mrsmackpaul

Bugger me, thats to cold for me 

-6 C is the coldest I have ever been, so thats plus 21f

And was to hard on my fingers, the Mack air start freezes up and I just hate it

Guess this makes me a bit soft 🥶

Paul

39 minutes ago, JoeH said:

You probably have a fuel return line leak. The plastic lines on top of the head that go from injector to injector are prone to leaking. Any dampness up at the injectors is likely caused by the plastic lines failing.  Also if any of the hard metal fuel injector lines have dampness at the ends then you can lose prime and have hard starting.

Yep, what he said 

Paul 

Merry Christmas to all 

Boxing day here now, Christmas day I woke as crook as  a dog, apparently it had something to do with Christmas eve

A few berocca's and some cold and flue tablets and I was good to go, after a wee snooze

Spent the day eating way to much and floating about in a pool

My son came home for the first time in 18months, thank you COVID 

Anyway it is good to see him and meet his lady friend 

More food and fun today 

Stay safe one and all

Paul

Yep, you to, I might go wrangly me a crazy pody with its head stuck in a bucket

should make for some fun

Paul 

On 12/19/2022 at 4:28 AM, mowerman said:

Well, it looks like we’re not. The only nation does absolutely nothing for a regular working folks .. and Paul we didn’t realize you were a newspaper hero ha ha… Bob

I was on the radio a few times, wrote a lot of letters etc to state governments and used to have to stand and address this these government peanuts and local governments people's at public meetings 

Even though they (governments at all levels, federal down to local) agreed it was there issue and they had to clean up the deer population and so on, to actually get them to do anything at all about any of this was whole different story

In the end I just refused to pay any taxes as the governments werent doing their job that by their own laws that they created meant they had to 

They were quick to fine me but still to this day haven't sorted out this deer 

Anyway I  guess thats called "copping the rough end of the pineapple" 😆

Not to worry, life goes on and lessons were learnt

Paul

Correct, a few years ago now, a lot of deer in a little area can be a big problem 

We sold the farm up there and as far as I know the deer are still a big issue and the local government have still done nothing 

Anyway, not my problem anymore, yeah I know a prick of a attitude but after many years of fighting with the state government and getting the backing of them and the laws changed, then to just run up against the local government that refused to enforce the law 

It all started with 6 deer been bought there illegally in the 70's 

They have two pregnancies a year there as conditions are ideal with sugar cane farmers providing year round supplies 

Paul 

11 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I too would love to have one too (45-70 Govt.) ,,and,  an M-1 Garand...   But my wallet is too thin, plus the ammo is probably upwards of $3/shot..   I know the ammo for my Lee Enfield is $2+ and hard to find where I am at..   I love my Enfield..  (303 Brittish)   jojo

Dunno were you get your 303 ammo from

No were near that dear here, my main gun is a numbers matching 303, 1915 model I seam to recall, I brought it as a young bloke, $165.00 with it all adjusted up and tight and with a scope on it

They ballsed up the scope install and put on top instead of the side so I can't drop clips in thru the top any more.

For those that dont know, you dont drop the mag normally to reload the 303, you pull the bolt back and drop the clip holding the ammo from on top

The scope should be on the side to allow this 

When I first bought it I could buy x army ammo for 50 cents a round if I was buying I think 500 at a time

I would buy it by 1000

I still have thousands of rounds but switched to hollow points for dropping deer, opens them up like a dinner plate

Has a hell of a bark at 2am, it can be heard miles away on still night, would average about 600 dear over a few months after we harvested the sugar cane 

The 303 is a extremely accurate gun and can out shoot nearly all shooters including me, when I was young I was a lot better shot but just dont get the time to put any rounds thru these days 

Paul 

1 minute ago, JoeH said:

 regarding texting & driving: I see just as many middle age and elderly looking at their phones in the car as young people.  

I often wonder if texting and talking on the phone is bad while driving, then why dont new cars have something to jam the phones signal so they dont work when the motor is running 

Dont get me wrong, Im not for moment suggesting we should text or use the phone while driving

Paul 

Agree with all above, a lot of younger people have absolutely no idea at all on how to actually speak to people 

And a lot of people today dont like been told no

No matter, Vic does a bloody good job driving a truck and probably as good if not better than a lot of people half his age

If we went by people's capability to actually drive we would probably have to take 20% of people off the road today 

There is some shockers put there turning a steering wheel these days, young and old and everything in between

Paul

On 11/18/2017 at 10:33 AM, Dirtymilkman said:

Are farmers getting 10,000 plus hours out of them there? 

Yes they are

They are a good motor in Australia as Seed has already mentioned 

Paul 

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

It is a shame it has all got this far before anyone has realized but it is getting the attention it needs now so thats the important thing 

Paul

Or if your on cement or a nice hard area and have access to one of these 

They make the job very easy and it is much easier to remove the whole assembly with the tyres still mounted on the hub

If you don't have a pallet jack then the greasy b oiard is the go 

Either way is definitely the easiest wat to achieve these things 

Paul 

Thats looking really good to my untrained eye 

Really starting look smart now 

Paul

Only difference is dont hit the cone on the end with a hammer, you'll bruise it and it will then leak oil out the press in plug in the center

The bearings should be in oil, or at least I would expexpect them to be in oil

Paul

Be blowed, it is fixed and to me that is the main thing

I hope you have many trouble free years ahead

I am a bit shocked at the price, but I read it was part disassembled at the start 

All is well that ends well 

There's a lot in that statement 

Paul

Usually means compression is getting into the cylinders 

Head gasket would be the likely cause, maybe the compressor but not likely as it normally needs heat and compression to cause this to happen 

Paul 

20 hours ago, other dog said:

You must be talking about Tim Maikshilo.

Tim and I speak most weeks, he is doing well and living the dream as best  as I can make out

Yes he is back in the State's, Connecticut or Vermont, not exactly sure were as my geography of that part of the US is a little hazey to say the least 

He is like the rest of us, very busy with life 

Paul 

Just learn how to drive with out a clutch brake

Plenty of trucks from Europe and Asia never have them from new and those drivers survive okay

Never tried putting a two piece one in, only the one piece clutch brake

I wonder if this had a two piece and it came apart under heavy abuse one day 

Paul

Looks like a pretty serious undertaking you have going on

Paul

As the rest of these jokers said, we need piccies

Paul 

Sorry this is way to modern for me

Having said that I would start at the truck wreckers and have a look what Mack used or did when they put a RoadRanger in

Maybe grab the loom and sensors off a truck getting wrecked with the same transmission as you have

Paul

And yet here you are, how good is that ?

Paul 

4 hours ago, High Binder said:

I'm at the point where I hear them 24/7. With all the Artillery rounds, Tank rounds, impact hammers, and grinders, used without hearing protection, they sing to me constantly.  

Yes the ringing doesn't ever stop when it is quiet

Surprising how it just sort of snuck up on me 

Paul 

I do believe that rebushing those style of bags is outside my scope of works, or at least the very "Minister For War and Finance" would have a serious frown upon her face 

But a few Bourbons and it probably wouldn't take a lot of effort for me expand into that field of works 

Paul