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mrsmackpaul

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  1. this is the type of thing I was trying to explain I didnt do a very goo job
  2. some one reckons given it flowers is all the go Paul
  3. Looking good with some planing you could make some big storage boxes for esky's folding chairs ect in the goose neck there just hinge up flap's on the new floor Paul
  4. Lessons I hope we never forget Paul
  5. Max will not only be able to get him self into trouble he will also be able to get him self out hopefully looks like a fun toy to have Paul Got some great looking country side there
  6. Paul gotta love them extractors I have had 2 292 in chevy C 60 trucks they are pretty un heard of out here when I was rebuilding one of them for a truck I thought how much better could I get to go I woke early one morning on the phone to states for parts got heaps of machining done head got some big over size valves spent a fortune on it bought a four barrel offenhauser mainfold extractors 14 - 1 pistons had the crank and rods balanced and shot peened then I discovered the cool power Mack and as they say the rest is history never got the motor finished gave it to my mate who has a 1950 chev sedan with a blue flame six in it so I have no idea how well it would have gone I guess I will find out one day maybe So do you have any figures on on the 292 of Uncle Harry apart from cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul
  7. everything old is new again ??????? Paul
  8. have you done a compression test even if it runs fine if the motor has done lots of idling in its life it might just need a valve grind Paul
  9. yeah break it up a bit two tone might be the go
  10. All very interesting the the federal Australian government announced today they are spending I cant remember how many billions to try and fix up the beef roads a lot as up 30% of the cost of raising and marketing beef in Australia is the road transport I guess as the world markets are slowing down and China dosnt want coal or iron ore much anymore they government has finally realized they will have to look to farmers again to keep the country going funny how the world still needs food ???????? Paul
  11. now get see how it all happens or perhaps this one bugger me this fella got his 15 minutes of fame seeya Paul
  12. so do you blokes loosen the oppiste side to the one you trying tighten or are just trying to pull it in tighter and not allowing somewhere else for the rim to go dunno if that makes any sense I cant see how it could be such a drama loosen one side of the rim tighten the other it has to run true no need for all this other high tech measuring and sliding rims on the spider maybe all this stuff only works in Australia ??????? Paul
  13. welcome aboard The oil pressure problem might caused by the fuel getting in making the oil thinner Paul
  14. If it was me the biggest concern I would have in the back of my mind is if they cant even get it right now before the truck gets delivered what will happen if once you take delivery and you have a problem will the same BS follow, as Dr Phil says the best predictor of there future performance is there past performance I would speak to Mack them selves on the telephone take notes of everything that is said I guess with todays modern phones you could record it all but Im not that smart and I hate to say this if it still dosnt feel right walk away from the deal and I would tell Mack the reason why to so that they have a understanding of there dealers performance You might be surprised at what just may come of it all prepare your self before you make the phone call take the time to get it right in your head try to put it all on paper before you call them follow it up with a letter with all the dates and times of what has been said and by who most times if there has been a problem companys will bend over backwards to try and fix it and they will if your dealer is wrong pull your dealer into line It should never come to this but life just works that way some times good luck Paul
  15. Tim what would the temp be at the same time of the season back home ? I know how you must feel it is cooling down here as well
  16. Banjo Paterson I would think would have to be Australia's most famous poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Paul but my favorite Australian poem would be this one "My Country" http://www.dorotheamackellar.com.au/archive/mycountry.htm and particularly this verse it makes me feel all a bit strange in side Im a bit of a girls blouse hey seeya Paul sorry for taking it off topic
  17. Guy most the Mack road trains and heavy haulage units out here in Australia right up until the E9 were were Mack six cylinders 320 Coolpower as we called them They were either Maxidyne or Thermodyne most believe were the thermodyne and even after the E9 400 hp was released the 320 Thermodyne was still a big seller and some were even put into super liners the gross weight of the road trains were 115 ton max I always felt the fitment of a Thelma retarder would be a big advantage to a Mack motor the dynatard is pretty useless Paul
  18. as farmer 52 says and if your going to leave it for a long time with out touching the clutch you maybe able to push a bit of wood to hold the clutch disengaged and then it can never stick again but I wouldnt buy a new clutch a would just put it back in it will clean it self up in no time at all and work the clutch every few weeks a few times Paul
  19. there you go looks like good truck to me Paul
  20. Paul I am shocked I have never seen another thing like that in my life thats how should I put it "OUT THERE" you could park that in a normal car park just hang the bonnet over the gutter might even block the foot path LOL Paul
  21. Yeah I can see I didnt explain my self very well if all six exhausts are going into the one manifold then exhaust gases all get mixed together and turn into one gas the result of the six different gases mixed and the pyro temp would be the average of the six so it is quit possible that one cylinder could be 200 degrees C and the other and another 300 and two at 400 and one at 1000 and I dont know the last one at say 550 degrees C so if we add them all together we get 2850 divide that by six = 475 degrees which on the pyro gauge would look all ok but as you can see the temps are all over the place and one of them to stage it's gunna melt a piston Dunno if I have helped to explain or made me look more of a fool Paul
  22. Im no hot rodding type of person but trying to think of how it could happen leads me to think of it like this If only one cylinder is running hot the pyrometer wont pick that maybe because the overall heat spread across six pots will still measure ok so although you may be watching the pyrometer like a hawk the one cylinder getting hot might not show up due to the rest of the cylinders running cool if that makes any sense Im just thinking out aloud as stated above the most likely cause is a fuel problem and that can only be two things to much fuel or the timing at least that is my understanding good luck Paul
  23. The head lights are all in unusual posistions on the trucks over there I gather like the DM's it is some local requirement do you know if these bottom ones were six cylinders or V8's Paul
  24. How'd you find backing the quad dog Tim ? do you jack knife it around to empty the tipper body on the truck ?? Paul
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