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Post by brunner on Apr 12, 2012 17:18:57 GMT -4
i had a set of up graded birfs from TG they lasted 15 hours some where around the green mile it broke lol
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Post by C.B.RENEGADE on May 22, 2012 20:19:13 GMT -4
So, after the shakedown run of the ol cj, had a problem with the plasma cut wheels.... the center spun in the hoop and was on its way to taking out the valve stem. Anyways, Adam took them over to his buddys shop and smoked em right out! all welded up nice Next was a whole bunch of gussets, 40 of em all together! Ended up with evil creepy turbines! the ol 360 was getting pretty hot pretty fast. Drove it from the back of the garage to the front and it was a little over 100 c. Figured a $8 thermostat couldn't hurt. Popped the housing off and found this just a little bog water. i flushed out the motor, put the new tstat in, some new belts, set the timing....... it is running much cooler now! it's ready to head to the jam...... just gotta figure out why it's backfiring while driving.....
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Post by Creepy on May 22, 2012 20:41:57 GMT -4
Lucky it was free! hahahahahahah I need a bigger welder. Maybe Santa will get me one.
Valley Crawl put a log thru the rad, I was stalking around the woods looking for any bit of water to get it out. there might be tadpoles in there!
As discussed on the phone....check if vac. advance is working. line off, check with timing light. line on, check with timing light. Should see 5-8degrees. That's the plate under the rotor button. Then check centrifigal advance, at higher rpm. that's the weights under the plate, with springs attached.
Then if no issues, pull dist and check the drive gear on bottom. I'll try to find that old thread from when i put a used one on.
Tech question for lurkers - is a Ford dist going to have the same drive gear? Al's got as new one there.
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Post by chefted on May 22, 2012 20:44:15 GMT -4
Ya some crazy guy recommended Jan put some gussets in there back in the day. Jan told that guy it would be fine. HAHA. I todda so, I todda so lol Nice Job Al
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Post by Creepy on May 22, 2012 20:48:33 GMT -4
ah jeez.
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Post by C.B.RENEGADE on May 22, 2012 20:51:06 GMT -4
haha thanks. as you can see from the pics, Adammac did all the welding.... thanks man! Jan, dead tadpoles jammed up the thermostat! lol thanks for the tips, i'll get er runnin right on the weekend!
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Post by DamnJeep on May 23, 2012 5:27:18 GMT -4
Nice job.
I see you guys were welding with the tire still on the rim?
A couple of vids for future reference.....
I've only seen reports about this happening to truck tires and equipment tires but I won't do it.
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Post by MudMagnet on May 23, 2012 11:09:55 GMT -4
as long as the valve step is taken out or the bead is broken down its ok to weld to the wheel, but shouldn't anyway...
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Post by ronin on May 23, 2012 11:18:45 GMT -4
Adam , run away , run away .........
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Post by rue on May 23, 2012 11:20:46 GMT -4
as long as the valve step is taken out or the bead is broken down its ok to weld to the wheel, but shouldn't anyway... There's be reports of the tire resetting the bead when the reaction starts.It happens fast,but then sometimes it takes a while for the reaction to start.Seen a vid ,that they said the tire went boom 48 hours later.
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Post by C Monster on May 23, 2012 12:51:52 GMT -4
as long as the valve step is taken out or the bead is broken down its ok to weld to the wheel, but shouldn't anyway... There's be reports of the tire resetting the bead when the reaction starts.It happens fast,but then sometimes it takes a while for the reaction to start.Seen a vid ,that they said the tire went boom 48 hours later. just be save guys take the tire off the rim when working on the rim or welding on it I all ways do
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Post by C Monster on May 23, 2012 13:03:40 GMT -4
as long as the valve step is taken out or the bead is broken down its ok to weld to the wheel, but shouldn't anyway... no it can still happen if you do that too
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Post by C.B.RENEGADE on May 23, 2012 20:37:34 GMT -4
pyrolosis..... yikes. ok, we won't do that again then, even with the valve stems removed. we did have the tires off before welding the centers in, but not the gussets.
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Post by 53m38 on May 23, 2012 21:25:13 GMT -4
Your past the 22hrs right? If not I have some tape we can wrap around the garage!
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Post by C.B.RENEGADE on May 24, 2012 5:21:43 GMT -4
haha, yeah, wheels were done a couple of weeks ago.
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