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mrsmackpaul

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

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  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. And don't get me wrong, the Scania sounds pretty bloody good, the E9 has a sound all of its own, not better or worse but very distinct to it 

     

    I think and I say this with the greatest of respect to our American friends, there is little chance of this becoming a swap in America because what we consider to be normal amounts of money to spend they tend to baulk at as the options in America are so much greater than Australia 

    That Scania sounds pretty darn good 

     

    Paul

  8. For the effort it takes and the convenience it will give to me its a no brainer

     

    Swapping to negitive ground would without a doubt the way to go, if you want a phone charger, CB, ordinary car radio or any other really common things we use every day to work as they should it is easier to change just one thing, your truck to suit the rest rather than change everything to then only work on your truck

     

    So a alternator is the first port of call, quick simple on wire alternator with a built in regulator 

    Dunno if you have a amp guage or volt guage, chances are both will have to have there wirers reversed so they still work the correctly otherwise it it will show volts in negitive instead of positive and the amp guage will show its discharging instead of charging 

    There wont be a lot more to change that I can think of off the top of my head 

    As I said it's much easier to change one thing rather than 20 things

     

    Also if you change the trailer etc and have breakdown, no one else can tow your trailer

     

    Paul 

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  9. And would they sell any good in the US or Australia, probably not as they are pretty price in a Scania truck let alone putting them in a Mack and they are a far better built motor than a E9, sorry everyone but the E9 lacked reliability in the long run on full power every hour of the day, they sounded tough and went well but were not a million mile motor were as the Scania V8 is and has certainly proven that over the 4 or 5 decades they have made them 

     

    Paul 

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  10. Looks the part, are they 20 inch wheels on the back, can get 12.00 x 20 bar treads for them and it will stand a fare bit taller and give better flotation in the paddock

    14.00 x 20 is the largest 20 tyre I know of that are fitted to trucks 

    Sugar cane haulout trucks have huge floatation tyres on the rear and we can do 100 kmh in those with a full load and they go strait on a spider or dayton hub 

    Paul

  11. I would be thinking in a high profile case like this, if and when the police lay charges they gotta make them 100% correct and idiot proof because if any of the high profile jokers are charged they are gunna use every trick in the book to get off 

     

    So the police I would be making sure that none of jokers are covered in Teflon 

    So it may take a while for things to happen but I reckon they will happen

     

    Paul 

  12. It's gunna be hard to find something that matches in a doesnt look it was just thrown

    To my way of thinking you need to go either something that looks really modern on there so it looks like your not even trying to blend it in or find something old school, maybe one of those shiney aluminium jobs with all the creases and bead rolls etc all polished up and looking shit hot and shiny 

     

    Paul 

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  13. Dunno Dave, rememberance is to remember all, all who served, all who never came home, all the loved ones who never had their loved ones returned 

     

    All in all we as long as we never forget I think in Australia is all that really matters

     

    Thanks for clearing that up Dave, I wrongly assumed veterans day was similar to rememberance day 

     

     

    Paul

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