mrsmackpaul

I don't think so, I would think you would want the turbo to spool as quick as you can to get the correct air fuel ratio as quick as you can Paul

On the R models out here they have propper bearings on the accelerator shaft on the fire will Dunno about B models, might have been a RHD conversion thing I'm thinking these all help to reduce movement Even propper rod ends I guess, get the basics spot on first Paul

Exactly what Geoff said If the motor has no turbo you can burn valves, but theres plenty of back pressure with a turbo Pulling lots of black smoke for long periods washes the oil off the cylinder walls and shortens the motors life All that unburnt diesel does do a lot of damage, some times not very long time, other times quite quickly A good driver should be trying to minimize the smoke Motors also run a lot hotter when worked like this for a long period of time, ask any broad acre farmer from years gone by, having a glowing exhaust manifold on a farm tractor and a 12 inch flame out the exhaust makes them run really hot after half a hour Paul

Does the injector pump have to levers on the shaft that the throttle linkage hooks to Mine does, the hand throttle linkage goes in one and the foot throttle in the other The foot throttle arm has a little spring doohickie in it, I wonder if yours is the same and spring has lost tension Paul

Bugger me, stay safe everyone Paul

Umm, yeah, ummm, Geoff ???? Trilex rims and the point is ?, I dunno how I got dragged into this mess Just lucky I guess Paul

I think a lot is gunna depend on what backend is in the truck I just assumed it was a Mack 44 as they are the most common out here Once you go to 58's and bigger the room to mount things gets pretty tight Paul

Looks like a work horse wanting to work We (99% of Australians) just put tubless rims on the spiders (daytons) This allows the use of 22.5 tubeless that are everywhere in Australia This makes them suitable for long distance on and off highway use Paul

I must get there one day for a look see They did ask for my old Federal truck maybe 20 years ago but I declined their offer By all reports it sounds like a good place to go and see Paul

Kurt Johansen, the builder of thIs road train Brocky has shown says in his autobiography book that Baldocks were before him I dunno as I wasn't alive then but I think Baldocks and Johansen were neck and neck Johansen was definitely the first propper modern style Baldocks joined a whole string of 20 foot ex army trailers together No matter which, these blokes were pioneers in every sense of the word Paul

This has been around a few times (maybe a lot more) on here So from memory Off set slack adjusters, there is such a thing And a plate the bolts onto the old bracket that offsets the can maybe a inch - inch a half Abd of course the plumbing Doing this means a 30/30 can bolts on and it is a really straight forward conversion Paul

I just watched that video for the first time in years, what a clown I am Paul

These Federal trucks came out to Australia either during or after WW2 aa they cleaned up the islands in the Pacific This truck was one of two Federals tank transporters that were operated by baldocks (google the company and you can see these two old buckets of bolts), they used these and big Diamond T transporters made into Australias first commercial sized road trains The Federal trucks would pull 3 or 4 trailers and the Diamond T trucks 7 or 8 trailers Very slow and a lot of time to reflect as you drove along Federals did about 22 - 24 MPH and Diamond T did 20 - 22 MPH Anyway a video if your at all interested These trucks were called "Dynah Mite" and "Dynah Will" As in "might make it over the hill" and "will make it over the hill" My truck in it's youth Anyway I learnt all of this after I haf owned it for many years from of the blokes and his mate that drove these back in their day Thats some dribble and history from me, I have hardly even started to go grey in these videos Happy days everyone Paul

Plenty of copied manuals that are of good enough quality But a R model is about as simple as you can get and manuals really aren't that necessary I think there's also a lot of options so finding the correct manuals maybe a challenge, but close enough ahould be fine for almost everything Paul

Vlad, I do get that bucket of bolts running and sort things out a bit I have a VHS video put away somewhere of me driving around town, I am maybe 25 years of age in the video There are other youtube videos of it and me rebuilding the blower etc, but I have corrupted this thread enough already Paul

I'm thinking your right Bob, the Princess and I were corting and I had to break it off as I had a truck to finish Needless to say the results speak for themselves 😉🤪 Seeyah Paul

Ah, it's not a race I have a truck I have been working on since before I even met the Princess Hardly a thing has happened to that truck since I met her Caution, not Mack truck related Paul

Long tilt traus out here are like this Paul

Well said Brocky Paul

And even if we did know better, that only happened to the other bloke Paul

Blokes been blokes, we rarely check all the stuff we should of I reckon as the years go by we get better not taking risks that are gunna hurt to much, well some times we do Gave me a chuckle Reminds of the story I read years ago of a bloke up Darwin way Bought a chrap tazer doohickie in Bali why in holidays As I recall he was sitting in his arm chair, cat on his lap and thought I can't try it out on the cat Next thing he woke up on the floor Cat was fine Paul

Not my story, but gave a chuckle We have the standard 6 ft. Fence in the backyard, and a few months Ago, I heard about burglaries increasing dramatically in the entire City. To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric Fence and ran a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually, I got the biggest cattle charger Tractor Supply had, made For 26 miles of fence. I then used an 8 ft. Long ground rod, and Drove it 7.5 feet into the grund. The ground rod is the key, with The more you have in the ground, the better the fence works. One day I'm mowing the back yard with my cheapo Wal-Mart 6 hp big Wheel push mower. The hot wire is broken and laying out in the Yard. I knew for a fact that I unplugged the charger. I pushed the Mower around the wire and reached down to grab it, to throw it out of The way. It seems as though I hadn't remembered to unplug it after all. Now I'm standing there, I've got the running lawnmower in my right Hand and the 1.7 giga-volt fence wire in the other hand. Keep in Mind the charger is about the size of a marine battery and has a Picture of an upside down cow on fire on the cover. Time stood still. The first thing I notice is my pecker trying to climb up the front Side of my body. My ears curled downwards and I could feel the Lawnmower ignition firing in the backside of my brain. Every time That Briggs & Stratton rolled over, I could feel the spark in my Head. I was literally one with the engine. It seems as though the fence charger and the piece of shit lawnmower Were fighting over who would control my electrical impulses. Science says you cannot crap, pee, and vomit at the same time. I beg To differ. Not only did I do all three at once, but my bowels Emptied 3 different times in less than half of a second. It was a Matrix kind of bowel movement, where time is creeping along and You're all leaned back and BAM BAM BAM you just crap your pants 3 Times. It seemed like there were minutes in between but in reality It was so close together it was like exhaust pulses from a big block Chevy turning 8 grand. At this point I'm about 30 minutes (maybe 2 seconds) into holding Onto the fence wire. My hand is wrapped around the wire palm down so I can't let go. I grew up on a farm so I know all about electric Fences ... But Dad always had those piece of shit chargers made by International or whoever that were like 9 volts and just kinda tickled. This one I could not let go of. The 8 foot long ground rod is now Accepting signals from me through the permadamp Ark-La-Tex river Bottom soil. At this point I'm thinking I'm going to have to just Man up and take it, until the lawnmower runs out of gas. 'Damn!,' I think, as I remember I just filled the tank! Now the lawnmower is starting to run rough. It has settled into a Loping run pattern as if it had some kind of big lawnmower race cam In it. Covered in poop, pee, and with my vomit on my chest I think 'Oh God please die ... Pleeeeaze die'. But nooooo, it settles into The rough lumpy cam idle nicely and remains there, like a big bore Roller cam EFI motor waiting for the go command from its owner's Right foot. So here I am in the middle of July, 104 degrees, 80% humidity, Standing in my own backyard, begging God to kill me. God did not Take me that day ... He left me there covered in my own fluids to Writhe in the misery my own stupidity had created. I honestly don't know how I got loose from the wire ... I woke up laying on the ground hours later. The lawnmower was beside Me, out of gas. It was later on in the day and I was sunburned. There were two large dead grass spots where I had been standing, and Then another long skinny dead spot where the wire had laid while I Was on the ground still holdng on to it. I assume I finally had a Seizure and in the resulting thrashing had somehow let go of the wire. Upon waking from my electrically induced sleep I realized a few things: 1 - Three of my teeth seem to have melted. 2 - I now have cramps in the bottoms of my feet and my right butt cheek (not the left, just the right). 3 - Poop, pee, and vomit when all mixed together, do not smell as bad as you might think. 4 - My left eye will not open. 5 - My right eye will not close. 6 - The lawnmower runs like a sumbitch now. Seriously! I think our little sesion cleared out some carbon fouling or something, because it was better than new after that. 7 - My nuts are still smaller than average yet they are almost a foot long. 8 - I can turn on the TV in the game room by farting while thinking of the number 4 (still don't understand this???). That day changed my life. I now have a newfound respect for things. I don't care what type of humor you like this is funny I appreciate the little things more, and now I always triple check to make sure the fence is unplugged before I mow. The good news, is that if a burglar does try to come over the fence, I can clearly visualize what my security system will do to him, and THAT gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling all over, which also reminds me to triple check before I mow.

Now that's a result As a young fella not even 20 years of age, I tackled my first set of king pins, on my own, with no knowledge and all the wrong tools I got it done, but it was a much bigger job than I ever thought However, even today with few sets changed under my belt, it is a full day on my own, so I reckon you did okay Grear result Big truck shops out here give the truck a wheel alignment after doing a set, I dunno if it's really needed if it was tracking okay before you did the job then I reckon they track the same afterwards Maybe something to think about Great result Paul

Might be just the light shining a certain way We call them "weather boards" in Australia Paul

Condolences to the family Yes time doesn't wait for anyone, gotta get out there and get it done why we can Paul