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mrsmackpaul

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  1. Japanese trucks like Isuzu and Hino have left hand threads on the left Basically, it's very common and the theroy about nuts undoing as Joey and Mech mentioned above is correct as far as I know Paul
  2. Bob Legend has it the plus cab was a Australian invention, sort of According to legend or urban myth as it's called today Australia had trouble sourcing R model cabs so Mack in Australia got locally made fiberglass cabs of the R and F models To give a smooth inside and outside appearance the cabs were double skinned This resulted in the cabs been several inches longer than normal Apparently (like who would really know) this is were the plus 3 cab idea came from I'm thinking it is more coincidence than what actually happened But it makes for a good yarn Paul
  3. Struth, you have it almost completely apart now, I would of thought for piece of mind, with out of the truck and all it would be wise to fully drop it apart to inspect it You have far more experience at building motors than me so I'm sure your all over this Paul
  4. What a great story Hopefully Arnie continues the love affair Paul
  5. Something a little like this, turn the block up the otherway A shop press, even you have to buy one is gunna get a lot more use in most work shops than a special liner puller Thanks for the photo Vlad Paul
  6. Now if you cast your memories back a week or so and Vlad shared a link to his Lanova motor getting rebuilt The whole block went in the normal smallish shop press to press sleeves Can this motor be flipped over amd just press the sleeves/liners out Me thinks so Paul
  7. Find a bigger sized nut, slip it over the remainder of the nut shank and really lay into it with the welder It will heat the bahjeebers out of it This will hopefully break everything free then undo If you are worried about the wheel getting damaged, cut some thin tine up to slip over the stud to protect the wheel while welding Might need to use a stick welder to get enough heat transfer, MIG lacks penetration compared to a stick welder Paul
  8. According to Wiki Google, 1973 the cab was given a extra few inches (wouldn't mind a few extra inches myself 😉) and a plastic dash Mack R series - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_R_series The big shock was it says the Superliner was released in 77 Paul
  9. Or just forget all the fancy stuff and go back to plan "A" Once the cranks out, just use the welder and shrink the liners and push them out easily This has been done by hundreds of thousands if not millions of farmers across the world and works just fine If it's a in frame rebuild, some thin tin wrapped around the crank journal and secured with a hose clamp to stop and weld spatter damaging the crank also works Chuck the new liners in the freezer for a few days and sit the block out in the sun on a hot day and a block of wood and just tap them back in Anyway you blokes are all over this Paul
  10. No heat problems here, cold and blowy and pretty miserable 100 is getting pretty miserable to work in Joey can blow some sweat around with his big new fan, should help to keep things drier Paul
  11. Plenty of summer left to fix the bonnet/hood and the steering box You'll be all over this Bob, like a fat kid on a lollipop Paul
  12. Correct, Winfield blue were the smoke of choice for me as a young lad Crocodile Dundee, long before he was Crocodile Dundee used to advertise them Paul
  13. I remember getting pushed down the Mingela to Townsville with nearly a 100 ton pushing me along Tacho needle past any numbers on the tacho, ass fairly sucked down tight on the drivers seat She was a ass puckering experience, fingers nearly snapping the steering wheel, I was hanging on so tight I'm guessing 2600 rpm, valves didn't have to bounce and I was to shit scared to notice ha ha ha Sucking away on a Winni blue cigarette trying to hold it all together Paul
  14. Well she's in bits now, Thats the hard part done, piece of piss now Paul
  15. I leave the air flowing into the tank why I weld the holes Never had a issue, diesel is more dangerous than petrol as the metal absorbs the diesel and it sort of evaporates off as it is welded, can be seen while welding quite easily Once petrol is evaporated it is gone, just something to remember when welding diesel tanks Paul
  16. I have never seen a tang drive, only a dowl pin Paul
  17. No it won't keep it in time properly The pump can move the bolt hole section and I guess other things can move At least this what people that specialize in injector pumps have told me Every time the injector pump is removed the timing must be reset I know your gunna go, that makes sense at all you dumb ass I think the same answer as you and asked a different injector pump place and got the same answer, even asked the pump department at Mack and their specialist man said the same thing My thoughts would be, it can't effect it to much but it must have some effect What ever effect it has will be doubled as the injector pump will spin at half t he speed as the crank ? I wouldn't worry as I would spill time it once the motor is rebuilt anyway As this motor is new to you, you have no idea if it is timed correctly anyway so it can only be a bonus to check it is correct Paul
  18. Helmets are certainly the icing on the cake for coolness Love it, great stuff Paul
  19. Ha ha yep, yet she loved riding in the back, she was far to pongy to ride shot gun Good job on get the tyre off Heat only really bothers me if I'm doing nothing in it, just sitting there going, bugger me its hot I put my shirt in a bucket of water and it keeps me cooler Good job though, some really tough beads a fire is the only way Paul
  20. Friends put a doggy door in, they put a slide thing in the door to stop dogs getting in Miss Molly the border collie decided that those rules dont apply to her and promptly decided to eat her way in The door got repaired and a sheet of tin put across the bottom Miss Molly giving a wabbit mouth to mouth after it fainted And Miss Molly driving a forklift Poor Miss Molly the border collie is getting fairly slow these days and confined as she done a hamstring injury Paul
  21. Good work, wouldn't of thought a heater would be of much use in a truck without a roof But the heater looks the part Great work Paul
  22. I would think the main difference is the injector pump settings The chassid mounted cooler types had higher ratings of hp etc I'm sure there are other minor changes but I think the motors are basically the same Paul
  23. The Australian Army Macks could only of been Tip Turbine as chassis mounted intercoolers werent even a Mack thing at the time I doubt a Flintstone has ever had a chassis mounted intercooler in Australia Paul
  24. I haves always done all my own work Driving the little spray truck is just like driving a mini minor, you can't help but smile It's so ridiculous but so much fun, 4x4 diesel, 5 speed over drive tipping tray and tiny I think the R model cab is more spacious ha ha Paul
  25. Struth these birthdays just don't stop coming around Happy birthday Mackey58 Paul
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