mrsmackpaul

Thanks Joey

Went for a look see and returned with some info

Looks like 113, I have never had a issue with these at all so have never looked before

These were 5.73 ratio when new and for some reason I thought they had been changed to 5.29, Vlad pulled me up one day and said there was no such thing, I  don't know but said I would find out next time I'm under there

Looks like 5.32 to my eyes, reckon they would be the original carriers with new gears put in as 58's are pretty rare out here 

Paul

So I  am trying to understand whats happened here

The glad hands have been removed ? Is this correct?

If so this is pretty simple, just hook the glad hands up either way it wont matter

If they are the wrong way around nothing will happen when you push the button to charge the brakes, the button will stay in

If they are the right way around you will hear air rushing back to fill the resevior on the trailer 

Many years ago I remember reading about a driver in the states that didn't know about this and the air lines were back to front

The end result was people died as there was no trailer brakes yet the truck still drove many hundreds if not thousands of miles before it all went wrong 

I cant recall if the glad hands were wrong or badly worn or what the go was but it ended up the hoses were the wrong way around

Apparently no tug test was ever performed at hook up 

Paul

Pretty much what Swish says

What isnt it doing

Paul 

I have learnt one thing for sure from life, it is no good running away from your problems, shifted from one end this wide brown land to the other, shifted back 11 years later and now I dont really belong anywhere

Reckon I should of stayed and fought it out

Anyway you blokes will do what you think is right 

Paul 

I have converted a few trailers to maxis, never converted it back though

What lines are missing and from were ?

1980

Dunno about the series of carriers, tell me what to look for and I can report back with better info

Paul 

Does anyone have a list of ratios available for 58,000 pound axles ?

Paul

Sadly I dont how many more Fathers Days are left in Australia, the left tards are doing there best to out law it as it isnt inclusive of kids that dont have fathers

Anyway I guess I shouldn't worry about what hasn't happened yet 

Paul 

Yep dont be shy to share videos and photos 

Paul

Well to me it is good news, you have had someone confirm pretty much what a lot of people here have suggested, it isnt the throw out bearing and if I was in your shoes with very limited mechanical knowledge then I would consider finding myself a trusted mechanic and take it there

That been me I wouldn't do that because I fix everything myself even if I dont know what Im doing I make it my business to learn, this way I am a lot more in control of my own destiny 

Good luck and keep us updated 

Paul 

Did you know that apparently the dog on the bonnet is a girl ?

Obviously she wasn't poster worthy

Good looking sleak pooches there Swishman 
Thanks for sharing

Paul

Yep, just keeps getting better and better

Paul

The biggest problem with U bolts I believe was to keep things secure they are done tight 

The tighter the U bolt is done up the more it deforms the chassis and bends the flanges in making the whole show weaker 

To get around this issue people had nice cut bits of wood that fitted really neat in the chassis to stop the fangles getting squashed

These bits of wood had to be hammered in as they were a very neat fit

The bits of wood also had a groove in them that the U bolt fitted neatly in

This stopped the wood coming out and the flanges getting squashed 

In the end I think it was just easier and cheaper to bolt angle iron on and be done with it

Paul

I wanna make it clear that I wasn't trying knock annything just trying to save someone future head ache 

Anyways I'll hop back in my box now  😀

All is good, carry on 

Paul 

No idea why, Im sure plenty of people smarter than me can answer that

It might be only a Australian thing and not be a issue at all, I  just figured if it was going to be a issue in the future at rego time it's pretty quick and simple to fix it now 

Paul 

In Australia the angles have sit proud of the flange so there is 1/8 gap between the plate and the chassis rail flange

Would be a shame if the same rules applied over there and you had to bugger up the paint work

Great stuff and a very detailed video 

Paul 

Providing the water hasnt been there long enough to corrode things, I  would just drain and clean as suggested, the water should pump out of the injector pump pretty quick if it has any in it 

Things to remember are 

The filters on a diesel are fine enough to let diesel thru but not water 

Diesel floats on top of water 

And this probably a lot more common than you think 

So keeping this in mind it is highly unlikely any water made it to the injector pump

Drain the water off the tanks (I can see and feel difference in my fingers between water and diesel) and then change the filters and prime it up

If it is just water the truck would of been starved  of fuel as soon as the filter was full of water and thats why it stopped, not because of water in the injector pump so dont panic it should be all okay and filters did their job 

Paul 

The dimmer knob beside the headlight toggle switch is crook by the sounds of it 

Paul 

If a groove is worn put a speedie sleeve on the shaft, I think in the States people frown upon using these but they are very common in Australia 

Also I find the using a blue neoprene seal for a hydraulic ram works in these situations were the shaft speed is reallly slow and they last a lot longer on worn shafts than a normal sleeve 

Hydraulic places frown upon this but I have had 100% success rate with these 

Paul 

3 hours ago, fjh said:

This noise should not be overlooked or dismissed By any means !

There is the possibility its the clutch bearing however that noise should change with the use of the clutch should go away when the clutch free pedal is used up! (first inch or two of pedal push!

I sugest u take it to a (TRUSTED ) dealer in your area for a listen!

 

just my opinion!

Now I dont know nothing about the type of engine you have, but my short time walking on the face of this earth tells theres a lot of common sense in the advice given above 

If it was the throw out bearing the clutch isnt adjusted right for a start, if you know nothing about these engines or about mechanical things then your advice has to be sort from reliable sources, were you find these depends on were you are, probably not facebook or the local bar 

Paul 

I did get it to work once I downloaded it, very different looking part of the world than here 

Always good  to see other parts of the world 

Paul 

1 hour ago, 73cf600 said:

God works in funny ways. I couldn’t find anything about this filter in my original service manual. I just received a book in the mail an hour ago about the Mack CF Fire Trucks in a photo archive. Lo and behold, on page 15 is a picture of a CF600 going down the assembly line with the new Maxidyne engine and what looked like the air filter I’m looking for. I looked at the picture with a magnifying glass and then enlarged it with my phone. It’s a Donaldson Duralife Panel Filter. Best I could tell it says you can blow it out with air or wash it. 

Well it definitely isnt a oil bath fillter so if you look after it, it should last another 40 years without to much drama 

Yes blow it out with compressed air, you can get special attachments so high pressure air isnt directed at the element and punch a hole in it 

IH used to sell a wash soloution for air filters, guessing most companies did as well

Pretty sure Donaldson still have a filter reco servicing service that puts a new element in a old filter Swishman did this some years back in Australia 

So if your watching Swishy spill the beans and as you say "give till it hurts" 

Either way, if you wash it, blow it or just tease it a little make sure before you use it again you get a lead light and hold it behind and have a good look at the entire element for any tares 

Paul

Are we meant to have a picture or is it just sound, all I get is a white screen

Paul 

Only down side to this rebuild is it makes anything I do look rather shabby 

Great work as always, dont think I  could sleep been this close to the end

Paul