mrsmackpaul

Apparently Volvo trucks are good for something, I'll let Swishman work this out Paul

Jave just finished reading book Me, My Mack, Tehran and Back ! By AndybMacLean A good read, if this type of thing intresets you then well worth a read I'm fascinated by this era in Europe and the middle east, a era in transportation I will never understand as we never have any of the issues in Australia that these truck drivers had So as Molly Meldrum would say "do your self a favor and go out and buy a copy" He would say this about vinyl records back in the day not books lol Paul

Keep on chipping away at it, you'll be surprised at the progress you will make Paul

As most of you will know I recently fitted new bearings to the tip turbine on 320 or 300 + as you blokes call them I can definitely tell you the the intercooler makes a difference, I can more than just see the difference on the boost guage, Im dropping at least one less gear on climbs and the pickup feels so much quicker when cresting a hill Paul

Any pictures of this eye candy ? Paul

I was reading this last night Makes for a good story, and I wonder if we will ever get to see it out and about at shows in the future Paul

Can you use two splitting wedges on top of each other to drive them out What I call a splitting wedge is made of steel and used with a sledge hammer to split wood apart Paul

Do you know what the transfer case is, as in brand or model number ? If its the same as the ones used in Australia I might be able to track down some info I dont believe they were all full time 6x6 Paul

Alpine green is what I believe they called the 2 stroke GM colour, or something alongs those lines Revisit this thread bellow for a clue to what Im talking about Paul

Scania Australia have had a program of teaching drivers to drive for the best fuel economy at least back into the 70's in Australia I don't know if it was here that entire time but I recall reading about it back then Paul

Alpine Green with black rocker covers Polish up the alloy bits and, turbing housing and intercooler Should look pretty sexy I would of thought The red Mack used is pretty um bland, Golds ok but everyone has gold Paul

It does doesn't it, looks to good to be ever used again It will be a shame to get it dirty Paul

I love it

Funny reading this, some years ago on here I got shouted down and told I was a fool for suggesting that when a diesel looses prime when sitting it's the return side of things So some useless information from this dum bunny Get some old inner tube, a big hose clamp, a couple of air line fittings and some big flat washers Cut the tube big enough to cover the fuel cap Put a hole in the middle of the rubber, a flat washer each side held on with the air line fittings Put the rubber over the fuel cap hole and tighten down with the big hose clamp Put some pressure in it, maybe regulate to 15 - 30 psi, it wont go boom as your tank has a breather and the tube will pop off pretty easy Once you have this accomplished you can see the entire fuel system under pressure to check for leaks If you cant find any leaks I'm betting the tube on the return that goes to the bottom of the tank thats inside the tank has broken off or is cracked Remember Im a fool so try not laugh to hard Seeya Paul

E6 was 350 once the series intercooling was developed The E 7 was over 450 and I feel was up around the 470 in the end The E 9 was 625 in the final form that Im aware of If anyone knows better feel free to correct me Those E9s were monsters of motors, they had muscles on their muscles but never had the longevity of the E6 or E7 The longevity issue in Australia is I think mainly to do with the fact our loads are huge and they are driven on full power hour after hour day in day out The Cat 3406 motors were the same, people would put new bearings in them at 500,000km I doubt there were many E9s that did a million km's without been worked on, it was pretty common to get well over a million on a E6 I talked myself off topic then, oops Paul

Sorry I'll be of no help there, I know this will shock most but I'm a 6 cylinder type of bloke Paul

Discovered this today Enjoy, this was how it was done, dunno about now though Paul

This is coming together at a fast rate now Paul

Yep

In Australia steel is used on pretty much everything except carting grain and thats aluminium So guess that might give you a clue Paul

Well I'm impressed, that's a hell of undertaking, a lot bigger job than almost all of us with exception of people from Europe could even imagine No wreckers yards or dealers or even a huge amount of passionate people to get stuff from Well done to all involved Paul

Good to hear from you Paul

Yes you were, I'm sure it was true love for you two, for sure, definitely 100% true love Paul

Im hoping Elsa isnt to tuckered out when its my turn I got the email and thought to my self "Pauly boy, your time has finally come" Didn't count on queue though Paul

Now the old bucket of bolts is back together and a quick update The new bearings in the turbine make a difference The most boost I have ever seen on the guage and definitely pulls harder So it was definitely worth the effort and the turbine makes more difference than I thought I guess it must of slowly loosing speed and I never noticed Makes around 19 pounds boost now which for a cool power motor is right up there at the upper end of the scale Paul