mrsmackpaul

Dunno if this is the same truck or not as the add Logging in north east Victoria, Australia, Peter Nichols photo I believe

Deboss garage from Canada ?? Youtube channel mechanic bloke Anyway, some ford thingy, hang on I'll have a look Have a look, may help or give fresh ideas Or maybe just waste 5 minutes of your life LOL Paul

If there's any metal to hook a earth lead to weld a nut on Wet rag to cool the area immediately after welding Paul

I reckon mid 80s you could still buy them in Australia Notice the R model tipper shown is NewZealand built Paul

Looks like a nice day for making a movie Paul

Most times a drill bit breaks off in a lot of hole I find I can get it out with just punch and gently farnarkling about Tap tap tappity tap, this way and that on whats left a the bit lets go Paul

Paint stripper will be your friend with spiders After all the castings aren't that flash, I wouldn't waist my money on sandblasting them Drop them off, if it needs a new drum drop t he drum off as well If no new drum is needed then paint stripper and pressure wash, then paint and they should be like they left the factory Paul

I got mine rebuilt maybe 5 years ago I tried myself to have a go and made a new seal for the sweep/paddle thing inside and shoved a heap of Vaseline in it, no bloody good So off it went for a rebuild, I feel it was a few hundred Australian, so that's probably a few hundred U.S. today with inflation Finding a place to fix it is gunna be the challenge Paul

Bob, if I remember correctly, I think I cut a slit in the fiber glass from the rear and man handled the fiber glass out Then I seem to remember I got a piece of 3/16" stainless plate and drilled and tapped threads on the correct spots and slid that in I know the stainless bit is correct, and I got some 2 pack resin type of deal and stuck it all in place Mal had already painted the bonnet and was thousands of km away when I discovered the threaded bits were stuffed, so plan "D" or "E" was needed lol I just sort of made it up on the run and it has been fine for 100's of thousands of km since Paul

I think but do not hold me to this that as long as it has the right amount of studs and is a two valve head off a E6 it should be okay If the injector is stuffed as it probably (definitely) is now and you reckon the head might be as well, just take a die grinder to the remnants of the injector and carefully get stuck into it with a bur bit in the die grinder If nothing else you will learn a bit about it Dunno about changing the whole motor with another second hand motor You dunno what your buying, no matter how well intentioned the seller may be Everything you do to this motor now is a known quantity, chucking some other unknown quantity in is like throwing good money after bad to me Anyway thats my 2 cents worth Paul

Most people in Australia just clean the spider up when it is still on the axle Easier to rotate and handle Plenty of people used to buy rag tyres and store them for 12 months to harden up before using them, much better wear Dunno, it's all getting exciting as things progress Paul

Turn the knob back, as in twist I never new this as it rarely rains were I live so I just the wipers were rubbish for decades Sent the motor off to be rebuilt, refitted it and no different Phoned the bloke and he said to increase the pressure "Mate the trucks not gunna go any higher than a 115 psi" Turn the knob I was told, he had to really explain it to me What a result lol Paul

Cracking there is common but not normally a concern, don't over think this until you hear back from the place with your head, almost anything is repairable and the U.S. has a lot more heads than Australia ever had and I wouldn't be concerned about tracking one down in Australia Paul

Yes, your what I think is called "neutralizing" in a more modern transmission Think about it like this If both sticks are in neutral the in between the two sections stops spinning So of course to get any gear to line up you need to make one half of the transmission come to a complete stop Thats what happens when you stop So always keep one of the sticks in gear When shifting it is only in neutral on both sections for a split second, not like when you roll around a corner at walk pace Put a transmission brake in the mix and it becomes a real mess very quickly Paul

Brocky and Brockway lovers I have mentioned before about Brockway trucks been sold in Australia and I have found the add for them, if you can call it a add Must of been i.pressed as they wrote a poem UK Diesels appear to of been the importers which is a surprise So they were coming in in 1973 Paul

So damaged the rectifier then ? It clearly was damaged as a result of something that is still going wrong Don't want to damage the new rectifier or regulator Paul

Hmmmm, well back to testing then So the rectifier wasn't faulty, the regulator isn't faulty Paul

Not a truck and north America, although it does get a mention https://www.facebook.com/reel/134678686374402?mibextid=Vztt45 Let me know if the link doesn't work Paul

Im a few days late But I hope the duck had a great day, didn't get 36 light's on the Green Hornet for the big day, but got the Green Hornet back, well almost on the day Paul

So would I be correct in my understanding of this tilt tray The bumber bar light bracket doohickie has it's own hydraulic function and this also doubles as the feet or stabilizer to take the strain and stop the truck doing a wheel stand The big long ram on top pushes the tray back and gravity allows it to gently lower to the ground as point of balance changes as the tray slides back And I gather you have a hydraulic winch up the front as well in the floor of the tray Do I have any of this correct Tilt trays over there are a lot different than Australia Paul

That colour green is gunna hard to hide in from the law Paul

That's a heck of a big smile you have Enjoy the Green Hornet, so do you polish up the aluminium bits all shiny like ? Paul

Guessing is over now Looks like a collet broke, the bit the holds the valve in the valve spring keeper I have found this before on Mack E6 motor I would get the checked for cracks and make a plan from there Finding out the state of the head to me is important before making any decisions In the mean time, check everything else like push rods, cam etc and really try and nail down what is what while waiting to hear about the head Paul