mrsmackpaul

Welcome to the forum Paul

Looks like a great turn out for the event Paul

Maxidynes were in Australia in 67-68 and running up and down the HWY beging of 68 First two were a Flinstone running interstate and F model pulling a tanker , FR wasnt around until later Both Gold dogs and gold motors 5 speed Maxitorques, Flinstone had 5.73 diffs and dunno about the F model now Paul

Looking great, I dunno what colour is meant to be, next tin along works pretty good most of the time We dont have 8 inch grinders in Australia, or maybe they are a recent thing, it was all 4 inch or 9 inch and then in later years the 5 inch cordless, my preferred when of choice these days And as the years have passed I cant do as much grinding with the 9 inch as I once could, my arms and hands just turn to jelly and I have to keep stopping to recover Paul

I doubt it is a sensor as the E6 is all mechanical and usually drives the tacho off the front of the motor Paul

It's gotta help, as for will it fit any good ? No idea but I would imagine if people are selling and people are buying, then must be okay Paul

The one that isnt spinning isnt the axle with a power divider so that shouldn't be the issue If only one wheel isnt spinning, thats pretty normal when jacked up like that as it is turning on the spider gears The power divider is in the front diff so will have little effect in this situation Paul

Thats certainly bright Paul

These are the highflotation tyres we use on sugar cane haulot trucks The rims can be spider (dayton) mount and fit straight on were your duels were Give extreme flotation, are tubless, and apart from been noisy on the highway at speed seem to work fine We can and do travel at 100kmh with no dramas and a full load Admittedly this only short distance work and I doubt you would wanna drive for anymore than a half a hour at those speeds https://www.titan-intl.com/tires/SUPER-FLOT# Paul

Okay a recent discovery, had the phone blue tooth thingymabob in the ute and just listened to video of the Scania V8 on full volume Not only could I hear it fully, I could also feel it fully Enough to put a horn on a jelly fish 🤩😍😍 Go on you lot give it a try, I could listen to that all day Paul

I believe 80,000 lbs was available No springs in the camelbacks, just a walking beam Paul

Looks like a fun project The way your removing your rusted panels is the way I have done it I feel I got a lot less damage to the bit I was trying to save than drilling and chiseling out the old panels Great work and keep us updated Paul

And don't get me wrong, the Scania sounds pretty bloody good, the E9 has a sound all of its own, not better or worse but very distinct to it I think and I say this with the greatest of respect to our American friends, there is little chance of this becoming a swap in America because what we consider to be normal amounts of money to spend they tend to baulk at as the options in America are so much greater than Australia That Scania sounds pretty darn good Paul

For the effort it takes and the convenience it will give to me its a no brainer Swapping to negitive ground would without a doubt the way to go, if you want a phone charger, CB, ordinary car radio or any other really common things we use every day to work as they should it is easier to change just one thing, your truck to suit the rest rather than change everything to then only work on your truck So a alternator is the first port of call, quick simple on wire alternator with a built in regulator Dunno if you have a amp guage or volt guage, chances are both will have to have there wirers reversed so they still work the correctly otherwise it it will show volts in negitive instead of positive and the amp guage will show its discharging instead of charging There wont be a lot more to change that I can think of off the top of my head As I said it's much easier to change one thing rather than 20 things Also if you change the trailer etc and have breakdown, no one else can tow your trailer Paul

And would they sell any good in the US or Australia, probably not as they are pretty price in a Scania truck let alone putting them in a Mack and they are a far better built motor than a E9, sorry everyone but the E9 lacked reliability in the long run on full power every hour of the day, they sounded tough and went well but were not a million mile motor were as the Scania V8 is and has certainly proven that over the 4 or 5 decades they have made them Paul

https://fb.watch/9mpiEdrdCN/ Reckon this truck might be on the forum already, but this appeared on my Facelessbook book doo hickie this morning Sounds pretty good to me, not the same as a E9 but nothing wrong with tit either Paul

Looks the part, are they 20 inch wheels on the back, can get 12.00 x 20 bar treads for them and it will stand a fare bit taller and give better flotation in the paddock 14.00 x 20 is the largest 20 tyre I know of that are fitted to trucks Sugar cane haulout trucks have huge floatation tyres on the rear and we can do 100 kmh in those with a full load and they go strait on a spider or dayton hub Paul

Yep thats the ones, can still get them reloaded Paul

I would be thinking in a high profile case like this, if and when the police lay charges they gotta make them 100% correct and idiot proof because if any of the high profile jokers are charged they are gunna use every trick in the book to get off So the police I would be making sure that none of jokers are covered in Teflon So it may take a while for things to happen but I reckon they will happen Paul

It's gunna be hard to find something that matches in a doesnt look it was just thrown To my way of thinking you need to go either something that looks really modern on there so it looks like your not even trying to blend it in or find something old school, maybe one of those shiney aluminium jobs with all the creases and bead rolls etc all polished up and looking shit hot and shiny Paul

12 gauge size ? But not proper 12 gauge round Paul

Dunno Dave, rememberance is to remember all, all who served, all who never came home, all the loved ones who never had their loved ones returned All in all we as long as we never forget I think in Australia is all that really matters Thanks for clearing that up Dave, I wrongly assumed veterans day was similar to rememberance day Paul

I think they would be, with MP 10 at 685 hp and 2300 ft lbs of torque, I reckon they would sell like hot cakes except for one major problem Americans seem to like dumping their trucks on the ground to give it that long low sleek look, modern Australian Macks are up high and your face toughness Paul

They worked fine in hot climates and cold, they certainly were well regarded in Australia by most that had them, from what little I know the biggest issue was dirt and dust build up on the fines etc towards the rear of the motor If kept clean like any cooling system they were a million mile motor, the diffs seamed to be a common weak point Paul

WOW, now thats some serious bling there you have going on Paul