so he buys whatever you want? what more could you ask for!Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
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so he buys whatever you want? what more could you ask for!Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
poor attempt. thanks for playing though.
wasnt trying to bring the funny. did you see a smiley?
zing??? :confused:
Thanks for putting it in park when you loaded it on the trailer jerry. It made for some interesting action as i see it rolling off the trailer towards the lake, which was attached to my truck!!!:flipoff2:
your truck was attached to the lake?Quote:
Originally Posted by stx4wheeler
you eat pieces of **** for breakfast?! (sorry just popped in my head when i read that ***)
It is off the trailer, it was quite scary seeing Frick pull the trailer forward and watching El Borracho roll uncontrolled off the end. Luckily the Mike Knoeller D60 was there to stop the Jimmy.
See having extra crap in your yard is good!
Any thoughts on your plans for this one? Or are we gonna have to wait on your own build thread?
I think his plans are the same as mine originally were, but he has about 10 other projects so it will be a while...Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
I wish it would have rolled into the lake, that would have made for an awesome story. I think it would have made a nicer dock than your neighbors pontoon dock!
and cheaper too. :D
Here are some pictures, El Borracho as it sits. You can see the body is still pretty decent
Here is a picture of the worst rust on the truck behind the driver's door. It is going to need a patch panel. Also the owner before Jerry was great at lining up doors, note the gap. The back by the tailgate is in pretty good shape and parts of the floor up front have been replaced.
The owner before Jerry did this awesome shackle flip. He called "home brewed and reenforced (exact spelling). Anyone one want it? Also he made this awesome computer mount/pizza box
Here is one of my first ideas as to why it does not run, see if anyone sees anything wrong with the negative body cable....
I picked this top up off of craigslist for $150. It is ok, but has some cracks. I think I can fix it. Thoughts?
The head looks like a good ground....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02
is there a ground strap between engine and frame?
No, and there is no ground strap on the computer either....Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
computer case doesn't need to be grounded. They sit in a plastic craddle from the factory.
marine-tex on the top.
That thing is cool looking! I always loved that body style.
Put this in El Borracho
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/806152434.html
it's been on there for months so I'm guessing he is very negotiable
YES, multiple the purchase price by 4.75 percent, brilliant!
where's my other $99k????Quote:
Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02
I menat by 4.75 times. Accounting error, I was getting some help from the Enron exec's
I've been doing a little work on El Borracho, as some of you might remember a previous owner had put a fuel injected engine in it with a "store bought" wiring harness. The engine was bored out, had a cam, new oil pump, etc... However the previous owners never could get the truck to run. I started by checking for spark, it had spark, then checked to see if the injectors were firing with noid lights, they were firing. The entire time the starter made a death noise.... Next I checked for fuel pressure. The previous owner had installed a pressure gauge on the fuel rail, it indicated no pressure.
I could hear the fuel pump running when you "keyed on" the truck, so I went under to look at the fuel pump install. Here is what I found.....
As you can see the previous owner installed the fuel pump relatively high when compared to the fuel tank. Also he placed the fuel filter in between the tank and pump. Both of these were not allowing the pump to prime. I hooked a hand pump into the line and broke a line at the engine (the schrader valve had the fuel pressure gauge on it), then I primed it. Then I reconnected everything and keyed the engine a few times, it started up after about the third try. Ran very well, sounds good, surprisingly little smoke for as long as it has been sitting. Oil pressure looked good.
As mentioned the starter sounded like arse, so I went to look at that. My initial thought was that the radio frequency from satelite tv had hit a harmonic note on the wire leading to the starter. This of course caused the starter to vibrate violently creating the noise. Once I took a look at it, I had a different diagnoses....
I went to O'reilly's to get a new starter. I was going to buy the more expensive starter, but they only had one in stock, seriously how does O'reilly's only have one starter for a small block chevy???
Anywho replaced it, it started well. Next I needed to break the cam in, so I hooked all the cooling lines up and then started and went through a cam break in procedure. Then I shut the engine off, and went to bolting the seat in, I wanted to drive this thing!
Unfortunately at this point the new starter seemed to take a crap, which leads us to this thread:
http://www.tamor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10902
I took the crap starter back to O'reilly's and got another of the same. We'll see if it was just a crap starter or something more. Plus this was free and got me going today.
You know they say when you buy someone else's failed project that you are buying their problems, and that proved true today. I installed the starter, put the t-case in gears (it has a half assed twin stick) I put the front shaft in neutral and the rear in low, started the truck, drove it down my driveway and back. Then I backed it into place, it does not have a fan so I did not want to over heat it. Stepped out and I saw a puddle under the middle of the truck, looked under neath and saw this.
And now we have this thread:
http://tamor.org/forums/showthread.p...542#post222542
looks like you could just buy that at a parts house...i don't know **** about 205's...looks like it is just a seal housing. should be el cheapo at a parts house...just go down to your local tranny rebuild place and they probably have one holding a door open somewhere in the shop.
Yeah, I'm kind of curious what is going on inside this T-case that made it do that...
I bet the driveshaft somehow caused that, I would check to see if it has any bind marks on it.
Am I missing something? Looks like you just need to cinch up and restake the pinion nut?
Couldn't you have made it sound like a bigger effort to get the thing running and driving, you know, to make Jerry feel a bit better about flemming it out?
crack in the output bearing retainerQuote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
ah. Then JB weld (but Karl already knew that!)
yup that's all it needs to get roadworthy is to get the motor started....Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
I said running and driving. It ran and drove. Roadworthy is subjective, you read craigslist, you should know that!