I Bought A Truck: Bad Decisions ITT

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INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

wesleywillis posted:

The noise or lack of lower cover? Both probably bad.

The wobble to the flywheel

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Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

Chopsy posted:

The points so far as I can see them; if you could help me put them all in the right order and fill in points maybe i can help with a summary:

2016:
-Sims found a dump truck! In Near...Nebraska?
DJDanno volunteered a spot on his property to have the truck towed to, because it's not running and Sims doesn't want to have it trailered all the way to his place in Florida
snip
- Sims found a van and drove it there!
- Sims and I think DJDanno worked on engine swap, but could not complete the job before Sims had to go back to Florida
paste-14 Inch Dick! drives a jeep out to Nebraska on his own, intending to get the Trukk running and drive it Florida in time for Xmas
~~- ...van motor fits in the truck? Van is home now?~~
-Dick's jeep is on fire?
-the truck starts! But still needs brakes, exhaust, etc. to be driveable
-gets too cold, Dick goes west for the winter!

2017
-Dick is ready!
-Things happen!
-Greyhoundpocalypse!
-many events happen to get Dick to the truck!
-did the greyhound package get anywhere? Yes, it finally caught up to Dick, after being dropped off at the bus stop they insisted it could not be delivered to, and then FedExed from there halfway around the country in order to get delivered like 50 miles away
-how did we get a popup trailer? An amazing donation to the cause by Tremek from I think Denver? who drove down to NE, bought a trailer camper, got it working, new tires on it, picked up Dick, and delivered it all to the field in Nebraska, along with supplies, on his own dime
-lots of paypals and tools and sleeping bags and a god drat water heater
-and a doggo

e. gently caress, beaten, I shoulda refreshed before posting

Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Oct 21, 2017

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wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

^^^^^ No worries, you look like you've got a few more details in there.

Can't me more than a half inch off. Totally within spec................

I guess it'd be a motherfucker to have to take the engine and/or tranny out to check that there isn't some poo poo in between flywheel and crank snout. Or re-torque crank bolts.

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Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

It only has to make it to Florida. I'd just drive it like that and hope it doesn't break.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:22

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

At this stage of the game, basically impossible. I know for a fact Danno and I torqued the flywheel bolts with loctite so I don't loving know what happened

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:22

wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

Did it have the same problem last year?

In other words, did you look underneath with engine running, and NOT see that last year?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:25

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

wesleywillis posted:

Did it have the same problem last year?

In other words, did you look underneath with engine running, and NOT see that last year?

I don't believe we crawled under because there was no time for an extended run

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Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Page 200, magic is about to happen.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:39

shy boy from chess club: Jun 11, 2008; It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

Was there oil in the trans for that video? Noise could be dry bearings in there. Wobble doesn't seem that bad, I would see how the clutch works on the first drive, if it's all fucky and grabbing unevenly then I'd worry.

Does that setup have a pilot bearing in the end of the crank that the input shaft from the trans went into? If so was it bronze or a sealed ball bearing?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:42

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE

The clutch kit came with one and I believe it was bronze.

Also how the gently caress are people reading this thread and not knowing that I bought the drat thing?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:48

ssb: Feb 16, 2006; WOULD YOU ACCOMPANY ME ON A BRISK WALK? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU!!

ExplodingSims posted:

The clutch kit came with one and I believe it was bronze.

Also how the gently caress are people reading this thread and not knowing that I bought the drat thing?

The thread stopped being about you 150 pages ago. You've been relegated to a bit player in a background role.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:52

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Chopsy posted:

Oh Jesus, this is so good. I'm trying to explain to my girlfriend why I'm spending so much time cackling at my laptop instead of doing my boyfriendly duties over here, and I'm unable to summarize this entire story without going off on 20 tangents; are there any good summaries so far in this thread?

Also, I literally read more than 80 pages of this yesterday, so I missed some details. Are you finally back on your own bike or are you on a loaner because Greyhound just lost it for good?

edit: holy poo poo almost 200 pages guys jesus loving hell

Don't forget the companion thread, Requiem for a Jeep. (The relevant part begins here.)

# ? Oct 21, 2017 19:56

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

shortspecialbus posted:

The thread stopped being about you 150 pages ago. You've been relegated to a bit player in a background role.

Hey now, let's be fair. Like 6 pages of content ago.

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hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

This is a Daddy Warbucks Annie situation

# ? Oct 21, 2017 20:19

wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

Yeah, at least a hundred pages of this thread are various puns, and links to gwar videos.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 20:21

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE

Oh I don't care about credit or attention or anything, but if you're so excited to describe the thread, maybe check the OP for basic facts?

I might just be overly tired from 13hrs of driving and like 2 of sleep.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 20:26

wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

ExplodingSims posted:

Oh I don't care about credit or attention or anything, but if you're so excited to describe the thread, maybe check the OP for basic facts?

I might just be overly tired from 13hrs of driving and like 2 of sleep.

Yeah sure, explain this entire thread then :colbert:

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Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Exploded Sims Bought a Truck: Leaves it in field for two years

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INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

wesleywillis posted:

Yeah sure, explain this entire thread then

Bad decisions and lowered expectations

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Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

DICK DICER posted:

Bad decisions and lowered expectations

I thought you were leaving that for the title of your biography?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 20:51

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Flywheel wobble doesn't look that bad, to late to be worried about it anyway.

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Faerunner: Dec 31, 2007

If Dave and Danno and Sims can get a truck running in only 2 years, what the hell am I doing with my life. I don't even own a truck.

I feel the need to buy a beater truck and some GWAR albums.

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INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

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Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

Is that one of the new brake thingies, or is it one of the old brake thingies

# ? Oct 21, 2017 21:39

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE

It's a new one.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 21:42

Chopsy: Dec 27, 2005; GUNS GUNS GUNS
BIKES BIKES
YOUR MOM

ExplodingSims posted:

Oh I don't care about credit or attention or anything, but if you're so excited to describe the thread, maybe check the OP for basic facts?

I might just be overly tired from 13hrs of driving and like 2 of sleep.

I apologize man, I'd just read infinity pages and my brain was running on def fewer than 4 cylinders

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Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

ExplodingSims posted:

It's a new one.

well...

...poo poo

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Kazinsal: Dec 13, 2011

ExplodingSims posted:

It's a new one.

...

That is terrifying.

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Boaz MacPhereson: Jul 11, 2006; Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Faerunner posted:

If Dave and Danno and Sims can get a truck running in only 2 years, what the hell am I doing with my life. I don't even own a truck.

I feel the need to buy a beater truck and some GWAR albums.

This is never a bad idea.

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Brolander: Oct 20, 2008; i am but a vessel

(wisely) cars are rear end holes

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Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

DICK DICER posted:

Gotta love aftermarket Chineseum parts, loving christ.

I literally sighed when I saw that lol.

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wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

Its hollow? Is that a bleeder screw?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 22:58

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

wesleywillis posted:

Its hollow? Is that a bleeder screw?

Brake line adapter for the unobtainium thread pitch lines

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Turbo Fondant: Oct 25, 2010

^efb

wesleywillis posted:

Its hollow? Is that a bleeder screw?

Appears to be one of the fittings he got to adapt the wheel cylinders to an attainable flare nut thread pitch

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INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

"The answer is simple. Go see the great mechanic, Pagliacci. He will fix your truck."

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Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Clearly you need to find the local CNC machinist and have them made out of Billet.

It's the only way to be sure.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 23:13

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

EVERYWHERE
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

DICK DICER posted:

"The answer is simple. Go see the great mechanic, Pagliacci. He will fix your truck."

# ? Oct 21, 2017 23:14

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

DICK DICER posted:

How the hell do the brake lines even connect to those? I've never seen a connection inside the brake housing before.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 23:37

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Wait, wait, wait. Sims owns a truck?

Help me move

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Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

DICK DICER posted:

This isn't the kind of magic I was talking about!

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