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Originally Posted by jimt3te50
Mack bought Renault around 10 years ago
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I thought it was the other way around, however, this all happened in 1986.
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Originally Posted by jimt3te50
For the record, Mack are the only "American" mainstream brand that still engineers and develops it's own engines, gearboxes, diffs, cabs, chassis and suspension systems- neither of the other US heavy hitters do this. You can still buy a truck that is Mack from the infamous Bulldog to the rear diff......
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That’s why all the others outsell Mack in Australia. How many people do you know that have almost been sent to the wall after buying an E7 475? Or back in the old days with the E9 400, 440 and 500 not to mention the latest boat anchor before they stopped making them, the E9 525.
A sure way to become a millionaire in the late eighties would have been to stock up on Dynatard camshafts and water pumps for the E9. You could have probably made a killing with liners as well, I’ve lost count of how many of them I’ve changed due to electrolysis caused by an incorrect ethylene glycol mix
The Mack triple countershaft gearbox wasn’t bad, however, the p1ss weak clutch pack synchroniser for the splitter let that down.
The most reliable Macks these days generally don’t have Mack drivelines in them. Also I’m pretty sure that Kenworth manufacture the Airglide range of rear suspensions used in Australia.