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Progress is slow but stainless pipe really does bling it up a bit (its black ceramic coated on the end as muffler place could not get a stainless end but i think it looks cool)

I got it done by a local turbo rebuilder, very reputable company and excellent reputation. Been around for donkeys years so fingers crossed. Not a chain but a family business.

my understanding too, to be honest i hope it does something for the temps but mainly im a stickler and i hate rust

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not temp resistant paint brother, its all black ceramic coating

I have worked in computers since i was 14 or so, loved it then learned to hate it and now refuse to work in it due to the bunch that are imported with their many degrees yet zero knowledge and lots of lies (we all know who im talking about which says a lot now doesnt it)!!. Got into truck driving but found the companies/owners had no clue about trucks (keep in mind im a petrol head but i was fairly new with trucks at this point and i knew much more then they did) and the unroadworthy garbage they gave me to drive made my skin crawl. I do my own work and o boy do i get surprises from the "special" so called "mechanics" who previously worked on my truck. Old saying "Hard times make strong men, strong men make easy times, easy times make weak men, weak men make hard times"...........i was not born soft like most these days.

Know its an old post but if your in melbourne i might be able to help you out, im fairly new with the quantums but having a IT background nothing about this truck scares me and would love to help as this might help me with mine one day. Also have some very cool diagnostic equipment

Fitted the rebuilt Turbo with ceramic coated exhaust manifold and turbo hot side, new studs, new bolts and painted the rocker covers and jakes Tomorrow stainless exhaust going on :)

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Its actually really nice and roomy for the driver and the shifter is shaft operated, most importantly is there is plenty of leg room where i find most american trucks dont (mack is the exception)......dont get me started on the Kenworth SAR, i was getting leg cramps in it!!!

It was the time Volvo owned Mack and Renault, they needed a cabover body so they used the Renault Premium DCI body which worked well BUT there is a twist. There were three variants from my understanding and i picked the best of the bunch. YES its australia only models and there are flaws in its implementation that i am addressing such as the cabin is 24v while the engine is 12v so they put voltage converters under the battery box which is behind the engine. I have since replaced the rubbish australian made converters that were giving me 20v for whatever reason with high end chinese ones (i know you may laugh but you can get high end stuff in china and these give a very clean 13.8v) and relocated it under the bed in the cabin where the ECU for the engine sits and there is ample room (thus put my amp, fuse boxes for accessories and added relay for converter which switches on with the 24v ignition switch). The australian converters from a company called "redarc" which were used originally have a really good reputation but the company told me they only keep wiring diagrams for current models (not kidding, my jaw dropped but the staff did give me info which wires did what but sadly that turned out to be wrong !!!), whereas the chinese company provides wiring diagrams for the old models on their website (as they should) and costs 1/12th the price of the australian brand!!! Sadly i would like to use Australian products but 12 times the price while not providing wiring diagrams is a joke and i have worked for chinese companies in electronics and they are awesome with technical diagrams and i am not surprised they are doing so well. Variants: 1. Early ones had Renault frame (plus axles it seems and tanks etc), but mack e7 engine, this was troublesome as the frame was narrower and was insanely bad to get to the air pump (this is where people say the issues with quantums being hard to work on comes from). 2. Mid version (my model) had Mack CH everything under the cabin so essentially its a CH with e7, eaton Road ranger etc and only difference is you need to lift the cabin to work on it which is no biggie as come with both hand and electric cab lift. 3. Last version same as mid version but with an ISX engine rather then the e7 (i suspect to meet polluton requirements), also one i avoided in the search as i wanted the mighty e7.

Hey Everybody, Here are some pics, lots of work gone in, waiting on new square tanks, still to fit nearly new 5th wheel and finishing up converting all the air fittings to compression fittings, tomorrow fitting rebuilt turbo, stainless exhaust, ceramic coated exhaust manifold and figure out why the wires are cut to the electric cab tilt pump (been using manual as didnt realize it had a electric one). Interior is multi layered sound proofing and marine carpet.

Going to look into it today, although i dont have overheating problems just coolant is either really old and rusty or its water and im not game to taste it and see if it is coolant hahaha. Plan is to put a camera into the radiator once ive cleaned it to see what its like inside and then decide weather to replace the radiator. Truck is not overheating as such, more so preventative maintenence.

Ill take some pics tomorrow when im at the truck, very little information online on the Quantum and its unique to both renault and macks so fun times hahaha ;)

if it does not have one can you retrofit them to the etech?