There is one other advantage to the diesel. The coolness factor of not doing the same old blah, blah, blah SBC.
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There is one other advantage to the diesel. The coolness factor of not doing the same old blah, blah, blah SBC.
Where are you in the process? Seems you started this project 8 months ago. Jon's project took a little longer (OK, 6 years longer) but it was a complete vehicle frame-off restoration. Yours is just a simple and well documented engine swap. You should be drivin' that thang by now.
-Mike-
Where are you in the process? Seems you started this project 8 months ago. Jon's project took a little longer (OK, 6 years longer) but it was a complete vehicle frame-off restoration. Yours is just a simple and well documented engine swap. You should be drivin' that thang by now.
-Mike-
Shoot, I don't think it took me more than a few weeks to get the engine running after we set it between the frame rails.
You have smoked 'fish in the speed category. (Hmmm interesting simile. Now I'm ready for lunch.)
-Mike-
-Mike-
Where are you in the process? Seems you started this project 8 months ago. Jon's project took a little longer (OK, 6 years longer) but it was a complete vehicle frame-off restoration. Yours is just a simple and well documented engine swap. You should be drivin' that thang by now.
-Mike-
Well, Tuesday I got a nice big concrete pad poured adjacent to my garage. This week I hope to finish a privacy fence along the alley. Gotta have a place to work.
I have the rings installed on the pistons so the bottom and front ends are ready for assembly.
I talked to Merle at Classic Cruisers abut technical and moral support. He said an 80 swap is very doable with aftermarket parts available.
Also, I asked about a 40 that's been for sale down the street for a year or more.
1969 - bone stock. Pretty beat. $3000 or as the wife said on the sly: "NO reasonable offer refused."
'69 means, of course - F engine, drums, three on the tree. That stuff would all go away - the big concern for me would be rust.
What to do, what to do....
Are you one of those Form over Function guys, Jon?
Absolutely not. But, if it happens to look good too, and has a certain coolness factor to it, what the heck. Of course, it must work well first, vanity be damned.
Those things plus new tools tend to add to the overall cost of a project. Reminds me of the "Men vs Women" oil change e-mail that floats around ever so often.
-Mike-
Dang Mike. I had to Google that one. Never seen it before. Reminds me of my sister's idea of home improvement which uses only the yellow pages and a credit card. Gawd it's great being a man. Enjoy...
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The Oil Change: Men vs Women
The Oil Change
Oil Change instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
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Total $21.00
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Oil Change instructions for Men:
1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil
change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to the auto part store to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required t o stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail.
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.
Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
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Total $4,165.00
But you know the job was done right!
at 4:00 AM
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The Oil Change: Men vs Women
The Oil Change
Oil Change instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
___________________
Total $21.00
==========================================================
Oil Change instructions for Men:
1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil
change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to the auto part store to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required t o stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail.
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.
Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
________________________________
Total $4,165.00
But you know the job was done right!
at 4:00 AM
Other than the beer and a DUI, I had an experience almost identical to that. I had surgery on a Thursday and they told me not to drive or do anything dangerous for a few days. The Cruiser needed an oil change and needed fresh fluid in the diffs and transfer. The next day was a free day and I was feeling pretty good (that should have been my first clue) so I decided to do the LOF. By the end of the day I had done most of those things above. There was oil and diff fluid all over the truck and the garage and all over me. Simple tasks that I had done dozens of times became disasters. I had a lot more "banged head on frame" and "busted knuckles when wrench slipped". Comical in retrospect.
BTW, the coffee, popcorn, and soft drinks are free at the local Jiffy Lube so the above pricing is out of date. I think the LOF price is a little higher though. We went to the home show a few months ago and got 2 free oil change certificates from Jiffy Lube. Saved me about $60 total. You just have to be sure they don't touch anything except the drain plug and the filter. I bring my own filters. I also handed the guy my needle grease fitting and he lubed the DC joints. Overall the experience was quite good but you have to watch them like a hawk and you have to make it very clear what you want and don't want. If you present it to them nicely they really don't mind. They also like the change of scenery from their normal mini-van oil changes to a real man's truck.
-Mike-
BTW, the coffee, popcorn, and soft drinks are free at the local Jiffy Lube so the above pricing is out of date. I think the LOF price is a little higher though. We went to the home show a few months ago and got 2 free oil change certificates from Jiffy Lube. Saved me about $60 total. You just have to be sure they don't touch anything except the drain plug and the filter. I bring my own filters. I also handed the guy my needle grease fitting and he lubed the DC joints. Overall the experience was quite good but you have to watch them like a hawk and you have to make it very clear what you want and don't want. If you present it to them nicely they really don't mind. They also like the change of scenery from their normal mini-van oil changes to a real man's truck.
-Mike-
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They also like the change of scenery from their normal mini-van oil changes to a real man's truck.
-Mike-
I didn't kow that "real men" wrap their truck in saran wrap.
Anyways, I should just have taken my stuff there because it was not the best of ideas to chang oil when I broke my ribs. Took me 2 1/2 hours then. I couldn't lean into the truck to reach the filter, couldn't lay on my side under the truck to get the filter off. Kept going back and forth for a while, and when all was said and done I looked at the pan of old oil and said I am not crawling back under there. Well, I turned the wheel to clear my work truck and drove over the oil pan. Time to clean up. That was fun. Ash, sorry to continue the hijack. Trip looked like a good time. Maybe some day I can get out there.
Ali,
In the newest pics you posted, the truck with a passenger front problem, how did the new MTR's with kevlar work. I liked these and thought they would be pretty good in snow too.
What say ye,
G
In the newest pics you posted, the truck with a passenger front problem, how did the new MTR's with kevlar work. I liked these and thought they would be pretty good in snow too.
What say ye,
G
TR: The Hundy with the GY MT/R Kevlar tires is mine. I installed them new last July. I now have approximately 15k miles on them with a majority of those miles pulling my Kimberley Kamper; loads of tough off-road miles, etc. They're at 10mm tread remaining; they are wearing faster than the prior MT/R but vastly superior in performance especially on snow/ice and wet and significantly quieter too. However they are the best performing off-road/MT type tread I've used to date. They are great in all conditions and they are VERY quiet for an MT tire. In fact they have not gotten noisier as they have worn which is truly unique in the MT tire club.
Given the performance and how tough I am on tires I am OK with the prospects of getting 20-25k out of them. The puncture was the result of not paying attention on the trail and hitting a large pointed rock I should have steered around; not sure any other tire would have survived.
Spressomon,
Thanks. I like the MTR's and I think they will work well for my primarily in the rocks with some street and snow use truck.
Graham
Thanks. I like the MTR's and I think they will work well for my primarily in the rocks with some street and snow use truck.
Graham