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mrsmackpaul

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  1. Good luck with it all, I know this a pretty common mod Paul
  2. Bob I reckon they are the best looking Macks ever made And this is a fine example Paul
  3. Everyone have a great one, stay safe and have a wonderful Christmas no matter whar your doing or who your with Paul
  4. Struth JC, don't hold back now, tell us what you really think Your amoung friends here, don't be shy now, go on, as Swishman sez,"give until it hurts" 😁 Paul
  5. Thats clever
  6. They have come up a treat, great work Paul
  7. A very happy and safe Christmas to you and yours Paul And what a classy ride, Santa was traveling in style Paul
  8. We have a thing called movember in Australia Grow a moustache in November To raise awareness of mens mental health apparently Anyway for the last 5 or 6 years I grow something and it only takes a few weeks Gone so grey now I look like a skunk the white chin matches the chest hair perfectly So I guess next year I might look like Santa 😂 Paul
  9. Well hay season is completed A very slow and spasmotic hay season this year All the gear is back home Paul
  10. I 100% agree with this statement, even in this wide brown land Social media like Facebook is probably the worst spot to get a value A whole lotta waffle and if only from jokers Could always put it in a auction with a reserve and of it doesn't meet the reserve the auctioneer will deal with the loosing bidders and vendor to try and get a deal sorted And even in Yanky land I reckon 15 - 20 grand is probably achievable, just gotta find the right spot to sell it Dunno about dealer's over there, auctions at least cut out all the B.S. and tyre kickers as we call them Paul
  11. Have a great Christmas and sade travels Paul
  12. That's a huge hole there, bigger than I expected to see I guess it is very hard to undo this in years to come if you change your mind But it would give you a lot more room in the bunk and possibly allow the seats to slide even further back Paul
  13. Vlad has done this, I'm sure he will chime in Paul
  14. Well I dunno about books now and then BUT there was some books I have read and never forgotten Is about a Australian family struggling to survive the great depression mining gold My brother Jack, well you'll just have to read it, a very good read My grandfather left me this book, bloody good read Speaking of Pa, here he is during WW2 He was really special to me Anyway onwards and upwards This book is another bloody good read Talking here books from my teenage years Happy days everyone Paul
  15. As a kid we only had 3 channels ABC 2, BTV 6 and Ten One afternoon we watching cartoons Mum and Dad weren't home, they had gone to town for their monthly shop We were never allowed to watch TV until after 6 at night, Dad walked in and turned the TV off, my sister started going crook and chucking a wobbly A few moments later Dad carried a box in with a new TV, he plugged it and turned it on and marvels of modern marvels, it was colour My sister was so happy she burst into tears, Dad was like a rock star after that for a few days 🤣🤣🤣 BTV 6 was Ballarat and 2 and 10 were Melbourne and were on a different aerial, had a switch on the wall to flick to change between these
  16. Not mine but just thing for a stand by power plant https://www.facebook.com/share/1AxQreVpmp/ The Napier Deltic "SPARE Engine" that came with the original FDNY super pumper is for sale. Engine is sealed in the original, unopened NICAD bag. It is stored inside the wooden container it was shipped in. Has always been in a heated garage since new. Can be used as museum piece or to refurb a PT boat, or Deltic railroad train. Or whatever you might like. Make an offer.....? Paul
  17. How do NewZealnders find sheep in tall grass ? Delightful Happy days everyone, don't take this all to seriously Paul
  18. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19WWD3chna/?mibextid=1hYEk3 Gave me a chuckle Paul
  19. Not likely in this wide brown land 10.00 x 20 are pretty much the standard Tape a piece of string on the tail shaft, drive one wheel revolution forward, hop out and count how many times the string has wrapped around the tail shaft Thats your diff ratio 5.14 will allow 100 kmh with a OD transmission Paul
  20. Ha ha bloody ha you lot Okay simple answers for you lot The bonnet (hood) scoop on the first cool power jobbies blocked up to easily and quickly The dual intake thru the one air cleaner had similar issues Dual aircleaners were started on Mack coolpowered jobbies and pretty quickly most makes of heavy trucks in Australia did the same Halve the air flow and you get 4 times the life between services Sunvisors, unlike some that have visors for looks, the Australian ones are quite huge by world standards and back in the day before gay stainless steel drop visors that are probably more suited to a gay Volvo type of hipster than a propper truck driver Visors curl right around to block the rising and setting sun from the side on view So most of Australia's land mass is flat, very very flat, flat as a shit carters hat so to speak This means the sun takes hours to go down, whilst this is quicker than most women, it means we gotta squint for a hour or so So we need proper sunvisors and propper air intakes Oh and quality Macks like R and FR models built by Australians in Australia for Australians use the chassis number not the vin number Chassis number is behind the first drive axle on the drivers side So if you if you have a stainless steel drop visor, pad up precious you delicate little cup cake 😘😘🦘 Paul
  21. The good NewZealand air I think, and I don't have to squint all the time Or maybe it is that I have my good town hat on instead of the crappy work hat Paul
  22. Bung this up here Good a place as any Clickty click https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15NV4nxVFj/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Paul
  23. The vanes are probably stuck, just pull it apart and soak in diesel They need a huge volume of air to force the fins out and spin them Or at least on the ones I work on Air goes thru the rotor part and blows the vanes out against the stator to seal them and then the rotor forced by the air as it is sealed up pretty good Rebuild kits are readily available in Australia as nearly every Mack sold out here was air start up into the 90's It is very rare to see a electric start Mack built up until the late 90's Paul
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