mrsmackpaul

8 hours ago, Craig N said:

Anyone think I should take apart the injectors?  I can get that big nut off the top then it looks like a flat for an open end wrench in there with a  set screw of some sort at the top. Is it worth it? Should I fiddle with them or leave them be?

No definitely not

Drop the tail shaft, put in gear and use a porta on the yoke of the tail shaft to move the motor

Pry bar is the go, lots of possom piss as Hayseed suggests

Be careful with heat as you might crack the head or stuff the injector

People sometimes screw a slide hammer into the top of the injector, but this normally just breaks a really stuck injector 

Paul 

It's come up well Vlad 

I find most metric fittings and air lines etc work well enough with imperial, just use some thread sealant 

Yes projects have a habit of blowing out in the time department for me, was going to go to a truck show a few months ago and turned my Mack around and parked her on my low loader to give her a bath

Well it hasnt stopped raing since so it is stuck high and dry 

Paul

Well done 

Anyone that buys these old buckets of bolts is paying to much

I have no idea about the price in the US but 5grand for a B model in Australia would be a steel

Paul 

Seed these are Trev Jones and the Princess took some as well so credit to both of them 

Paul

Well I'm gunna be keeping a eye out for some piccies 

Paul

Fill the filters and wind it over

If it wont prime pull the lift pump apart it mighr be full of gunk

It should prime up pretty quick with out anything special 

If you have the lift pump apart pack it with grease so it sucks right away 

Paul

Mate, how long is a bit of string ?

Honestly you are the only person that can make that call

Probably not much of a answer your chasing but the only one any of us can honestly give

Paul

Check out this CH something and the hairy chested buldge in the bonnet (sorry hood) talk about tough looking

this dog has some balls about it 

NrwZeaNewZealands 1000th Mack

A E9 with a fare set of haggets

The forst Anthem I have been up close and personal with

And I have gottaadmit they look better in the flesh than the photos I see

And what it is really about, great people Trev Jones that I have spoken to for years over the interweb 

We (the Princess and I) met Trev and Mary for the first time and went out for lunch after the show and sat amd talked and laughed and got on like a house on fire because like almost everyone of us all over the world we are just normal jokers having a crack at living the dream

A couple of good looking roosters there

Heaps more to tell about NewZealand but not Mack related as such

If you ever get the chance jump on the kero kite and go for a look, it really is special 

Would be the best money l have ever spent 

Paul 

The Midliner that causes only Americans to have coniptions when it comes to getting parts for

The rest of the world I think is just used to been mucked about and really having to chase up spares 

Well the big event has come and gone 

I haven't had  holiday in I have no idea how long, maybe 15  years or more

So a few months ago, about 6 months I was working away and trying to get some shut eye in a feral cabin in a dodgy as all get out caravan park and "stuff it Pauly, you should go"

So jumped on Google and booked some airfares to NewZealand and back, with a fortnight gap between them

Told the Princess when I got home and just by coincidence the trip coincided with 50 years of Mack celebrations 

So as the time got near I booked a campervan and waited nervously as huge parts of eastern Australia are in flood, millions of acres at a guess 

Knocked off work on the 14th of October and pointed the ute south for Melbourne town at around 6.30

We drove thru at a guess 4 km (3 miles) of water from just a few inches to 18 inches deep in spots arriving in Melbourne around 10

Caught the kero kite at 1/4 Twelve

Landed in Christchurch at 5.30 am and collected our camper 

First thing I will say about NewZealand is that photos do not do it justice, it is absolutely stunning scenery that is constantly changing, I  never tired of the views, it really is that good, the south island is very different than the north island 

I could share photos of all sorts of things but been a Mack truck forum I'll just share the photos of the truck show

Depending on who I asked there was either 171 Macks or 205 but ot was huge and well done

Now before anyone passes judgement on the show size you need to remember that there is only 6 million in the country thats about a 1/3 the size of Texas 

NewZealand like Australia shouldn't really make it in the world but just like Australia they punch well above their weight and should hold their heads high, what Yanks probably dont know or understand is the ANZAC spirit that shaped our nations

Anyway some piccies

The first NewZealand Mack rebuilt and looking damn sexy

And a better photo, courteous of Trev Jones

Trev is fella I have been speaking to for many years over the interweb

Trevs hobbie is photography and needles to say thats how we started communicating over Trevs photos 

And in particular his selfsteer trailer photos 

So Mack number 1 is a FR with a fiberglass cab,

You can thank Peter Ramsey for the use of the scans from the Bulldog Bulletin 

Anyway on with the show

Now there's a good looking rooster all done up in his town hat in front of a truck a mural of a couple of my child hood hero's,  Wal Footrot and the "Dog"

10 hours ago, usrjcro11 said:

Well you both are correct. Lines are backwards. I was just hooking to old lowboy trailer whichever way made brakes release. No color codes on trailer.Am I correct by saying no air should come out of either hose without trailer service valve pushed in? If this is correct then is trailer protection my problem with air coming out of trailer line without trailer service valve pushed in ?

thanks

Well yes and yes

Yes you should have no air coming coming out at all when the trailer supply valve isnt pushed

Amd yes the tractor protection valve isnt working 

Or at least thats what I undersunderstand is happening 

Paul 

Market place on Facebook works in pretty good in Australia 

5 hours ago, Freightrain said:

I had to put felt bumpers on the air cleaner brackets as to not gouge up my brand new doors I just out on.  The door skin would just touch the brackets if you push the door wide open.

R model with the big aircleaner cans we run in Australia hit the quarter vents (the little glass window that catches the air and angry bees and wasps but keeps the sweat moving off your body) when they are open 

There are adusjtable stops that clamp onto the hinges to stop this from happening but the doorway  is small enough as it is

I wonder if these would work on a B model 

I'll take some photos of you like 

Paul

Sounds like something is spaced correctly

Not knowing anything about these but I gather it drives off a accessory drive 

Paul 

Rock on Swishman 

1 hour ago, Licensed to kill said:

Lots of guys run them on small block Chevies (and of course big block Chevies) but they are not quite a "bolt on". They require a specific intake manifold or adapter to accept the blower. 

And bearings and seals and a adaptor kit t o make it belt drive

But the 671 and 871 blower has been stuck on the top and on the side of a lot of wannabe hot rodders and street racers

Oh and plenty of drag cars

Not many are from a Detroit Diesel but use the 671 and 871 numbers as they are well known and the specs are loosely based on them

The 671 is the most common in Australia for young and not so young blokes and the occasional bird as well

Paul

On 10/25/2022 at 1:14 PM, Brocky said:

I understand that the 903 was not that popular here in the States, BUT the Australians used a LOT of them..  Hayseed, help me out!!

903 were used in everything and were well regarded as good motors

Then the BIG CAM arrived and they fell out of favour pretty quick for some more power and better fuel economy 

Or at least thats my take on Cummins

Paul

Thinking there's a lot of confusion here

The bigger the brake chamber the slower it responds as more air has to shift for the rod to travel the same distance 

However the trade off is the increase in diameter means the force is a lot greater 

Paul 

Just now, mattb73lt said:

I'm pulling it back out. I don't trust what's left in there. 

That would be my plan as well 

I  would know any of the mistakes made are my mistakes not some else's 

And if I put something a bit dodgy back in I know what it is 

Good luck with it 

Paul