mrsmackpaul

You make a good point there the sad reality is Volvo have us over a barrel we can complain to the cows come home its not what we want but they dont have to change we can vote with our feet and buy something else then that will be the end of the Mack brand So I guess the best we can hope for is Volvo goes ass up and sells the Mack brand to a company that cares and then we start to get what we want again No matter what Volvo think if you make what people dont want no matter how big you are people will only stay loyal for so long before they vote with their feet and then its to late so I hope for everyones sake they wake up before they loose the lot one day and dont think it cant happen it has happened to some huge corporations and countries as well Paul sorry for taking it off topic Tim bloody farmers LOL

ok if it never looses prime when running and is hard to start after sitting for some time it means the leak is in the return line have been down this a few times with different people All other theories we have go out the window and mean nothing it really is this simple if it looses prime when its running it is in the supply side if it looses prime when its stopped it looses prime when the fuel siphons back into the tank which is what its meant to do siphoning back into the tank when not running You should have smoke the instant the motor winds over gotta remember air start Macks only have a few seconds of air and always start when everything is right it should fire instantly let us know what you find Paul

Unlike the US you get a choice of what you want down here and there is a waiting list to buy a new truck from Mack as well HMMM perhaps the Mack US could learn something from that Paul

looking like it wants to be there what a good old photo thanks for sharing Paul Paul

first thing to check does smoke come out the stack when winding over ???? that will tell most of the story Im guessing not at the start of winding ?? Paul

oil bath air filters work really good if not better than a paper element only down side is they are messy but the do last for ever looking good Wobblin Paul

you need to live on the edge a little more down here we call it adventure as in ( every days and adventure ) and as far as I know there isnt a good way to die I reckon try everything you can at least once ( not drugs steer clear of that crap ) that way your gunna have some good memory's in the nursing home and some great yarns for the grand kids Paul thats just the way I see it

Super Dogs picture that Superliner is modified from what I can remember reading about it belongs to earth moving contractor who has a horn for Cat motors I cant remember what motor went in it to extend the bonnet that far there is also a R 600 or maybe a R 700 that looks like that in Australia same thing to fit a big Cat motor The pic in Tim's pretty sure is a Kiwi special Swishy has the low down on these and shared some information on here once about them the story behind the NZ built Macks so better tell us all again Swishy as I have forgotten there was a Kiwi web site for it think it was a Mack dealer in Kiwi land Paul

she's gunna be classy fool tanker when done Paul

may wanna pull the air supply hose off and make sure air is getting there first I doubt the gears or splines would be stripped If it has air just start pulling it apart I reckon it will be pretty obvious once you have it apart Paul

top work keep the pictures andf story coming Paul

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well you wont be getting a Christmas card from Detroit this year you have gone straight to there naughty list LOL Paul

good to know Im not the only one who calls it porn

sounds good to me all I could remember it was a bucket load of fuel was the video on youtube ??? Paul

I like toys in your toy box very cool Paul

all very interesting its amazing the job these did and the speed they traveled the most amazing thing is the amount of fuel they used I read some where once at full speed they only had enough fuel for 1 hour and there tanks were like 6000 gallons dont quote me on these figures but it was a bucket load fuel real quick Just the thing to use to go fishing Paul

1275 animals mate theres more chance of the angry wife doing you in when your asleep or maybe thats just in my house !!!! Paul

Have a great day Barry and Tim

HMMMMM 35C summer time 25 C winter time LOL we have shorts on weather or shorts on weather and when does the Maple syrup start run ?????????? Paul

I had this picture in a magazine as you can see the magazine put it on a angle and put it over two pages but I have a teenage son who sorted it for me because I had no hope LOL still not real sure on what he done but here is the picture Im sure someone with photoshop can make it even better OH yeah NR Mack Bedford cab at Wollongong but still in the same state NSW as the first one but 700 km south the first one was built at Grafton NSW so I dunno seems like a common modification Paul

theres a story to go with this truck quite a good one I reckon would have to ask the writers permission before posting if anyone wants let me know and I'll see if I can get permission to share the rest now this truck is a NR Mack with a custom cab 6 71 2 valve leaker Paul

Tim the thing a lot of people I dont think under stand is how heavy Australian hard wood is as well Aussie hard wood doesnt float chuck it in the water and it sinks if its Red gum or Box Iron Bark it will sink in seconds so there is quite a lot of weight there We could never float logs like they do in north America on the rivers etc It seems a few of these NR Bedford cabbed Macks were made and this one was made in Grafton NSW I'll pass on any more details as they come to hand seeya Paul

Came across these today on Face book thought that maybe they may be of some interest I wonder was there a mob out here that did the conversion as there seem to have been a few done Paul

it sure did Paul