mrsmackpaul

Fantastic stuff not much left for me to say as it all has been pretty much said it is amazing how much good can come from something bad Paul

I have never seen a sun set that colour looks real nice to me Paul

Vlad Mack trucks US definently supplied complete Macks R models to NZ dont know how many or the exact models but a lot of R models had features from US and Australian trucks so maybe they sourced parts from both to end up with Kiwi specials and of course I cant forget there would have been some Kiwi special parts as well Paul

Youve done well and come along way and looks great to me Paul

if you take the flasher out and test it strait to the battery and prove if its the flasher and not a wiring problem before you go any further might be a good idea Paul

got some more stuff scanned the books is very informed compared to me so I dunno LOL it has a lot of pages that just seem repeated but look the same so I only scanned some heaps of good advice coming now what ever the problem is its going to be simple like me I feel I wonder is your inter locking plunger sticking so it cant shift into reverse ???or maybe the air pressure isnt working at the right level or maybe the exhaust is blocked and not letting the air out or the knob on the stick has got a blockage I would be thinking thought the interlocking plunger is sticking every now and then When you are taking the lid on and off make sure you dont use any silastic type stuff to glue the lid back on as it oozes out and ends all thru the box and will stop the sliding dogs going in and out and thats a big job to fix I know what a mess LOL when the lid is off do the selector forks slide in and out ok are the poppet balls getting stuck on the rods or in the hole I cant remember if high low and reveres has these or not pretty sure they do maybe someone has somehow got silicone inside one of these and its stopping the ball coming back ?? Paul

I got a book years ago have never read it until now I have always found these transmissions pretty simple so I have scanned some pages dunno if it will help or not now you could read thru all these instructions but what I would do since you have plenty of room is see the little woman go into her hand bag and grab her compact mirror I think thats what they call them the little mirror they use for lipstick and stuff pull the lid off the top of the transmission and with mirror and a torch have look at the gears them selves and they should look like this the high low dog should be in the middle as shown and the reverse should be forwards then get the lid doo hickys lined up as shown gently lower on and bobs your uncle but I do know the selector forks have to be in neutral as does the lid as I said before I have developed a whole language trying to do this on the side of a road once when the bolt that holds the selector fork in place on the shaft came out in the high low section but thats a story for another day the lower picture the transmission is drawn in neutral so if you get it to look like that you should be right good luck Paul

I dunno but with any box I always make sure they are all in neutral before I drop the lid on and I just a farmer no expert at any of this maybe Challenger might know for sure I feel if you but it in neutral on both forks and the air rams are in neutral you should be ok Paul

the little doo hickys that hang off the bottom of the air rams sounds like the reverse one isnt in the selector fork sounds like you need to lift the lid and have another go by memory it hangs on a angle and can be a bugger and involve some new language and can take a few goes or at least it has with me I only stick one or two bolts in the lid and just blow some air down the air lines to make sure its ok and working before fully assembling again Paul

mate to me the biggest thing is rust in the cab or in between the chassis rails over in the states so if it has rust its worth no were near as much to me as it can be huge job to fix next biggest down side is if the E9 V8 needs rebuilding it's gunna cost some big bickies to fix after everything seems to drop of in price so with these simple things in mind need to look at those things first

I think we are talking about the same thing we just use different names here than you do there if that makes any sense log trailers are called timber jinkers out here the pole in the middle I have always known as the the pole the bits that go at right angles to the logs that the logs sit on are called bolster's like a lot of things different names for different parts of the world Paul

mate send 1Mack1 a PM he has them on his R model and when I was yacking to him at Rocklea truck show I asked about them and he knows were to get them most likely the wrong part of the world but never know Barry may be able to help to get something state side Paul

fantastic stuff I wonder why he came to Mack Australia to get it done and not the US maybe we are much more flexible in Australia at building custom trucks from new ??? flash bit of gear plenty of power to not sure the white leather would last very long being white with me LOL well done Mack Australia Paul

well it would make a good Santas sleigh so I hope youve been good all year and you never know what might turn under the tree Paul

notice the pole in the timber jinker is a full pole not a piece of sawn wood great photo's reckon you would be have white knuckle fever the first few times going down the hill Paul

that little doodah thingy is meant to come out with the air line I think you'll find and all the plastic air lines are meant to have one in them to stop them collapsing when you do them up Just use some long cir clip pliers should have it out in jiffy I think Paul

Vlad I find Mack trucks Australia very good to deal with nothing seems to be to much trouble for them maybe its the local lads lasses that work at Townsville but they go the extra mile for me or at least thats what I feel compared to what I read on here with the US dealers and older gear Paul

Just had a look at some paper work Australia still used the R model chassis until 2008 CH and CL were CHR and CLR the Metroliner had the R model chassis CHR CLR Metroliner plus no doubt a whole lot more Thinking about the bonnets in NZ I reckon they would have been made in NZ to save on import dutys or some thing along those lines Paul

thanks fellas still learning every day Paul

Hmmm I now know how baby Peterbilts are made Paul

I wonder what the B means as in ETAZB673 Paul

well it looks nice and tall now does Max find it a bit more gutless to drive with the taller gearing ??? Paul

now thats a view from inside the house and look at street appeal now Paul

Yeah Doug the R model chassis was used on just about everything down here right up until 2000 and something Im not sure of the year but could find out it fitted in for RHD drive trucks much better than any other chassis Mack had Paul

ok got a picture of my orange coolpower dunno what all this colour stuff means all numbers and what have you dunno what they all mean al I know is it is 320 coolpower I believe it's a Thermodyne but pulls right down to 1100 or 1200 not a problem I have been told in Australia some of the 320's were tuned if that is the correct word to have the torque curve of a maxidyne dunno how true this is maybe someone else knows Its the only orange one I have seen I have seen Gold motors grey motors black ones and green ones so I dunno and I dunno what the yellow is under the orange the transmission is orange as well but has no yellow All the numbers are original to the truck so who knows Paul