mrsmackpaul

welcome aboard

Paul

welcome and as they have all said above we all like a good story

Paul

Hmmm I seem to remember learning that in the mid to the late 1930's the was a bit of noise in Europe about some sought of fruit loop in Europe that had a big opinion of himself and the rest of world sat back and did SFA it took years and millions lives to sought that mess out

Then 1945 I seem to have heard about a US general who was at Berlin and he seemed to think that they should keep on going and sought out communism right then and there the troops were there the equipment was there but he was told no it took 50 years and whole heap more lives to sought that mess out

So me not been a real smart dumb ass skippy the kangaroo Aussie would seem to think that so much of this crap could be sorted out right at the start rather than let it drag on for ever and costing everyone a whole heap of money and lives neither of which grows on trees but what would I know perhaps there is no votes in it for polliticans

Paul

I dont know how I missed the start of this topic doing a great job there almost as shiney as the top of my head

doing a fantastic job lucky I dont have any of those alcoa wheels to polish

keep up the good work

Paul

were the 4-152 and the 4-196 the slant motors they had in scouts they looked like aV8 cut in half almost ?

Paul

not knowing anything about insurance in the states but in Australia I always work on an agreed value it can save a lot of heart ache if something does go wrong and I always try to be realistic with what I reckon its worth its no good going in cheap to keep the premium down and then have a claim and find out they want to right your pride and joy off because the repairs are to close to the value any way thats what I do

Paul

fellas here is a link to a forum site in Australia that are disscusing this

http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1409971833/0#0

its a big mess and repair job

Paul

I was just thinking ( I know I shouldnt ) can you just imagine going to Mack today and saying I want 11 trucks got to be able to haul off road for carrying over 100 tons each in minus 60 and they need to flex like this and go thru water this deep oh yeah the boys need to be able to heat them up with a blow torch and no computers at all and we need these in 9 weeks or less !!!

I dont want sell Mack of today short and say they wouldnt but what do you all think gone are the days of not making excuses and just getting the job done

Welcome aboard hope you enjoy

Paul

TMW welcome aboard

Paul

to me the only simple option is if you had another truck the same you could swap the drive shaft with another truck if the problem shifts the problem is in the drive shaft aside from that maybe a balancer issue maybe the input shaft to the gearbox was damaged or the bearing in the front of the box ? I started typing the needle rollers between the input and out put shafts in the box but then I had a thought !!!!!!!!! they arent spinning when youre in top gear well at least they arent in a Mack box but the input and output shafts are only carried on the bearings at each end when your in top gear so maybe the the those needle bearings between the two shafts help to cancel out the vibration but it cant when your in top gear because they are not spinning as in the shaft is coupled together I dont no if this makes any sense anyway disregard if Im waffling to much

Paul

Welcome Mikah sorry mate I cant help you Im sure it wont be long before some one supplys the answer if it comes as good as the picture you will get orders soon

Paul

how different is that Levi machine whats a puppet rodeo ?

Paul

thats a smart idea using the all thread yo get the spacing and angles right must take a lot of the fiddling around away

Paul

Gudday with out knowing what size ass end you have but I do no that 44000 lbs and 58000 lbs look the same almost from the out side but the bearings and seals are a lot bigger in the 58's the brakes I think are the same size though but I could be wrong I guess the first thing you need to do is find out what size axle's you had and what size you are trying to change to

Paul

What a show something there for everyone you must have been busy taking happy snaps . Thanks for taking the time to share I must get over to the states one day its gonna take along time to see all these shows once I get there

Paul

Anyone else notice the smoke plume from the RH stack shoots straight up while the LH stack plume trails back. Reason?

Yeah mate I noticed that as well must be a special northern hemisphere type of thing

Paul

I no nothing about truck pulling but looks a great way to spend a day

Paul

mate thanks for sharing those BR Newholland balers are the best balers I have ever used . Good looking Super liner thanks for sharing

Paul

theres a whole litter of them looks like they are heading Down Under I hope mrsmack dont get upset with more pups to look at

Paul

welcome aboard mate now to show how dumb I am is this an electronic motor or a mechanical injection pump type of motor?

the two things I know for sure

number 1 black smoke is unburnt diesel

number 2 this is always [ as far as I know ] caused by either to much fuel or not enough air

so I suppose I would disconect the air cleaner and go for a drive and see if it still blows smoke if it does well your half way there [ you no its getting to much fuel ]

Paul

and if the shaft is to short they can fall out when going thru big gutters you need to get goldilocs on the job it needs to be just right

Paul