Thread: Magical Mechanical Moments with Mick & The Mack Truck

Originally Posted by stevo68

Good to see you have your No.2 back ,

Regards

Stevo...There can be only 1

You keep telling yourself that mate

Been a few months since I ventured under the bonnet of the mack truck but I have magical moment to report on.......which I know you all want to hear about
Yesterday, I succesfully swapped over a dodgy belt tensioner for a genuine one...........albeit under the guidance of Rick Completed the job in no time at all and at no charge for labour at all For those of you who helped me diagnose the squeak I was having, it turned out it was a badly made tensioner pulley which was binding and causing the belt to slip when the car laboured and when turning the car on and off. So, problem fixed, some new found knowledge for me and a stronger more intimate bond now exists between me and the mack truck

Stay tuned for more instalments of Magical Mechanical Moments with Mick & The Mack Truck............although hopefully that will be the end of my issues for a while now

Aye, Mick

well done!!!

My awe grows by the day ,

Regards

Stevo

Well, thanks to Pete (and Louis' careful supervision) my track rod is now back perfectly straight Had Pete swing by last night with some tools and we successfully managed to remove, straighten and re-attach the bent rod in no time at all

Grimace also popped by with a new solenoid to replace the one I fried 30 seconds after bending said track rod So, parts list building for an in cab bank of switches to get my winch back up and running.

Until the next forray, aye, Mick

P.S. Cheers to Pete, Grimace, Justin, Philippe & Louis for your help, tools, advice since busting my winch and track rod etc. If it weren't for our club and it's very helpful members, things would be a whole lot harder and more expensive

Well thanks again to Pete's persistance the Mack Truck now sports a working winch with some shiny in cab switches......including a bright red missile cover over one As some of you already know, our first attempt to get my winch up and working was met with a few challenges to say the least. A dicky hand controller switch, which had us checking and rechecking our (Pete & Harry's) wiring several times over to make sure all was wired correctly. A dicky winch motor which we suspect is a post shorting on the winch casing or something (Harry has kindly taken the dodgy winch away for a closer inspection, cheers Harry)
Luckily enough though I managed to score a replacement winch free from my father in law which is near new and looks much better than my cheapy one and it actually free spools
So after many hours of toiling with Pete, Harry and myslef, I now have a working winch set up complete with safety activation switch, isolator (positioned so that anyone can kill the system in the event of an emergency) in cab spool in and out switch and the abiity to connect up the wonder lead if I need to operate it from outside

Very happy with the result and must say a huge thank you to Pete for giving up so much of his time and tools to help me get it all set up. Big thanks also to Harry for his time and for simply taking my broken winch away for an inspection........a handsome reward awaits Harry if you can fire her up again

So, apart from some initial hicups, a very successful, or should I say a very magical mechanical moment with the mack truck

Next on the list is to fix the front pinion seal which looks to be leaking as does the DS CV boot..........Pete, Harry....you boys busy this week

Thanks again guys and will report back soon.

P.S. Did manage to top the front diff up myself with gear oil which made me feel all manly

Aye, Mick

Had my most successful foray under the mack truck yesterday with Pete's help again - cheers Pete, owe you some more Super Dry. Managed to replace the front pinion seal and replace the front driver side CV boot. Was surprisingly plain sailing for both jobs, other than some difficuilty getting the factory CV boot over the slightly larger dia. Maxi Drive CV. Ended up pouring a few kettles of boiling water over the boot which seemed to do the trick..........was particularly fun getting the boot over the half shaft end though Cheers Pete for your persistance.....I could see in your face that it was the last attempt you had in you
Net result is I have rectified both problems saving many $ in service hours and at the same time learned tons more about how parts of my car actually work. After taking each component apart and putting them back together, I can now confidently look at the respetive parts and deternmine quickly if something is not quite right. This brings a whole new level of comfort to me knowing I can fix these parts again if I need to. Will definitely be considering doing more work as it comes up on my car (with the help of a knowledgable supervisor by my side of course) plus this will give me a legitimate excuse to start adding to my tool kit as well

A huge thanks again to Pete who gave up his whole day and dragged what looked like his entire tool shed over to my place to help and get his hands very dirty. Really appreciate your help and patience and for teaching me some "tricks of the trade" so to speak which will definitely help me in the future....owe you big time.

Aye, Mick