mrsmackpaul

Good to see you back here Mike and hope the health picks up for you Keep your chin up things have a habit of working them selves out if we keep on plugging away at things Paul

that has all become clear now Paul

but isnt the king pin on the grease plate far enough forward to put weight on steer Had a fella here the other day in KW loaded hay for out west and he had a long chassis and asked him why and he said it rides a lot smoother as most of his work is off road pulling road trains Not very long by US standards and even with this length it suits only up to 40 foot trailers when he runs as a single Paul

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Theres a few of these plying the hwy's of Australia they are pretty flash looking jigger Paul

Why do people in America stretch the chassis out real long ??? Not been a smart ass but just wondering Paul

I have had the bolt drop out of the high and low range on the road once Now thats a challange to get back in on the side of the road on a R model gotta get the lid off under the floor and get the bolt out and put it back in There was a fair bit of "BLUGER FLUCKING" going on that day on the side of the road let me tell ya Paul

Well thats no good and I hope he gets it sorted soon he has some good thoughts and images from the other side of the world Paul

I dont get on here as much as I used to so maybe I have missed his posts but havent seen anything from Vlad for some time I hope everything is ok for him in Russia, who knows he might be off on one of his recovery expeditions to god knows where picking up his latest treasure from 5000 mile away Paul

thats no good at all very sad

Air supply problem ???

During the Falklands war the British had aluminium navy ships and they learnt although they are very light and dont rust they do burn very quickly ???? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80) Paul

use a old cool power Mack and the mileage will be heaps better Glad its working out good for you Paul

Yeah I reckon for 100 tons we would want few more axles out here Funny thing is the first thing I thought of when I saw it on the trailer was "In the states the trailer would five times longer with Jeeps and springers or stingers or what ever you blokes call that thing out the back of the US low boys different rules for different parts of the world Paul

I bunged the pictures up on the Cat forum as I had never heard of this machine and I got some responses it appears no one else has either Paul

bugger me not a lot of steel there by the looks of it I have never had this happen or anything close to it happen I feel thats more good luck than good planning Yes Insurance companies can be a bigger problem than what actually happens good luck with it all Paul

time to pull the muffler off I reckon and have a look in there Paul

and some more if the exhaust manifold is leaking that should be a pretty big hint as to where the problem may lie

were the blades spinning with the motor running or did you make them spin by hand ??? Have you run the motor with the air intake hose of the turbo yet??? and if you have did it still smoke ??? I seem to recall some one on here had a collapsed inter cooler some time ago

with air cleaner hose of the turbo start it and run it and see with your eyes if the impeller is spinning Grey smoke generally means you have a air restriction on either the air going into the motor or the air going out It is most important you check it running with no air cleaner hoses connected to prove that it is on that side If that is done and it still blows grey smoke try the exhaust at the turbo just run it for a few seconds Once these two tests are done it will prove that these parts are or are not working right Paul

looks sharp I wonder what it sounds like with them big exhausts Paul

if you couldnt keep uni joints in with a 453 how is a 6 53 gunna fix this problem ???? I hope your checking yoke angles as you go as this seems to be the main reason unis fail all the time The little 53 series are something you either love or hate and Im most likely on the wrong side for you the 71 and 92 series are much more pleasant to drive for any distance Good luck and keep us posted Paul

They were some brave men back then. I don't know they achieved a whole lot but would no doubt boosted morale back back in the US after Pearl Harbor. I saw a documentary the other day, can't remember where. Anyway, it was about the battle of Okinawa. The figures were staggering, almost impossible to believe. The amount of people that died in a very short period of time and most committed suicide rather surrender, whole families jumping off cliffs, just mind boggling. The US troops would have had mental scars for the rest of their lives that experienced that, something I hope no one will ever have to go thru again. Sorry have taken this off topic a bit. Paul