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Rubiconcruiser and Samb0, thanks much.
The Long Overdue RastaRig Buildup
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What possible colors but red, green yellow??? It name RASTA..........mobile, Jah knows!Stevo ---- been long-hauling back and forth across the country ---- driving big rigs until November. Put it mildly, I roon oot av mula.
Gave up the Beamer and used the money to buy the last bit of vital accessories for makin RastaForte my DD. Drove her out of Georgetown....up and down Hwy49's windy roads up to Auburn and out of town....she made it fine.
I guess now I'll post some updates----and most of all the engine running and so forth. I have some issues no doubt----the rear diff needs to be rotated up to correct the bad angle with the driveline there....at about 75mph I get some terrible grumbling back there.
It IS amazing though. I pop the door open, push start the thing and doesn't matter how cold it is (well, how cold can it really be here in Cali?? Lowest Rasta's seen is 48F) ... .it IMMEDIATELY catches on probably the 1/2 flywheel rotation and ..... HUUUUUUUUUUMS. Solid 6 purr'ing like a Cummins should.
Clessie's book by his son Lyle is excellent by the way. The dude was racing his 6-cylinders back in the Indy 500 in 1931 and shocking quite literally ALL of the racing buff naysayers. And get this-----he was doing between 25mpg and 32 on the Packard he shoehorned the 6 into (Type U cummins diesel I believe).
So Rastaforte + cummings First Gen 6 is just keepin' On the legacy of CLC. If you want inspiration---check the book out sometime, The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
Anyway, I'll get a list up here of this years plans and some videos with a good sound. But the truck sits for 20 days when I'm out on the Volvo rig ....and starts up EVERY TIME with absolutely no issues.
I LOVE IT! Now some new leafs, fix the driveline/diff angle, add the front d/l and probably need to address the silly shock mounts at bottom. I'd really like to two-tone this thing by the end of summer, so I'm open to color suggestions. I'm thinking white and the original blue---ya know, sort of an Islander motif.... the question is should the white be on the top or bottom and where should I cut the line at.....
Talk to ya guys soon....keep hounding me for the posts if I drag my awrs)
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yay maan, I've cornerd maself it seemz
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... koont believe I missed where'ya hail from Dudleybeek.
Well this is the rub...
the dodge in my seemingly little quandary of color befa me.
Eh, maan iz noot 'bout the Colors.
Deez na matta
What matta... iz an Attitood.
De Rastafarian is as much
An Attitude...
A Philosophy.
Dere is a process goin' on here...
De FJ... deez truck? Rastaforte is really about the attitude of doin' someting *because* ...
Becuz it is resonates in tune with what is apparently obvious to one swimmin' in deez waters..... De melding of one's lifestyle to suit an easia flow....a more sync'd rhythm with life's deeper Beats.... maan...
Tosay de larger obstacles tackled and won by de 6BT's father Clessie and to de heritage of the FJ only makes marrying the two....
obvious to some.
Ridiculous to anotha?
Deez not so much as colors define de Spirit of the Rastafarian but rather a nobler approach and one which endures despite chaos....or strife or challenge.....
You don't have to look too hard de Rastaforte write-up to see deyt
----quite the opposite of alot of guys here doing some really well-thought-out and carefully planned rehab's or restorations---
Rastaforte has been more about seat-of-the-pants.....
Triumphing under ridiculous component setups.....that
Laugh at one moor accustom'd to a more careful
more engineer'd solution....
De Pipe hopefully is near when these stock axles,
and driveshafts...
Deez silly pins holdin' oop ma shocks against the sheer mass oond
vibrashoon of the diesel above....
Oon wonda...
I wonda how really this build
How Rastaforte flaunts irreverently at how odd it DOES work...
despite shoehorning this Cummins mostly stock
& barrel...
no real mod's sit there in ANY of de components..
or, systems....
Behold genteelmoon and Woeman
this Rastaforte is an experiment in sheer Will to see how much
a stock frame and structure CAN take when such a diesel is
dropped from heaven,
hard to mate with
Fate and ...
joost becuz....
to see what we may do with that fine friendship....
It's like de pipe that lives on through decades...
the rum which ages golden through the years...
Rasta
From humble roots Clessie Cummins built a diesel that thwarted one obstacle from another.....from deez depressions of the 20's and 30's that planted de Seeds of the Rastafarian Spirit...
and, of the inspirations of one Kiichiro Toyoda ...
all of these meld into *just* a Story of triumphing over odds, pushing through obstacles and being inspired from glorious marriages of metal, of machines, of possibilities.
No, moon. Rastaforte you see is about an outlook that transcends limitations and dooz laugh at the full moon in dark skies and blazingly whips a trail to docility by sheer skill with the tools we have....and machines we came here in. It's about mixing the Pot in Life and seein' what you come up with. Seein' how long and how far the pieces which fell as they did...
will go.
Color, no matter.
Spirit does.
It must live on in our lives one project at a time.
Be it finger, pipe, lyrics
dance, poems or
tears....
dreams, trails,
rain or challenge...
De all conspire into one mix of ridiculous,
jolly and cajoling frenzies.
Be they oov skin ..
or of Machine, who cares?
I do not.
Rastaforte does not.
Just as color makes not the man,
or woman...
Deez character that vibrates out
from within that dooz.
Ma'preciate yoor fine observation.
It deed clarify ma
mind betta. Tanks, moon
Well this is the rub...
the dodge in my seemingly little quandary of color befa me.
Eh, maan iz noot 'bout the Colors.
Deez na matta
What matta... iz an Attitood.
De Rastafarian is as much
An Attitude...
A Philosophy.
Dere is a process goin' on here...
De FJ... deez truck? Rastaforte is really about the attitude of doin' someting *because* ...
Becuz it is resonates in tune with what is apparently obvious to one swimmin' in deez waters..... De melding of one's lifestyle to suit an easia flow....a more sync'd rhythm with life's deeper Beats.... maan...
Tosay de larger obstacles tackled and won by de 6BT's father Clessie and to de heritage of the FJ only makes marrying the two....
obvious to some.
Ridiculous to anotha?
Deez not so much as colors define de Spirit of the Rastafarian but rather a nobler approach and one which endures despite chaos....or strife or challenge.....
You don't have to look too hard de Rastaforte write-up to see deyt
----quite the opposite of alot of guys here doing some really well-thought-out and carefully planned rehab's or restorations---
Rastaforte has been more about seat-of-the-pants.....
Triumphing under ridiculous component setups.....that
Laugh at one moor accustom'd to a more careful
more engineer'd solution....
De Pipe hopefully is near when these stock axles,
and driveshafts...
Deez silly pins holdin' oop ma shocks against the sheer mass oond
vibrashoon of the diesel above....
Oon wonda...
I wonda how really this build
How Rastaforte flaunts irreverently at how odd it DOES work...
despite shoehorning this Cummins mostly stock
& barrel...
no real mod's sit there in ANY of de components..
or, systems....
Behold genteelmoon and Woeman
this Rastaforte is an experiment in sheer Will to see how much
a stock frame and structure CAN take when such a diesel is
dropped from heaven,
hard to mate with
Fate and ...
joost becuz....
to see what we may do with that fine friendship....
It's like de pipe that lives on through decades...
the rum which ages golden through the years...
Rasta
From humble roots Clessie Cummins built a diesel that thwarted one obstacle from another.....from deez depressions of the 20's and 30's that planted de Seeds of the Rastafarian Spirit...
and, of the inspirations of one Kiichiro Toyoda ...
all of these meld into *just* a Story of triumphing over odds, pushing through obstacles and being inspired from glorious marriages of metal, of machines, of possibilities.
No, moon. Rastaforte you see is about an outlook that transcends limitations and dooz laugh at the full moon in dark skies and blazingly whips a trail to docility by sheer skill with the tools we have....and machines we came here in. It's about mixing the Pot in Life and seein' what you come up with. Seein' how long and how far the pieces which fell as they did...
will go.
Color, no matter.
Spirit does.
It must live on in our lives one project at a time.
Be it finger, pipe, lyrics
dance, poems or
tears....
dreams, trails,
rain or challenge...
De all conspire into one mix of ridiculous,
jolly and cajoling frenzies.
Be they oov skin ..
or of Machine, who cares?
I do not.
Rastaforte does not.
Just as color makes not the man,
or woman...
Deez character that vibrates out
from within that dooz.
Ma'preciate yoor fine observation.
It deed clarify ma
mind betta. Tanks, moon
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Catching up a little before
A few views after driving it a bit....
Videos to follow!
A few views after driving it a bit....
Videos to follow!
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Catching up a little before the Vids
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Catching up a little before the Vids
Hopefully we haven't put these up already...
BTW: the bunjee cord, er, latch has been fixed!
I'll have to track down a video camera today and see what I can put up ...
Gettin' on the BIG diesel tonite or tomorrow and heading out east so hopefully I'll be able to get these up ... bit of inspiration for maybe Stevo
Hopefully we haven't put these up already...
BTW: the bunjee cord, er, latch has been fixed!
I'll have to track down a video camera today and see what I can put up ...
Gettin' on the BIG diesel tonite or tomorrow and heading out east so hopefully I'll be able to get these up ... bit of inspiration for maybe Stevo
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Thx much Don.... on both counts!
I trust your rig is giving you some good ideas for travels this coming summer, eh?
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Hopefully we haven't put these up already...
BTW: the bunjee cord, er, latch has been fixed!
View attachment 614234
I'll have to track down a video camera today and see what I can put up ...
Gettin' on the BIG diesel tonite or tomorrow and heading out east so hopefully I'll be able to get these up ... bit of inspiration for maybe Stevo
Yeah man. You have been my inspiration. I can only hope my swap turns out as nice. Would love to see the rig in action, got any wheeling shots?
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Videos
LOL, well I may be able to write but WOW, I am SO lame in front of a videocam! It probably didn't help I was up all night. REALLY, I AM in love with the truck!
OK, that no matter.....
Here are two videos giving some idea of how Rastaforte is right now.
I'll get better at this.
Maybe.
Maybe Not.
@Stevo: Wheelin' shots? Oh man, it's been too long... I FORGOT what that is!
So these vids look great on my laptop, but don't turn out so well in the YouTube upload...
my buddy Danny is a crack-up sometimes.
Cumminz down the road:
Approach - YouTube
Rambling discourse, Firein' Up & In-Cab trip to store:
Intro - YouTube
LOL, well I may be able to write but WOW, I am SO lame in front of a videocam! It probably didn't help I was up all night. REALLY, I AM in love with the truck!
OK, that no matter.....
Here are two videos giving some idea of how Rastaforte is right now.
I'll get better at this.
Maybe.
Maybe Not.
@Stevo: Wheelin' shots? Oh man, it's been too long... I FORGOT what that is!
So these vids look great on my laptop, but don't turn out so well in the YouTube upload...
my buddy Danny is a crack-up sometimes.
Cumminz down the road:
Approach - YouTube
Rambling discourse, Firein' Up & In-Cab trip to store:
Intro - YouTube
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... koont believe I missed where'ya hail from Dudleybeek.
Well this is the rub...
the dodge in my seemingly little quandary of color befa me.
Eh, maan iz noot 'bout the Colors.
Deez na matta
What matta... iz an Attitood.
De Rastafarian is as much
An Attitude...
A Philosophy.
Dere is a process goin' on here...
I gotta say, though, with a project with all these moving pieces you have to think about, prep for, I mean the whole darn transplant thing and not even knowing you have to deal with somethings until you're standing over it going, "Man, this isn't going to work... "
Nice.. someday. I like the video- it came out rainbow-esque when I watched. That is some cool special effect thingy.
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LoL, wow. I hadn't checked in to the forum until now....
It's so true in most thing....the silence says more than anything else, doesn't it?
You know I should have held off doing any video that weekend while I was struggling with the chemo decisions my Dad was wrestling with and my apprehension over going long-haul for most of the month while this new development is settling with the family....
I knew the video sucked ...but now that I look at it, hear me talking ... it's as if there's an inner struggle going on as I'm trying to feel happy the rig came this far, realize how much still lays before me... & how much it all just doesn't seem hardly even as sweet as it did when my Dad's Road seemed less perilous....
It's there in my voice.... my face.
Some things don't matter so much when stripped of all else ...
we confront our own mortality. Or those of ones we Love.
--------
Kief----it's a Project. Projects have milestones and Rasta has made it through many. There are still many more... it's daunting sometimes, really.
But make no mistake: every time I fire it up and feel the solid sense of power humming behind 6 flawlessly firing masses of air ... from mere compression... to me it always is and will be Magic.
It doesn't matter how it's painted or
that my liner is bare metal or that metal blesses my feet ....
there are no boots...no vents .... hell, the dash lights don't even work right now....
but compared to the BMW I sold that was sitting on the Eve of demanding a clutch within mere months.... struts... a CD- changer that if left plugged in would drain my batter dead by morning..... and the fact that over the last 18 months, the starting in the morning went from "likely" ... to more and more attempts. I think I was up to "Okay, by the fourth attempt turning engine OFF... then ON then Over... " before it actually started.
Rasta starts flawlessly every time and on 1/2 a flywheel turn. No matter how I look at it, it's all quite amazingly beautiful every single day....
The engine was the Big Rock in this project.
All else is simply fun milestones in a single,
never-ending project.
... but, I know what you mean
Keepin' ...
Keepin' On.
... LOL and gjfhdksjl, thanks. I'm not sure who you are or if you are another member behind an Alias just being nice. Nevertheless, thanks
It's so true in most thing....the silence says more than anything else, doesn't it?
You know I should have held off doing any video that weekend while I was struggling with the chemo decisions my Dad was wrestling with and my apprehension over going long-haul for most of the month while this new development is settling with the family....
I knew the video sucked ...but now that I look at it, hear me talking ... it's as if there's an inner struggle going on as I'm trying to feel happy the rig came this far, realize how much still lays before me... & how much it all just doesn't seem hardly even as sweet as it did when my Dad's Road seemed less perilous....
It's there in my voice.... my face.
Some things don't matter so much when stripped of all else ...
we confront our own mortality. Or those of ones we Love.
--------
Kief----it's a Project. Projects have milestones and Rasta has made it through many. There are still many more... it's daunting sometimes, really.
But make no mistake: every time I fire it up and feel the solid sense of power humming behind 6 flawlessly firing masses of air ... from mere compression... to me it always is and will be Magic.
It doesn't matter how it's painted or
that my liner is bare metal or that metal blesses my feet ....
there are no boots...no vents .... hell, the dash lights don't even work right now....
but compared to the BMW I sold that was sitting on the Eve of demanding a clutch within mere months.... struts... a CD- changer that if left plugged in would drain my batter dead by morning..... and the fact that over the last 18 months, the starting in the morning went from "likely" ... to more and more attempts. I think I was up to "Okay, by the fourth attempt turning engine OFF... then ON then Over... " before it actually started.
Rasta starts flawlessly every time and on 1/2 a flywheel turn. No matter how I look at it, it's all quite amazingly beautiful every single day....
The engine was the Big Rock in this project.
All else is simply fun milestones in a single,
never-ending project.
... but, I know what you mean
Keepin' ...
Keepin' On.
... LOL and gjfhdksjl, thanks. I'm not sure who you are or if you are another member behind an Alias just being nice. Nevertheless, thanks
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Hey FLNewt----in a word, beautifully! The project is in "drive-only" mode right now as I'm wrapping up an interesting year of long-haul driving. I ran out of funds but got the basics done so that it moves and I was able to offload my BMW which was working into a precarious state of much-needed repairs coming up on the horizon.
So, it is my DD now. Still, that only means I'm driving it about 10 days out of the month. I sort of believe in the philosophy of completing a major milestone ("change engine plant") then...test it. run it. Then, make the next major upgrade. I don't do the next one until I'm sure the first one is dependable. Otherwise, seems you get into situations where you have so many things to chase, troubleshoot and figure out why it's not working the way you intended it.
So, really....first things first. The 2F is out the 6BT is in----exhaust is functioning though not completely buttoned up (clamps need to be upgraded). Engine performs well though having the turbo sized for a intercooled configuration puts me in a situation where I'm not getting benefit of the power due to my currently not running an intercooler right now. Axles, driveline, springs, perches all need some attention and love and some better ideas....
Fortunately for you these days there are MANY builds now here that are using this transplant so information is a plenty.... it will be more an issue of you deciding on some paths to take considering all the options available to you. But that is the great thing about this engine----it can be done in this chassis with some thought and planning.
But, yes----go ahead and fire away with your questions... I'll try to answer them. You have to remember, this project finds me STILL learning as I go
Do go and lookup some of the other guys doing this swap too. you'll get a different perspective and some are actually more on the technical "how-to" side than my take on my own. I tend to get lost or caught up in the Story... and so the technical details often don't get into my write-up here!
So, it is my DD now. Still, that only means I'm driving it about 10 days out of the month. I sort of believe in the philosophy of completing a major milestone ("change engine plant") then...test it. run it. Then, make the next major upgrade. I don't do the next one until I'm sure the first one is dependable. Otherwise, seems you get into situations where you have so many things to chase, troubleshoot and figure out why it's not working the way you intended it.
So, really....first things first. The 2F is out the 6BT is in----exhaust is functioning though not completely buttoned up (clamps need to be upgraded). Engine performs well though having the turbo sized for a intercooled configuration puts me in a situation where I'm not getting benefit of the power due to my currently not running an intercooler right now. Axles, driveline, springs, perches all need some attention and love and some better ideas....
Fortunately for you these days there are MANY builds now here that are using this transplant so information is a plenty.... it will be more an issue of you deciding on some paths to take considering all the options available to you. But that is the great thing about this engine----it can be done in this chassis with some thought and planning.
But, yes----go ahead and fire away with your questions... I'll try to answer them. You have to remember, this project finds me STILL learning as I go
Do go and lookup some of the other guys doing this swap too. you'll get a different perspective and some are actually more on the technical "how-to" side than my take on my own. I tend to get lost or caught up in the Story... and so the technical details often don't get into my write-up here!
Nice build... I am new to IH8Mud and was read you whole thread at one sitting! I wanted to see the video but it says they are private. Can you help? I clicked the link in the thread. How is it running a year later?