mrsmackpaul

cant you just undo the drag link that goes from the steering box to the axle and lengthen or shorten till the wheel is facing the right way again Paul

Tinky ??? thats a tough sounding name best not blue with you in the pub I reckon might know how to blue LOL yep nothing wrong with a Mack the E9's were well liked by almost all who new them and still hold up well today Welcome to forum Paul

I went and had a look at my air start tank and its like a 1 inch water pipe thread so thats about 1 1/4 inches OD I didnt measure it and my tank is steel I wonder if the flange tanks have a bladder in them like a water pressure system tank ???? Paul

I have never seen a aluminium air start tank, mind you I have never been looking for one either but I reckon they would shine up to make a nice looking tank on a truck I will have to keep my eyes peeled for one Paul

look at the exhaust when you are trying to start it, does it have any smoke if little to no smoke then fuel is lacking

only a young bloke to

how does this three line system work When Leyland fully imported some of the bigger trucks here they re did the whole braking system as it didnt comply and I have seen photo's of a pile of brake lines and air tanks on the floor beside the redone trucks I have asked a few people what the three line system was and no one has been able to explain Paul

Struth thats no good keep your chin up Does one of us need to get hold of Barry about this ???? I'll send him a PM perhaps Paul just sent Barry aPM for you about logging in hope he can sort it for you as a bit of out side contact will help to take your mind off your dramas ooroo

Yep and to add a bit more even from end to end and side to side of this wide brown land trucks are built different and some look a lot different they fit them out a bit different over there but stretch it a little bit and a bogie drive a bull bar and some bull lights rip some of that plastic faring off and it would in fit pretty well and some more fuel tanks for a greater range I just googled the specs for a Scania 164 L I think it said 580 HP V8!!!!! did I read that ????? thats got some decent balls if I did read it right Paul

Yep sure were Paul and I reckon they were and still are some of the best little motors ever made last for ever and run on the smell of a oil rag As to this truck in the video I wouldd have thought most likely a 6 cylinder Gardner and a six speed box of some type David Brown or something similar eitherway it was as good as the Pommy trucks got before they joined the EEC and screwed the rest of the Commonwealth Some people on a Pommy forum asked me what I thought about BREXIT all I could say was suffer in your undies, you lot made your bed now lie in it LOL Paul

if you dont have no smoke you arent getting enough fuel to leave smoke This could be a range of issues if the fuel rack isnt moving all the way because the governor isnt working right this could be the problem Or maybe a lack of fuel from the tank If it was a lack of air it would be making heaps of black smoke as the fuel wouldnt be getting burnt because of a lack of air Or at least this is what my brain tells me Paul

Thanks Brocky I am floored at this so just because you have been there a long time you get promoted and not because your any good No reason for someone young to try hard as you just hang around for a while and you get promoted anyway no matter how unsuited you are or maybe I have miss read this all Paul

I dunno about the rest of them but Im just dumb I think And now a dumb question if I may what is "the seniority list" ????? and this is a serious question as I have never seen that before Paul

Vlad, not all of those Macks had the removable roof and I'm guessing most never would have been unbolted in their life. But I guess maybe the thoughts were as most cars and trucks sold in Australia when these were new didn't have air con fitted. If you were to operate in a hot environment for a extended period, the roof could be removed. May also have been for better views when out about in jungle warfare. As I said, I only noticed this for the first time a year or two ago at Mack Townsville (Lavarack barracks is the big Army base there) and I asked the bloke from Mack what the go was. I had only ever seen one other picture of a R model with out a roof and it was on this forum and as a US fire truck. I reckon that the parade was in the mid 80's as the trucks were like new. Dunno though, I have newspaper clippings of it put away somewhere. Paul

thats as funny as mate I dont think I'll ever forget that every day I learn something on this site most times nothing to with Mack trucks most days its a good laugh Thanks Wobblin mate you made my day now how do I put that on the bottom of my page each time Paul

hey whats this retire business I dont wanna retire then Im just sitting around waiting to fall off the perch and I dont wanna waste a minute of my life waiting to die I got to much to do between now and then, Im already gunna have to live to 149 just get half the jobs done, and that doesnt include all extra stuff I have to do to support all the bums sponging off me!!!!! LOL Paul

Vlad if you look close in the video bellow the window on the rear of the cab there is a join and a row of bolts that run around the rear of the cab and also across the top of the windscreen I dont think the row over the windscreen can be seen in the video All Australian Army Macks like this were converted from camel back to air bag in the 90's a OH&S thing to make it smoother for the troops these Macks and 155 Howitzers belonged to the local army reserve ( I think the Army reserve is like the US national guard) in the town I came from I was on honor duty to open and shut doors of the dignitaries as they arrived for the handing over to the unit as they had the freedom of the city that weekend These trucks made real impression on me as young man Paul

I dont know if anyone else knows this or not but some Australian Army Mack 6x6 R models are convertible I guess you would call them cabriolet ????? I think is the term used I noticed some at Mack Townsville a few years ago and reckon they would make a great fire truck a bit like the NO scrub basher on here a few years ago anyway I may have to keep on dreaming but check this out Paul

Well had some information come to hand today Did you know that Muslims were crucial in opening up Australia's vast interior ?????? Afghan Cameleers changed the Australian way of life for ever as they were the crucial link that opened up our vast dry country Interestingly enough these very Afghans as we called them but all werent, by the turn of the 20th century no longer desired or required their meat to be killed in the Halal way. And I quote this "The Muslim faith had diluted and halal-killed meat was no longer a requirement to the younger men." So I guess the real question is if our oldest part of our Muslim community doesn't require Halal food, I wonder is it the new arrivals to this wide brown or is it the over sensitive doogooders trying jump on the shirt tails of some other made up none important thing that the people they reckon they are trying to help have never asked for their help but their lives are so boring they have to create problems that no one ever had just to make themselves feel important ??? I don't have the answer to that question perhaps TeamsterGrrrl you can help answer that question for me ? And been the fact that the Muslim community in Australia doesn't require Halal killed meat that would then mean that Australians are not intolerant as you make us out to be and I will be expecting a apology but not holding my breath for it And for what its worth I already knew most of these facts, and did you know we have one famous train service that runs north south thru heart of Australia named after the Australia's first Muslims "The Ghan"? Paul

Arent most ratios stamped on the pinion shaft ??? Paul

I not gunna tell anybody in another country how or what to do but the treason laws in Australia need to be bought back in and enforced fully and burning the flag is treason and how people can walk on by not stop it is unbelievable at least these two blokes tried and good on them they get my full support Paul

Fiat tractor orange and brown or is it safety man , very cool stuff Paul

That's a bloody pearler Swish man. Laughed so hard I nearly hurt me self. Keep them coming. Paul

Yep