mrsmackpaul

because the uni joints are now out of phase I would guess and are binding as the uni's are on sharp angles Paul

Struth I did about the same delivering hay to farmers just not burnt out Even had a cattle station send a bloke in to grab a semi load of hay Good job helping farmers out Paul

A heck of a lot cheaper to run the little Crummins than than the 392 petrol Hard to believe people made a living out of these trucks and Australias biggest transport companies started with trucks like this Paul

Nope not to me they arent but saying that I wouldnt want one either Im not a real bling type of bloke I like me spiders on trucks and enjoy a snooze on the ground as well And I reckon the 6 bangers are a lot better motor than the V8's So I guess I better duck for cover now Each to their own I guess but not my cup of tea Paul

Baz I think your onto it the air starts out here I have seen all have to non return valves (check valves) in series on the fitting you hook a air line to on the air start tank it's self and these are the ones I have had to change I could pour a little bit of water down the inlet and watch the bubbles slowly form But if that didnt fix it I would try everything you have mentioned and also check the air lines for any damage or chaffing Maybe a little squirter bottle with some very soapy water might help Paul

Some interesting thoughts there. I didn't mean to open a can of worms. A thought that was put to me a while ago was they don't so much teach kids today to spell at school as much as we once did and they don't teach maths anymore to the same degree no more long division and things like that. Anyway a friend who is a school teacher was at a wedding and a person at the table was getting all very opinionated about this and how the teachers should all be made to start teaching kids these things these day and if they don't they should all be sacked and on and on it went. Anyway this school teacher friend of mine told this bloke she was a school teacher and while she under stood what he was saying a lot of schooling from 30 years ago isnt worth teaching as the relevance has left the world and spelling is fast becoming one of those things as has long division short hand driving a type writer and the list goes on and on. My point is maybe learning to shift gears is going to become a thing of the past and maybe thats not a bad thing either maybe learning to drive with out only 300 HP isn't a bad thing either I don't know though. I do believe learning to operate anything were you can feel whats going on gives future operators a much better understanding of the limitations surrounding what they are trying to do and in return make them a much more efficient operator. I also noticed a film clip the other day that Macks biggest selling transmission is the M drive today so that has got to say something on its own. Paul

Swishy described this torque HP issue once best it went something like this "HP is how fast and hard you hit the wall and torque is how far thru the wall you go" please forgive me Swish man if I have that all wrong Paul

NO NO thats different that sounds like a whole heap of fun to me Paul

If some one does buy it let me know, I sourced another magazine with the article in it about the this truck and dropped you message once but never heard back so if a new owner wants it when they get the truck tell them to drop me a message and I'll send it them if they want it Paul

in the old money 55 MPH. And to be fair it ain't gonna get to the other end as quick as 600 hp or 505 but it will still get there just fine. But I do wonder in today's high HP world with M drive, are we breeding less competent drivers ??? Or maybe the skill levels have changed so much that I'm living too far in the past. Paul

Dont know how my little 320 coolpower lifts off with grossing over 100 ton ok ???? Paul

I have seen this film floating around a bit of late, I had no idea were it was from but the driver recovered pretty well I reckon Paul

Swish man if you jump on the ACMOC forum Garlic Pete has one I think, I know he has a Cozad dodah and seem to recall some time ago a drama with bearings and he widened it out I think ????? May have that all ass about anyhow if you need it I can send his email address and you can give him a good grilling about it Paul

he has a neat looking truck thanks for sharing Paul

I would think it would put it back in center Paul

cant you just undo the drag link that goes from the steering box to the axle and lengthen or shorten till the wheel is facing the right way again Paul

Tinky ??? thats a tough sounding name best not blue with you in the pub I reckon might know how to blue LOL yep nothing wrong with a Mack the E9's were well liked by almost all who new them and still hold up well today Welcome to forum Paul

I went and had a look at my air start tank and its like a 1 inch water pipe thread so thats about 1 1/4 inches OD I didnt measure it and my tank is steel I wonder if the flange tanks have a bladder in them like a water pressure system tank ???? Paul

I have never seen a aluminium air start tank, mind you I have never been looking for one either but I reckon they would shine up to make a nice looking tank on a truck I will have to keep my eyes peeled for one Paul

look at the exhaust when you are trying to start it, does it have any smoke if little to no smoke then fuel is lacking

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how does this three line system work When Leyland fully imported some of the bigger trucks here they re did the whole braking system as it didnt comply and I have seen photo's of a pile of brake lines and air tanks on the floor beside the redone trucks I have asked a few people what the three line system was and no one has been able to explain Paul

Struth thats no good keep your chin up Does one of us need to get hold of Barry about this ???? I'll send him a PM perhaps Paul just sent Barry aPM for you about logging in hope he can sort it for you as a bit of out side contact will help to take your mind off your dramas ooroo

Yep and to add a bit more even from end to end and side to side of this wide brown land trucks are built different and some look a lot different they fit them out a bit different over there but stretch it a little bit and a bogie drive a bull bar and some bull lights rip some of that plastic faring off and it would in fit pretty well and some more fuel tanks for a greater range I just googled the specs for a Scania 164 L I think it said 580 HP V8!!!!! did I read that ????? thats got some decent balls if I did read it right Paul