Deals on Wheels #464

I needed a
bogie
drive
After finishing the
outside work, next
up will be a revamp
of the interior
let it cool down. They topped up the water,
fired it up again and found it was still pushing
water out the radiator. Not a great start. The
boys got help from a local sawmill in the form
of 25-litre containers of water. Every 30-odd
kilometres they were stopping to top the
water up.
Eventually, George found if he kept it below
1,500rpm he could get closer to a hundred
kilometres before stopping. A 24-hour return
trip left George ready to cut his losses when
he got home, and he considered selling the
Mack. Thankfully, his travel colleague Mal
convinced him not to. Instead they decided
to replace the old 711 engine.
George got onto the team at Gleeman
Truck Parts in Sydney who had a Maxidyne
engine out of an old Army water truck and
were more than happy to sell it to George. The
truck had been taken to George’s mate Mal’s
place. George’s place was perfect for building
and restoring tractors but Mal had a much
bigger crane for a much bigger project.
When the boys took the END711 out they
also took the time to redo all the airlines,
painted the chassis, upgraded the brake
boosters, checked valves and fuel lines,
changed the cross-over fuel system and
made sure it all got a revamp. It had been a
good 20 years since Andrew’s spruce up.
While the deck was off, it got a new lease on
life as well. The old timber floor was removed,
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