mrsmackpaul

Welcome aboard 

Paul 

41 chevy got a new bride and vanished off the radar, guessing he's not allowed out to play anymore, KSC is doing well last time we spoke

Hatcity, dunno 

Paul 

Good luck with your venture and welcome to the forum 

Paul

12 hours ago, Terry T said:

The link won't work for me but if this is about the B Model at the Pentagon it's a GREAT story!

Link wont work for me either but sounds like a great story

Paul 

Never been into gambling at all 

Remember as a young bloke doing my apprenticeship I was having lunch at the pub with the boys from work

They were all keen for a bet on the nags and I had go, done my doe and never had desire to try again which is just as well because once Im hooked on something I'm in boots and all, bit like my wise investments in trucks or farming 😉😉😉😁😁😁

Paul

All cabs are pretty much the same except the Flinstone which has a different cowl, finding one will be the challenge 

Paul

13 hours ago, vxx said:

Here are the pictures of the rust jacking before I removed the rails, note the spreading. After they were removed the rust was cleaned off, when the inner rails were off and were measured I realized that there would still be a decent sized gap between the inner/outer rails. Now Im wondering if there is a way to make them align again, or are new rails really needed? 
 

Maybe its just the angle of the photo

From what I can see that doesn't look to bad, even in dry old Australia were no salt is used on roads we get a lot worse rust between the rails 

So back to the question at hand, the gap should make difference in my mind and must of been there from new for the cross members to fit 

Mack Australia or any other Australian truck builder didnt use "body bound bolts" back in the 60s, 70s and 80s, just normal high tensile bolts 

Huck bolts came along much later that I know of 

If it was mine and from the photos I can see, I would clean them up as best as I can, rust proof paint, cover the mating surfaces with heaps of grease and just bolt them back up 

Do the bolts up tight with a rattle gun and drive away 

Some times it pays to not over think things 

Paul

I have never heard of a heated wind shield before so am of little to know help

Might help if you can tell us make and model of vehicle it is in 

Paul

And new terminal strips for the R model fire wall

Paul

Gear stick boots and gear stick knobs would be handy, wonder if they would send to Australia ?

Paul 

Not gunna affect me either Swishman 

All is good for crap old trucks

Paul

Is the dog allowed in the pool ? 

Gunna be 100 tomorrow here in Australia 93 today

Enjoy the warmth 

Paul

As promised, I  nearly forgot 

It's old fashioned but that doesn't mean it is wrong lol

Paul

Yes you will need to hook the coil up in the reverse otherwise the spark travels the wrong way

I have some information somewhere that shows how to check 

I'll dig it up if I can and put up here if I find it

Thats a happy looking dish licker you have there

Paul

Welcome to the forum

Paul 

Looks like a great turn out for the event 

Paul

Maxidynes were in Australia in 67-68 and running up and down the HWY beging of 68

First two were a Flinstone running interstate and F model pulling a tanker , FR wasnt around until later 

Both Gold dogs and gold motors

5 speed Maxitorques, Flinstone had 5.73 diffs and dunno about the F model now 

Paul

Looking great, I dunno what colour is meant to be, next tin along works pretty good most of the time

We dont have 8 inch grinders in Australia, or maybe they are a recent thing, it was all 4 inch or 9 inch and then in later years the 5 inch cordless, my preferred when of choice these days

And as the years have passed I cant do as much grinding with the 9 inch as I once could, my arms and hands just turn to jelly and I have to keep stopping to recover 

Paul

I doubt it is a sensor as the E6 is all mechanical and usually drives the tacho off the front of the motor 

Paul 

It's gotta help, as for will it fit any good ? No idea but I would imagine if people are selling and people are buying, then must be okay

Paul

The one that isnt spinning isnt the axle with a power divider so that shouldn't be the issue 

If only one wheel isnt spinning, thats pretty normal when jacked up like that as it is turning on the spider gears 

The power divider is in the front diff so will have little effect in this situation 

Paul

Thats certainly bright 

Paul

These are the highflotation tyres we use on sugar cane haulot trucks

The rims can be spider (dayton) mount and fit straight on were your duels were 

Give extreme flotation, are tubless, and apart from been noisy on the highway at speed seem to work fine

We can and do travel at 100kmh with no dramas and a full load

Admittedly this only short distance work and I doubt you would wanna drive for anymore than a half a hour at those speeds

https://www.titan-intl.com/tires/SUPER-FLOT#

Paul

Okay a recent discovery,  had the phone blue tooth thingymabob in the ute and just listened to video of the Scania V8 on full volume 

Not only could I hear it fully, I could also feel it fully 

Enough to put a horn on a jelly fish  🤩😍😍

Go on you lot give it a try, I could listen to that all day 

Paul

On 11/18/2021 at 11:48 PM, Freightrain said:

How big did Mack go over 65K rears?

I believe 80,000 lbs was available 

No springs in the camelbacks, just a walking beam

Paul