mrsmackpaul

Thanks Brocky, it all shows up fine here Timothy Maikshilo used to have this drama some times when I sent him stuff Paul

Hmmm, this is quite the undertaking if you haven't done it before Im interested to see how this goes Paul

She was 93 Brocky To me they were very both very special people Slim and Joy lived a very different life I would imagine to any country singer from the States as Australia is very different as Brocky would know A lot less people and a long way between these towns, as hours Consequently the shows were tiny, but it was a life they both enjoyed I remember watching a interview done after they started singing about trucks and they were asked how they new writing about trucks and truck driving was going to be the next big thing They must of been on tour and had no idea their album was even successful, long before the internet was even thought of and you still had to book calls across this wide brown land To me they will always be special And who else could sign about been married to a Mack truck and have a song like it be successful Paul

Well this week we lost Joy as well, not a lot to add but the world is a lesser place with out them Two Australian legends gone forever, gone but never forgotten Paul

And now for a bit of history Something a little different Paul

Dunno about the puff limiter causing issues as I keep everything set stock standard All E6 Mack motors I have driven with low ratio diffs hunt quite a bit in first gear and deep reduction with the foot just on the throttle I dunno why, I have asked and been told it is very common as the governor try's to hold revs and over compensates and then over corrects If I put the foot down a little further it helps and if I shift up a gear ot helps I'm not sure if this is the same issue you have or not even close Paul

They are known as "Power adjustable variable track" You can adjust them with iut jacking up the tractor Pretty rare in Australia as we dont row crop much Paul

How high is your idle set ?? If the idle is to low they sort of chase their tail trying to maintain low rpm at a constant I feel idle should be at a guess between 650 and 700, no doubt someone on here quote the correct figure And another thing I have found is if compression is down on a couple of cylinders and a valve job is needed, can make them hunt really bad especially if the the cylinders are following each other Paul

These I believe were all built in the UK, like IH 'B' is for Britain or British Good little tractors has power adjustable wheels which is handy if you ever do row crop work Almost every part you could want is available so parts are easy as Paul

There is mob in the states that convert generators to alternators but they look the same as a generator when done They do them for old caterpillar generators so I would think a Mack truck one shouldn't be a issue Maybe sign up to the ACMOC forum and ask there or do some googling Paul

Just been watching "Hauling the Hume" A good little video if your into 2 stroke screamers or just old buckets of bolts A whole heap of old trucks do a run south on parts of the old Hume Highway in NSW Crawling the Hume is blokes heading north in Vic I may have that wrong, plenty of smarter than me can give you the facts on it The Hume is the main highway between Melbourne and Sydney I have never driven the Hume in a truck as I stay further west, but it looks it could be good fun Paul

Cantalope are rock melon out here, dunno why, guess we are just different Happy garden, was world naked gardening day, did you par take in this event ? Paul

Wow and you survived a certain death lol Just as well this isn't Facebook as everyone on Facebook knows someone or witnessed someone loose their life when a rim let go And yes I'm been a cheeky bugger Looks good, carry on please don't judge my stupid sense of humour to hard Paul

That airfoil kit matches in pretty well And the smarter Mack blokes will know for certain but the taper on tje chassis rail towards the back axles to me is unusual Paul

Yeah I do But the E9 is not a patch on the Scania for longevity and reliability Paul

It sure is, the bonnet (hood for you blokes) looked pretty long in the end I think the dog got there half a hour before the driver Paul

Have not heard a bad report ever about a Scania V8 And when I say ever I mean ever, they have a really good reputation You want a million mile plus V8 motor that gives no trouble I think Scania would win hands down Paul

Wow, thats some serious looking bling you have there Im glad your feeling much better about this machine shop When I must send work out to be done, having that feeling of confidence in the ability of the people doing the job is so important to me Paul

Sounds like a vacuum leak Get some rubber hose and put one end in your ear and run around the inlet manifold and carby with the motor running Should be able to hear a vacuum leak pretty easy Or get some WD 40 or aero start and with it running carefully squirt some around the joints of the inlet manifold, if the revs change your in the area of the leak Or maybe Im full of crap and completely wrong but these are cheap and simple things to try Paul

Im gunna have to get a map out to work out were you are Vlad Geography of that part of the world isn't any good in my brain I have read some books of truck drivers crossing from Europe to the middle East and beyond And even 50 years ago the queues were long and bribes were steep for trucks Thanks for the story and photos Paul

Yes you can get them, Jacobs no longer make them However Pacbrake make new Jacobs style kits for the E6 These as far as I know are the same or similar to the Jacobs brake and definitely not even close to the Dynatard in design Pretty sure no push rodsare involved in the kit Do some googling, they are pretty easy to find Paul

Mothers day ???, aren't you a week early, mothers this weekend coming in my part of the world Paul

Happy birthday Brocky