mrsmackpaul

thats good to hear the problem solved

I dont worry about using the clutch to split just flick the switch and back off the go pedal and then straight back into it if dosnt shift clean straight away you have some other problem .

Just a word of warning if your mate hasn't driven one of these and are used to a shudder "road ranger" ur yuck as soon as flick the switch it puts pressure on the selector fork trying to change it were as the the other inferior brand only try to change when the stick goes thru neutral

Paul

the shifter rods under the lids might have some surface rust maybe? you can take the lids off with the box still in getting the rear lid back well he will a whole fresh bunch of swear words . Has he looked the air rams maybe there leaking? "O" rings maybe buggered ?

good luck with this

Paul

that will teach you to fall a sleep congrats

some times I fall asleep and when I wake its like a whole new world

Paul

my 12 speed has no cooler and as above only pump on the input shaft so cant see how that cooler is gonna work any good ??????

Paul

Mort that all sounds about right to me sounds the part only just more for dropping revs quick with a five or six speed

Paul

come on you cant tease us like this must be good you had to keep telling us about it . What gives no name or just keeping it to your self and you no it dosnt count if you are asleep

Paul

I can almost hear the GROWL from here lol

Paul

fantastic not something I would have expected to see just goes to show you dont need 600 hp that people seem to now

Paul

Mate all them beans in the last picture you'll be farting like a draft horse Phew lol

Paul

well they sell plenty of double coin tyers down under seem just as good as the other well known brands and they have been sold here since the 60's

Paul

welcome aboard jnr ate

mate welcome I have been known to pull the odd road train and yet I have no idea what your asking ????????

Paul

Happened across a picture of one of my favorite trucks of all time,pretty hard to come by a good clear color picture of the "Phantom" from MOONFIRE...................................Mark

well I had never heard of this movie so jumped on google and bought a copy what can I say nice truck's from a different time story line never kept princess awake she got to the end and said so what happened I had trouble explaining suggested she watch it again she declined cant make these woman out yet lol

Paul

well its what we call a cool power Mack here in Australia looks like a five or six speed trans to me and is that a front diff I see and would that be a 38000 lbs ass end ? looks that way to me but not on camel back dont know what the back suspension is ????????????

I bet you can feel a road trip coming on Vlad

Paul

mate there are gear box's and theres gear box's I have never heard of it been hard to get parts for a Mack 12 speed and if we can get them here in Australia Im sure you can get them over there easier to drive than a 13 speed roadranger and a lot tougher I no what I would prefer 12 speed every time seeya

Paul

we call air start "The Granny Scarer" in this wide brown land

Paul

Brocky give us yell when your near Townsville and you are more than welcome to come and kick a tyer or have a beer or bbq or all of the above dont forget to drop in at Gatton Western transport museum http://westerntransportmuseum.com/location.php near Toowoomba plenty there to run your tounge over anyway hope you enjoy the wide brown land seeya

Paul

http://www.dorotheamackellar.com.au/archive/mycountry.htm

Geez ...How do I get on that persons give a gift list.

me as well gotta love some gifts if you decide you dont want it and want to re-gift it just send it my way lol looks good gotta be pretty chuffed with that

Paul

gudday fellas got reading this Brockway thread never seen one in Australia but they did bring them in at least for 1973 evadently the new owner was pretty happy with his ride and so were UK diesels so happy someone wrote a poem Bruthen is a town in south east Victoria when you start to climb up the great divide thought Brockway blokes might get a laugh seeya

Paul

pretty much as Greg says maybe could reduce the bight on the drill ie maker the angle it cuts flatter so it bites less will help to reduce broken drill bits make sure the swarth coming off the drill bit is blue that way you no it is taking all the heat not the drill bit if the swarth is not blue you are going to slow and the drill bit will bite and break a lot easier good luck with it all

Paul

things you need to check are

phase angle which is the relation ship between drive shafts assuming there is more than one drive shaft between between front diff and gear box when you look down the drive shaft the uni cross's between the two shafts should not be in a straight line the rear shaft should be one splined notch behind the front shaft in the oppiset direction of travel for the pto shaft other wise you will get torrsional vibration between the two shafts

the other thing to check is the vertical angle of all the uni crosses must be exactly the same other wise the unis accelerate deaccelerate at different speeds which will cause the same problem as described

both of these problems will not be picked up by balancing the drive shafts as the shafts are not out of balance but will cause the annoying vibration you mention and are both caused by lack of properly trained mechanics they just no that computer says do this and thats what they do so it must be right that is the modern world though

here is a link thingo for the second problem that describes it much better than me

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/md/html/drive_shaft_harmonics.php

will have to dig out picture of the first problem I spoke about had quick look on google only found the second and most common problem hope this is of some help

Paul

Paper Back Hero chick flick type of thing with R600 as one of the stars all the way thru

Paul

Gudday all the pressure regulator Im talking about is on the top of the box some 12 speeds have 1 regulator some have 2 depends on I dont know someone much smarter than me can proberly tell you this one is set at 65 psi and the regulator is before the gear stick selector if it is set to high you will hear air leaking out all the time even with good seals good luck and keep us informed seeya

Paul

check the air pressure regulator on the box I think it is meant to be around 45 -55 psi

Paul

I have been sitting in these since Monday.....

Wrong "animal" under the non-existent hood, but wicked none the less

Waiting to get on the plate at the pit in Paris and I saw this out my window.

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Scaled out, and parked.....wanted more pics . Really nice guy, but the wind wouldn't let up enough for us to chat.

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gotta luv this its enough to put a horn on a jelly fish

Paul