mrsmackpaul

Classic Australian westerns are American ones Gun Smoke, Bonanza, Raw Hide, Rifle man etc All really good stuff, Dad liked them all and always said Gun Smoke Guuuun Smooooooke Princess and I both enjoy old westerns "The Overlanders" "The Sundowners" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sundowners_(1960_film) "The Man From Snowy River" The man from snowy river was the first movie I ever saw in a picture theater I took Mum and the Princess to 40 years since released viewing were The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra provided all the sound live It was spectacular, I doubt I'll ever forget it Out punching out more rolls this morning until I was needed elsewhere Slept in a tad due to Miss Molly the border collie having a restless night Back at it in the wee hours 3.00 am kick off once the hay toughens up Paul

It sure does, I'm a lot closer to the end than the beginning Paul

That's a good sized exhaust Paul

IH 886 Had it for many decades now, the Australian ones have the Neuss motor, Neuss was a IH factory in Germany Paul

Up to around 650 acres and these bare 5x4 rounds Paul

Yep, I do wonder just how smart I am, I get terrible hay fever yet keep on going back for more Paul

Well we are heading the other way, warming up now Hay fever with spring in the air and hay making About 12 months ago I put split system ducted heating cooling in the house, taking the weather boards off and filling the walls up with insulation Re attached all the plaster (dry wall) to the ceiling and put heaps of insulation up there as well Also had to rewire most of the house and put a new switchboard in, lucky I'm a electrician by trade And was out rolling up hay this morning No dew last night so waited till 6.00 am and did a few hours, will kick off at 3.00 am tomorrow morning when it toughens up a bit Paul

There yah go, we have no cars getting made in Australia now 😪 which really cheeses me off Apparently the country doesn't have a big enough population to warrant it, seemed to when it was 1/3rd as many people Never know, we might get the Impala here, Ford sells the Mustang now the Falcon is gone Paul

Side kick won't be to impressed about this going to school business after 3 weeks of action Still reckon that is the coolest hat I have seen in a long time Glad things are slowly getting back on track Paul

Exact spec isn't important, checking them a few times after mounting is far more important Don't get wound up with the details, but rather the correct method It is only in very recent years that anyone used a tension wrench on wheel nuts And the tension isn't set in stone, some spiders have 5/8 studs, sone 3/4, some high tensile The spacers will get crushed if you go to tight, then your welding a length of 3/8 rod around the spacer so you can keep the rims tight Common sense will get you a lot further than a spec sheet Paul

Certainly got the full use out of those donuts I do read about people whacking the wedges with a hammer before taking the nut right off I have never had one fly off, only need to get a couple of wedges loose then rock the wheel a little and the other wedges just drop off Anyway, I do end up hot and bothered changing them, always have Paul

A few things to check before pulling it all apart Are tyres all the same size, not just the same number, get a tape and measure them On Mack bogies this is important as the power divider isnt a true power divider If the tyres are different in sizes you can here the tyres chirp when running empty Paul

Bloody piss poor excuse ha ha Must of been good and full of distractions As long as you had fun Paul

Looks like the mount has been broken for a long time, by the colour of the broken mount Paul

Bugger me, that's a lotta grinding Paul

Not unless it is really screwed and bits are everywhere But if it's that bad you wouldn't be able to drive it I just read Joey's reply, exactly as Joey said Joey knows more about these than me, but common sense will get you 99% of the way Paul

Very classy ride Paul

It was a much better world when people just did what they were meant to do Or at least in my mind it was Was only telling some yesterday how excited my sister was when we got a colour T.V. We sure lived a good and simple life once Coonskin hat is cool, only ever saw them on T.V. in Australia due to the distinct lack of raccoons Didn't stop me dreaming of waking one Christmas morning and finding one under the tree Paul

Well when you get done with that, do as Joey suggests Yank it out, plonk it on it's bell housing and lift the sections off It will be pretty obvious if something is wrong And no I have never worked on one, bit gears are gears, it will be obvious if something is wrong Paul

This is a problem that you wont have out here, Australian trees dont loose their leaves in Autumn or fall as you blokes call it Only imported stuff from the northern hemisphere Paul

I dunno knothing about these modern Mack boxes However, on a older Maxitorque box I would say something has got in behind the sliding dog Has any covers been off the box and silasticed the lid on This can force the silastic inside the box It then drops off and the transmission and the transmission pump picks it up pumps it into the sliding dog Due to shape of the gears it gets stuck there and prevents the dog sliding all the way in Simple to fix, pull box out, stand on bell housing, lift apart, pull shafts amd gears out, clean crap out, put back together with proper gaskets and no sticky crap Just takes a lor of time Is this possible on these modern Syncro range changes Paul

That's my standard plan for everything in life, start off with the worst job and then my day just gets better Paul

Sounds like a great time was had Paul

This MP8 has some pretty impressive figures, and on Road Train work as well, so it's gunna be on full noise most of it's life I reckon the E7 gets up around these figures, and I have never heard a bad word about the E7 Paul

The good thing about these sleeves is it can.be done at home On long shafts on farm machinery I use a bit of water pipe get it on All this works well A lot of people put loctite on so the sleeve seals up 100% oil tight No matter whether it is loctite or permatex, I feel either would be fine and seal up all okay Paul