spud

rob they are called a "stone guard" too us aussies and they protect the windscreen from unwanted rocks through the window . as you will no most cracks and chips that appear on the windscreen are on the bottom half so these are a way of preventing this.hope this helps. spud

hi all i was just wondering if any one can help me track down a left hand and a right hand set of cab lift rams to suit my v8 ultraliner .so far i have had no luck tracking origionals down only after market ones which are totally wrong, mack in western australia are useless as tits on a bull at helping find parts unless its got a volvo badge,if any one can help it would be good ,price does not phase me .i am also trying too track down part numbers 275ax-f it is a cab suspension component any help from anywhere in the world would be great. cheers spud

sounds to me you allready have experiance with a 12 speed there dave, the gearbox you descibe sounds like the 12 speeders in my ultraliners and superliner i.e. one stick position 2 full gears i.e. first slot flick the button from low too direct and that is actually two gears , in reverse you shold have five and in deep set usually found on the dash in australia you will have gears allso. most of the so called head problems are related to inexperianced mechanics working on e9's. we have a few of the e9's screwed out to over 650 horses and have had no problems ,some have done head studs but that is a result of getting more horsepower out of them.if you leave the pump "i pressume you have a V pump and not a inline pump" alone and at its factory settings she should thump allong for many years to come.they have small power towers as well and will allways leak a little oil in the valley .amd another thing too watch for is the copper dynatard contact in the back of the bowl breaking but other than these small problems the are a relativly troble free engine ,we have one here that has clocked up over 2.5 million kays been rebuilt twice and is still on the origional block....the thing is is too ask as many questions as you can and make your mind up from there.i am so jelouse of you guys as the price you guys pay for these legends is a very small sum compared too australia where we can still pay anywhere beetween australian 55 two 100 thousand dollars for these units as they have become collectors items to a select few which has sent the price through the roof.any way hope this helps. cheers spud

hi all, new aussie member here a little about myself , i am a fleet owner based in the goldfeilds in western australia.we own a diverse range of macks in our fleet and as i think you can tell i love everything about mack trucks!from the humble b-model to the mighty titan my self and my family have restored and worked them all.my favourith mack of all time is the 88 mk 2 v8 superliner.i would like to correspond with other owners in australia as well as owners from around the world. cheers spud

http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/bryanparsissons/?action=view&current=162.jpg hi all new to the forum, here is one of my models it is a replica of one of my real trucks cheers spud