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Could a garage door spring front a tilting How to Measure Garage Door Torsion Springs | IDC Spring https://share.google/xyoyYEXRk4NstNITe Or maybe a conduit bending spring Paul

There you go, already making progress Paul

Maybe load it to youtube or someother host site and share the link might work Not to worry, it sounds like a interesting film Some rig truck operators are so gentle when the load is winched past the balance point and the front wheels gently touch the ground and others are, rip tear and bust Paul

What sort of physical size are the springs ? As in diameter and material and length Paul

My Federal also had the true stop E brake when new but all missing by the time it arrived in my life Any chance of sharing the super 8 movie ? Paul

What does the spring do ? Paul

Struth, that would of woken everyone right up Things do happen so easily and so quickly Paul

I wouldn't be surprised if the 6 71 was a re power The 6-71 is small on power but big on width and length and they aren't really well suited to fit into trucks, they are just about two wide to fit in between a road going truck chassis, they do fit but are very tight Paul

Oh, that's no good at all Paul

Looks like beautiful weather and a wonderful day was had by all A great turnout as well Paul

That's some big investment now, old crawlers usually aren't worth spending the money on if the walking gear ia buggered Plenty of machines in Australia are bought just for their walking gear Paul

Well thats fantastic, that certainly put a smile on my face I'm sure he'll enjoy the challenge and the fun that comes with it Well done Mum and Dad, you've done well Paul

Sounds like something may of let go Have you had the cover off the side and looked for any metal Drained the back end and looked for metal If theres no metal it might be just a seal As to how you fix it, I have never had a Mack diff center fail so I'm of no help here Paul

The high rise inlet manifold is different, guessing it is a custom jobby to fit under the bonnet Sounds like it was a big old truck in it's day I know New Zealand had a couple in the south Island coal mines I think Don't know of any in Australia, Swishy would know better than me though Paul

Yeah I guess your right And your thinking, is it to early for a bevy (drink) Well it is now, still dark out side I have been offline for a few days as apparently a cracked phone screen and diesel don't mix However I'm back now spinning cocktails the wrong direction down under Onto a more serious note Seals I'm no expert so I'll offer some worthless opinions Yes it has a wear ring Talk of wedding bands makes very nervous, so I won't go there, once is scary enough I reckon that band is mild steel and is used when you don't use a grit gaurd to take up the different gap The grit gaurd is the bit on the bottom, if some joker has got every last mile out of it before pulling stumps on the old seal and replacing it, I think your looking at the remaining bit as the rest wore away I reckon they went to the local parts store, armed with measurements and the seal in there is the result And Bob, they either didn't clean the drum and spider up or it was leaking for a long time before you owned it So your definitely not unlucky, I think a dud repaire was done last time and your seeing result of this My bucket of bolts was far worse than this once and now I wouldn't hesitate driving it anywhere now, a bit of money and a lotta work The good news is you can still get these seal kits easily, just need to know your axle rating, as in how many pounds and the kit should be able to worked out from there Brake springs, no drama Just get as close as you can and it should apples Oh, if it was my truck, while it's this far apart I would drop the S cam out. Reseal it, make sure the S cam is straightish. Get the slack adjuster in a vice and wind it around and around while pumping it with grease until all the dry old grease is out I usually pump mine with diesel and then re grease When it's re assembled, the brakes should snap back otofwhenffrom when they are on, fixing a dragging brake on the side of the road os no fun Anyway, I'll leave it in your capable hands Paul

Have you tried Mack, got mine from Mack, cost a bit though Paul

That's a sharp looking truck Paul

A little something like this on the day Except this is the afternoon milking Paul

Weren't you selling a C10 only little while back ? As long as your happy with the deal, I'd much rather a C 10 than a bike Paul

A picture may help Paul

Ah well, at least she knows were she stands now The Ford Explorers were sold out here for a while years ago, looked at getting the Princess a new one back then, maybe 30 years ago, back when we were full of hopes and dreams I dunno why they never sold well out here, they looked the part I bought Ford Ranger a while ago, 12 months or more, shouldn't have as I hardly drive it, but it does go well Dunno if the Ranger is in the states or not, Ford Australia is bringing out the Super Duty Ranger, 8 stud wheels 4.5 ton towing capacity, skid plates to the back of the transmission, snorkle and all the tough stuff Thinking maybe I should but probably won't Paul

Only in the U.S., in the rest of the world you can get the parts pretty easily, you just have to order them and ship them to the States, no big deal Paul

My boy had this thing about cruising around the farm with the AC on and the windows down, end result was the airvents would no longer blower air as the AC evaporator was choked with dust Stuff me that was a huge job, seats out, dash out, pretty much every last thing out of the cab What a bastard of a job, I was like a bear with a sore head and the Curley kid new it as well, but he had to help as he caused the problem he was sure as hell gunna fix the the problem, I coukd of throttled the little bastard Anyway, it cured his desire to have the windows down will cruising about with the AC on Big Bad Beautiful Sam, my old neighbour on the dairy farm took up driving trucks and he rolls into the cane farm one afternoon and tells me theiving bastards at KW in Townsville want 5 grand to change the fan in the heater/AC and can I do it for him, pop the bonnet (hood for you lot) and look and can see covers were it is on the engine side inside the cab, start u screwing things to have a better look and advise Sam it will take a couple of days to get it all apart and back together which was apparently what KW said as well What a crap design, but we get this some times Same ute as mentioned above, had a crook thermostat, gotta either drop the transmission or pull the motor So yeah Ca Ching Ca Ching is probably about right Paul

We found out on the 12th as due to time zones around the world it was already the next day, I was milking cows in the dairy and the Princess appeared with a cuppa A very unusual thing to happen that early in the morning and she told me about the news Not really knowing if it was true or not, it made no difference at all to me until I finally made it back inside the house a few hours later I sat there watching the T.V. a little gob smacked My old apprentice electrician from before dairy farming days called me to ask me if it was real or not Him and a mate were riding push bikes up Cape York, the pointy bit on the north east coast of Australia, very remote and very few people Him and his mate had got a bit shit faced the night before and the publican told them about the attacks when they finally awoke the next morning, he was convinced the pub owner was tricking him and called me because he knows I won't bull shit What a shock to the world it was and it changed the world forever I think people in Australia were possibly just as shocked as America I do remember that the news ran stories asking people to stop trying to enlist in the Armed forces in Australia as the Armed forces had no way of taking all the extra volunteers It was a nervous time for the world Paul

You blokes need one of these doohickies Most trucks with stud type of wheels carry these in Australia these days Guaranteed to bust any nut loose Paul