roadusercharges

Thats the truck I saw

Thanks for the pic. I for got about the trick windows. shure is in great shape for an old RS700

On the sleeper it had "cadillac mack" in some funky sticker or vinal decal

Wold love to see some interior shots of this truck.

Thanks again

Trent

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Long way between the guards and the front tires, is there a reason for this/

Nigel

Welcome, my 5 cents worth would be ,has the engine received the modified breather system to the engine, ie no longer at the rear of the valley cover?

nigel

Trent;

Ive got an 3/8 thick alloy bumper, which has the bolts that hold it to the chassis lengthened and 2 sets of steel jaws attached with a drop pin, 1 each side, Its very useful when tying on to the roll on roll off ships. They dont destroy the bumper and can be taken off and the bumper still looks original. Have a look on my album.

Nigel

they should have stuck to their automobiles.

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Dont buy Volvo front end loaders, all of ours have knackered their transmissions after 6000 hours, so we keep a spare, The only reason we have bought them , is initial price compared to Cats, cant resell them.

Nigel

Hope you can read about this truck that is for sale soon, in case you cant here are the details;

610hp,18 speed, air susp,Voith retarder;cd player.

This truck was the last sleeper cab Mack Ultraliner ever built in the world, impecably serviced, nouthing spared, 800,000kms, NZD$130,000

Would suit your style Trent!

nigel;

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try this address haulageparts@inspire.net.nz, they have got the following engines;

e9-440/500/525. good luck.

nigel

The pump which is mounted on the side of your gearbox via the PTO should have only 2 ports , 1 for suction and 1 for pressure, the pressure port should go to a control valve, mounted somewhere else. this is where your cab control is connected via 2 airlines, the ports on these vary , but a simple setup would have a pressure outlet port which goes to your trailer connection. one port maybe a relief valve dump line and will go back to your tank, the other will be the pressure in from your pump, the return line from your trailer will go directly to tank and may have the relief dump line connected as well.

hope that helps, Ill send you photos of my dog if its any use

nigel

Ive got one on my ute, good quality manufacturing.nigel

It's O.K., where's the fire engine?

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In the fire station where they belong!nigel

there is a e9-525 engine for sale here in NZ if you want more oomph.

Nigel

yep, you can send 1 to down under NZ, Nigel

An oldie but a goodie, dont forget a set of stainless steel rear mudguards.

look forward to the improvements. Nigel

I recall one here in Nz back in the early 80's with a 8V71 jimmy, It may have come in as a glider kit. Like the V8 badges, can you still obtain them somewhere.

Nigel

I called in last week to find that a new turbo for a 500 is $nzd4285 and there is a back order at present, Luvly! .I forgot the waterpump. Ill try later this week.

nigel

wots black and tan and looks good on a muslim?

a rottweiler.nig

regarding the cooling,my 500 radiator was running a bit hot until i found a sizeable amount of dirt in the fins, I Took off the intercooler and cleaned it with water then spent an hour washing and blasting out the radiator as we found the fan was running in a cold spot due to dirt build up and it would not lock in when things got a bit hot, once cleaned , the fan ran like it should.

Ive since recored the radiator as there were a lot of missing fins surrounding the cores, and this has cost NZD$2800, just the sort of thing to make you love trucking.

nigel

The air start tank should have its own gauge on it, if it holds air , then the gauge should be up a round 100psi+, if not then ,you have an airleak, try the old method of a squirt bottle with a bit of dish washing liquid and water, then wet all the joints you can locate and see which ones bubble the mixture. My dog will empty out the air system and drop the airbags, but the airstart tank will hold its own , sometimes leaving the splitter in neutral will cause it to drop when the engine is off , as there must be a leak on top of the gearbox. If it is hard to start on the starter, unbolt it from the block and oil up the shaft that the gear rides on as the start sequence relies on the gear meshing with the ringgear first , then it opens up the signal line to allow the rush of air from the start tank to the starter, if the first part of the sequence is sluggish, then you will have no end of problem. At least the starter is alloy and not to heavy on the knees.!

nigel

thanks trent,

thats this weekends mission.

nigel

Evening guys,

The air vent on my superdog has a reasonable amount of rust around it, I can remake the steel bits but before i remove it from the roof and maybe bugger up something, has anyone removed one of these?, It appears to be held in place by a rubber moulding similar to the back window. Nigel

type out a list and Ill see whats around, there is a good stock here in nz as well as bits sourced from Ausie,nigel

releases some oil from the rocker gear and limits the stroke of the valve timing, a block of wood on a chain dragging on the road is about as efficent sometimes. nigel

At last , someone has heard of the Volvo engine, the latest one in the fleet has been on the road a month and is just starting to free up,trouble is , that it is not running at full 44 tonnes yet, fuel figures look good so far , but as a comparison to the c15 Cat in the kenworth doing the same sort of work , and its currently rated at 470hp, the cat is using quite a lot more fuel.

As for the e95oo, well it just keeps on keeping on.

nigel

welcome, best you change your call sign , its not very mackorientainted, if you know what i mean.

Nigel

In my MACK work shop manuals which date from 1978, there are photos of Scania Vabis 6cyl engines as fitted to R series Macks and all the repair and adjustment procedures that go with them. At that time the v8 was only rated up to 375 hp and doesnt show any Scania link, but there may well be more info on this.

nigel

We used water pressure from the garden tap to pop out the front of a 10,000 litre roadtanker tank, that had been sucked in due to vacum when the breather pipe was blocked, its quite amazing how it all happens, air is too dangerous, Ive lifted manholes off tanks and blown them through the roof with air. nigel