mrsmackpaul

I finally had a chance to watch the video's I have been a tad busy of late Fantastic job on the rebuild, great stuff all round and hopefully it will give many trouble free yeara of operation The oil pump plunger should sit in a eccentric or out of round doo hickie and pumps in and out as the shaft rotates On my 12 speed someone had sealed it up with aome RTV silicone sealant crap that oozed out on the inside and broke off, then this crap got pumped through the oil galleries and eventually got stuck on the sliding dogs Required a complete disassembly to fix And I think my box was dirtier than yours, what a mess Great work and a really impressive job you've done Paul

Satrans. John Canty preparing for his next trip. Paul

A similar thing was trialled in Australia https://pjv101.net/cd/pages/c561m.htm Paul

I wouldn't worry about number 2, unless you know what your looking at it will be just making things more confusing Start with, this part I think is a axle part, or a motor part or a brake part and so on Just gather them together in piles or area's Then just make a start, most things have witness marks, like were two parts that were painted as one came apart, just try assembling things like this, use different paint colours as a guide and so on Most of the gear will be pretty easy to find the answers two Paul

Some more to this story courtesy of LLib Enilom Is not my story at all Here is a truck built by Jack Ehret. The first picture is of it loaded with 27 tons of pineboard from Oberon to Townsville. The second photo is bulk wheat stuck on Mount Tomah due to lack of traction, it had a 50/50 pusher under it. The third photo is the poor old worn out 6.71 getting a new set of bearings at Cassilis after the oil pump failed. The last photo was taken just north of Lotus Creek, with 27 tons of Otis lifts and escalators for the new Woolworths store in Townsville. Some were in the Pilliga Scrub Rolling in a set of bearings near Cassilis Beer o'clock just north of Lotus creek 1967 Paul

Yeah, um, nah, sorry I got nothing FFS as the Swishman would say lol Paul

Hope it all works out okay Dunno why American trucks are so ugly these days KW 909 from Australia, looks a lot more like a truck should Paul

I have a red dot unit like the one Geoff shows Got mine air freighted to Australia, cost more for freight than the unit, now I have to chop it all apart and reverse everything as it is LHD and I need RHD On the things to do list Paul

How cool is that Harry, always reckoned a C model would be just the go for something very cool in Australia I didn't know of amy in Australia Paul

Looks good to me, paint it blue I reckon It doesn't really matter what colour, I reckon something to contrasts to the rest of truck underneath Yeah I know, pretty bloody silly, but I never have been really smart It will be interesting to see if it is a lot quieter out and about Paul

Was a good looking unit Bob Dunno why the Australian ones had 4 headlights, thinking it might of legal reasons to get the lights at a legal height Paul

Im pretty sure the seal is only on the pump, I seem to recall that the housing that the compressor bolts to is open to the compressor Paul

Thats a great read, you all need to click on the link Paul

Do they Mc Cafe in the State's? We are told it's a Australian thing but I have no idea if that's true https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/mccafe In recent years table service has begun, were they deliver the meal to the table Most people in Australia use the drive thru and cars at peak times are queued all the way up the street And yes it definitely isnt a cheap feed anymore Fish and chips was normal for all Australian families on a Friday and Saturday night until the mid 70's when the restaurant chains arrived Paul

I could just agree with you Geoff, but then we would both be wrong Charging and disharging are very different operations Paul

I gather this is the movie "The Founder" The link ks put up isnt available in Australia Dunno if he is or was a piss head but he was a goer that stumbled across something and saw a opportunity and took a chance If the McDonald brothers weren't so stubborn I feel they would still be involved and be wealthy beyond their imagination Paul

I was always told, or maybe read it was for the very narrow mountain roads, the driver could see just how close to the edge he was Have never seen a Fiat like your fathers in the flesh Plenty of later models but nothing of that age Paul

That's only talking about starting When it comes to charging a series system, is better without a doubt Every cell is charged equally In a parrallel system this is not the case at all The battery and it's cells that have highest charge are charged first That battery with the least amount of charge may never be charged at all Or even a dirty battery terminal prevents a parrallel system from charging one section of the circuit Understanding what happens in battery charging and discharging is quite technical and something most auto electricians don't understand. These things can not be just Googled, or old mate up the road has said, or it always has worked fine for me like this Paul

Love the pooches in the snow Your making good progress Paul

2 x 6 volt batteries is very common and even on air start Macks, was normal in Australia Batteries in parallel are no good and unreliable in most applications I think 24 volt start or maybe Europe had 24 volt lights etc like Japanese trucks Before L.E.D. lights a lot of road trains ran 24 volt lights to keep the amps down, in this case 4 x 6 volt batteries would be the norm Or 24 volt starter motors a series parrallel switch is the go and 4 x 6 volt batteries Paul

Pic 3 is a Mack Australia paint scheme used in the brochure and advertising blurb End of the day, paint it however you like, I found styles of paint schemes I liked and then added the colours of my choice It is surprising (on a truck with a bonnet) just how little room there is and how busy it gets, if not careful it gets to busy Speak to people that pin stripe and scroll trucks, they have a really good idea at what does and doesn't work, there names are usually on the truck somewhere as well Paul

Nah mate Paint it how you want Paul

And I only took a photo of the left hand side as I thought that it is probably the one not normally fitted but can photos of the other side if needed There is quite a bit of reinforcing in behind the panel Even out side, the bracket for the can has bolts through the cowl up top So 4 bolts and little to no reinforcement would definitely not be strong enough Put a couple of hats up high and things change very quickly with the loading just from the wind Maybe check out my videos when I put all the new cowl and that on, there maybe more information there A few hours of ribbish to fill in your evening Paul

Okay, the sun is up and it's gunna be a scorcher But piccies were obtained