mrsmackpaul

I've 100% success with nickel rods so far dear as all get out to buy but they work well on any cast iron I've tried them on Paul

Brocky thats my Federal I was asking about diff centers on another thread for it

nothing looks better than brush work and some colour everyone seems to have white with stick on letters these days I must be getting old Paul

Hey Brocky does she look comfy for for a few thousand km's Paul

welcome to the dog house Paul

thats great looking country side there thanks for sharing Paul

I here on the news it was gunna get cold up there But not quite as bad as people thought it might have been they are saying on the news this morning

I'm Busted hey mate will see how them there stars align am working towards what ever I can for you struth I one ugly bugger It was a pretty gentle raking more like one of them modern days spa thing"O" s with the hot rocks seeya

good size lump on the back Paul

hey hey settle down there big fella you wont sleep tonight Paul

Gudday and welcome back from down under Paul

mate that why we dont call them lowboys or what ever you lot call them you know the standard term used to be and still is by most in this wide brown land a "Float" we stick that big hunk of lead on a float and shift it you grab a float and stick that dozer on and float it to such and such Paul

Thanks Vlad I will go home maybe that way and have a look if I get a chance I new it wasnt for the flinstone cab thats for sure do you reckon that double set in the chassis rail is genuine ? And those diffs sure are painted army green Paul

yeah lads you know what they say party like theres no tomorrow watch out for the morning after

mate in Australia I just went to a hyraulic place and asked for a air regulator set at I think its 60 psi and out it came but first I would check it connect a air gauge up to the side that goes up to the gear knob and see what the air pressure is Paul

well Im out and about at the moment and you will never guess what I came across a Flinstone Mack with a Timken back end like the ones in the picture the sales man fella told me it was built that way But I tend to think he is wrong as they have the truck down as 1970 Timken wasnt making axles then as far as I know and I can see the chassis has been extended and streched and some more crap welded on Im not sure what the chassis is but I dont think its Mack it has a big double set just at the back of the cab I reckon it would have to 8 or 9 inches does anybody no what these numbers mean I dont know whether the front axle is timken or not You can clearly see the chassis change in height between the front and back axle in the photo below And the double set in the chassis at the back of the truck theres so many things that tell me this a made up truck from bits and pieces and not from Mack the axles are army green they are rivited to the chassis which I have never seen a Mack like that and one of this age and that chassis double set did Mack ever build a chassis like that ? heres the add for it http://www.westerntraders87.com/buy/used/truck/mack/r600/prime-mover/86425?returnurl=#.VMI9-dKUfC8 Paul

try Mack Australia ? you might be surprised what they have out here

Mate fantastic I thought someone had been playing silly buggers with the camera it is always good to see people on the correct side of the road Sounds like you had a great trip and saw lots of good stuff and met some great people all went to plan by the sounds of it Paul

I dont know I would have thought air brakes would be ok for fording streams My grand father used to drive a NR Mack with a tmber jinker for years and it had full air brakes FW that truck in the picture looks to have the same Timken front axle and drive axles as my Federal ? maybe its just my funny eyes Paul

Yes I have had my own trouble with thieves in the last week or so and the thing that pi$$es me off the most is I dont have stuff all worth steeling but I have had to work fu$$ing hard for it, why dont these lazy good for nothings do the same, lazy little fu$$ers Paul

Thanks for that Vlad I would have thought someone out there must no what can be changed with what I did get hold of a bloke in the states who reckoned he had the right ones and they were but the ratio matched and try as I may he couldnt under stand that 10.22 was what I had not what I was after so I gave up with him in the end Paul

Fan bloody tastic Have you ever wondered about a trip to this wide brown land I reckon I could use some like for a few weeks Paul

Ron I dont know whether you know this or not but most Aussie F models are FR models because they use an R models chassis only the very first used an F model chassis but that E9 F model looks like the front axle is in the wrong spot and the cab has had a major lift kit just to fit it all in Paul And I would bet vital parts of my body no F models left Mack Australia with a E 9

are you sure the air pressure regulator on the box is set right ?should be only around 50 - 60 psi in there Paul

thanks for that done deal I wonder what I will learn when it turns up Paul