mrsmackpaul

I just did a quick Google and yes plenty of re enactment took place Paul

That would of already happened as D day has alread passed before the north America has D day I haven't heard anything about it, but I believe that reenactments are a annual thing in that part of the world Paul

You are correct, my bad conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit Anyway I'm allowed to stuff up, sorry about that Off to the naughty corner for me

Start with the basics Is it clean, I don't mean clean to look at Clean as in, hold a lead light on one side and actually look thru the core, you should be able to see the light very clearly Blockages have a bad habit of getting sucked in pretty deep People try and blow them out and this just pushes the blockage deeper Into the medicine cabinet and long pair of tweezers, some mig if you have some with a small hook bent on the end Just some small wire if you don't have mig wire This type of operation takes me a full day if they have been badly blocked 180°f is getting to hot to be running for any length of time in my uneducated opinion Paul

I'm sort of stunned no on has mentioned it on here yet I was gunna leave this for the someone from the States or some other part of the world 80 years ago today, yesterday in Australia D Day landings happened Australia was pretty busy in the Pacific at this stage so we pretty much only had 3500 airmen in bomber command at this time I wonder had this not of happened would France be speaking Russian or German still Russia was hot on Hitlers tail by this stage Anyway, thanks to all that served Did you know Eisenhower wrote two speeches He would of been under tremendous pressure A speech if it all went okay A speech if it went pare shaped https://www.npr.org/2013/06/08/189535104/the-speech-eisenhower-never-gave-on-the-normandy-invasion

Doing it in comfort there Paul

This came across my social media today Homemade Tractor From A Mack Truck Big tractors cost lots of money, unless you build your own like G. R. Rasmussen and his son, Brian, did in the workshop on their farm near Standard, Alberta, Canada. Their homemade 135 hp tractor started as a Mack truck and the rear end from a Euclid machine found in a scrap yard. It took one winter to put the tractor together. "We've been using it for ten years and it's still going strong," says Brian. The Rasmussens particularly liked the big displacement (673 cu. in.) and slow speed (1,600 to 1,700 rpm) of the Mack engine. That power, plus a 15-speed transmission with 10 speeds slower than 10 mph, lets them pull a 36-ft. hoe drill with fertilizer attachment, or a 36-ft. chisel plow and smoothing harrow. Top speed is about 20 mph, but their normal field speed is about 4 to 6.5 mph, says Brian. So, it's easy to match power to the implement and field conditions. The frame of the Mack truck was cut off just back of the cab and welded to the underside of the Euclid axle. The frame was reinforced with extra beams and the driveshaft shortened and coupled to the Euclid differential. However, the truck front suspension and steering system remained unchanged, with the short wheelbase permitting sharp, quick turns. An extra brake pedal was added to provide individual braking of rear wheels for easier turning. New dual wheel rims and dual 18.4-38 tires added to the tractor's cost, but were worth it, according to the Rasmussens. The rear axle had a positive traction differential when they bought it. Concerned that this might restrict maneuverability, the Rasmussens installed a new "spider" and have no differential lock now. However, this has not been a problem, according to Brian, who notes that "we've had very little problem with the tractor ever getting stuck." "The combination of truck front suspension, the truck seat, and the mid-tractor operator location provide a very smooth ride. The cab is cleaner and quieter than the cabs on many tractors. One reason for the lower noise level is the slower engine speed, compared to most current tractors," Brian points out. The original sealed beam headlights were retained and sealed beam work lights were mounted on the back side of the cab. An old power steering pump, driven from the front of the engine, provides hydraulic power for implement control. It's a bit slow, admits Brian, but it was economical and he says the system doesn't need high capacity for their work. Two remote valves are located in the cab, and a used air tank on the front bumper is the oil reservoir. To prevent kinking or damaging hydraulic hoses between the tractor and implement, the hoses and couplers are supported on a vertical pipe bracket welded to the swinging drawbar. This keeps hoses more in line with the implement tongue and requires less slack than if the couplers and hoses were mounted on the axle. The drawbar was made from the 2 3/4-in. square steel frame of a Minneapolis-Moline one-way tiller. Would they build another tractor like this one? "We've considered it," says Brian, noting that these are the components and features he and his dad would look for or want to include in the next model they build: "First of all, we'd look for a big, slow-speed 6-cylinder engine. We feel that newer truck cabs are higher and most have larger windows, so visibility would be better. The rear end might come from a junked tractor, an earth mover, or perhaps even a 'retired' 4-wheel drive. Paul

Well thats sorted then Mind you, U.S. Mack trucks are very different to Australian and NewZealand are very different to Australian Macks Paul

A very different part of the world to what I'm used to seeing Paul

I often wonder were he is, he seemed to be happy in his new life Hope he didn't drop off the perch Paul

Currently new Mack Superliner out on demo between Brisbane and Darwin Not my photos Paul

Do you make the patch thicker than the original piece to add more strength I have no idea about this stuff Paul

Last Mack built in the world with a E9 So perhaps think about this, your wanting 30% more power out of nearly 40 year old motor from a design thats 50 years old And you want it reliable I see no issue with that Also to consider, that back in the day when big power and running fast was everything, if it was that simple to get extra power out of these Mack wouldn't of thought of it First E9's were 400 for a Maxidyne and 440 for the Thermodyne Things came a long way since then, 50% more power Maybe it is doable, I dunno enough about the E9 Paul

You can in Australia So I guess you can in the U.S. as well Paul

Vlad that is fantastic, Im lost for words I have no idea about traveling over seas to a country that doesn't speak the same language And thank you for the pictures, fantastic stuff indeed I'm really impressed by it all Strangely it doesn't look very much like a desert, as that's how I expect Iran to be Love the old B models sign writing Paul

Yes Bob, and they are gunna need a crane for almost everything, due to its size Paul

Thats a goos buy for someone Good luck to them Paul

Did I just steer this topic into the side cut Bugger me Paul, you've done it again

Relax everyone, I found it Crank up the volume, poor your self a cold one and enjoy Happy days everyone Paul

Joey I could never dump 70 grand into a motor, and that was about 5 years ago With the clowns running the show today it would be probably 85 grand You can buy a good late model truck with more power and more reliability for less money But it won't have that E9 sound They do sound tough and have a very distinctive note, bop bop bopping along I reckon there's a Aussie song about bop bop bopping along in my Superliner There is a song about nothing can be finer in my valueliner or some such thing Paul

Mate I'm no expert but that is how I would of tackled the big hole I guess it's like concreting, put some form work up, poor the mix in, trowel it off Bloody good job the Bob Paul

All I can say is the E9 is no were near as tough as a E6 or E7 I have no doubt at all that they can be turned right up "Every action has a equal and opposite reaction" The last E9 fitted to any truck in the world was fitted to a Australian Titan in 1999 and was a 610 The E9 was a huge motor in its day but it was never as reliable as other brands or other Mack motors of the time Tripple road trains back then were 115 ton or 253000 pounds in north American talk These trucks ran at 55 MPH gear bound (diff ratio) before electronic speed limiters 5.73 was a quick road train ratio, a lot were in the 6's 525 was as far as any mechanical motor was turned up for this type of work, this was in the days when you could buy a brand new off the shelf E9 long motor for less than 20 grand Australian So no one gave 2 hoots about chasing parts as they were plentiful Bottom ends seemed to be okay but heads were prone to dropping valves A bloke in Australia I was yacking to maybe 4 or 5 years ago at Dubbo Mack was running a R 700 with a E9 turned up pulling road trains and couldn't keep the 12 speed Mack box together So you can read into what I have written how ever you want I think you can definitely turn the E9 right up and make bucket loads of power, but keeping it going pulling weight up and down hills is a lot different than pulling the power for a few seconds on a dyno The advice I offer is just that, advice and should be taken with a grain of salt And now a "Sunday morning sermon" as we called them after a big night out and parents gave us a lecture about been idiots while we supported a bloody good hangover, oh and it is 5.30 am Sunday morning in Australia at the moment as well Many decades ago before I was hatched into the world my Dad was on his way to work one morning Some ass clown coming towards Dad had blacked out behind the wheel, the car drifted across the road leaving my Dad no were to go The result was a head on collision, Dad spent 8 months in hospital, 2 busted legs, crushed ankles and a whole host of other injuries When he left hospital, one leg was 2 1/2 inches shorter than the other Fast forward 37 years and Dad decides to get his leg lengthened and repaired In Dads mind it was gunna be a simple proceedure, leg lengthened, a few months to all heal up and battah bing battah boom, a new man Turns out limping around for 37 years meant every other joint was stuffed and lengthening the leg stopped the limp but the knees, ankles and hips were buggered Now I have no doubt the medical staff and doctors fully explained what Dad was in for and what the expected results might be but, Dad I felt only heard the bits he wanted to hear Now what might this have to do with a E9 Mack, absolutely bloody nothing at all However we only hear what we wanna hear If we are searching on Google we all have a habit of coming up with results that we search for, after all we punch it into Google and it searches for what we put in there How many people that are serious gamblers talk about their losses and not about their wins ? We only ever hear about the wins in life and rarely about lifes failures, it would all be a bit depressing if we all spoke about failures So I guess we (the jokers on this forum) are not a Google search engine and as such you might not get the same answers as if you Google the answer And most of us don't like seeing Macks getting broken so our advice maybe a little more conservative than some other sources, as we may well be slightly biased I wonder if our thoughts will be different if E9 parts were plentiful and cheap as chips Last bloke to get a E9 built in Australia that I know spent 70 grand on the motor, it is bullet proof and is turned up a fair way Good luck with it all and keep us posted And yes I seriously do mean that, good luck and keep us posted There's lots of advice on here from years ago about cranking up Mack motors for more go, that attitude has changed over the years, I guess we all wanted to tear ass in hot rods once Paul

No RHD U models that I know of, there was a DM 800 on oil rig work out here, it got converted to RHD later in life but the cab got shifted to the center Paul