mrsmackpaul

Everything has been going ok Things have been very crazy of late and very unsure of what the future will bring We sold our sugar cane farm in north Queensland after many years of trying and the wife and I decided we would take some time off and travel around a bit on a working holiday till we decide what we want to do Had a few family members drop off the tree in recent times and my Dads pretty cactus with the big "C" So wont stray to far for a little bit of time Wanna duck across the ditch to NZ to meet Tim & Kristen Maikshilo after yacking to him for some years on here and Skype and on the phone of recent years, it will be good to meet them face to face and shake his hand Lots to do and have had very little time off in the last 25 years and am starting to realize the end is hurrying up very fast have been driving a bus for a couple of months and also working as a electrician, we have been working 7 days a week 12 days but it wound up yesterday so am unsure what to do I was meant to go horse riding for 12 - 18 months and do the longest unbroken trail in the world the "Bicentennial National Trial" which goes for around 5500km as it's been one of them things I have wanted to do before I fall off the perch but cant bring my self to stop work for that length of time Bought a big Square baler to go with my round baler and will look at hay contracting this spring, also planted a whole heap of oats for hay as well last weekend and will plant another 70 acres or so at this stage Have converted a 40 ' shipping container into living quarters for the Princess and I to travel around in while we sort our selves out I have plenty of photos to share but my photo allocation is full on here now so dunno what Im meant to do about that now You will just have to look and dream I guess LOL Paul

Ummm what gap ????? Never noticed a gap Having said that I reckon 22.5's are the way to go, cheap as chips ride better and a lot less flat tyres Even if you get a slow leak away from home just keep on topping it up with air and you can drive along fine with a tubeless but not a chance on tubed tyre Oh and the other one from what I hear from the states is you blokes are having lots of drama finding a tyre service that work on split rims now Paul

I have been very busy of late or as we say out here "flat out like a lizard drinking" and have hardly had time to check in let alone post This truck is coming along really nice I never new those back drop Cummins manifolds were a sort after item, I have had one kicking about for many years and was looking at it only a few months ago and ummed and ared as to keep it or bin it I dont think they are in much demand out here as been RHD they are exiting in the wrong spot for steering gear and brakes and clutch etc Most large trucks sold in Australia are double rail chassis and on cattle trucks they often fit grease nipples to force grease in between the rails to stop them splitting apart I wonder with all the salt and the like used on the roads in the US might this be a good idea when you slip the rails over each other like you have ????? By the way a grease nipple is what you blokes I think call a "ZERK" Anyway great stuff just the same Paul Oh yeah a bit more, my Cummins manifold is in three pieces and Im pretty sure Cummins and then Diesel are cast into the rear two pieces

That's no good at all thoughts to all Paul

What else is required to make it advance the timing apart from your timing sensor and and RPM sensor Apart from that , start belling out wires with a mega as full scale deflection is only 5 ohms and are much more accurate than a multimeter at low ohms And also I have never worked on one so I have no idea just guessing and chucking ideas about Paul

Were the pads only worn on the out side or only on the inside ???

Swish I was ear wiggling a conversation about the big Bluebeast shown and a bloke was saying it came like that new from the factory I have never seen one looking that way but then I need to get out more lol Paul

On a Crummins I know the compressor has to be timed with number 1 at TDC so the the compressor hits TDC at the same time as number 1 does and I have been told this is needed to make it run smoother This wouldnt explain the un even ware on the clutch and to my thinking there could only be a few things that would cause uneven ware When it is said that the clutch wares unevenly in what way does it ware unevevly ???? is there a photo of crook the crook clutch ???? Also I seem to recall reading on here it was miss firing for some time with crook injectors ???? this causes the motor to run out of balance, I hope it wasnt run for long like this as may have damaged something in the motor Does this type of motor have balancers spinning and timed internally or just a harmonic balancer on the front ( never worked on a E7 so no idea ) Paul

Swish I saw that timber jinker at Rocklea a few years ago, I was pretty impressed with it back then as I was the other day A very good show I thought, I will have to get me better organized for the next shin dig there and spend some more time there Paul

strange how we all have a different way of doing the job for the same out come Stole the Princess old deep fryer many years ago and its just got gear oil in it to gently heat the bearings and the I use the freezer to shrink thinks and its amazing what then just drops together with out using a hammer at all Paul

There's a mechanical interlock in the lid that only allows deep reduction to be selected when in first I wonder if the interlock is stuck in the lid Paul

What is the air regulator pressure set at on the transmission air supply ? If it is set to high it will leak no matter what you do I seem to recall no more than 60 psi After that maybe put a kit thru knob Paul

I doubt bblind spots are a drama as I reckon the mirrors on a R model cause more of a blind spot The drivers side air cleaner you can hardly see from inside and the passenger only makes it a little worse around the pillar Paul

Yes they were to NZ as well as exported from Australia to NZ Paul

I noticed on faceless book the other day Lego have released a Mack Anthem I guess its for those who couldn't wait Paul

Tiz very red which I guess maybe a lot smarter than white if you live were it snows Came up very nice I reckon Paul

heres the vehicle that was broken down, a AB triple road train And once I passed him in the mirror you see the cutting (ledge) form just in front of the broken down truck

Well Im buggered If I know I can appear to load a image across from faceless book but the forum only allows a tiny image at the moment so would have others to share but I hadnt put them on face book so you can just close your eyes and dream Paul

Ta muchly Swish Man As you can all tell I aint photographer or film maker or any thing else of much use but I'll keep on trying till Im given the ass LOL Anyway will try slinging some more photos up well this is all the forum will load up at the moment so this is at Lightning Ridge NSW Bloody photo loading has become a challenge Ah well Paul

dunno no more photo space for today ????

then had to put Mrs Mack up on blocks because the grease plate is higher on the dolly then Mrs Mack and the float has no wind down legs So Mrs Mack was up on blocks as we say Next we head off First stop Belyando Crossing Sorry only photo of Mrs Mack hooked up I think, pretty piss poor Then onto NSW or as QLD people call it Mexico (south of the border)

Well back in sweaty north QLD again Some photos of Mrs Macks trip south had a seal to fix before heading off came with giant speedy sleeve so chucked it in but not the new seal as the old one was only a few thousand km's old and it looked fine Guess what it leaked from one end of this wide brown land to the other LOL

Vlad I just backed of the pedal a fare bit and let her crawl along gently because if I stopped I would have been in a real mess Something happened like this one day coming into Emerald when Mrs Mack jumped out of high range first with 90 ton plus gross and I just lifted off in deep reduction at not much more than a idle and we still tore bitumen up Also broke a bolt out of the carrier bearing support that time End of the day even with only 320 HP damage happens pretty easy Took more photos but having trouble loading them up