mrsmackpaul

So Bob, does this mean your all done doing dumb shit ? I was beginning to think blokes never stopped doing dumb shit until we fell off the perch 😄🙃 Paul

What a great collection Paul

Yes there's a lotta corners in the chassis tp clean and sand and so on Looking very purple Paul

Well this is good news then, no leaks is a bonus I know when I fixed mine it stopped leaking on the outside and then just leaked into the motor via the compressor ha ha ha That was all a tight fit for me Paul

inspector Clouseau, I love it and yes, also quality control, customer feed back and general all round judge built a ramp at the back of the house a fortnight ago for Miss Molly, hand rail and all my inspector Clouseau advised that it didn't quite line up properly and could be a trip hazard my un helpful reply, "I didn't build it for you and you can keep on using the stairs" was not as helpful as I thought it might of been gasket is looking good Paul

Good luck, should I have the cocktails ready for the celebration drink ?? Might start mixing just to be ready Paul

Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone I always say to people that dogs are only with us for a short while because they give so much in that short time I have never bought a dog, they just sort of end up in my life, normally as a pup I wish I had my older mind many years ago with dogs as my biggest regrets inlife are when I have really done my block (gotten really angry) at a dog It achieved nothing and the dog meant nothing wrong, I guess age gives us wisdom, sometimes ? Miss Molly will be missed by me thats for sure and to me she was a unofficial forum member as she featured in plenty of messages and story telling Miss Molly came into my world when I was putting underground power onto a cattle station (ranch) in north Queensland, Leichhardt Creek station (is about 33,000 acres) Anyway this little pup, maybe about 10 or 12 weeks old gave me a hand all day, whether I needed a hand or not grabbing conduit and electrical wire, the end of the day I was asked if I would like her to which I said "YES PLEASE" and she came back to the sugar cane farm and chased roo's and pulled deer down and wrestled big goannas and generally lived a good life full of adventure She always loved riding in the trucks, she loved the little Isuzu as she could lay on the seat and cuddle me and watch the road all at the same time what a mate she was, did many 1000s of km sitting on the passenger seat of the Mack, I dunno how she sat there for so long but she loved it and would really crack a darcky if I left her behind I do a lot of running and in maybe the last 6 months she started to struggle to do the miles in the morning so the runs got shorter she loved it when we shifted to town as she would clean up around the fast food fish and chip cafe type of shops Anyway she bought me a lot of joy and I hope she had fun Leichhardt Creek station called her "Rubbish" as they were convinced she would never amount to much as she was kinda smallish for a working dog in Australia were they generally have huge dangley legs to cover upwards of 50 km a day working cattle and sheep the Princess changed her name to Molly I usually called Sweety or Darling pie once again, thanks for the kind thoughts Paul

You all may of picked up I have been lucky enough to have a border collie dog share my life and tolerate me for well over a decade I did wonder when she was young if border collies ever slept Well apparently border collies do eventually sleep Poor old Miss Molly the border collie is gone After loosing the use of her right back leg 5 or 6 weeks ago for no apparent reason, the poor darling had something wrong inside and she went down hill pretty quick Anyway I can't be cruel and made the decision have my darling put down What a good little doggolog she has been

See, that's what I'm talking about, we have all had those moments in life we're we wanna leave a lasting impression ha ha ha Always good to have some fun and it is a battle to honestly remember some of the stupid stuff I have done Thank goodness there was no smart phones years ago But, I doubt a younger me would of cared, as long as my parents never found out I was doing okay The joys of growing up in a country town were everyone knows everyone If you really make a ass of yourself your parents find out before you make it home and the wrath of Mum and Dad was worse than any law enforcement person Paul

So to add some useless information here The main reasons (in Australia at least) for the change from generators to alternators in the automotive world world is pretty simply Alternators last much longer than generators in the automotive world as the spin so quick and the generator has a commutator And a alternator has slip rings The commutator by it's design us very aggressive on the brush gear and it wears very quickly Slip rings are nice and smooth and will often last the life of the motor Alternators as mentioned generate power at a lower speed and the generator commutators tended to come apart in young bucks hotted up cars when giving them a boot full of revs Paul

Your hand brake/park brake/or what ever you call it in Yanky land is stuck on Looks like the brake handle is in the released position here so I'm guessing the shoes are stuck on the brake drum on the tail shaft on the rear of the transmission Maybe easier to just un bolt the tail shaft at the diff and tie it out of the way as you were only planning on using the cab I believe Dropping the tail shaft will make it much easier to shift about I had to re read the thread to remember what was what This gave me a chuckle Even more of a chuckle was the grumpy bum replies from some of more mature (Old and forgotten what it's like to be young and have some fun) members Dunno, actually I do know, I remember been young and silly and running hot dog mufflers on a 3 inch exhaust doing our best to rattle the possums out of the trees on a Friday and Saturday night as we tore around town Some of you blokes need to try and remember how much fun was had with a loud exhaust on a hotted up car If you wanna jake every gear as you roll through town, go your hardest, have some fun, your gunna be old and past it in the blink of a eye Go on "BRING THE THUNDER" ha ha ha Paul

Good job and great result Paul

Great news, job was well worth it Better than my results of trying to fix power steering leaks, fixed one and it pissed out else where, fix that and somewhere else I finally got it all sorted The good news is the truck just got cleaner and cleaner as I fixed each leak Still leaks out the winch Paul

So the page and a half of complicated instructions on timing of the steering box and pulling it apart again and again and the rest of that stuff I am far to dumb to understand wasn't needed ?? Great news it's all coming along Paul

I expect it is done like that so cattle don't slip over Paul

Might of been a tad skinner when I was 20 as well Getting (probably already was) shit faced at the summer nats, big piss up for rev heads at Canberra between boxing day and new years day Boy I could drink all night then Paul

Great stuff, you blokes have been as busy as a one armed wall paper hanger It's coming up really well, no time for beer yet, only a few weeks left in the shed, plenty of time for beer after that ha ha ha Keep us all posted Paul

Ha ha bloody ha Mate your having a crack, that's winning right there Don't matter how much goes wrong, your having a crack and that's more than most Paul

Okay feel I have a better grasp of the problem now, so when I am put a transmission or splitting a fram tractor and trying to put it back together I remember what my I over heard my Uncle explain to one of my cousins when I was a teenager Get some longer bolts the same thread as the engine block (in your case the steering box) and cut the heads off these Screw a couple in finger tight, then this guides you as you try and line things up on your own Once you get a proper bolt in, just unscrew the others with the heads cut off Notice I started off mentioning engine block, that's because this what was been discussed back then I have used this idea so many times on a lot more than just guiding a transmission back to a engine block Even just try to get gaskets to sit in a certain spot when I am dropping a rocker cover back on Inlet and exhaust mainfolds It is such a smart idea, I keep the bolts in a tin and fimd I actually don't need that many different bolts Anyway, I feel this idea may help a lot here Or I can just jump on the kero kite and come and help Paul

We are expecting progress and a steering box at least mounted on the frame, even if only held in postion with a long bolt that's to small If it is any consolation, I find everything on truck takes a lot longer, simply because it's bigger and heavier and takes so much more effort to shift it a poofteenth of a inch And truck parts can pinch fingers or squash me so much more efficiently than car parts Keep at it Bob Paul

You blokes are pretty quick, mind you'll find it nice and quiet at 1600 rpm My bucket of bolts is pretty loud over 2000 rpm, 2100 is near 60 MPH and when I'm coasting along and the oils all hot it's ringing in my ears 1950 rpm is a lor quieter and at 55 MPH is much more relaxing Yeah very unfashionable and slow compared to blokes but we don't have traffic were I drive Paul

Wow, never heard of that happening Hoping it all goes okay, I decided maybe 10 years ago to start actually trying to take care of myself, dunno how well it's working for me but I'm still ticking along with no medication But injuries do happen easier and come from no we're these days Paul

Great stuff, really impressive Paul

I guess it really depends on what floats your boat I like the more classic scroll work I'm guessing period correct wpuld be graphics from the 80's See if this works https://share.google/hiURnM8cyEvLgRPic Might have to clickty click a bit, but there's 51 pages of Superliners for your viewing pleasure Paul

Well there goes the neighborhood ha ha People everywhere will be having a love affair with that Paul