mrsmackpaul

On 10/4/2022 at 7:33 AM, Joey Mack said:

Here's a little more shop talk...  I finally got off the couch, and in my shop and back to work on My '48..   I took the rear wheel off to do a brake job..   All new brake parts were installed by the previous owner, unfortunately, the truck sat un used for so long that the new wheel cyl. froze up, and the shoes froze to the adjusters..  I got the shoes freed up, but there is no saving the wheel cyl.  Heck even the bearings were new...  So now its time to find the wheel cyl's.  Wish me luck..   Jojo

Most people in Australia get stainless sleeves put in them on hobbie trucks and cars etc, it stops this ever happening again and isnt costly 

Paul

So Ricky, whats Gee Oh, are cruising on a well cushioned fun bag yet ?

Paul 

Good luck and let us all know how you do 

Paul 

Your moving right along there 

Paul

As long as your all safe and sound 

Last big cyclone (same as a hurricane but spins the other way) I was Yasi and I ended in hospital 

Apparently we dont bounce as well as we get older lol

Stay safe over there

Paul

If you squint your eyes real tight and get in there real close you should be able to read it 

Paul 

As Joey has said, super easy

Okay here is my observations of many air ride R models 

I have never had to change shockers, I  have always found that the linkage between the ride height valve and the cab isnt strong enough and must slowly over time bend thru normal use

If I  disconnect the linkage and operate the valve until I have 1 1/2 - 2 inches between the rubber stop and the bottom of the cab it sits on the ride is improved to level of comfort a Mack owner can only dream of 

The little air bag should be sitting reasonably stout but not fully extended

Lift the little arm up and down, fully extend the air bag, the fully collapse it

This will give you a good indication of were you want it to sit and the clearance available 

So once you have established this bend the linkage to suit, however the trick is to have it just a tad higher than were you want so any slack in the valve linkages and the valve and the connecting rod are taken up

Now the lecture, dont waste your time undoing and trying to adjust the ends like most knob jockeys do at the start, remember this was the correct setting when it left the factory and has slowly bent

And there wont be enough thread to get the extra length needed 

Then sit back and just glide along on a cushion of air, oh yeah baby it will be like a whole new truck 

SUPER SMOOTH NOW BABY.........

Anyway this is what I have found 

Paul

Definitely never seen one of these 

And as for power divider that was mentioned back at the beginning 

I can see a housing that looks a bit like one there but as to how it would on a single drive ??

No idea at all

My first thoughts were a bit like LSD but I cant see how that would work f from the housing out the front 

The banjo housing looks a little like a normal top mount Mack housing turned 90 degrees 

No idea if that is the case

I assume that it is double reduction  ?

Paul 

2 hours ago, Onyx610 said:

 

I first watched one fathers day years ago now

Saw a Mack bulletin at Mack Townsville one day, that was maybe a year or two before seeing the film

Reckon I read the print off the pages 

I did share the scans of the pages here back then 

Had a quick search for them but no luck at this stage 

Paul 

29 minutes ago, Quickfarms said:

It’s amazing how one person’s leadership can change the course of a company

Not really that amazing, my Dad always said, "if it is crook, it's crook from the top down"

Another example is  "lead by example"

I was a dairy farmer for many years, we weren't left a family farm and had no experience beem a dairy farmer

They (the dept of agg) had farm walks on local farms and the farmers took turn hosting these

The farm walks were called "Target Ten", get 10% more profitable for 10 10 years in a row 

I had little to no experience been a dairy farmer but I made some observations very early on that I still use today 

I observed that we (dairy farmers as whole) had all pretty much the same thing, we had cows, land, pasture, a dairy to milk our cows, irrigation water and so on

However some farmers really appeared to make it work and others always had the ass out of their pants

It was all in the detail, the small stuff, the way it's done and not what you have 

And the recipey used last month, last year to make it work is very different than the one that might be used next month, next season

It wasn't just finding a formula that works and sticking with it, it's in the detail and constantly fine tuning it 

Obviously this Hansen had a very good eye for the little details that made a huge difference 

Or that other saying, "watch the penny's and the pounds will watch them selves"

Paul 

Sorry I'm gunna be of no help, very few single drive Macks sold in Australia 

I have never seen one 

I'm someone will have the good oil on these 

Paul 

Joey not surehow the recovery is going 

Saw a great movie documentary type of deal of when Australia won the American cup 

Was on Netflix so maybe you can find it

It wasn't kocking Yanks or the U.S. at all

I remember watching the race live telecast to Australia 

It truely was wonderful and I'm not ashamed to admit at times I  had tears rolling down my cheeks watching this movie 

You see Australia really is a little pip squeak of a nation that by rights shouldn't even be here

We are driest inhabited continent on earth, we have a tiny population for this huge land mass and yet we punch well above our weight on the world stage 

So have a watch if you can find it 

Hope that leg is feeling better

Paul

Yep it gets motivated all right, but for how long ?

Laugh at old mate holding the camera pulled away when he backed off at the end lol

Paul 

As said just drain it, back in the day before we were all soft there were no air dryers at all on trucks 

As part of your daily job as a truck driver was to drain all the air tanks at the end of each shift

They used to have taps on them and you left them open over night 

Leaving low air pressure as Joey suggests has never worked for me as the air doesn't seem to pick up the oil at all but rather leaves it behind

You could pull the tank off and put petrol (gas for Yanks) in it and slosh it about, drain and repeat a few times

Only a litre or quart I think you blokes call it at the most of petrol each time

Apparently even in good old Australia we have air dryers on trucks today, I have never seen one fitted to a truck or otherwise 

Paul 

On 9/22/2022 at 11:53 PM, h67st said:

Sounds like his problem was a relay valve, that would be my thought if a truck was acting like this.

My experience would tell me the same thing

I have had sticking brake pedals before that took me a while to find

Kind of embarrassing really but we live and learn

Paul 

Okay you jokers  a little something I have been watching over the last few days 

Nothing really on the truck, more about the behind the scenes drama

But plenty of interesting photos of the movie been made 

The way they all carried on I think we were lucky to even get a movie 

Fill in some time for you Joey while your on the mend

Paul 

Bugger me, take care with that 

Paul 

They were prone to dropping valves amongst other problems, but that was the main issue as far as I'm aware

That been said they were a very good motor but not a million mile motor, yes some did but they were the exception 

The E6 and E7 are million mile motors with out a doubt and probably some of the best motors of their time 

Paul  

2 hours ago, h67st said:

Amen, thanks to guys like you standing in the gap, most Americans don't realize how fortunate we are to have an excellent military to keep things peaceful on our soil. I firmly believe that if we hadn't taken it to the terrorists in their country, we would have had more trouble in ours.

I dont think most people in the free world have any idea what goes into keeping it that way 

Paul

Matt I dunno what to say, except thank you

You've certainly  had a busy and full life and will have lots memeroies when your lounging about in the retirement home one day 

Paul  

But the Scania V8 was a lot better motor than any Mack V8

Paul