mrsmackpaul

Alpine green is what I believe they called the 2 stroke GM colour, or something alongs those lines Revisit this thread bellow for a clue to what Im talking about Paul

Scania Australia have had a program of teaching drivers to drive for the best fuel economy at least back into the 70's in Australia I don't know if it was here that entire time but I recall reading about it back then Paul

Alpine Green with black rocker covers Polish up the alloy bits and, turbing housing and intercooler Should look pretty sexy I would of thought The red Mack used is pretty um bland, Golds ok but everyone has gold Paul

It does doesn't it, looks to good to be ever used again It will be a shame to get it dirty Paul

I love it

Funny reading this, some years ago on here I got shouted down and told I was a fool for suggesting that when a diesel looses prime when sitting it's the return side of things So some useless information from this dum bunny Get some old inner tube, a big hose clamp, a couple of air line fittings and some big flat washers Cut the tube big enough to cover the fuel cap Put a hole in the middle of the rubber, a flat washer each side held on with the air line fittings Put the rubber over the fuel cap hole and tighten down with the big hose clamp Put some pressure in it, maybe regulate to 15 - 30 psi, it wont go boom as your tank has a breather and the tube will pop off pretty easy Once you have this accomplished you can see the entire fuel system under pressure to check for leaks If you cant find any leaks I'm betting the tube on the return that goes to the bottom of the tank thats inside the tank has broken off or is cracked Remember Im a fool so try not laugh to hard Seeya Paul

E6 was 350 once the series intercooling was developed The E 7 was over 450 and I feel was up around the 470 in the end The E 9 was 625 in the final form that Im aware of If anyone knows better feel free to correct me Those E9s were monsters of motors, they had muscles on their muscles but never had the longevity of the E6 or E7 The longevity issue in Australia is I think mainly to do with the fact our loads are huge and they are driven on full power hour after hour day in day out The Cat 3406 motors were the same, people would put new bearings in them at 500,000km I doubt there were many E9s that did a million km's without been worked on, it was pretty common to get well over a million on a E6 I talked myself off topic then, oops Paul

Sorry I'll be of no help there, I know this will shock most but I'm a 6 cylinder type of bloke Paul

Discovered this today Enjoy, this was how it was done, dunno about now though Paul

This is coming together at a fast rate now Paul

Yep

In Australia steel is used on pretty much everything except carting grain and thats aluminium So guess that might give you a clue Paul

Well I'm impressed, that's a hell of undertaking, a lot bigger job than almost all of us with exception of people from Europe could even imagine No wreckers yards or dealers or even a huge amount of passionate people to get stuff from Well done to all involved Paul

Good to hear from you Paul

Yes you were, I'm sure it was true love for you two, for sure, definitely 100% true love Paul

Im hoping Elsa isnt to tuckered out when its my turn I got the email and thought to my self "Pauly boy, your time has finally come" Didn't count on queue though Paul

Now the old bucket of bolts is back together and a quick update The new bearings in the turbine make a difference The most boost I have ever seen on the guage and definitely pulls harder So it was definitely worth the effort and the turbine makes more difference than I thought I guess it must of slowly loosing speed and I never noticed Makes around 19 pounds boost now which for a cool power motor is right up there at the upper end of the scale Paul

I noticed when out and about in Mrs Mack that on the Pyro guage it says something to the effect of "maximum 600 c°" which is over 1100 f So the 900 that was the original question is as we all thought and according to my Pyro guage perfectly normal and my bog stock 320 coolpower runs at 450 all day which is around 850 and gets up to 600 mark on a long hard pull Paul

So the painting I felt was only about halfway thru the job, the little fiddly bits went on and on So your just getting warmed up lol Great work as usual Paul

To be fair Pete we all end up buying things with out been fully prepared for it, I dont think it matters how old we get this just keeps on happening as we try new things That been said I think you are pretty spot on with what you are saying Some times we just need to take a educated risk and jump in, and sometimes we need to know when to walk away I have never had work come thru as promised, "buy this and we'll give you all the work you can handle" The work either never really was there and even if it is there's usually a good reason they can't find people to do it Just some thoughts Paul

That top seal is only a dust whiper, probably just got dry and cracked This then allowed the dirt to enter Paul

3/8 is pretty thick I would of thought I think most tipper bodies built in Australia now are maybe 3mm or 1/8th Hardox steel There would be a equivalent steel in the U.S. if not the same steel I feel thats gunna be 1/3 the steel in weight and possibly 1/2 the cost Might be worth looking into Good to have it road registered That is a nice lite weight for the truck I reckon Paul

Whatis the drive line, gear box diffs etc Are all the yokes tight ? And all the other things mentioned above Did this happen after having work carried out on the drive line or has it just started ? Paul

Well, no good at all Do what your meant to do and with any luck you'll be up and running quick enough Funny (not ha ha funny but strange funny) that in countries like Australia and NewZealand were we just got locked down at the start with no argument it is a battle to find anyone that even knows of anyone that has had it Might be to late in the U.S. now for this as the horse has well and truly bolted Get well Joey and kiss Mack as he is now healthier than your wife lol Seeya Paul

If you could unbolt the ram once the boom is propped and slide the base towards were you took those photos from and maybe work on it then This maybe a lot easier than yanking it out as getting it back in side the tight hole might be more of a challenge than the rest of the job If I was fairly sure I couldn't tackle this then inside the machine I would just yank it and deal with what ever head aches turn up And yes I would also guess the T piece is welded to the rod Perhaps find some bloles that fix these boom lifts and just have a yarn to them about how they tackle this ram, they may well give you some good pointers, the worst that will happen is they tell you to bugger off Paul