mrsmackpaul

mate the clutch brake only works when the clutch pedal is all the way down to the floor so what this means is for driving and changing up and down gears DO NOT PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR as no matter how well you try to match speeds the input shaft will stop spinning and grind every time the only time you will use the clutch brake is when you are stopped and what it does is stop the input shaft from spinning so that the shaft speeds in the box are matched ie both are stopped spinning other wise you have to sit and wait and wait and wait oh yeah and wait some more and if its a Mack Maxitorque better lite a smoke as those shafts weigh so much you will have wait a long time for those shafts to stop spinning and if the gears arent lined up you let the pedal back out to have another go at getting the shafts lined up again So as you can see the clutch brake is only used to stop the input shaft from spinning when you are starting off Another thing if you are coasting up to a stop and push the clutch pedal down to the floor and the truck is in gear the whole truck will be trying its hardest to tear the clutch brake out so you need to keep the pedal a inch or two off the floor when in use unless you are trying to start off stick with it and it will get much easier real quick once you under stand the way its meant to work also might pay to adjust the clutch to make sure there is enough clearance for the clutch brake to work correctly hope some of this might help Paul

I think I would need oxygen up there in the clouds I might get air sick Paul

he wasnt gonna give in with out a fight !!!!!!!!!! Paul

yep did some check of my own that fact that its gotta be gone in 10 days or the property returns to them even though you have paid for it sought of soured the deal for me as Im in Australia might take a few weeks to get it out and to a holding yard its to risky to leave it for someone else to pickup the amount of times one gets let down with the parts coming and arrives three days late wouldnt do much good for me I can just imagine someone turning up three days late to pick it up to much money to risk like that Paul

Next you blokes will want a strippers pole I have bad news for you lot I dont look any good pole dancing

hookas dont they charge by the hour or am I mistaken again Paul

AH dumb question whats a smoker is that were we all sit around sucking on cigars ? or perhaps its on of them big peace pipes with hoses for everyone ? Paul

Oh yeah when something is stuck or wont work properly we squirt a bit of POSSUM PISS ON IT and when wet are trying to start some stubborn diesel of another make inferior to Mack we give it squirt of GIGGLE GAS and when your away from home and wanna talk to the cheese you give her a bell on the DOG AND BONE I better stop other wise I will be going all night and all you lot will think of lost the plot Paul

Mate we Aussies dont go out side for a piss head out for a SLASH or TO WATER THE HORSE SIPHON THE PYTHON and we blokes dont go for number 2's we TAKE A DUMP or BOMB ENGLAND or SEND THE QUEEN A TELEGRAM and a whole lot more but I thought I might get chucked off if I put them up And what do put in a pie warmer A MAGGOT BAG or a DOG'S EYE perhaps a GROWLER or maybe a MYSTERY BAG or perhaps a C--K ROLL and after youve had mains for a nice cake whats better than a SNOT BLOCK Or perhaps if you were feeling real cheeky you would walk into the milk bar or cafe and ask HOW MUCH FOR THE BLOWIES IN THE WINDOW Gotta love your idea for the crapper sure wont get as much nagging then one can only dream Paul

what ever is under the bonnet its a coolpower something either Maxidyne or Thermodyne but is a coolpower truck you can tell by the 2 air cleaners ones for the motor and the other supplys the tip turbine intercooler thingo at least thats the way there done here in Australia and you can tell its a six cylinder buy the short bonnet Paul

well had some spare time today so I had a look see at what figures I could find In 1968 Truck and Bus did a road test between Melbourne and Sydney for people that dont no thats around 800km proberly 850 km crossing the Great Dividing range twice thats the main mountain range on the eastern sea board of OZ runs top to bottom of the main land anyway it was one the first 4 Maxidynes in OZ pulling a pantec I think it said gross weight around 32 tons it averaged 6 MPG neat The truck test I was thinking of was in 1978 300 Maxidyne with 12 speed OD 5.02-1 ass end gross 35 tons it got 5.5 MPG on its test, the company that owned the truck said that it averaged around that but had got as good 7 MPG In 1981 there was a Cruise Liner with a E6 - 350 12 speed 4.64 ass end pulling a double deck stock crate gross weight 39 tons got 5.1 MPG which isnt to bad considering pulling a double crate is like pulling a big parachute behind you I my self cant give you anything special because I dont have a tipper but cruising around local work with a float "lowloader or maybe low boy" I would have expected around 6.5 MPG with a semi with a high load 5.5 MPG road train doubles about 80 tons around between 5 and 5.5 a lot depends on were you are as in open plains or trees and hills open plains really sucks the fuel I have been down to 55 - 60 km/h across the Hay plains in NSW and once I get up into the scrub and few hills in Queensland I cruise at around 80 - 85 km/h same load just a bit further north my Mack is a 320 cool power ( Thermodyne ) 12 speed OD 5.73 ass end So I guess all this dosnt mean much but the one common thing I have to say is these older motors out perform the new trucks just little bit slower but by far a lot cheaper to run and to bye kinda makes me wonder why they stopped making them but thats a whole other storey Paul

AH a wife that dont nag kids that have left home a big bag cash oh yeah your off to a good start she looks nice and yellow Paul

thought this might help http://flxibleowners.org/article-the-brake-system-adding-spring-brakes/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJSFlp8Pws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqvO_IwHbM I didnt watch it all but they explain how the brakes are meant to work as they a picture is worth a thousand words I hope this helps Paul

first welcome aboard I would have thought the brakes should pull it fine I suppose first things first how do you adjust the brake ? how about oil leaks around the axle ? is the shoes the right radius for the drum some times shoes have to ground to suit the drum if it is worn ? is there air leaking out when you apply the brakes ? do you have enough air pressure at the maxi chambers on the axle ? Paul

governor spring in the injector pump ???????? Paul

Interesting enough back in the late 70's they had fuel trials almost every month in the "Truck and Bus" magazine fuel trials might not be the right word anyway they did truck test and they had a Mack with I think from memorey 300 coolpower with a 12 speed and I reckon it got close to 7.5 MPG it had a triaxle tipper grossing around 38.5 tonne so that would have to be around 85000 I could find the artical if you like and post it in here Paul

notice in the second pic the there are 2 R 700's one with normal mud guard height the other looking as ugly as a hat full of a$$holes dont no why the made the earlier ones that way but as far as I know all fiberglass bonnets were made in Australia they might have been specials for Brambles to give more strength for off road as these trucks spent a lot of time off road Paul

Mate your kidding arent you I was looking forward to seeing more of that I guess we need to let that be a lesson to all of us hand down the cash straight away and take the new toy home with you BUT!!!! like all of these things easier said than done especially as these toys are a bit big to put under your arm as said above that sucks Paul

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