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Gday everyone how are we all going? Im putting my old R615 back together and Im wondering what colour to upholster the seats and to paint the base. The inside of the cab is a light green, fairly close to original. The pedastal for both seats(the part that bolts to the floor)are green, and the floor mat will be black. Its an old Bostrom Viking seat so the frame for the cushion and the base are very visible. Green or black? Does anyone know what colour the seat cushions were from new? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again everyone, Skip

Gday mate. We had a 1980 FR786, and the number was stamped into the RHS rail just in front of the front drive axle. cheers, Skip.

Gday mate how are ya? It wasnt a Brambles truck, it came from Tassie. It originally belonged to Mt Foster Timber Co. There were 3 or 4 of them down there. I used the paint code that came back to me on this post and it looks really good. All Ive gotta do now is get it ready for Alice Springs in August. Are you coming across to it?

Thanks mate, I will give that a go this week. As soon as it starts to come together I will get some photos posted. Thanks again to all who wrote back. Keep on truckin. Skip

Gday everyone. Ive finally got my old Flinstone into the painters. Im wondering if anyone has the code or number for the original mack red. It is a 1967 model with a black chassis. Bonnet, guards and cab are red. Any help would be appreciated thanks. Skip

Gday everyone. Im getting my flinstone ready to go to the paint shop and making sure everything is its right place on the chassis so I dont have to fit anything to it after its been painted. It has the 864 V8 engine, with a single cannister type oil filter mounted behind the cab on the exhaust stack gantry. I think its an LF667 from memory. Does this have to mounted on the chassis as opposed to a bit higher on the gantry? Will it have the problem of oil running back into the sump and overfilling it, and then taking longer to build up oil pressue? It is mounted neatly and i will use it if its ok to do so. Thanks everyone, Skip

Fair Dinkum? Where did you find parts for it? Was it similar to an E9?

How old is the engine? Ive seen an E9 liner rotted out from the outside-in from electrolisys but in that case there was a pinhole in the liner, and it eventually locked the engine up. After he haed rebuilt it we checked the voltage in the top radiator tank and it was nearly 4.5. So a good earth strap was required. That started the same though, it was pressurising the cooling system.

Gday mate. I got a PAI kit from gleemans and it was a good price. Its a 285 EM6 and its used oil from day one. I took the heads off and all of the bores are shiney. Its had RX super in it the whole time. Its done about 150000Kms. Hard to work out, and it may be a once off, but if I had to do it again I would be thinking of using genuine parts. Skip

Thanks mate, I hadnt thought of him, I will give him a go. Cheers,skip

Gday Rob. Thanks for your interest, its a pity that parts are so scarce now. Im looking for sleeves and pistons mainly. Gasket sets are available thru some suppliers out here but are old stock. Ive heard of blokes getting sleeves made but it is fairly costly, maybe if there was a big enough demand they could be made cheaper. Fuel pumps and turbos are repairable, and non genuine valves and guides can be modified to suit. Ive got my machining man out here looking into maybe boring the block to take E9 sleeves, as the only difference is 1/8" od. Combustion chamber size and the fire rings might be the issue there. Anyway thats some food for thought. Nice chatting Rob, thanks for your time. Skip

Gday everyone, Im not sure if Ive asked this question before but I'll give it a go, Does anyone know if liners or cylinder kits are available for an END865/6? They arent available here in Australia, so I dont care if they are genuine, aftermarket or old stock in someones shed, any information would be appreciated. Thanks all, regards, Skip.

The chrome ones are still available out here in Australia under a 27RU... number I think but the gold ones are no longer listed. Can you get hold of them genuine?

How are you mate? Why are you looking for photos of these gems? Ive got a couple of pics of my R615, its a Flinstone right hand drive, would that be any good to you? Skip

Pretty right mate I reckon, in AUS I think the part number for the old cannister is an LF667, whereas the Luberfiner is an LF750. Both fleetguard numbers. The bypass valve sits on top of the filter itself

Spot on mate, END/T 864,5 and 6 are all on the pan rail on the RHS. I dont think it would be an E9 in a flinny

Gday Barry. The only time Ive seen anything like that is on an old superliner tow truck over here. Its got a 350 CAT (3406A) with a brakesaver fitted from new with a 12spd. It has 2 sets of rear engine mounts one lot about 18" behind the other. I guess it may have been to do with the brakesaver. Skip

Gday mate how are ya? Great work in tracking the info down for your truck and best of luck trying to find the original owner. If you do manage to get onto him you might ask him if he was the original owner of that R615 Flinstone. There were only a handful that came out and Im trying to make a bit of a list up of who had them and where they got to. Anyway great to hear youre making inroads on your project, all the best, Skip. (Dave Willis)

What year model is that mate? Its a CCRS by the look of the filters, but it seems very low in the rails. The early ones were built on the Renault chassis and were a bastard of a thing- try doin a compressor. Weve got 2 later model ones and theyre on the CH rail, and seem to sit up a bit better. Skip

That sounds pretty right mate. Yep Maxidynes (237, 285, 325 and E9400 out here in Aus) were the lower horsepower-higher torque models to their sister engines. 237-250C, 285-320/350, 325-375V8 and 400-440V8. Maxidynes were the only engine fitted with 5 and 6 spd boxes. All tthe Thermodynes used 10s and 12s after the quad. Econodynes were the first engine with chassis mounted charge air cooling CMCAC. Econodynes were the first series to have 4 valves per cyl, with the E9. The 6cyl didnt appear out here with 4 valves until about 1985/6, with the 300 and 350.

Gday mate how are ya? With the Aussie Macks, Ive got an old bulldog bulletin and I think the date is 67', and they reckon the first fibreglass bonnet R went to a bloke called Frank Nylon, and it had an 864 V8 and it wouldve been sold in about 68' so Id say youre spot on. Steel fronts were an option though, depending on the conditions the truck was to be exposed to. I have a copy of the build sheets for one of my Flinstones and it lists the steel hood and fenders as an option. Hope that was remotely interesting. Cheers, Skip

Wish you were in Australia mate, Ive got a good one Im trying to get rid of.

Gday Joe how are ya mate? What do you need to know? Ive got an old manual that covers R, F, MBR and B models. So is that the flinny you are going to do up? What happened to the one with th GM in it? Is it still about? Ive got a couple of them which are also awaiting a restoration. Cheers mate, Skip.

Thanks Glenn, would you know of anyone that may keep them or have old stock? Thanks mate, skip.

Gday all. Just wondering if there is any difference between the 865 liner and 866 liner. A bloke out here told me there was no difference and he had run both engines. The parts bloke Im using seems to think there may be a difference, but we arent sure. Any help would be good. Thanks. Skip