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And the 3208 fitted a lot better in the engine bay of a Louisville than a inline 6 As did the 903 Paul

That's a good run out of the truck, for sure Seems like fairly humble type of bloke, doubt we'll see him on any supertrucker videos on the jacob brake through every gear Paul

Just spoke to my local supplier, Monday delivered to me and between 40 - 50 bucks Australian They are getting me a exact price and as soon as I know I'll let you know Paul

If you want I'll ring around locally and pop them in the mail It make take a day or 2 to get to me and if I bung them on air freight they'll be in the U.K. within the week Paul

Just a quick Google and yes kits are available from Watts, the forum here Reckon PAI would also have the kit For me, that trucks a bargain buy, it runs and that's a positive and it doesn't knock, that's even better So it may or may not need a in frame rebuild, only guessing at this this stage But I feel for 10 grand or less you'll have a good truck Paul

Known as the "Muck Truck" out here And yes, yiu gotta eat what you gotta eat Paul

Dunno Bob I have a few movies I really enjoy and have watched them plenty of times Really pisses the Princess off when I watch them again for probably the 20th time Last Saturday night after a few boubons, I put "Wild Hogs" on, laughed like the idiot that I am And even surprised myself and stayed awake But normally it's the other way around, the Princess is watching some crappy show and I just toddle off to bed and she watches what ever crappy shows she wants I guess this why we love them ha ha Paul

RAW RAW RAW RAW, I think Princess has the same book of instructions ha ha ha Wood is only good for keeping us warm lol Paul

A very different flood than we have in most of Australia The water must of been roaring Truck looks amazing and the helper is there helping as well Life really doesn't get much better I'm thinking Paul

Good job and a good helper helping Paul

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And what happens in Australia were we have km/h Paul

Well I have no idea were NC is, I could Google it but a little mystery is good in life Should sell fairly easy been that neat Good luck with the sale, I don't sell anything, I'm gunna be one of those blokes when they have a clearing sale after I'm dead that everyone scratches their head about and the crap I have collected Paul

Well I can honestly say you aren't the first bloke to have life get in the way of a good plan Next thing I woke up, 30 years of marriage, a few farms later, milked some cows, burnt some sugar cane, made some hay, had a family driven shitty old Mack all over this wide brown land pulling road trains, managed power plants and the list goes on And all would you believe in the blink of a eye ha ha ha Don't worry smoothy, life gets bloody crazy for a while yet So my 2 cents of advice, enjoy the family, I mean really take time to enjoy family life as the kids are teenagers in a blink of an eye and hate their parents until they are 25 or there abouts Oh and the Mack is as cool as all get out!!! And congratulations on the bub and fresh almost new Mack, the 80's was only yesterday after all after all that I still have the Mack and the bride, my Dad that's in one of these photos not so, my niece, the little girl in the pink jumper is all grown up Paul

Well done everyone thats had a birthday that I've missed Hope you all got rotten as chop and forgot how old you were for one day Paul

I feel so embarrassed about how much I have got wrong each day Paul

And I would rather drive a 3208 or 555 than 6V53 screaming GM all day Paul

I think your right Jo Jo People need to compare apples with apples They are a basic bare bones poverty pack motor made more short haul around type delivery type of deal I think they performed extremely well at this type of work Paul

There some class looking milk trucks Paul

I dunno how I made it this far with out this useful advice Bugger me I'm a looser, this bloke has it all going on Paul

3208 was available in just about everything in Australia I think they were okay for what they were and petrol motors they replaced Even the 555 was good if you compare it to the petrol V8's it replaced Ford tractors were had no liners in their diesel motors on 3000 - 5000 models As Geoff has already said, they are just like a car engine Brocky Ford Louisville trucks had them, even smaller Louisville semi trailers had them They went okay and held their own We need to remember back when these and the 555 were been sold in the U.S. the highway limit was 55 MPH and Australia it was 80 km/h for trucks so a lot less power was required Paul

The wrong pinion on the starter motor The wrong clearance on the starter motor pinion to ring gear Ring gear is badly damaged in one spot and this binds on the pinion Starter shaft has no grease on it from new and is binding on the shaft Paul

Yes the BMT forum is a bunch of fun and great bunch of like minded people Paul

Which thing, the big or the little ? Paul

Sounds good, keep us updated Don't be shy to share a photo or two Paul