mrsmackpaul

Tyre art for the garden, the very height of sophistication in 1960's and 70's Australia The very best was the Swan made out of a tyre and some nice flowers growing in it Paul

WOW, this my learnt thing for this week Having the coolant in tiptop condition would be critical I would think There's a huge amount going in in those motors and their cooling system Maybe Mack had a patent on the tip turbine idea and Cummins and other manufacturers had to have a different approach Tip turbines biggest draw back is you can't build big boost, 21 pounds is sort of the max and you have to be pulling pretty hard and that boost is only for a short amount of time 15 - 17 is sort of normal Get to a chassis mounted intercooler and I read of blokes getting 35 pounds boost Thanks Geoff, very educational Paul

I don't think any F600's made it to Australia F700's yes, they had a drive shaft for steering running across the dash, under a cover etc so it didn't stand out Then like pretty much every Mack built over the next 40 years in Australia, the R model chassis was used, long after everyone else in the world The R model chassis lent itself to RHD conversion much better than anything else Mack has built, the frame rail shape So CH Macks had a R model chassis out here The F 700 became the FR 700, F cab R chassis Paul

Very good Bob, you've got it by the balls now Paul

They appear to be a impressive well optioned truck Air ride front axle and yet Kenworth still only offer springs in their front end on COE K220 Air ride front axles have been standard on interstate buses since the late 70's early 80's in Australia It would probably sell well out here Paul

So you sprayed and let it soak in really good, nearly a weeks worth of soaking Summer is about half done Winter is just around the corner, just letting you know that Anyway, I'm guessing the progress has been so great you haven't had time to stop and share So how is it coming along, anything to report ? Paul

And yet our close neighbors in NewZealand had a bigger range of Macks as some were Australian based and some fully imported from the U.S. RHD Seems to be no rhyme nor reason to how it all went Anyways, back the build Oh I think 675 was the biggest power output of the E9 offered in Australia Paul

And even before the Maxitorque box was around, pretty much everything had a quad box and very occasional duplex I have never seen or heard of triplex or simplex (think that was the name of Mack 5 speed) in Australia Paul

Im fairly certain 285 Maxidyne is a air to air intercooled tip turbine job A 300 Maxidyne is series air to air, so water cooling and tip turbine intercooled job A little more fuel and a more efficient intercooling and 300 Maxidyne was produced after 285 In the Thermodyne it was the same and 320 went to 350 hp We never had the range of motors, transmissions and backends etc that was available in the U.S. So I have never heard of a 315 or a 295 hp motor Even gear boxes 5, 6, 10 and 12 speed None of the other numbers you blokes mention Paul

Usually have to check the king pins with the wheel on and pinch bar amd a block of wood I think the extra leverage of the wheel and extra weight helps Paul

Good luck with this Paul

Yep, as the others have said, lift the lid and have a look Hopefully it will be something simple Don't use silicone sealant type of deal when putting it back together Just use gasket goo and some gaskets if needed Silicone types of deal ooze out and break off and end up blocking oil galleries and getting caught in the sliding dogs, then the whole box ends up apart to clean the mess up Good luck Paul

I'll second what Brocky said You do some amazing things and have some fantastic adventures that we are lucky enough that you share these with us all Thank you Paul

So a couple of answers I don't think it matters at all if your to top gear in reverse So backing a dog trailer (thats what we call them out here) is pretty common, backing two dogs is a challenge Apparently plenty of farmers in north America do this with hay trailers I can back two dogs, I can back a semi with a dog Am I competent ? Well yes but not as good as some a possible better than others I have certainly see blokes back road trains that are pretty good, I lack depth perception, dunno if I always have but certainly in the last 30 years or so I have little depth perception over 10 feet away, backing a road train with 80 feet behind me requires not so much correction but checking more often than most Placarded loads can be lot's of different things, even fertilizer I guess like urea can be, nitroprill would I imagine be a placard load Paul

WOW Get your Rocks off Paul

Well from about the 40 minute mark, Buntine "Power and the Glory" Paul

Haven't seen that movie in over 30 years Paul

Have a read through this thread, ut may help or maybe just confuse the Dynatard understanding Paul

If my memory is correct, which is doubtful I reckon the head bolts are 220 pound so thats pretty tight, yeah a breaker bar and pipe as Geoff suggests is probably needed Paul

There's another thread were the chassis is getting done, Vlad rivets the chassis back together and all All very impressive stuff I'll let Vlad tell the story as it's his story, or do a bit of a search and you'll find it all Paul

Here you go Bob Paul

Yes when I nail a big roo it really shakes the whole truck pretty hard Paul

If I took a tyre back to a tyre shop like that I wouldn't get any warranty The story would be "you've bumped it on something" or "you drove something into it" I have had a few tubed tyres do this for no apparent reason I have tried to claim warranty and got no were I guess the tyre shop also has to be able to prove to their supplier that the tyre was faulty and the tyre shop knows what they can and can't get claims on And I also guess I have to be able to prove what happened and that I didn't bump it Tyres are cheap these days and it just isn't worth the aggravation And I only have 1 tyre service in town and I have been dealing with them since the beginning of time, I'm kinda loyal and they have always been there for me on shit drought years Still a bumber about the donut, but she's still a sweet ride Paul

Good luck with this, hoping it all goes smoothly for you Paul

Good job Vlad, was wondering how this was ticking along You've certainly got it going on now Paul