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Mrs Gudday m8 The Sydney Gay Parade (Poofters & Wankers) were mostly all Volvo drivers & Owners LOL cya

A sausage sandwich has a very different meaning in Australia Let me just say, at the gay Madi gra you would be very popular eating sausage sandwich Paul

Again from the Rootes, wouldn't think many H model Macks on the Alcan hwy "North American Imp" Paul

Braggin ........and doing tractor swap's with them at 1400.00 a hour minimum 4-hour's ......port hole back to port hole and can't afford insurance ......

I asked the seller man what kind of oil he used and that's what he said. He's also a truck owner, as in A model Kenworth.

Hello all. I'm a first time poster here. So be gentle. 😃 I'm currently building a CH Mack for RV use only. Its a fairly long wheelbase single drive with rear Hendrickson Airbag suspension. It has a standard (fully rebuilt) front end 3 leaf parabolic spring set up. I'm chasing a softer front end for RV use but concerned with going outside of safety / engineering standards. I would dearly love to add airbag to the front end and this is very do-able here is Australia. My thoughts in adding air to an already fairly rigid sprung front end won't help me (Happy to be wrong :)) I see all these web based sset ups from the USA especially regarding long wheelbase KW's and Peterbilts and note they have airbags installed with usually 2 shock absorbers, but only run one leaf spring? To me this seems unsafe? One leaf breaks and it all turns to the brown stuff. Ultimately I'd like to take out one of the 3 parabolic leaves (to soften the ride) and add the airbag to get the correct ride and height. As i'm only ever using this truck for RV use not haulage, i will run a consistent weight on the front end. The RV body will only be approximately 2 Ton so the steer won't be a whole lot different to running around in a commercial environment bobtail (Empty). Just reaching out for some feedback after telling my brief story. In Australia, we don't have the suppliers and resources you have in the USA so grateful for any ideas or thoughts.

Just use Rotela in it.

This is what I am going to use for the motor.yea or na

Yep...

More progress this afternoon: Heads torqued, valve train sitting on there waiting to be torqued. I loosened all the adjusters about a turn just so nothing would happen to touch when I start to roll it around. It shouldn't be too far out but remember : Safety THIRD! 😂 Exhaust manifold snugged on Tomorrow will be torquing things and adjusting valves. I found some HPC reinforced silicone plugs for the two water fittings. Same basic stuff I am using for other couplings. I tried to get dual filter housing off 237. The intake is in the freaking way! I need to fabri-cobble a socket/wrench to get the center bolt out so I don't have to remove manifold. Even 1/4" drive is too tall. Box wrench won't fit in the recess. F-me. In all, glad to see this coming together this far. I can see in another week, I could fire it up. I have my old extra radiator like I used when I ran it last summer in the driveway for about 45 minutes. Since it is on metal legs I feel a bit more secure then when it was just sitting on wood blocks wobbling around.

Zina bought this pickup truck she wanted, a 1955 Ford F100. I changed the oil in it shortly after we got it because the man we bought it from said he was going to, but never got around to it. I know how that goes!..anyhow, I put Motorcraft 5W-30 synthetic blend oil in it. It was not cheap oil. Then I read on an F100 group I'm in, or maybe it was the 351-400M group I'm in, that you should use conventional oil with a high zinc content in these engines, either 10W-30 or 10W-40. So maybe I was overthinking things, but I changed the oil again and put 10W-30 Castrol conventional oil in it and a bottle of this- Better safe than sorry I guess.

were you ever really here in the first place??

Yes to using the oven to finish yummie meats.. awesome...

I think the ribs are done but I brought them in and put them in the oven anyway. I serve no swine before it's time. Zina tried some and said they were delicious. I'm still drinking a delicious cold Miller Lite and watching the exciting motion picture, called "Fall".

...as the late, great, Glenn Frey said "I'm already gone".

compared to last few weeks , CT weather like a summer day today. spent day working outside on John Deere 5200. nice compact tractor. fixed hyd leak other misc.

Busted...

2 points !!ole man scored again 🤣.BMT keeps brain cells for us old people active . Thanks B M T . of course being this old have seen many changes /advancements in mechanical field. difficulty is remembering them.if I only figured picture down loads, found the picture of engine with water cooled intercooler showing the 3/4 piping.

now tell the truth :: he's there to make sure you do it right !! in event you install a side car on bike and he's riding in it : he doesn't want a break down LOL

guess the ole man hasn't totally forgot . great idea to use a hole saw to weaken brass washers

Well... Today is Harley Day in the shop. The Tri Glide got a P.M. service, and the sporster got the same and a Carb re-build. The carb was nasty inside. The Sporty sits a lot because I had the Softail Custom to ride. Now that the Soft tail has turned into a Sweet C-10, Sporty is back in action. As far as 'Tino' goes... He kept me safe from the boogie man. He likes to stand guard.

to spend $$$millions on those fancy 4 -5 axle wreckers and have them sit not profitable. they make the big bucks on calls ; when they are on one. take a set up like above having a 5th wheel ; unit not towing can be useful under trailers. fleets started using tractors with 5th wheel mounted wrecker set ups yrs ago. now they seem to be more elaborate

me also BUT almost 75 with a "power plant" not functioning 100 % ; I have learned to adjust my diet. of course it depends on the weather !!(back on track ).. might have to move this to "what's cha cookin " to be on topic.

I hope you guys know I'm not serious