PierreR89

Thanks just what i needed.

I am building AMT,s Mack cruiseliner and got stuck. Anyone have pics of how the steeringbox is supposed to be attached? Tried looking on the internet but all the pic,s i found were taken on the right side or just far enough back on the leftside so it does not show.

Nice. I like it

Here is mine. Not done yet as i am waiting for parts for it. It would be done 2-3 months ago if a cetrain C word had not happend..

Me to. I get the feeling that any truck related questions get lost in the general automotive talk and just go unanswered unless someone go to page 2 or 3 and sees it.

Funny story. About 5-6 years ago there was a electronics warehosue that thought it was a good idea to show their commercials almost nonstop in both tv and radio here during christmas, it did not help much that the person in the advert was a real loudmouth and also the ceo for that company. People got really mad that he alone "destroyed" christmas with his advertising where he was yelling and shouting that everyone should buy stuff from his stores.. Result: sales dropped.. chocking right? So he made a new ad where he appologised for his last ad.. End result: People were still mad at him and refused to buy anything from his stores and it almost went bankrupt, then another company bought his and it no longer exists and he is no longer ceo His own ads ended up putting and end to his own buisness that had been around since 1950 something..

This.... Bottom 4 pieces are the feed line to the fuelfilter on my suburban, the top 3 pieces are the returnline from the engine to the fueltank. Somehow i managed to drive it almost 570km,s home with holes in both lines, it did not go fast as i had to stay below 1500rpm, anything over and it would get in air and start to run bad or die. It did die 1 time when i was almost home so i had to call a co worker and ask if he could bring an extra battery before those in the suburban ran out with all the cranking needed to get the engine to run again after i have bleed all air out fo the filterhousing. Then i finaly got home almost 23hours after i started driving. Stopped at a few friends along the way to spend the night there as i did not want to drive it during the night if it were to just die and not start at all again. When i looked at it when i got home the frame at the left rear wheel was covered in diesel and it was dripping from the towhitch. After alot of not childfriendly words i managed to replace the bad parts with fuelline of rubber instead of steel and now it runs better then before. Also found out how little room there are between the tank and frame where the lines go in a suburban i could barely get my hands in there to reach the lines.

Thanks. I did almost as the manual told me to do exept a few things when mounting the interior. The manual want you to put the firewall, sides and backwall as one piece and then slide in the interior from the bottom I put the sides and back wall togheter then i put in the interior/floor to stabilize everything. You cant put it in the wrong place or to high in it as there are 2 cabinettes you glue to the cab sides and the floor will only go up untill they touch eachother. Put them exactly where the manual tells you to and everything will line up. Then after that i put on the firewall to get it as one piece. I tried it as the manual showed and everything just fell appart and i would need 2 extra hands.

Started on this last thursday and got it done today. The decals were the worst part as they almost did not want to release + the size of them. Did not paint the frame at all since there are almost no details on it and no engine.

Nice, the Cat engine looks good in white.

Some decals i had to let sit in water for about 2 minutes before i could remove them from the backing paper without destroying them. Try letting them sit longer before trying to move them, if they dont move out them back in and then try again 90% of them comes of with no problem. Ony exeption are if they are already destroyed on the sheet then i just dont even try to use them, i could probably still use them but i dont want to piece them togheter if there are alot of cracks in them.

Thanks, yes i was asking about those mounted on the side of the cab roof.

I have noticed that when i look on ebay for things i need or just are interested in. Last week i found some decals i wanted to buy they were about $14 which i thoght was fair and was going to buy them, then i looked at the shipping $54... $54 shipping for a decal sheet smaller then a A4 paper? no thanks. Looked a little closer and the seller stated that i could combine shipping to as i wanted more stuff from them. Tried that and guess what? ebay said NO "because the seller had discounted the price" so for 4 decalsheets i would pay about $56 and then $216 in shipping... So no buy for me there because i would be out $200 i cant afford right now.. I could contact the seller but i dont want to deal with that (even if i am sure they will work out a new shipping price for me) i just want to click on buy now and have the things shipped at a reasonable price.

This might be a stupid question but anyways. I have always wondered what the searchlights on some US trucks are for. Do the driver use them to find the correct trailernumber they are going to pick up when it is dark outside and there are no other lights around exept theirs? So they dont have to go out of the cab and walk around on foot to find it? Or they use them for something completley different? I have only seen them on US trucks on euro trucks they dont exist and the only extra lights they have are aux lights that turns on with the highbeams. Some might have searchlights but then they are used for the job they use the truck for. While i am asking stupid questions what does the SAR stand for on some kenwoth trucks? Never been able to find that out.

The medical system is a little odd here when it comes to your teeth. Anything else with your body, broken bone, surgery and anything else is free but for the teeth you have to pay and it is not cheap. Last time i had this same problem fixed it took maybe 30 sec and cost me about $150... So even if they charge us they will not let us in right now and yes it is a kind of emergency but the only emergencys they accept right now is if you have knocked your teeth out. Anything else is not allowed to come in..

Now i am waiting for the General decals for the side of the hood and when i get them i can call this one done. Found a decalset from the rereleased coke version on ebay and it has the hood logos separate and it had 2 version of it. One with the stars infront of the General name and one with the stars behind behind the name.

So a long time ago when i was a teen i had braces to fix my teeth being al over the place. When i had them removed after they had done their job i got 2 metal wires glued to the back of my teeth to get them to stay that way. Yesterday i bit down on something and a piece of that went up behind the wire and with a snap it had come loose, no problems it happens sometimes. But yesterday when it happend i could not get a appointment to any dentist at all to fix it. My normal would not fix it as they blamed on "material shortage" No problems i thought i can just call the denstis that are in the city i live in now.. Nope they will not accept any new patients right now because of corona... So here i am and having to bend that piece of wire out of the way a few times every hour so it will not stab my tounge. A bit annoying but i can live with that, i have no other choise anyway apparently.. Wonder how long it will take untill i can get it fixed...

Thanks. Yes they look great standing next to eachother. Thinking about buying the Gmc astro and Chevy titan and having them next to eachother to. Only thing i regrett not doing is painting the inside of the sleeper black to stop light shining through it. Did not need to do it on the General because of the blue color.

Got this done today. It had almost the same problems as the General did exept this had much more flash on the parts and way more warped hood and cab. I was surprised that the decals even worked since they were from 1979. Also found out why the hood hinges does not line up, they have flipped side on the parts in the manual so the left side should be on the right. The manual shows the pins facing the radiator but if they are flipped they will face the headlights and line up much better with the hingepart that glues on the back of the bumper. I only looked closer at it after i painted it and just left it as it is because i did not want to destroy the paint so the hood is just loose ontop as on the General.

Thanks. It was fun to build even if it had a few problems. I would build one again if i buy one of to rereleased versions. I hope they rerelease the Chevy Bison to as it is the same kit just with a different grille, logo and hood ornamnet They already have most of the molds for it with the General being out now.

Nice. I think i need to build one of these version myself

Got this done last night. Been building on it for about a week. Hood is just loose ontop as the hinges did not line up at all. Just noticed when i took the pic's that one rear wheel does not touch the ground, guessing the frame was slightly warped and i did not notice it when building. The hood, cab and a few other things were also warped but those i managed to get back to their original shape. Do anyone know where i can get just the General decal for the hood? Painted in in ultra marine blue. Engine is not the right color but the closest i had was mint green.

This irked me a bit a few nights ago... The connector for the lightswitch in my suburban decided to set itself on fire and leave me without any headlights at 1 at night... That was a interesting drive to get home with only the markerlights as a lightsource... Did not see a thing and had to guess where i was on the road that i fourtunatley enough knows exactly how it goes... A "new" connector from the junkyard fixed that and now i have headlights again. Now i just need to wire up some relays for the headlights to prevent this from happening again..

I looked at your site and found some things i want to use on mine when i build it. Do you offer international shipping? i did not find any info about that.