mrsmackpaul

So yes Mack did manufacture their own front driven axle It was on WW2 army 6x6 trucks It was unique in the way it steered and drove thru king pin area It went thru two sets of right angle gears and allows for sharp steering Paul

If you have Facelessbook this will work https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14QaWfvLtf/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Even if you don't I reckon it will work Paul

Well the frobt brakes are missing, or most of the bits are, I bet there in the shed there, just gotta find them Paul

That's gunna be a lotta fun, a couple of willing helpers in the photos there Happy 75th birthday Paul

Yep Brocky is correct, that's a good plan I have no idea about a full restoration except that it is about 100 times more work then you ever think it is going to be Most full restorations end up in the scrap heap They all start out with big plans and soon realize just how big and how much time and money is needed Get drivable and on the road and your more likely to keep it that way and just fix things as you can and enjoy driving it about Paul

I just did some Googling and quickly found this Pretty sure it is what your chasing https://www.woodlineparts.com/en-au/products/pai-eac-3964-mack-31qc212-rack-limiting-air-cylinder-e6-ambac If it isn't, I'll chase something up locally Paul

Struth thats a interesting state of affairs Wouldn't have thought it would be cheap or quick to fix Paul

The electricity is kinda a must have these days Best get it sorted Mind you, as Joey suggests, they arent that dear to buy new these days I do like my old CS Listers, still made new today in India CS is cold start Start them when it's freezing with a crank handle just fine They do about 650 rpm full noise They had them on farms all over Australia, right up into the 90's in the more remote regions and probable still do have them They just chug away I had 2 cylinder ones on 8 inch irrigation pumps, chug chug chug, 24 hours a day Twice a day pull the rocker cover off and squirt some more oil in They are good motors and diesel as well Paul

Give me a few days and I'll see what I can find for you Paul

Do you want me to see if I can get you one of these new and pop it in the mail to you ? I have done things like this before for people on here Australia seems to have better access to this stuff new than the U.S. Paul

Yes the replacement from PAI is fine There is a gasket, or is it a '0' ring ?? Dunno it's been years now since I have had one apart I find the holding clamp comes undone when driving down the road Try doing it up a little tighter and it strips Anyway the long and the short of it is I cracked the shits and make up my own clamp and it never comes undone Paul

Sorry, I thought I explained that The one with the badly drawn red circle goes to the little air ram on the injector pump that limits travel until you get boost or are out of reverse and 1st gear The green line goes to the fear box, reverse and 1st gear doohickie The uncircled line is the air supply to the puff limiter doohickie To be honest I only looked at these for a few minutes and relied on my memory Paul

Mate I dunno, if it was made, it can be over hauled I dunno, I'll have a hunt around for a E6 manual I think it will be only a crook o ring Paul

That's perfect for me, I picked up a set of Jakes for mine maybe 12 months ago No paper work until today Thank you Paul

But wait theres more So were do these air lines go Green circled airline goes to the gear box, reverse, first Red circled airline goes to the injector pump rack Now crusieliner 64 Paul This looks like a simple piston type of deal, I can see bleed holes etc to let air out and or in Yours should be a piece of piss to fix over a few pints of your favourite larger Bellow is the air line to my boost gauge Hang on I'll zoom in on this Dunno if any of this helps, bit old mate the sorted your motor has jiggered up the plumbing department Licensed to thrill your missing a (as the younger set say out here) "a shit ton of boost" I wonder if the breather is for a cab over type of deal, possibly a garbage truck Dunno if this helps or not But everything is a bonus While sorting the pics I spied this a wee distance away Yeah a boom of a crane, woopty bloody do Paul Okay a bit more, fresh meat lol Not a cool power, but still cool enough Paul

Okay, a cracker of a day so had a captain Cook Now remember my truck has the steering wheel on the correct side unlike the U.S. trucks I only mention this because our trucks might be plumbed a little different The breather on the rocker cover on mine has no holes for hoses, it does have spots cast into it and the casting numbers

I finished late last night and it was pissing down with rain this morning I'll check tonight and report back, if mine doesn't have the hose I'll check my mates as his R600 has never been apart from new, only 400,000 km from new, still very original Paul

I will have a look tonight and see what I find Will report back P

Correct, first and reverse Paul

If it's any consolation, Mazda gearboxes have been crap since they first arrived in this wide brown land Even today they still don't have their shit sorted Dunno how to put it politely, Mazda make shit transmissions, rest of the car/SUV/ute is fine Paul

Also stops the diesel washing the oil fron the bores and extends engine life It does make them less revy and slower to respond until boost developed, however the benefits out way the apparent increase in performance Paul