mrsmackpaul

1 hour ago, cruiseliner64 said:

Great pictures Paul.Mack looks class.A lot of my mates went to Austraila in the 80s when there was no work here.Some came back and the rest I lost track of.....Im thinking I should have went but thats water under the bridge now......oh how old is your Mack? Just interested.....

Paul

1981

11 hours ago, Mark T said:

Ya know ???? I got stuck in the truck with the 18 speed.  IDK if those road speed signs still apply and then there's that gray button 🤔

And what happens in Australia were we have km/h 

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 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

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

Which thing, the big or the little ?

Paul

Sounds good, keep us updated 

Don't be shy to share a photo or two

Paul

4 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

That's great to hear!! So glad it survived the storm disaster.

Regarding the picture posting issue, it may be that your account has reached it's limit storage wise. I ran into this well into my postings on my build. I couldn't figure it out and edited some content out of my blog. I ended up contacting Barry to increase it by making a donation to the site. It helps keep the site going so we can all enjoy it. That may be the issue and I felt the donation was worth it to preserve my posting efforts and to help the site.

Yep, that's what I did and feel it was a great deal considering how much enjoyment I get from been a member here

Paul

Could always just pull a few leafs out of the spring packs and lower the air pressure 

I'm just lowering the tyre pressure will give some pretty substantial changes

Looks like your already on tubeless tyres so 50 - 55 psi is not a problem for running bob tail

Paul 

Happy birthday Brocky, dunno if Im late or still sneaking in on time

Hope your having a great day 

Paul