mrsmackpaul

Mate I'm no expert but that is how I would of tackled the big hole I guess it's like concreting, put some form work up, poor the mix in, trowel it off Bloody good job the Bob Paul

All I can say is the E9 is no were near as tough as a E6 or E7 I have no doubt at all that they can be turned right up "Every action has a equal and opposite reaction" The last E9 fitted to any truck in the world was fitted to a Australian Titan in 1999 and was a 610 The E9 was a huge motor in its day but it was never as reliable as other brands or other Mack motors of the time Tripple road trains back then were 115 ton or 253000 pounds in north American talk These trucks ran at 55 MPH gear bound (diff ratio) before electronic speed limiters 5.73 was a quick road train ratio, a lot were in the 6's 525 was as far as any mechanical motor was turned up for this type of work, this was in the days when you could buy a brand new off the shelf E9 long motor for less than 20 grand Australian So no one gave 2 hoots about chasing parts as they were plentiful Bottom ends seemed to be okay but heads were prone to dropping valves A bloke in Australia I was yacking to maybe 4 or 5 years ago at Dubbo Mack was running a R 700 with a E9 turned up pulling road trains and couldn't keep the 12 speed Mack box together So you can read into what I have written how ever you want I think you can definitely turn the E9 right up and make bucket loads of power, but keeping it going pulling weight up and down hills is a lot different than pulling the power for a few seconds on a dyno The advice I offer is just that, advice and should be taken with a grain of salt And now a "Sunday morning sermon" as we called them after a big night out and parents gave us a lecture about been idiots while we supported a bloody good hangover, oh and it is 5.30 am Sunday morning in Australia at the moment as well Many decades ago before I was hatched into the world my Dad was on his way to work one morning Some ass clown coming towards Dad had blacked out behind the wheel, the car drifted across the road leaving my Dad no were to go The result was a head on collision, Dad spent 8 months in hospital, 2 busted legs, crushed ankles and a whole host of other injuries When he left hospital, one leg was 2 1/2 inches shorter than the other Fast forward 37 years and Dad decides to get his leg lengthened and repaired In Dads mind it was gunna be a simple proceedure, leg lengthened, a few months to all heal up and battah bing battah boom, a new man Turns out limping around for 37 years meant every other joint was stuffed and lengthening the leg stopped the limp but the knees, ankles and hips were buggered Now I have no doubt the medical staff and doctors fully explained what Dad was in for and what the expected results might be but, Dad I felt only heard the bits he wanted to hear Now what might this have to do with a E9 Mack, absolutely bloody nothing at all However we only hear what we wanna hear If we are searching on Google we all have a habit of coming up with results that we search for, after all we punch it into Google and it searches for what we put in there How many people that are serious gamblers talk about their losses and not about their wins ? We only ever hear about the wins in life and rarely about lifes failures, it would all be a bit depressing if we all spoke about failures So I guess we (the jokers on this forum) are not a Google search engine and as such you might not get the same answers as if you Google the answer And most of us don't like seeing Macks getting broken so our advice maybe a little more conservative than some other sources, as we may well be slightly biased I wonder if our thoughts will be different if E9 parts were plentiful and cheap as chips Last bloke to get a E9 built in Australia that I know spent 70 grand on the motor, it is bullet proof and is turned up a fair way Good luck with it all and keep us posted And yes I seriously do mean that, good luck and keep us posted There's lots of advice on here from years ago about cranking up Mack motors for more go, that attitude has changed over the years, I guess we all wanted to tear ass in hot rods once Paul

No RHD U models that I know of, there was a DM 800 on oil rig work out here, it got converted to RHD later in life but the cab got shifted to the center Paul

Both of those are good looking trucks and I would be proud to drive either And Mech there's 11 page's of temptation there, some more tempting than others Lucky I live in Australia Paul

The doors on the standard R model cab out here will hit the air cleaners if the stops aren't bolted on the hinges The door opening size stopped a lotta bigger drivers enjoying the Mack world Paul

Great news, a quick turn around for what had happened to it Well done and hopefully many trouble free miles and deliveries ahead of you Paul

As mentioned already, your just gunna hurt it These weren't real tough motors tp begin with 610 was as high as Mack went with all electronic E 9 Reckon these were in Australia and New Zealand only, never in North America, the brains trust on here will know for sure Paul

Bob if you could get it, it sounds like DM and U model bonnets are hard to come by in your neck of the woods If this is the case, to me it's a no brainer, if it's there and the price is right, I would jump on it A lotta spare parts if needed for not a lotta coin All it takes is some clown back into your truck and you have a problem that could easily be solved with a spare bonnet Paul

If you can remember were it was, might be just as easy to drive on down for a look around Make weekend out of it, take the little woman away Maybe I'm just different I guess Paul

Im not old timerish enough yet so I'll keep on waiting for the brains trust to fill me in Paul

Don't fall over Joey 🤢 LOL 🤣 Paul

That is looking really sharp, I love it Paul

Hippy thats exactly what it is, it's the day both our countries first fought together as our own countries It was a terrible mess that we never did any good at We lost a huge amount of troups in a very short time, both countries have never forgotten The looney left are trying their best to change this but the ANZAC day parades are just getting bigger and bigger, the young generation have really embraced this School kids raise money to fund trips to Turkey to be on the beach were the troops landed, it is a big thing to Australia and NewZealand Anyway not worry it is memorial day in the U.S. and we all must remember the price people there have paid for our freedoms that we now take for granted We must never squander our freedoms no matter what country we are from Paul

R.D. Don't ever think your country is the only country caught up in keeping the world free This on the back of a NewZealand truck The two bigger islands to the right of Australia, the greatest country on earth Not many scraps around the world your mobs been in that others haven't been in alongside, come to think of it there will be some there that wont mean a thing to people in the U.S. Respect to all the men and women from all the countries keeping it a good and decent world And a thank you to the U.S. for been there in our time of need I doubt you blokes even know what a ANZAC is or what it means Paul

Seems your not alone with this issue Try emailing the picture to yourself, if it is to high a resolution it won't load up a postimg account and link them across I had to do this for a while Paul

Dunno if this link work's or not A V8 was a option, all interesting stuff to me Paul

There isn't a lot of motor under the bonnet The chassis rails tappering up towards the bogie is something I have never seen Thanks for the photos Paul

Great stuff Vlad, a very different part of the world than what most of us will ever see Safe travels and keep the photos and stories coming All very enjoyable Paul

Maybe look into a full vinyle wrap, no idea on the cost but it's quicker, easier and you can get any colour and pin stripes, lines or graphics you want printed on the wrap The purists wont like it, but it isn't for them Paul

Well a bit of time to get fully wound up for Saturday morning Paul

And much quieter Paul

A 671 GM is a massive motor in physical size compared to the little Cummins I fitted a 671 to my Federal that had a HB Cummins, I had to cut the fire wall and it was a huge battle to fit between the chassis rails The steering box had to be changed to one that fitted outside the chassis rails I used a 1418 Mercedes Benz steering box It wasn't a simple job at all, HB Cummims is similar in size and the predecessor to the common 14 liter Cummins Paul

Oh my, I'm jealous, we have nothing that cool in Australia Paul

For the height adjustment in Australia most people for height challenges like this have this style of the hitch Many different styles to suit many different applications Looks good Geoff Paul

OD you might be surprised at what a good sign writer can do They can usually take the old sign off doors etc with out damaging the paint to much Then sign write and scroll, pin stripe etc so you can not even tell anything was ever there My son works for a company that does everything from trucks that have been upside down to brandnew trucks getting sign written Somevof the transformations are quite amazing Maybe speak to one of these type of places, or just a sign writer that does old fashioned scroll work A few grand goes a long way