mrsmackpaul

They appear to be a impressive well optioned truck Air ride front axle and yet Kenworth still only offer springs in their front end on COE K220 Air ride front axles have been standard on interstate buses since the late 70's early 80's in Australia It would probably sell well out here Paul

So you sprayed and let it soak in really good, nearly a weeks worth of soaking Summer is about half done Winter is just around the corner, just letting you know that Anyway, I'm guessing the progress has been so great you haven't had time to stop and share So how is it coming along, anything to report ? Paul

And yet our close neighbors in NewZealand had a bigger range of Macks as some were Australian based and some fully imported from the U.S. RHD Seems to be no rhyme nor reason to how it all went Anyways, back the build Oh I think 675 was the biggest power output of the E9 offered in Australia Paul

And even before the Maxitorque box was around, pretty much everything had a quad box and very occasional duplex I have never seen or heard of triplex or simplex (think that was the name of Mack 5 speed) in Australia Paul

Im fairly certain 285 Maxidyne is a air to air intercooled tip turbine job A 300 Maxidyne is series air to air, so water cooling and tip turbine intercooled job A little more fuel and a more efficient intercooling and 300 Maxidyne was produced after 285 In the Thermodyne it was the same and 320 went to 350 hp We never had the range of motors, transmissions and backends etc that was available in the U.S. So I have never heard of a 315 or a 295 hp motor Even gear boxes 5, 6, 10 and 12 speed None of the other numbers you blokes mention Paul

Usually have to check the king pins with the wheel on and pinch bar amd a block of wood I think the extra leverage of the wheel and extra weight helps Paul

Good luck with this Paul

Yep, as the others have said, lift the lid and have a look Hopefully it will be something simple Don't use silicone sealant type of deal when putting it back together Just use gasket goo and some gaskets if needed Silicone types of deal ooze out and break off and end up blocking oil galleries and getting caught in the sliding dogs, then the whole box ends up apart to clean the mess up Good luck Paul

I'll second what Brocky said You do some amazing things and have some fantastic adventures that we are lucky enough that you share these with us all Thank you Paul

So a couple of answers I don't think it matters at all if your to top gear in reverse So backing a dog trailer (thats what we call them out here) is pretty common, backing two dogs is a challenge Apparently plenty of farmers in north America do this with hay trailers I can back two dogs, I can back a semi with a dog Am I competent ? Well yes but not as good as some a possible better than others I have certainly see blokes back road trains that are pretty good, I lack depth perception, dunno if I always have but certainly in the last 30 years or so I have little depth perception over 10 feet away, backing a road train with 80 feet behind me requires not so much correction but checking more often than most Placarded loads can be lot's of different things, even fertilizer I guess like urea can be, nitroprill would I imagine be a placard load Paul

WOW Get your Rocks off Paul

Well from about the 40 minute mark, Buntine "Power and the Glory" Paul

Haven't seen that movie in over 30 years Paul

Have a read through this thread, ut may help or maybe just confuse the Dynatard understanding Paul

If my memory is correct, which is doubtful I reckon the head bolts are 220 pound so thats pretty tight, yeah a breaker bar and pipe as Geoff suggests is probably needed Paul

There's another thread were the chassis is getting done, Vlad rivets the chassis back together and all All very impressive stuff I'll let Vlad tell the story as it's his story, or do a bit of a search and you'll find it all Paul

Here you go Bob Paul

Yes when I nail a big roo it really shakes the whole truck pretty hard Paul

If I took a tyre back to a tyre shop like that I wouldn't get any warranty The story would be "you've bumped it on something" or "you drove something into it" I have had a few tubed tyres do this for no apparent reason I have tried to claim warranty and got no were I guess the tyre shop also has to be able to prove to their supplier that the tyre was faulty and the tyre shop knows what they can and can't get claims on And I also guess I have to be able to prove what happened and that I didn't bump it Tyres are cheap these days and it just isn't worth the aggravation And I only have 1 tyre service in town and I have been dealing with them since the beginning of time, I'm kinda loyal and they have always been there for me on shit drought years Still a bumber about the donut, but she's still a sweet ride Paul

Good luck with this, hoping it all goes smoothly for you Paul

Good job Vlad, was wondering how this was ticking along You've certainly got it going on now Paul

WOW, that's amazing Glad you found the problem, you have to get this all back together as well Paul

FFS, you are really taking this retirement gig seriously aren't you bob 😂 Paul

Nathan Try finding blokes that import Yanky stuff like motors for hot rods and muscle cars etc to the UK and Europe Last year I got 2 truck gear boxes sent from the U.S. to Australia for less than the cost of freighting two sets of mud flaps I got these here from a bloke that imports cars and car parts, I just for a bit of room in a shipping container $300.00 Aus landed in Australia from the East coast of the U.S. Which is kinda strange, it cost more to get them to the port in the U.S. than from the U.S. to Australia And it's cheaper to get things delivered to Australia from the East coast than West So maybe it might be cheaper to get things imported Sweden (lots Swedish people love the big Yank tank type of cars) and grab a ute a mate or the little woman and jump on a ferry from the UK to Europe and drive to Sweden to collect London to Stockholm is according to Google only 22 hours of driving, grab a mate and some good music, your there in a day and have a story to tell everyone Paul

Okay, well there is always good news Should be able to get the crank built up and reground Or maybe get one from the middle east, plenty of Mack stuff there, however the cranks are probably badly worn as well So I would get it built up and re ground, it will be like a brand new crank then I reckon this would be cheaper getting a crank out there Paul