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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Brake lights and drive? And throttle cable
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Dec 23, 2016 22:47
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14 BAR RIFF posted:ALL 4 DONE I'm so goddamn hard right now. Lurking this thread since about half way through and cannot get over the sheer awesome of everyone involved. I am not fit to be in AI but I would proudly have your cig bounce off my sad pale goon body. Shine on you crazy diamonds.
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Dec 23, 2016 22:50
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Dec 23, 2016 22:53
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Well Merry Christmas indeed!
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Dec 23, 2016 23:17
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This is the best thread.
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Dec 23, 2016 23:27
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Please let this truck do hot laps of the property today!
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Dec 23, 2016 23:40
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19 o'clock posted:Please let this truck do hot laps of the property today! I think that's a little much to do, go figure my test drive deadline was a bit optimistic but I'm planning on a few late nights to be ready to move by Monday for reals, barring catastrophe. I got to sleep around 6:30am today lol. Kept drifting mentally to places I don't like going so I just kept awake until I was too tired to dream
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Dec 23, 2016 23:46
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god fuckin' drat!!
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Dec 23, 2016 23:59
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14 BAR RIFF posted:I think that's a little much to do, go figure my test drive deadline was a bit optimistic but I'm planning on a few late nights to be ready to move by Monday for reals, barring catastrophe. Roger that and thanks for the update. Glad to see that the work remaining is the easy stuff compared to everything so far. Take care of yourself and I hope your respective holiday celebrations are exuberant!
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Dec 24, 2016 00:01
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14 BAR RIFF posted:I think that's a little much to do, go figure my test drive deadline was a bit optimistic but I'm planning on a few late nights to be ready to move by Monday for reals, barring catastrophe. You should know well by now that setting normal deadlines for a project vehicle is a stupid idea as they can only disappoint you.
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Dec 24, 2016 00:27
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gently caress yeah, Sim is gonna wake up sometime next week to a rusty dump truck with straight headers doing donuts on his front lawn 
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Dec 24, 2016 00:30
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Tomarse posted:You should know well by now that setting normal deadlines for a project vehicle is a stupid idea as they can only disappoint you. Hell even the diagrams I printed were getting smart with me 
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Dec 24, 2016 00:34
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I swear we gotta get a convoy going for the final leg into Orlando
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Dec 24, 2016 00:34
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Slim Pickens posted:gently caress yeah, Sim is gonna wake up sometime next week to a rusty dump truck with straight headers doing donuts on his front lawn This is the only proper way that this thread can end.
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Dec 24, 2016 00:36
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Enourmo posted:I swear we gotta get a convoy going for the final leg into Orlando We'll need to scare up eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus.
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Dec 24, 2016 00:38
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Fourteen rough faced friends of Satan in a flat black city bus
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Dec 24, 2016 00:58
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I'm good with this
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Dec 24, 2016 01:08
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So, do the truck gauges work or are you going to have the vangauges ride shotgun? E: Also, do I spy with my little eye a rockauto box?
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Dec 24, 2016 01:48
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Zip ties, at least?
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Dec 24, 2016 01:49
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Fermented Tinal posted:So, do the truck gauges work or are you going to have the vangauges ride shotgun? I'd imagine that the answer to that is "yes." He's using the truck's original trans, so the speedo should work (if it worked in the first place). But it's using the van fuel tank, so (if it got hooked up) the fuel level will have to come from the van cluster. And if the van had a tach, it would be that one too. So probably some of both! Unless the van had a cable-operated speedo, in which case I guess he could plug the truck's speedo cable into it and have everything on one cluster.
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Dec 24, 2016 01:52
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Van cluster is probably electronic. I know the trucks and vans play catch-up when it comes to new tech, but GM was using electronic speedometers in its cars by 1987, if not earlier. Also, I don't recall if it got discussed earlier in the thread, but how well will the transmission hold up to the 350? I've heard the SM420 is plenty stout, but aren't we talking nearly double the stock output here?
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Dec 24, 2016 02:20
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Left Ventricle posted:
I have a 64 GMC pickup with an SM 420 behind a 350. It held up just fine to cover a 2,000km roadtrip + driving around since. Plus however long the PO was running it swapped. The gear ratios leave a lot to be desired though. I noticed if I ran it at high revs for highway speeds that oil consumption increased drastically...
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Dec 24, 2016 02:27
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Was it ever determined that the transmission was functional to begin with? Edit: Oh, hey, something kind of relevant to the discussion about gearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x_beuCWI8U 19 o'clock fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 02:28
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19 o'clock posted:Was it ever determined that the transmission was functional to begin with? Well, we know that neutral works, and I'm assuming there was gear oil in it. Short of taking it apart or driving it, the best you can really do is fiddle with the stick/turn the input shaft by hand. Basically, we'll find out if it's trashed when 14 attempts the first burnout.
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Dec 24, 2016 02:55
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From what I read online, however, it bears a great reputation as being very heavy duty.
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Dec 24, 2016 03:17
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19 o'clock posted:heavy duty.
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Dec 24, 2016 03:19
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I don't really know about throttle cables so...how big of a problem is the throttle cable? I'm guessing a really small one since no one's really talking about it. Is it something that exists that just needs to be connected and hooked up?
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Dec 24, 2016 03:30
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Throttle cable is easy if the system originally used a cable, and most stuff does. I have a mechanical system that I converted to cable, and that was a bitch because of throttle geometry. But If it already used a cable and you have all the parts, you can use any old hardware store steel cable/wire/chain/leather/still living flesh. e - For more info on throttle cables, this dude with a bad haircut will tell you how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smI2ijg4KcM Anuvin fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 03:45
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:I don't really know about throttle cables so...how big of a problem is the throttle cable? I'm guessing a really small one since no one's really talking about it. Is it something that exists that just needs to be connected and hooked up? If Dave can get the truck to where it's at today he can figure out the throttle cable. My vote is hand-pull throttle cable though. Attach it to the ceiling of the cab like an air horn.
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Dec 24, 2016 03:46
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Yeah, the assembly for the cable is still on the engine, and we still have the cable from the van is well. The trick now is just attaching it to the gas pedal and getting that all worked out. But it's pretty small potatoes compared to everything else Dave's done so far, so I'm sure something will be worked out.
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Dec 24, 2016 04:28
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The transmission will be fine, that wheezer of a 350 isn't going to stress it much more than the 6 that was in there.
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Dec 24, 2016 04:47
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ExplodingSims posted:Yeah, the assembly for the cable is still on the engine, and we still have the cable from the van is well. The trick now is just attaching it to the gas pedal and getting that all worked out. Actually final completion up to then abandoning the project at that exact moment was sort of the idea I had kicking around
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Dec 24, 2016 04:48
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14 BAR RIFF posted:Actually final completion up to then abandoning the project at that exact moment was sort of the idea I had kicking around The ultimate edge job.
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Dec 24, 2016 04:49
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A kindly goon would likely pay danno to smother 14" in his sleep.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:24
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sirr0bin posted:If Dave can get the truck to where it's at today he can figure out the throttle cable. My vote is hand-pull throttle cable though. Attach it to the ceiling of the cab like an air horn. My vote is for one of these next to the driver's seat: 
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Dec 24, 2016 05:24
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Anuvin posted:e - For more info on throttle cables, this dude with a bad haircut will tell you how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smI2ijg4KcM I prefer my throttle cable videos to be a little more practical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzARBO7Zcnc
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14 BAR RIFF posted:ALL 4 DONE 
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