mrsmackpaul

Yeah you can only advise some people 

As my mother says, "can't reason with someone thats been unreasonable"

Not so many years ago we only switched the active in Australia but now change over switches must be double pole and switch the active and neutral 

Paul 

And now that I'm looking, I have just noticed these are air start, there goes my "air start will be no good in the sub zero climate" theory 

Vlad you need a air start Mack

A couple of photos and I'm loosung the plot 😂

Paul 

I wonder if the intercooler bypass is for running not starting 

There must be temp when the air is to cold and gets to cold to be efficient, we will never see this in Australia but places like Canada and parts of north America and Europe and Vlads part of the world and up into Siberia this would be a issue

I wonder if the 6x6 Macks Australia sent to Antarctica had the bypass ?

A few were for sale recently, should of bought one just find out, didnt know anything about this then

Sorry side tracked this thread, but the brain is running at 100 MPH now lol

Is there anywhere the R model hasnt been, they must be the most versatile truck ever built

Sorry I'll take myselfoff to the naughty corner lol

It doesn't look like these are coolpower trucks

Have  never seen a chassis mounted intercooled Flinstone Mack

Paul 

Wouldn't mind a update

Paul 

Yes it looks about right, there were different types and ones just like this 

Paul 

Bugger me, thats no good at all

It is funny how things hurry up unexpectedly as we mature, get well Tom

Paul

You have full draft and no position control working

Put it into full position control and see what happens

Paul

Draft control isnt set right

Paul

Brocky, that cab is highly modified 980 or 981 cab, a huge amount of work for a one piece wind screen

Dunno if it still exists, guessing it went in the scrap bin long ago

Paul 

The Indian Listers, were called Metex for a while in Australia and then Field Marshall like the Pomy tractors, they were a good enough copy

They missed out on the CS (cold start) head and chrome bore so could be a bugger to start when they get a bit of age on them

A mate had them on his farm, I have only ever had CS Listers, singles and twins

I wonder how it goes with the drum (barrel) of water for cooling in places that get bellow freezing for long periods

They are surprisingly quiet for a big single cylinder diesel and I always felt the power rating was very conservitive 

My mate put a flex plate and starter motor off a car on his Metex copies and apart from a blown head gasket gave many decades of good service 

Paul 

Well it's a fresh day so I flipped the lid and had a look to make sure I wasn't loosing the plot, after Christmas eve and Christmas day hangover anything is possible 

Now Im thinking that is just the hub or pulley number, so what fan and hub am I looking for to extract the extra few HP 

As you can see the fan is 24 inches, dunno if this is standard or they come in different sizes 

So does anyone know what I need to make this all happen ?

Paul 

On 12/30/2022 at 11:07 PM, mowerman said:

 It’s a stick house 

 

… Bob

What's a stick house, Im thinking 3 little pigs and a big bad wolf ??

Paul 

Well it's new years day here now, stinking hot again, up near 100 or more today

Was a good boy last night and made it to 11pm, woke up woth Miss Molly the gun shy border collie curled up on the floor beside the bed, she dont like them fire works at all

Anyway truck pics

These are photos of a much modified Diamond T in NewZealand 

Now this is a hot rodded Diamond T 980 or 981

 This truck was created by a bloke by the name of Bob Corden from Kerikeri Engineering from Northland NewZealnd in the 1970's 

Is or was powered by a 250 Cummins, note the one piece windshield, custom guards, and everything else custom from front to back

Apparently the consensus is the headlights are from a Nissan Cedric

Now these arent my photos at all and must thank Hamish Petrie for these, some of you blokes will know of Hamish from Just Old Trucks Forum

Anyway, hope everyone's heads aren't to sore in the new year

Paul

7 hours ago, MACKS said:

Not sure how much hp they eat up but the way the engine and the truck performs will amaze you,you’ll think your driving a different truck,do it if u can..

Im gunna look into this

Paul

On 12/30/2022 at 5:17 PM, Onyx610 said:

Being that they rob about 40hp, id believe they would make a nice engine brake. When that fan kicks on the front end drops down and feels like you dropped a cruise ship anchor behind you. 

So do I understand that you get 40 hp more over a conventional fan with no clutch

My old bucket of bolts has never had a fan clutch from new, truck always runs cold, even when the air temp is well over 100 degrees on Im on full power  all day

Im always up for more power without cranking up the injector pump

Paul 

Sounds like a globe isnt in it's holder properly 

4 hours ago, Mack milling said:

I have a Mack granite 2002 when the front left tire hits a bump it hits hard like I lost a tire in a pot hole. Air pressure is good feels like there’s nothing supporting it . Is that a front shock issue if so is it hard to change?

If in doubt about shockers, just change them as they are pretty cheap and they do make quite a difference on the front axle 

Paul

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