mrsmackpaul

As usual Vlad, love your work Thanks for sharing Paul

FB link doesn't work on this of the world Paul

Scares the heck out of me as well The clowns running Australia have changed the laws for not only bank bail puts but also for bank bail ins The banks can sieze any and all assets that they have a interest in and borrow against your own equity in your own house or car or what ever They can sieze your deposits They can do all of this to keep them selves afloat with out even telling us And what about 8f the interest rates fall bellow zero we will be paying them to store our own money Its a flipping mess and is gunna make the crappy times of GFC or 80's look like childs play if this goes pare shaped Paul

I feel, and Im probably wrong, that most people dont really care how well a truck is done or how much was spent on it Its all about having for me Paul

Well thats great news Got twin pipes that finally turned up last week Been waiting a fare while, like 6 months and few false starts to get the made and chromed I'm not saying your telling me porkys but I dunno if twin 6 inch pipes is gunna make Mrs Mack any quieter lol Not sure if I want her quieter lol Paul

Does the the government supply the yippie beans to keep the eye lids open as well ?? Paul

Dunno about the video, sitting at airport waiting to catch the kero kite to plant a mate and it would be rude to watch it in the airport But that last line I feel is pretty much spot on The future will only tell us how bad it was The media are out of control here as no doubt they are in the rest of the world The sun will come up tomorrow no matter what we do And Coranavirus is the proper for the common cold apparently And there's a covid number of your choice for every year for decades Covid 19 is 2019's version of man flu People need to get a grip Thats all Paul

Looking really good Vlad You'ved delved into a R model cab further than Great stuff, just hope you remember how it all goes back together Paul

Do we worry about a whole heap of crap these days or what Came across this on Facelessbook Tough old blokes who despite what the ungrateful sods of today bitch about did a hell of a job and changed not only the U.S. future forever but the whole worlds future for the better I dunno if you need Facebookor not view it, someone much smarter than me will have the answer I wonder what these old fellas would think of America today compared to the one they fought to create No doubt things like the space race and our fast l planes etc would impress them, not so sure about the girls blouses running yours and my country into the ground I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and as John Laws would say "keep the dream alive" https://www.facebook.com/1534320662/posts/10216980552296065/?sfnsn=mo&s=100009061418031&vh=e Paul

I doubt it, Im guessing cutom job

Some more from facelessbook Paul

WOW Vlad, you and your helper are doing a great job there, have been wondering how its all been going Did any damage happen to the cab when you lifted it ? I am wanting to lift my cab off and pit heat shield and more sound depending under it Great stuff and thanks for sharing Paul

Maybe its the internet over here at the moment but I cant get those YouTube links to work No good asking Swishman to help, he would say they have Volvolized or some such thing Paul

Another man ruined

Thats why I reckon we cant nominate our own toys , instead it must be someone else's Gives every joker a chance then Paul

In Australia before the days of luxurious power steering and the like trucks had either a lesser or greater castor angle which caused you to chase the wheel at speed down the high Often this is referred to as taching, like sailing a yacht This is easily correct by returning the caster to the correct angle with wedges between the axle and the springs The purpose of the incorrect castor angle was it made it much easier to steer at low speed as in parking ot tight manoeuvring Im guessing this was a common practice back in tbe day across the world Im also guessing the castor angle was decreased but a proper wheel alignment place should be able to give you correct castor or no doubt google can help Then off to your local hardware store and buy a spirit level doodah that can measure angles and see what you come up with Paul

As far as I know phasing of drive shafts is only needed when more than one drive shaft is used Each shaft generally is not lined up, the yokes on each shaft must be lined up but the yokes shouldnt be lined up between shafts As in the yokes should be not in a straight line down a drive shaft Usually starting from the gear box end each is set one spline tooth lagging the shaft in front However this not always needed . Unsure why and or whats differrent but I think it may have to do if the shafts are balanced as a whole or separately I doubt there is many places that can balance a combination shaft 25 feet long I also think the phasing may have to do with one shaft interfering or affecting the other I do not know this and only am guessing Paul

No mention of anything like that I know of Superliners on triple road train work grossing over a 100 ton ever day of their working lives 44's , 12 speed ,440 and 500 E9's that have done over a million miles or 1.6 million km with out a spanner on the gear box or diffs The E9 motors never had the longevity of a E6, dont get me wrong they are a good motor just not as good as a E6 in my opinion Back to figures above for the box and diffs, I feel they are pretty impressive figures, to put that weight into USA truck talk thats over 250,000 pounds They are huge figures, Mack sure new how to build gear back then Paul

Sounds like you just volunteered to make 2021's calender Should be plenty of people to volunteer photos of their pride and joy or who knows maybe even someone elses pride and joy We could have to nominate a photo that isnt our own and you get to choose 12 or maybe 14 if we include front and back covers Paul

This came across a Facebook page in Australia 1 owner 5.5 million km or 3.41 million miles in the old money Not a bad innings I would say What sez you lot Paul

Well it's almost all there Paul

Yes things snow ball very quickly sometimes

Are these the trucks made in Turkey or some where around that part of the world Have read about them on here but brain must be over full as I can't remember the details lol Paul

Alcoa 10 stud rims Or Budd rims you blokes call them I think I have noticed there are two types mentioned on here Piloted mounted or some such thing and the other type So this may seem dumb to you lot but apart from Budd rims on a old truck with double nuts and rims on a Isuzu that rims just clamped up really really tight these are the only two stud mounted rims on trucks I have had any thing to do with I gather the Isuzu was a pilot mounted jobby and the other was Budd as it had that stamped on the rims I have only spider hubs on trucks and trailers You blokes call spiders dayton or some such thing So can some body give me the low down on the ten stud jobs and the whats what and whos who of them Thanjs in advance fgor thw wisdom Paul

There is some one asking what these are worth on a Australian forum, no one has any ideas Anyone know what this made or didnt make as was hoped for Give a starting point for the one in Australia Paul