mrsmackpaul

Vlad the Thermodyne motors can be driven like a Maxidyne just fine I have had problems with the splitter on the 12 speed once grossing 90 ton drove 3000 km with just the 5 gears and up some big long climbs they the Thermodynes that is will lug right down to 1100 and I just kept a eye on pyrometer and the Thermodyne would hang on at 12 revs for hours at a time with out it getting to hot on the pyrometer so I just let it lug So I guess what Im saying if my old bucket of bolts can hang on for hours at a time grossing 90 ton I reckon bobtail or even just a normal single trailer it would be fine with a five speed Before I went changing anything I would drop the nine speed apart and see whats crook in side they are fairly simple transmissions to work on and theres not a lot to go wrong Roland great video mate I find I get much better air flow in the cab with only one window open as I think both windows the air pressure seems to equal out and I end up with bugger all air flow Paul

First off welcome to the forum and hope you enjoy the dog house Well you just opened a big can of worms so I guess if its not rude what is the correct information as you have left it all open to speculation If that is been rude just PM me and tell me to bugger off and I will delete the question Paul

or as a bloke out here says "a man isnt complete till he is married then he is finished" LOL but so true Paul

you big girls blouse you jokers need to live a little LOL

you'll be sorry the truck will always treat you the same I reckon most of these will apply to your truck as well

Thats the go and good on him I reckon as he will get to see you enjoy it and no doubt he will enjoy some of it with you, better than waiting till the end and never getting to share the experience Paul

Swishy, how do the SAR's hold up to rust as in compared to the old R models? I think they left the factory with rust fitted a bit like ACCO's as well. Paul

A big tub of Vasoline was needed I think

Have a gannda at this: http://www.bigrigs.com.au/news/australias-first-sar-goes-on-tour/3074017/

Welcome Philippe sounds like your onto a winner Paul

looking good

Thats the way I would do it Brocky, when I go away I dont do the same thing as I do at home other wise I should have stayed home Try it all I may never get back there Paul

Thats why when the yanks go to a party all the good grog is gone Swishy and I got there a day early and drank the bloody lot LOL Paul

I aint ever known any one to drink that crap even when we was shit faced you pricks we never could drink that crap it has always been called "Nuns piss" out here I like Elephant beer the best thats XXXX gold XXXX bitter is ok better know as barbed wire VB now that aint a bad drop got shit faced on that many a time also known as "green hand grenades" but my favorite thing to drink is from seppo land "Jim Beam" that stuff can make me into a instant asshole some times The old Bear or Bundy Rum used to love that as a young bloke till I woke up at the Cross with no pants and a strange bird on my lap (and I dont even come from that part of Australia still dunno how I got there but it must have been fun ) LOL Paul

thats ok we dont either we just it up as we go

Swish man I havent seen any bugger at all in there for yonks saw someone there the other night by the time I got there they up and left

I have been told that they dropped the parallel parking from the driving tests in some Australian states because people find it to hard these days Paul

Yeah you need to check your spacer if the wedge is out of travel People these days have a habit of over tightening them and crushing the spacer when they use rattle guns they dont need to be done up real tight I do them fairly snug by hand with a wheel brace and check them again in half a hour or so The wedges sort of hold the rim on like a morse taper drill bit Paul

yep theres some type of stupid that you cant fix Now to take this off topic but just a bit I reckon drivers licences have gone like kids report cards at school everyone passes even if they are duds and cant count the fingers on one hand because no one wants to hurt the little cup cakes feelings FFS really sooner or later this BS has to stop if you cant drive well enough to have a licence then for FFS dont be given one its not that hard go back and practice till you are good enough dont make a car to suit someone that has no idea or regard for fellow people on the road And Im sure we all know some people that should never of had licence Been able to drive and have a licence isnt a right it's privilege and in this country today to many people believe everything is a right not a privilege to live in this wide brown land is a privilege not a right and with this privilege comes responsibilities sorry rant over Paul

I reckon this is a great idea I reckon they should do away with blue tooth and all the rest of that crap people forget it wasnt that long ago no one had mobile phones anywhere and we didnt have car phones and all survived ok kids made it to and from school ok if your car broke down we would walk to the nearest phone or knock on someones door and ask to use there phone or ask if they could call someone for us we dont need a phone that works in cars at all Paul

out of all the problems the US has and there is bucket loads this is one more thing that wont help anyone really and will burden everyone with more costly cars to own I would think perhaps the US might be able to think of a lot wiser investments to spend money I wonder who in congress has a family member that owns shares on the company that owns this technology ??? maybe Im a but cynical but so much of this unwanted crap begs the question why and thats the only reason I can come up with I reckon Swishy may be getting closer to the answer as well Paul

Yep I gotta agree this forum is different from any other I have come across Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas stay safe all And thanks to all that share on here I learn heaps and about a lot more than just Mack trucks as well Paul

I dont really care what anyone does as long as they are having fun is all that really matters I am a firm believer that is what all this collecting restoring playing with and working old gear should be all about Im not about to knock someone for paying to have something done nor someone for doing it all them selves or some bloke that enjoys his truck in its work clothes To me its all about having fun doesnt matter to me if its a bloke in his 80's that has done a paint job with a brush and house paint or a show truck that has $20,000 blown on a paint job its all fun times It's gunna end up pretty boring if we all end up doing the same thing Paul

I remember many years ago I had a old Falcon ute and was racing around Bundaberg and went flying past the cop shop and next thing she ran out of go jumped a tooth on the timing chain Well out with some tools and chucked a fresh timing chain set on low behold the starter had buggered up as well so pull it off to have a ganda at it nothing bolt him back on sitting there thinking for some then it occurred to me When I went to pull the harmonic balancer as the motor had no compression due to the timing chain jumping a tooth I had to put it in 1st and pull the hand brake as tight as I could to get the motor to lock up Been the dopey bugger I have been known to be it was still in gear and the hand brake was still on and she was full wound up tight Pushed the clutch in pulled it of gear and it started right up after the best part of half a day trying to work out what happened to the starter dopey bastard hey ???? Paul