Shrugs Not Drugs posted:

The engine ran well enough in the van to get Sims to the truck. Rest of the powertrain is big dumb tractor parts, a not insignificant amount of it is brand new iron that Sims has been stockpiling through the planning phase, also did you loving see what 14" and the Jeep did to get to Nebraska?

Re: the pump, what's in there is probably half water and half spiders due to lovely crusty foam breathers being common, if not check the breather and flush with a jug of Dex2/3 (because it's got a better shot at freeing the probably stuck pistons) and a pail or 6 of regular modern whatever the farm supply store has cheapest hydraulic oil (because it's cheap). Everything will leak. Don't go near a leak that has pressure behind it because gangrene but you knew that already. And a quick visual on the hoses, it's pretty obvious when they're rotten.

14 BAR RIFF posted:

It's got actual oil of some form coming out of the input shaft seal, so itll need a re seal Id wager. Didnt start leaking until I removed the mud seal. Dex 2? Hahahahaha good luck finding whale oil friction modifier. Will be getting full driveshaft to Napa for a quote on new ?U joints ffront to rear.

I have proven my skills. Package will be delivered intact to Florida. First few days have been slow going as my body recuperated from what I demanded of it to get here. But the terrible power of this fully operational battle station is being brought online. Valentine is just far too remote of a location for an adequate demonstration.]

Commander, you may fire when ready.

angryrobots posted:

Stitecin posted:

Why does everyone love that bike sculpture so much?

djdanno13 posted:

Because they want it to be real and ride it in some kind of real life heavy metal or mad max recreation.

djdanno13 posted:

Also it's kinda nice having people appreciate your junk. Like, I like all the cars I've acquired, it's just nice to have other people think they're cool too. There's not much of a story though. I've basically just been buying them as they become available from people or auctions over the past like 15 years.

14 INCH posted:

pto finally came free. forward u joint actually more like u bolt

14 INCH posted:

set screw shim

Slung Phone posted:

Was there a pin there Dave?

Good job though.

14 BAR RIFF posted:

if thats the one w bolt thats as it came off finally

"Shim" lol


it was a work trukk for sure


ima have the first bath ive taken since last years trip to solvang

its a once in a blue moon event


let thread know despite chaotic start and slow going im feeling alive again for the first time in a long time

Slung Phone posted:

Will do man, I am live posting this

Fermented Tinal posted:

You're a drat dirty tease.

14 INCH posted:

working on getting trans totally free to mount directly to engine once thats out then focussing on butt stuff

ah i saaw full floating axles i can remove and install no prob but have zero clue if input sshaft pinion area unbolts w out issue or if axles need to come out first and also whether or not wheels come off for axles iirc drums are bolted to axle somehow

so all i need is order of operations

it feels like a massive ungodly overhaul but theres really not that much needed job wise

djdanno13 posted:

It's been crazy good weather. Like seriously it's all anyone can talk about and every day sans one in the past 4 weeks has been in the 70s to low 80s.

14 INCH posted:

how difficult we talking to set up ballpark fuel mapping for nitromethane on a 350

no bones about it posted:

I wonder if theres a law that exhaust has to exit behind the driver's compartment? If not, i vote for just enough exhaust pipe to exit the sides of the engine compartment.

Deteriorata posted:

Shrugs Not Drugs posted:

rndmnmbr posted:

If there was one thing you could absolutely trust 14" to do, it was walk into the mouth of madness and bring something hosed up but functional back out.

The replacement engine, a Chevy 292, was waiting on them when they arrived. 14" just shrugged, downed another foil package of Chinese off-brand herbal ADHD medications, and said "It's a start."

Where he acquired a Wärtsilä RTA96C in the middle of Nebraska - let alone the eight Lycoming radials powering the massive roots blower feeding air into the monstrosity - we will never know. The 292 did get used, powering the fuel pump delivering 637.3 gallons of nitromethane per minute the hulk required. We did discover where the twin Pratt & Whitney F119 turbojet engines powering the turbos came from - the Army still tells tales of the madman with an impact driver they couldn't stop with a tank that exciting July night. And surprisingly, it all fit in the truck, although lesser men would be driven mad with just a glimpse of the non-Euclidean geometry under the hood.

The steering wheel in the cab was the tiniest wheel they could order out of China, in order to fit the bewildering array of shifters surrounding the driver's seat. He started with the gearbox from the ship, tied to a vast array of 15-speed truck transmissions, hydrostatic drives stolen in broad daylight from three different tractor shops, and Lenco planetary gearsets swiped from research labs in Japan.

No one else had the balls to crawl into the driver's seat. But 14", when he goosed that big ship engine and eased out on all three clutches, the steel Abrahms tank treads that replaced the rear wheels would leave burnout marks six inches deep on reinforced concrete.

ExplodingSims posted:

I really don't understand how a company as lovely as Greyhound can exist in 2016.

ExplodingSims posted:

On a postive note I will say the lady who helped me today was the first polite and genuinely professional employee I've dealt with there.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

The lifer lady who works at my local Greyhound shipping terminal is the only time outside of a rural parts store that I have seen someone chain smoking at their desk.

14 INCH posted:

WE GOT NUMBERS REPEAT NUMBERS