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Swishy

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  1. M80 The above drawing is to get grease on the load side of the kingpin normally when U grease the front end with the wheels on the ground the grease finds its way out the easiest way .... on the unloaded side of K/Pin and grease does not get to the load side of K/P (az much) Years ago we had KW that did not have power steering and do as above the drivers sed it felt like power steering (for a few days) cya
  2. Jimmy my WAG sez the 1st trolly valves were on trains more than likley made by Bendix ( before it became BW Bendix Westinghouse) WotSezU cya
  3. colin gudday m8 can rememberin talk of Lionel Deakin ...property @ noth Rd oakleigh nex to rail crossing rumor haz it he made up a big HD float and welded all the axles to the main frame = no suspension any pix U can share with us all Thanx in advance cya
  4. AFAIK on the rear of the dozer they had a Duble Drum Power Control Unit (PCU) On sum C@ dozers they had also a front run wire rope control to raise and lower the dozer blade U could unhook the blade or chain the blade up and run the wire rope south to also control the drawn scraper WotSezU? cya
  5. EZ fix Find a real ruff bumpy rd then U wont notice it LOL cya
  6. Seed m80 is the 'T' aka the gumboot? cya
  7. gr8 Sum of them shorts (wotever) R upto water level ................. or higher LOL cya
  8. eye cannot see anything rong with them pix may B eye studied them too long keep m cummn cya
  9. My 2 cents worth TAX free Repack with grease if a seal fails with oil in hub U only got a few minutes/hours before all oil gone n U could end up in a ditch with grease if seal fails U know U gunna need fix the problem sum time nex week/month We torque up front steer hubs F tight with a 2 foot bar while spinn n the wheel ... then back off 1/8th or quarter turn of nut recheck wheel for looseness by wobblin wheel on jack with daylight under tyre after U dun a run or 2 cya
  10. Kevin m80 they may B a good truck but so do all the other makers most of the Euro trucks not suitable for Australia ...... they R not a common truck with backup, service & parts The yanky type iron use common equipment ... all the yanky trucks use Cummins, RR, Meritor, hendrickson etc all or most these bits & service available @ all good corner stores which keeps the price down LOL cya
  11. Just a nother Euro Bus shaped lorry image how heavy th@ door would B to open wen it's on its side in a ditch the demo man dun look comfortable leanin forward to grab the wheel & controls LOL WotSezU? cya
  12. On the udder side of the world wen no lights or brakes on the load we cart the beast to B legal cya
  13. Guess n many a gal lost it in a hippy van LOL WotSezU?
  14. Make him an offer he can't refuse Take Hyds off n convert to winch operated cable foldr ? wor R the 2 steel rims on front axle??
  15. https://www.marketbook.ca/listings/trailers/for-sale/list/category/372/oil-field-trailers?keywords=scissor+neck&SortOrder=42&scf=False
  16. here U go try these on for size https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/list/category/18/lowboy-trailers/manufacturer/hyster
  17. Whoopz Gr8 people reapeat them selves ... repeat them selves ... repeat them selves LOL
  18. Recent discussion 'V'Bus -v- KW au https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/OldTruck/18496-100-years-of-trucking
  19. think Rob haz nailed it slaken off the keeper plate th@ holds the plastic pineapple bush next to the slaky then belt it with u're F B Mallet to realign the camshaft and bush wen happy with the effort of turnin the cam shaft tight n up the keeper plate cya
  20. Only ever carted the one duel wtyres on each cnr 4 get wot the power plant twaz WotSezU? cya
  21. Go n back 8 years ago
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