Magilla

Yes Joey, 22 years used.

Thank you all for your sound advice. I took off the sump and had a good look, found No 6 liner leaking. Took off head and bolts didn’t look good on strip down, sure enough exhaust gases have been in coolant journal, head cracked. Inspection of liners and pistons revealed the old girl needs a rebuild. Been searching for a remanufactured motor Australia wide since but no luck. Cost of parts for rebuild outweighs value of truck and can’t get a number of parts anyway, parts I could source, not including heads and cam shaft, amounted to nearly $40k before a spanned had even been lifted. As a matter of interest Australian ex military Mack CH 2001 model 435hp tipper with low kilometres and hours sold at auction for $161000 not including 8.5% buyers premium plus registration and transfer cost, not much change out of $200,000.00 for a 23 year old truck.🤩 Not sure what things are like in the Northern hemisphere but second hand machinery here is still selling at a premium. Rolling the dice now searching for a second hand motor out of a wreck.

Thanks Bob.

I’m new here, just wanted to say appreciate being able to join the group. I’m a owner/driver of an old CH613 1998 model EA7 410 13 speed road ranger tipper with about 26k hours. I got her about ten years ago from a large concert company. Been a fantastic truck for my very small operation. I’m located in Australia, state of New South Wales and work mostly out in the bush doing farm work/jobs with the truck and a few other machines. I’m no mechanic but manage to get by on the smaller stuff. Look forward to contributing if I can.

G’day guys n gals, I have a 1998 Mack CH613 EA7 410 with coolant leak. Had a a few codes read ‘17’ coolant low, after first noticing low in main tank ok in overflow. Started putting about 1 - 2 litres in main tank each morning, no external leak obvious. Truck sat idle over Christmas & new year. Just put about 15 litres in main tank, checked oil level, really high on stick but no sign of water in oil, no bubbles or milk appearance. Thinking head gasket but reading forum post noticed compressor is also water cooled. Appreciate any feedback, thanks.