mrsmackpaul

He never asked me 😔 lol

Paul 

So the R models days are done Swishman?

Sad day indeed, and slowly letting Crummins into the Beamish DNA , I guess it is a new millennium so thimgs are a changing 

Paul 

One should go to the block

The other should go to the thermostat I would think

How many wires does it have ?

Paul 

They sold them well into the late 70's in Australia 

They were never that popular, I  saw one in a yard within the last few months

A mob in Tasmania that ran Scanias exclusively and had them as well and on Faceless book I see they have aquired one and it is now getting fully restored in their work shop

 https://youtu.be/YPwtJ89jes4

Paul 

Been a while so best get cracking

There you all go, enough excitement for one day

Paul 

I dunno if I agree with a lot of whats been said

I dont like anyone telling me what to do with my toys and I dont tell anyone else what to do

If they wanna sell or just keep them as they rust away thats their business and I respect them for that 

As to the truck were talking about, good luck with it as it looks like a lotta work

Paul 

1 hour ago, HeavyGunner said:

Their was a man in the news here in the states that made a car run in hydrogen from water. Met with government officials at a restaurant, and ran choking out of it saying they poisoned me and he died. Legit story I’m guessing with lots of lobbyist behind it. 

 

I do recall this and have tried searching for information about the moto6and his conversion 

Not a lot to be found on the interweb

Some sites claim it never ran and he was a con man, others claim he was 100% legit and fuel companies are behind it 

We will never know

Paul 

Apparently we have had ultra low sulphur diesel in Australia since 2009, I  had no idea what you blokes are even talking about so had to do some googling 

Long and the short of it is that I have never had a drama and dont know of anyone having dramas 

I have  never added anything but just straight diesel to the tanks and have never had a issue

A bit like ethanol ULP, thats all I use and I add nothing and dont have any dramas even in small petrol engines

So either Im the luckiest man alive or other people get caught up in the B.S. 

Paul 

6 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

It's seems like just yesterday that I was standing between a new "Cool Power" 300-equipped R-model, and F-model. Where did all the years go? I feel no older than that day in 1973.

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Impressive pictures there 

Thanks for sharing 

Paul 

Only idea l have is timing isnt right, sorry no other ideas from me 

Paul 

Earthmoving style rims have that o ring your talking about when tubeless

As far as spacers go, if you find you need a wider spacer just weld a bit of 3/8 rod around, if still need more space weld another piece of 3/8 rod around the other side

Just need to make sure the wedges dont bottom out on duels

Paul 

I just watched this tonight 

Thats a pretty cool looking car, one of my favorite youtube channels 

The more I watch the more I like Jay Leno 

For me thats a pretty big statement 

Great stuff

Paul 

Sorry I some how have missed this till now, great story

Paul

I was only telling my brother about this truck a few weeks ago as he was talking about getting a 6x6 something or other but has also thought about a Cruiseliner or Ultraliner

I suggested maybe between a exarmy 6x6 R model and a Cruiseliner he could make something pretty special, even sent him the link to the specs on these and the Australian Army R models ,  same front axle and transfer case  in both I believe 

Anyway he bought a Tatra 6x6 375 hp job from QLD

Goes ok he tells me but I doubt it will ever have the cool factor

Paul

Sure was a different movie, when it aired on local tv my parent's let me stay up late and watch it 

I left a mark on my mind, I  bought the dvd a few years ago and the Princess just laughed and talked all the way thru, she is banned from watching truck movies with me 🤔

This means I hardly ever get to watch what I want any more

Paul

On 7/28/2020 at 10:37 AM, davehummell said:

My boss had a john deere lawn mower tractor and it had a pressure fed oil system Kawasaki engine it ran for years cutting a large lawn never used a drop of oil. Way better then it had to be for the mower was not that expensive. I have husky blower, chainsaw, pole saw they are over ten years old the saw is a pro model and it cut a lot of hard wood. But I have the pro model stihl climber saw that is just a rip roaring little saw that thinks it's twice as big as it is.

Princess had a John Deere ride on with rhe Kwacka (Kawasaki to none Australian parts of the world) and it 26 years old and out lasted the mower by a long way 

I had to put a coil on it and new brushes in the starter motor, a incredible little motor and cut well over a acre of lawn ever week or so for all of those years

Paul

South Africa did this in the days of Apartheid 

They made parts for everything and did for many many years

Paul 

22 hours ago, HeavyGunner said:

(Example being of you go to store x and buy product y when product y breaks store x will not help you and says you must contact product y’s customer service center) 

This I feel is the biggest reason in Australia that internet sales have taken off 

The store just doesn't want to deal with the problem at all 

If I buy it over the internet and have a problem a fresh one is on the way thr next day, no arguments, no "do you have the docket"

It just happens 

And the otgerother thing you mention, they only want to sell you whats on the floor not what you want 

Paul

20 hours ago, JoeH said:

Sears management didn't have any vision for the company, ran it into the ground because they were afraid to fail. Wound up failing anyways!

Could you explain this a little further

I have no idea about Sears as they were never in Australia, curious as to what and why 

Paul

I would be guessing the add spares are coming thru a  country thst doesn't have sanctions with the US 

Paul 

One heck of a ute

Looks like it has the worlds biggest thermo fan 

Paul

I have never known of this happening to anyone before 

Very unlucky but also very lucky if that makes any sense 

Good luck sorting it out 

Paul 

Fully hot rodded !!

Looks like it's had some work done to it over the years, but what old truck hasn't 

Should be quite race car running around bob tail

Paul 

My other hobbie is Caterpillar crawler tractors and bulldozers

And what is ready for the scrap heap in tthe US is still getting used in Australia 

Even our Mack trucks, even though a lot more plentiful in Australia than Russia we are using them commercially a lot longer than they get used i  the State's 

I think it's the cost to buy them new is great compared to the US so we wear them out a lot further

Paul