Vladislav

Good question. I would like to hear the answer too.

Kevin, sorry to bother. Is that RD544500 Red Dot knob fit to the temp control levers (as on the above pic) or on the small blower control lever too?

Possibly. I'm not familiar with Hendrickson walking beams unfortunately besides seeing them on pics.

Brocky, now I see you're well prepeared for one more trip regarding the information. I honestly didn't know so much about the country's attractions. Sorry you couln't find possibility making the plan real. For me the main trouble is the visa indeed. Both Aussie and NZ I suppose. They have requirements similar to UK business for achieving one. And I was not fully able to satisfy them. Right at the moment Russia is under ban getting Aussie visa at all as long as I know due to the known events. I am definitely way far from discussing I like that or not so just wait for better times hoping I will live long enough. Some pennies needed to be collected for a big tour too but it's a task I could rule out I belive. On a positive note I have plenty of interesting unfinished affairs where I am and my own country is huge either along a few neighbouring lands I may travel over. But Australia being a Mack country is on my list as a big point of what I should do in my life.

I had a set of cast axles combined with Neway airride using steel adapters bolted to the spots you normally fit caps for spring end rubber bushings. 1988 R-model. Unfortunately it didn't come to me as a truck just sets of axles and a gearbox. The adapters were welded of thick (7/8" or so) steel plates cut off a sheet. But looked like factory parts way not a home made stuff. They were used to attach the equalizer levers to the axle housings.

Brocky, many thanks for posting the entire story of the trip. I saw the photos you posted in the past but don't remember reading the routes. Such a journey is still a desirable project for me. But looks of notably more efforts consuming deal than an avarage holiday trip.

Mmmm... Do you have more than one wife?

Looks great!

So now this clearly explains why you have so HOT weather!! Happy Australia Day!

Tom, I'm with you on that. Would be cool to visit Paul's land once no doubt. But looks like such a trip requires seriouse time management.

Trent, Do you have Ambac or Bosch pump on your 285? As it seems to me the most calibrations of a pump are done in the governor. The pump sections may be different by the plunger diameter the most. And that point should be checked some way. But very possibly that's similar between the two. Also the shape of cams can differ in the cam shaft. Some have steeper upcoming curve for faster pressure increase and "harder crack" on injectors but that doesn't affect combustion much as I was told by a pump guy (I actually was told "as steeper as better"). Besides that all specifics are housed in a governor. If you have both pumps of similar style you could swap it over. But no way for Ambac pump to adopt Bosch governor.

As I remember they all have similar threads where you bolt them into the pump housing. And the threads are metric if I'm not wrong. Interesting that European vehicles with Robert Bosch pumps use almost similar hand primers. What we here have normaly in shops are German Bosch or aftermarket primers and I used a couple in Mack pumps.

Those numbers are always there. I have 3 or 4 E6V4 blocks with them and about the same count of E6V2 either. They're not an engine serial number definitely. Probably some internal factory markings. Might matter a group of parts you use working with a parts list for identification but I'm not familiar with that subject. One of my trucks has those put into the registry papers as the engine number. Looks logish if you don't know of how that number should be marked. And that's a kind of issue for me now since we're able to swap an engine legally if install a similar one. Which means similar model designation. In my case I couldn't use another similar E6 block in place of the old one since that different one is stamped differently in THAT spot.

I installed Xenon light in my 1985 Mercedes car as soon as I could put my hands on a set of. About 2001 year. Factory installed xenon used to have (must have?) dynamic level corrector for not blinding opposit traffic when the vehicle is bouncing on road bumps or gets out of horizont being loaded. I didn't have any correctors besides a manual one but saw no warnings from other folks when my lamps were set normal (or a bit lower than they should). LED lamps I put in two vehicles recently are no less brighter than factory xenon. Again it looks Ok and I also noted about 50-70% of upcoming traffic have it installed in the area I live. I suppose a half of them is modern cars with factory LED's and a half of home installed units. From where I'm sitting by the wheel I see no discomfort from them as long as they don't glow in the sky.

RS700? Or RL? I like them both no matter alu or steel. Good luck on the project!

Sounds sensational !!! Thanks for sharing this top secret fact! That would be darn interesting to read the whole story. Maybe later, no matter. Say hi to Timoti Maikshilo. His scenaric photo's of NZ land were amazing. And have a smooth and safe travel home!

Wow! Excellent! I well remember that girl in red T-shirt hanging over a FWD firetruck at Macungie in 2018. But honestly it has me scratching my head on who was that guy wearing sun glasses?? Shame on me!

LED lamps could be installed into the existing lenses. IDK if that's legal regarding your DOT requirements though. I put a pair in my motorcycle and also 4x4 Mercedes recently and very happy with the results.

As said above and said before. Good luck on the progress! And I haven't noted if anybody mentioned that previousely, we all here like to see pictures!

Also you might enjoy seeing this. It was posted on here in the past.

For my application I ordered straight square U-channel 3" tall bent of polished SS in a fab shop. Than cut off the shelves in the corner areas for radius bends and wrapped those over a piece of steel tube. Could be done with no really big efforts if you have basic skills working with sheet metal. Some experiments with cardboard are worth executing before the real deal.

The truck looks cool! You will be a lucky guy purchasing it! I too wish that for you! I'd like to own one also some day. But so far it's only drool! The sleeper you have was made by Able Body. At least judging by the pics. As you can see it has two cut outs for the exhaust mufflers. The LH one was gone in unknown direction. Or possibly the sleeper has come from another truck which had two stacks and yours had one. Speaking the matter you asked I doubt you'll be able to find stainless skirds for that sleeper. They seem existing in the past but during my observations on different on-line truck accesory shops in the last 15 years I haven't seen any offers on those. Also a point is a R-model cab is not designed well to acomoddate straight skirds. It has rounded rocker panels which wouldn't suit flat boards. Or at least they would look wierd there. For my needs I fabricated stainless skirds for a sleeper but declined idea putting them on the cab. Sure that was a matter of my taste. Fabrication of stainless parts turned out into more complicated deal as it looked to me originally. The material is harder than common steel so you need high quality drill bits and notable amount of labour to attach marker lamps. The truck on the picture (not mine unfortunately) has a sleeper similar to yours. It's Able Body, I checked it out in person, there's a tag riveted to the back wall. As you can see there are stainless skirds attached to the bunk only and they look nice. I don't know where the owner accuired them from. Of what I know definitely they were put in place a long while back. Too possibly they're hand made.

A couple more pics from the net representing the subject. It's an L-model not a B. But about the similar time frame. If you look well you can note the U-bolt passes a hole in the chassis skird at the inner side of the frame rail. I expect of your truck also having those holes in the corresponded areas.

That's an interesting point of no signs of the 5th wheel ever installed. Iranians still have plenty B-models straight trucks with long wheel base and cargo body in operation. But those assembled in Iran have industrial style front grille with shutters in the most cases. I'm pretty sure you will make many discoveries about yout truck since it is not young and definitely keeps some history. If you make more pictures of it (chassis, engine compartment, front axle) people on here might share some useful info about it I belive.