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Preferred exhaust expansion font.
mrsmackpaul replied to Licensed to kill's topic in Engine and Transmission
I think most trucks are rigid until they pass beside the transmission Paul -
Okay, apart from the typo of 14 grand revs Diesels need two things to work Fuel and air At 1400 does the exhaust run clean ? If it does your running out of fuel If it's black, your running out of air I can't give any further advice until these two questions are answered sorry Paul
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B-73 Restoration
mrsmackpaul replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
There's some photos here that need blowing and in hanging in the house, possibly even the dealership the new truck came from Some smarter than me could think of a smart caption comparing the two Really great photos I'm impressed with both trucks As for the price, you yanks have been spoilt with cheap trucks for 50 years or more, you wouldn't want to buy a truck in Australia, you'd all fairly die in the ass at new truck prices out here Paul -
Looking for 1979 Mack engine head
mrsmackpaul replied to RS Disposal's topic in Engine and Transmission
I find if I use a die nut instead of a die they work better, I feel a die is to aggressive and takes metal off the thread, a die nut sort of just cleans it up and pushes the thread back into shape rather than cut You blokes might not call them die nuts, you use funny names like zerk for grease nipples Imagine telling a shelia she gas zerks you could, oh never mind lol Heres a picture of a die nut They are only any good for cleaning up threads, not cutting them Paul -
Well the exact opposite has happened in Australia After a drought for a few years in a row we have had the best seasons I have ever seen in my life fir the last few years The farmers out bid everone to restock and now Australia, at least the eastern half is over stocked and a drier year is predicted this year Cattle prices have more than halved this year in the sale yards Super markets are different, the meat price has dropped a little I'm not really a pork or chicken man but I do prefer lamb chops, used to buy a side of lamb once As far as butchering a beast (cow or steer) you need probably at least one person that really knows what they are doing to break down the quarters and at least two good helpers to then process (make it into steak and mince roast, silver side etc)and pack the meat You then need a huge deep freeze and restack it eack week as it slowly freezes It takes three of us all day to do a beast This doesn't include the day you kill it as the meat needs to hang for a week in cool room to set, if you don't let it set, butchering is a huge job as it just wobbles about And yes I have done a few in my life Anyone that says they can do a beast in a few hours isnt been honest and isnt including killing, quartering, salting the hide, then butchering You can break the quarters down to cuts of meat in a few hours but definitely not butcher it And you need a really good back to carry the quarters from the front end loader or were ever you killed the beast into the cool room Is it worth it, with out a doubt in my mind it is but it's a huge job Ideally we would find people we new quite well and swap meat about so we got plenty of lamb and pork and they got plenty of beef Only swap meat with people you know well because if they haven't chilled it right you can easily end up crook and chucking meat away We also run all the bones thru the band saw for the dogs later on and put the bones in freezer Paul
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No harry I've got no idea on the original owner, I would be surprised if it was ever anything but a heavy haulage truck or a truck built for extremely heavy work The Mack dealer closest to me for many years (Townsville) thought maybe Papua New Guinea might of been it's original home I was thinking maybe NewZealand with the indicators in the headlight surrounds It has Mack Australia on the plates and was built to 115 ton from new 58,000 lbs back end, double 12 inch rails ? Mack called them 12 inch but they only measure I think 10 inches deep Looks like it's been upside down once The doors don't match the cab or the bonnet when we sanded it back which was a shock I wonder if L Arthur bought as a wreck and fixed it up ? Paul
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My Uncle collected model T Fords years ago and stored them at Mum abd Dads Mum cracked it one day and Dad pushed the lot into a gully with the RD6 Caterpillar All this stuff that got pushed into the gully Dad was buying exarmy Indians and Harleys for next to nothing used them on the farm and they all suffered the same fait Bloody criminal really but Dad couldn't see the value in this stuff Paul
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
So Sutton or Kango cobalt bits with Sutton venom cutting fluid Cutting fluid sticks like doo doo's to a blanket, so I can drill upside down and inside out with no dramas Trefolex also works really good as well Or a grinder also works pretty well Paul -
79 r model engine paint code
mrsmackpaul replied to hicrop10's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Dunno, my 81 Thermodyne is the same colour Paul -
Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I found for tough going cobalt bits are the go You can't sharpen them as the cobalt is a coating and once you grind it off the are back to a normal drill bit I can drill hardox steel okay with cobalt bits were as a normal high speed steel drill just goes blunt in a few seconds Paul -
PAI made these and as far as I know still do, as well as all the gears and at least some of the shafts Paul
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I dunno about those brands, I generally go for Sutton which is a Australian brand Paul -
R Model Cab Air Ride
mrsmackpaul replied to Mr Black's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Nope sorry Most times the link bends slowly overtime As long as the bag is fairly pumped with no wrinkles they work okay Paul -
B-73 Restoration
mrsmackpaul replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
As the others have said, lools great Better than anything I could do, I thought maybe gunna fill the screw holes as this would make it easier to keep looking schmik And I do like the idea of the emblem branded in Paul -
101 is a good run Cities across the world are always in a hurry, I just avoid them if I have to Paul
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Vlad I didn't know you couldn't get Facebook at the moment, I think thats what your saying And like Vlad, I have to many projects on at the moment and Australia and the leftards running the show have made it almost impossible to import trucks into Australia as of July 1st this year But yes that G model does look good Paul
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Looking for 1979 Mack engine head
mrsmackpaul replied to RS Disposal's topic in Engine and Transmission
Start from the middle and work outwards, slowly come up in torque over maybe 3 goes around And no thats not in the book but just what I was taught Paul -
LOL Yeah no proof reading done at all Amyway a thong goes on your foot out here
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Bugger me, no good at all I always always always get thongs completely finished to a certain stage before stopping, my memory is not good enough to remember minor things so I have learnt by my own mistakes to finish things to point before stopping Yeah I know that makes no sense at all but I know what I mean lol Paul
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Looking for 1979 Mack engine head
mrsmackpaul replied to RS Disposal's topic in Engine and Transmission
I would think the weights should be pretty close Someone smarter than me will know for sure I would hunt around a bit more for the correct piston I don't really think mixing up parts like this on the rotating assembly is a good idea Just keep on looking for the correct piston is my advice Paul -
2006 granite rear end out of alignment.
mrsmackpaul replied to No1eaglefan's topic in Driveline and Suspension
Could also measure the front and rear sides as well I feel all four measurements should be the same Paul
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