mrsmackpaul

Have never had this happen, was the guard off the grinder or something like that ? 

I have noticed on American youtube channels they all have the guards off the angle grinders

Anyway your on the mend now and thats the main thing 

Paul 

Dunno what half of this mumbo jumbo is all about 

I have never had all this drama, 24s on the front, 30s on the rear 

Always smaller cans on the front than the rear so when your running bobtail and jump on the anchors real quick the back doesnt over take the front 

But as Swishman sez, watta eye no

Paul

"Oh Mr Hart,  you've done it again"

Sorry mate that wont been bugger all unless your an Australian 

Pro Hart was a artist in Australia and they had TV adds for him years ago

Looks good to me, would provide plenty of enjoyment for all those that can see it 

https://youtu.be/8qb4n8yc2so

Paul

6 hours ago, theakerstwo said:

I have had good luck with pai on all parts from them.

I will second this, I have never had a failure with PAI parts, I can not say the same with sadly

I will search for PAI injector lines for a E6 as I just dont have faith in the new Mack ones

Paul

From the udder side of the world, I know nothing about these air dryers but experience tells me that whether it is the middle of summer and over 100 in the shade every day or freezing the bahjeebers off I get water out the tanks when I drain them

If I'm up in the tropics in the wet I pull the drains and let the water out every time I pull up and theres heaps of water

Would these new fangled dryers stop this and give me clean dry air ?

These threads are interesting to people from the other side of the world were air dryers werent the norm

Paul

I watched a German movie over the last few days made in Yanky land 

I dont speak German but could still follow along 

Cool R 700 in it quite a bit, long sleek and black 

Paul 

10 hours ago, Makeri_Driver said:

Weren't the 300 Plus engines considered Econdynes? I remember see those badges on the hoods of 300 Plus R's with 10 speeds.

No, well not in Australia, they were Thermodyne and rated at 320 hp

We call them a 320 coolpower 

Apparently 2 valve or 4 valve although I only know of 2 valves

350 later on with series intercooling and they were the last if the coolpowers

285 Maxidyne was a coolpower, 300 Maxidyne was a series intercooled Maxidyne 

And these were all E6 motors 

Paul 

On 10/6/2022 at 8:16 AM, Joey Mack said:

So I tried to take the wheel cyl. apart,  I had to tap threads into one of the pistons and pull it using a homemade puller..   The washer is a Mack rear engine mount washer..  I have a small stack of those suckers..   now to find a rebuild kit..   im on a very tight budget, so I need to go easy...  if I can get the brakes to work, I will be happy. I actually intend on driving it around town often, so hopefully, they wont rust up and freeze again..  

I reckon most blokes make up a simple adaptor to attach a grease nipple (zerk for you lot 🤣) to the hole the brake line attaches to 

Then plug your normal grease gun on and pump away and it soon forces the piston out

Way more pressure than you'll ever put on with a puller 

On a normal wheel cylinder to stop the free piston from just popping out you chuck it in a vice and put a large over size socket on the end your still trying to get out so it has room to move 

Or so Im lead to believe 

Paul

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