mrsmackpaul

Well Dave if your gunna chuck a 12 speed were you had a speed hoping to get more usable gears your gunna be disappointed as the extra gears are at walk pace or slower 

And to the second part of yoiur question, will it bolt straight in, the answer is also no, the 12 speed has  deep reduction gears in a extra section on the front of the box, makes the gearbox maybe 4 or 5 inches longer

They are basically the same transmission except for the 12 speed having deep reduction 

Wish I had some better news, maybe a 18 speed Mack box might give you the extra spread of gears your chasing 

Paul  

4 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said:

This almost qualifies for my "pull them all off and put on one line at a time" theory

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If it was mine I would start here. Prove what is what at the very begining 

The problem now is no one knows what has and hasnt been done, it isnt about pointing fingers anymore, it would be just about getting it going and finger pointing can come later 

Paul 

No good at all, hoping it is sorted now, Im thinking the core must of deteriorated in storage, maybe corroded from the inside for some reason

Hoping it's the end of those dramas

Paul

Joey I think you'll find the Ukraine has a huge effect on grain and food price

They are one of the worlds largest grain exporters 

Also there's a oil pipe line from Russia that goes thru there as well which is stopped or at a greatly reduced capacity 

Gotta also understand that the US is a grain exporter and as such has commitments it is legally required to fill and I  dont think the US is in a financial position to reneg on it's commitments 

The world bank really frowns on this stuff and given the US dept at the moment the US cant afford a hiccup at all

And dont worry, most countries have been spending money they dont have for decades, the US isn't alone in this mess

Even China is under the pump financially these days 

We are all paying more for food and oil the world over

I guess we should be grateful we can afford more, there's plenty of countries couldn't afford the cost of food before the Ukrainian mess

I look at things a bit like this

Nearly 100 years ago everyone in my country and yours went thru the great depression and then WW2, all of this just after WW1 

If my country men and no doubt yours as well went thru all of that for us then this mess is pretty much nothing in comparison 

Keep your chin up mate, if this is as bad as it gets we are gunna go okay 

Paul

Thought maybe they shared a Chevy handle but it doesn't look like it

Probably just a off the shelf latch from a body builders 

Paul

The shaft would be under the radiator as the crank is bellow the radiator

And it's  told to "blue tooth" it across, blue tooth wasn't even invented then 🤔

Paul 

8 hours ago, Draggin Wagon said:

B 67T flat back and looks like might be air start. Left fuel tank looks unusually large 

You will be correct in your observation I reckon

On 7/21/2022 at 6:47 AM, 1961H67 said:

Finally got a couple of hours this morning to cut and fit the inside firewall with DynaMat, went to a hardware store and got some Stainless plugs and put in about 4 of those big holes 1 1/4 , 1 3/4 . No wonder I never tried putting a radio in it when I was a teenager,, It was so loud I couldn’t have heard it. Hopefully next week I can put the Firewall Mat in and start wiring. 

I sure can understand the noise thing, my R model is to loud to hear anything 

I put dynamat, and dyna liner on the fire wall, it helped but still not great 

Gunna try new gearstick boots and some underbody lining like Dyna hood liner 

Its looking great

Paul 

Dont think long hood Road Boss was ever sold in Australia, well at least not that long 

Paul 

Hmmmm

Dunno about the looks but looks don't make money

Do they still make these (assemble) these in Australia?

Paul 

Sounds like the air regulator isnt working, wel. If it was a Mack transmission I would suggest that 

Dunno about the RoadRanger but think their gunna be similar, sounds like someone has hooked onto  the wrong air supply and your getting full air pressure to the switch

Rather than correcting their mistake they have tried just changing the regulator 

Paul

Well a few thoughts here from a bloke that knows SFA

I dont think the injector would be blocked, the diesel system is postive displacement, what goes into the injector line feeding the injector must come out 

So am wondering if that injector is really faulty and just dribbling away or stuck and letting the fuel return straight to the tank

Compression test wouldn't hurt and only takes time to perform and the correct compression tool

I am a loud mouth that said its nothing more than a fuel leak so perhaps don't listen to a word I say 🤔

I guess report back when you have some more findings

I would expect to find around 450 psi when checking the compression and all within 50 psi of each other 

Maybe pull the suspected dud injector and clamp it on the fuel line upside down and see what the spray or dibble is like, just keep your face and fingers etc away from the firing line, or for that matter all your body parts 

Paul

I think the problem is all this QA rubbish and companys trying to get 5 ticks on their logo, they farm everything out so the companies take no responsibility for the product, only for the fitting of the product 

Do big truck workshops in the US even have a injector pump shop to rebuild things or at least check them, I doubt they do

It all went pare shaped when places started having specialists in just on department instead of mechanics that could fix anything 

Local places to me had sales me and spare parts people that started on the workshop floor, all gone now and it shows

Paul

Why I was searching for other things I came across this photo from the last time I saw this truck

Emerald QLD in 2017 or 2018, thinking very early 2018

Still was looking pretty good then, have passed it a few times over the years, seams to get along pretty good and will get you there a lot quicker than my little 320 

Paul

Quite right Adkat

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words 

John McLean photo

Jack Ehret Loadmaster! Taken at our truckstop in Gilgandra. This time Jack decided he'd leave the dog behind! I think this trip was to the Gunpowder mine.

Sime dribble from me now, this I believe is Fruehauf "Super Hefty"

A Super Hefty had chassis rails 450 mm or 18 inch deep, 100 mm x 25 mm or 4 inch x 1 inch top and bottom flange

Probably tared around 10 ton, I have a double rail McGrath trailer that is built along the same lines or principles, it tares at around 9.5 ton but isn't as strong as a Super Hefty Fruehauf, I can take the camber out once in a while with big weights on

On my Fruehauf Cattle Cruiser I have noticed a extreme amount of camber in the axles 

Super Hefty's had this as well 

Fruehauf rated the Super Hefty for 50 ton carrying capacity from the factory and plenty of blokes went past that suggested limit

Was some tough old blokes back then and even tougher trucks

Paul

Thats a good result, another happy Mack person

Paul

I bet this sounds great 

Paul

Hmmmmm, dunno what Roadranger parts are worth but Mack parts are plenty dear enough, even PAI are just as bad

To me just changing the crook parts is always cheaper but to what its worth I have no idea 

Paul

Am thinking it is time for me to upgrade to these cold cut style saws

No more changing blades all the time and most importantly no more sparks setting distant things on fire 

This is pretty common and requires some fast work with what ever at hand to beat the fire out

Also have set myself on fire on the odd occasion lol

I have only bought Makita power tools for well over 30 years, are they the best ?

Dunno, they are a good brand than gives little to no trouble but they do cost a packet

Paul