

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Looking forward to these Put me down for a set, air freighted to this wide brown land Stuff it make it three sets, gotta make the kero kite work a bit Paul

When hauling sugar cane the trash gets sucked in everywhere We would carry long rods, say a few feet long with a hook on one end and loop to hang your hand thru and pull the trash out a few times a day Paul

WOW, you blokes get into the festive spirit early, I have found a unsuspecting tree that will offer itself if some other bugger doesn't flog it first Paul

I think most times the fuel should return to a tank on one side and draw off the other side, this keeps all the fuel fresh and also keeps the fuel cooler Paul

A lot is gunna depend on the part your chasing and how quick you want it Air freight is pretty dear, especially if it is heavy or bulky I have bought plenty of parts from the States before for plenty different bits of gear Champions may be able to send stuff thru Mack at a really good price, I know Cat will take ACMOC stuff for stuff all, ACMOC is Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club I feel Mack will or would do the same for getting stuff from the State's Big companies have shipping containers booked every single day going all over the world empty or full and Cat would some times put our gear in a empty container coming to Australia A lot of big companies ship charities gear all over the world for free like this But it can take quite a while to get there I know of two people that ship from the U.S. to Australia regularly and I pay by the cubic meter in the shipping container There is no doubt the same tin boxes heading back State side If you are prepared to muck about a bit it can be much cheaper I have sent stuff for people on the forum before but freight is a challenge bothways Paul

I know nothing about anything worth knowing But this is exactly what I would do And not just the thread, also the surface on the end of the nut How accurate is a torque setting if it is binding up, I would think not very accurate at all Think about doing up head studs, they don't jump or bind, even when I have done them on my D7 they are a long gentle smooth turn, I can't remember what they were but they were pretty high My point is if the nut is jumping, I would undo and make it spotless and lube it up and then torque the studs up slowly keeping them even and in steps Paul

Here you go https://www.75chromeshop.com/all-products/20-retro-bone-steering-wheel/

Would want to make sure the wheel has enough room There isn't a huge amount of extra room on a R model However I have seen smaller diameter old style steering wheels so I think it could be done as long as there isn't push buttons and things built into the wheel you already have Paul

I would be guessing to allow oscillation at different points when a sway bar type of deal is used to the chassis rail Maybe the whole deal gets to stiff and not enough movement is allowed Paul

But isn't this truck still under warranty? If it is found to be missing parts your other trucks have then I would expect Mack should be sorting this issue not you Once you have found whats wrong it should be up to them, if you start changing bits and pieces will that effect the rest of the trucks warranty But yes, it does appear to be have some wrong parts, thanks to everybofy that has picked this up, I didn't notice Paul

I have contacted Ed some years ago, can't remember why now, it was probably about Brockway trucks I'll see if I can track him down again Thanks Brocky

All I can think of is this style of thing So other dog, do you put a bone thru your nose when cooking ? Sounds like a wonderful stew, sort of grew up on stews, always tasted better cold the next day on toast, still do The Princess isn't a patch on stew making compared to my mothers, the Princess puts pasta (yuck yuck yuck 🤮) in stew, cant do a full days work on pasta lol Yes I am not a pasta man, funny how our taste buds are set as children, apparently the older style meat and 3 veg Australian type of meals are pretty bland by world standards I have been cooking for the last week or so as the Princess has had a knee replaced, I haven't made her crook yet and she isn't complaing, she is starting to give instructions on my cooking as she gets better In the mean time I have been busy putting (not finished yet) ducted heating and cooling in the house Hell of a job, the indoor unit is now all mounted in the roof space, I split it in two as both bits weighed 260 lbs and Im to old saggy to lift that in on my own Here is the second half entering the roof Roofs been open a few days now, had a few mm of rain one day and over a 100°f another day The old swampy AC is still working so pulled the ducting off that to keep the roof space cooler Happy stew eating everyone Joey the sand blasting of pots etc I think would be fine as long as they have no grease in them, sand blasting greasy things I have found is pretty use less, or perhaps it is just me Paul

So apparently 2 Brockways (I am looking into this more) got imported into Australia from Vietnam before the fall of Vietnam So I am guessing these were U.S. Navy and I am also guessing that U.K. motors imported them, they imported all types of everything, specialising in Pommy trucks and buses into Australia from across the globe, anywhere in the once British Empire now known as the Commonwealth This sort of is making sense Anyway some quick googling finds me this picture of a Brockway in Vietnam Looking kinda familiar to the other two photos And here is the article I found the clipping in https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/vietnam-vet-agent-orange/ I know one truck went to north Eastern Victoria and the other to South Eastern Victoria Anyway this has gained my interest for no particular reason except the story behind these unusual trucks in Australia and how they came to get here Paul

That's big doohickie, looks impressive and expensive if nothing else Paul