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[Half Wacked aka Split Pea]

Very nice pig Steve, I was at Georg’s shop last week his shop was packed with cruisers, I going to watch this build

 

[scrapdaddy]

Don,

No doubt about that, she'll drive fine, but with my style of camping (bring everything I own) the wagon gets heavy. I figure with the larger tires and overdrive I'd go with the 4:10 gears, not so much for highway driving, but dirt roads, etc. You probably won't feel the difference between the two. I'd listen to Georg, he knows what he's talking about. You also have the 2F which a low end grunt machine where as the LS motors not so much.

 

[Half Wacked aka Split Pea]

Whoops my fault Don, brain freeze

 

[Pigeaten]

did some more cleaning on floors today, as i cleaned rust area between back seat and cargo area, holes began showing up(surprise!) not really. rest of floors look good in that area, suggestions?

 

[Pigeaten]

while i ignore holes in floor for awhile, Nolen got me curious about my tailgate, so today as I wait for some rust materials to apply, I open cover on tailgate. I have never opened one to find this. was this factory or a PO? any ideas?

 

[scrapdaddy]

While I never bought a new pig, I did buy a 76 in the mid 80's and it didn't have that plastic nor did my other two. That said, tailgate problems can pop up early in life, so who knows. Also, I'm not sure what purpose it would serve.

 

[Pigeaten]

While I never bought a new pig, I did buy a 76 in the mid 80's and it didn't have that plastic nor did my other two. That said, tailgate problems can pop up early in life, so who knows. Also, I'm not sure what purpose it would serve.

its like hermetically sealed, but will bust open tomorrow

 

[scrapdaddy]

Are you having problems with it? While open check out the inside bottom and make sure no crud is building up stopping water getting out.

 

[Pigeaten]

Are you having problems with it? While open check out the inside bottom and make sure no crud is building up stopping water getting out.

no it works perfect, opening it will probably F it up!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Yeah, fix it 'til it's broke.

 

[Pigeaten]

pulled condom off tailgate cover, pretty fresh in there. I'm going to clean some dirt and dust away from mechanisms, wave some fresh grease over some areas, and seal it up before i screw it up-works great, not sure why i felt the need to open, probably following Nolens work too closely!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Oh come on, you're probably wondering what the old grease looks like in the gear box or if the plastic gear is starting to crack. Fix it now before it breaks on the trail and you can't get the window up in the rain storm. Take it all apart, clean, throw in that new gear, new terminal block, re-grease and done! Just kidding, button it up and pray to the cruiser gods it never craps out.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Butyl tape and a shower curtain. All good.

 

[RUSH55]

Oh come on, you're probably wondering what the old grease looks like in the gear box or if the plastic gear is starting to crack. Fix it now before it breaks on the trail and you can't get the window up in the rain storm. Take it all apart, clean, throw in that new gear, new terminal block, re-grease and done! Just kidding, button it up and pray to the cruiser gods it never craps out.

Don’t forget about cadmium plating all the components and giving it the Super Lube treatment!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Yeah, I didn't want to stress him.

 

[bobm]

Is that Orange paint inside gate

 

[J Mack]

Is that Orange paint inside gate

Don't ask

 

[bobm]

Buddy, how do you come up wit dis .

 

[scrapdaddy]

He's the google master!

 

[Ol Yeller]

He's the Duck Duck master!

Yes he is.