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Pretty sure and open to correction that when Mack Australia started using that style of air cleaner they were only used on Macks with Mack running gear, if it had another manufacturers motor it had a normal Donaldson dry element Paul

Im allconfuzzelled now lol Yes Mack made and sold a huge variety in the U.S. compared to Australia I guess the parts supply was in their mind the whole time Paul

Yes matching the ground speed is crucial for a good cut, you dont cover as much ground in the same time but the job is so much neater Glad it's all working out The Princess has loved the zero turn Massey Ferguson mower I bought her as a birthday present years ago Sounds funny I know but she loves mowing the lawn, as she says "I can spend all day doing houseworkand no one notices, spend a few hours mowing the lawn and everyone notices" Paul

Well some wonderful photos of trucks there, I do like that blue Federal, well I like most of them really Whats the with all those wheel chocks, no body has hand brakes or maxi brakes in the U.S. or is it some over zealous safety rules ? Paul

Brocky I have been a tad busy, you know how life can get I'm sure Finally got that thread read on JOT, a absolute CRACKER of a read and what a amazing job There truely are some extremely talented and gifted people in this world that make people like me look like the amatures I am I take it the Brockway was finished in the end of the thread and has gone on give wonderful service since Thanks again for that link Paul

Would be worth running a straight edge along the heads if the manifold is removed for checking for flatness On motors with multiple heads like these I always run a straight edge along these mating surfaces to make sure they are lined up, I have heads that have beem decked on the side that don't even come close to lining up with other heads, not saying it is the problem but only takes a second to check when apart Paul

From 44,000 pound upwards Macks have a separate cap on the end and the axle is splined on both ends and floats between the the cone shaped cap on the hub and the spider gears in the diff 44's and up in Australia were this way with Mack's 44's have 6 bolts holding the cone to the hub 58's up to around 65 have 8 studs And even bigger Macks had 10 studs, dunno what rating they changed and I have never seen one of the real big ones except on photos on this forum Someone older and much wiser can probably answer that I'm a bit lost with what back end your gunna chuck under the B61, I haven't seen it mentioned yet Paul

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