Thanks mate, it’s out making a mile again so he’s happy 😃

Thanks Frank 🙏🏻 I seem to break them a lot quicker than I fix them though 🤦🏻‍♂️

It’s a great little truck Matty, very tidy indeed. My mate Sutto has put a lot of time and effort into cleaning it up and keeping it tidy. It was a bit nerve wracking when it had a mind of its own, but thankfully I was able to settle it down.

Thanks old timer 🙏🏻

Thanks Kym 🙏🏻 when you are using old equipment, you have to know how to work on it. There’s always a problem around the corner somewhere 😂

All the way with SBA! Yeah he had a few, apparently they used to get a bit excitation or surging in the fuel pumps, which is where the rack in the pump would get into a pattern of moving forward and back slightly causing the truck to get a wobble in it under slight load. I guess that’s the reason he went away from them after the Valueliners. Haha you don’t realise how much room is in a new truck until you drive an old one 😂

Yes it was a bit lucky mate 🙏🏻

The V8 prices have been out of control for a while now unfortunately. They broke a lot of people with big repair costs back in their day. You did well to find a pump for that price, even if it was 30 years ago! The E-Tech 470s went well when they were going, but had a lot of cam and valve train problems in the first few years. Once they evolved into the CCRS they got to be a really good engine.

@@oldrigsdownunder7301 My 470 was made in '99 and we had the cam out at 850,000km during a rebuild (cracked heads) and it was in spec. Rebuilt the engine at home, on a concrete slab (no shed) and it ran perfect, broke a fuel economy record on the first trip. Cost me $10k in parts, saved myself 17k in labor. Who wants to pay top dollar for apprentices to work on your engine? The thing I learned which is interesting about fuel systems and fuel is the filters are only 60% efficient and dont remove dissolved moisture. I ran a 2 micron 99% efficient filter which is widely used in the mining and transport industry, and those filters get it all, even the dissolved moisture that causes rust in the common rail systems that is a failure problem.

Thanks Mike 🙏🏻 It was a bit nerve wracking for a few moments but thankfully I was out on a country road with a load on, going up a bit of a rise. It stalled out ok with the brakes. It would’ve been a bit scary if it was in town somewhere

They’re a bloody good truck, they’re the best of the R model line. They got them pretty right

Thanks mate 🙏🏻

Glad to hear it David 🙏🏻

Thanks mate, I’m glad you’re getting something from them 🙏🏻

Spot on Wazza. Probably the best engine that Mack made, or on par with an E7400. They punched well above their weight. Like you said, they’re very good on fuel for work they can do.

@@oldrigsdownunder7301 anyone can rebuild them, mechanically simple, the only thing to watch out for, is making sure the oil squirters aim directly under the piston. I remember there was a special marked perspex window that had to be laid on the cylinder head to line up each squirter.

Thanks Daryl, that’s so true mate 🙏🏻

Thanks Geoffrey 🙏🏻

Thanks mate 🙏🏻 I adjusted a dynatard switch once without the engine running and when I started it the revs went straight up and it seemed like they wanted to keep going. It was on an F model so I was between the wheel arch and the front wheel trying to hold the revs from climbing any more and trying to back off the screw in the back of the dynatard switch. It was a bit interesting for a few moments too 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

When would you like to start Colin?? 😇

I’m glad you enjoyed the video Scott. On the Australian R model chassis, which all models were based on from 1971 to 1999, the steering box was fitted to the inside of the RHS chassis rail with the exception of the CHRs, and the trucks fitted with Shepard steering boxes. So there is a bearing carrier mounted on an angle above the top of the steering box, which uses 2 universal joints close together to angle away from the turbo on a 6 cylinder, and from the head and rocker cover on a V8.

Hey up mate nice job you did there and sweet looking truck thanks

@@oldrigsdownunder7301 Thanks for the info Dave . It was a real good video ! Scott 🌵