Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[rvieceli]

Strouty when I let my mower sit for a while, it runs like **** mostly from water in the tank from condensation. If I pour the balance out and start fresh it works fine. Maybe it’s time to pump that tank dry and put some new fuel in and see how it runs.

Ron

 

[Strouty]

It is on my short list to do, there is a longer list of course, but the plan would be to do that either this week or next week. I want to try and get it listed for sale before it snows, if not, no big deal, but it would be nice to expand my forklift fund. We can call it the "Fork oh one K", wish the guberment would offer tax befits on that, I am going to have to talk to my accountant.

 

[Strouty]

Been neglecting to unload the little dump trailer, I keep getting side tracked, now I need it, so here we go. Got to put the tires back on as we go, figure that will keep everything together. These air air brake axles with dual 17.5” tires, all but one are essentially new. I paid $1250, the tires are all the same size as the ones on two of my other trailers and they are over $250 a piece, so I don’t think I got hurt too bad. I am thinking about converting two electric brake trailers into air ride, air brake single axle trailers. It will de-rate them a little bit, but the trailers were never going to be overloaded anyways, I have much heavier duty trailers available, these were going to be for ease of use and more like a “hot shot” setup. Have to think on it a bit.

 

[jack stand]

Nice!
Do the axles have a weight "tag" on them?
That's a killer deal.

 

[Strouty]

I haven't looked for it, but I think they will be over 15k. They are the same style axles that would be used under a 20 ton equipment trailer. I suspect they wouldn't be any less than the Muv-All and those are 16,900.

 

[Strouty]

I don’t see any tags, but it shouldn’t be too hard to determine things by the diameter and thickness of the tubes.

 

[Strouty]

This pallet is going to get me banned!

 

[Strouty]

I found some pictures of restored fire alarm boxes like the one I bought the other day. That bottom cover I need is going to be a tough find for sure.

 

[casmurbax]

That fire sham box you picked up is cool.

Speaking of winter, do you have to play tetris before the white stuff dumps on you?

I recall a few years ago that you went on a mad tare and bought tires and rims that you could use across all your trailers at least i think that was the plan, is that out the door now?

 

[Strouty]

Those tires all got used, I swapped things around to ship the junk off to last year’s fall auction so I could lose my shirt in the trailers that I thought were going to do well.

I had a little daylight so I started a project that led me into full darkness. The little kubota engine in the trench compactor has been on my mind. I decided to drain some oil, it was way overfull and the antifreeze was way low to non existent, anyways, when I opened the drain I got no water, just dirty oil. I drained it down to a reasonable level and this time I checked the air filter and intake hose. No mouse condo, clean as can be. I put the booster pack on it and bumped the starter, turned over like nothing. Whoever worked on it last used some rubber hose on the injector return lines that was not fuel rated and it was expanded, limp, with a few holes in it. I tried giving it some either, nothing, no smoke or anything. That was when I realized the little mfers had gone in through the back way. The muffler was stuffed full, I took the exhaust manifold of and the exhaust ports were full. I cleaned it out, vacuumed it out, but it appears only one of the three cylinders is actually exhausting. I can feel some compression if I held my fingers over the port, but hardly any exhaust, one cylinder was actually trying to fire, there was a bit of smoke. Guess it could have been burning acorns????

At least I don’t think that the block or head is bad, not sure yet where the coolant went, but I believe this to have an accurate hour meter and it reads under 400. The machine is really clean overall, just seems like whoever owned it should have had someone else work on it.

 

[bimmer1980]

Coolant could have easily gone low with a hose issue, radiator leak, water pump seal issues, etc....
If your basic troubleshooting can get it to fire, put some water or coolant in and go with it....
Do you suppose the mice could have packed enough in to hold a valve open? I.e. if they were partially open when it was parked..

 

[Strouty]

I would suspect that the mouse piss would be what is holding the valves open. If I get a chance tomorrow I will take the valve cover off and see what is moving and what isn't. I figure some mystery oil will be the first step, then maybe a tap or two with a dead blow hammer and a block of wood. At least the lower end is free, with all that extra oil I bet there isn't a spot of rust on anything either.

Tomorrow I am going to look at another forklift, this one is similar to another one I bought, but has a diesel engine, higher lift capacity and a crazy tall mast. It is too tall to haul without removing it (might get away with taking the pins out and tilting it, but probably not. Timing on all this is terrible, but I think if I can beg borrow and shift (not steal) things around, I can make it happen and then unload some of the other things. In the end I will have the forklifts that I need at the locations I need them without having to haul things back and forth a lot. Also when I get them up to my standards, they will all be worth far more than I have invested, unlike the DVDs

 

[casmurbax]

I kinda get the where you are coming from with the forklifts. Having to move them from one place to another and never having the one you need is got to be a pain in the a$$.

Didn't mean to remind you about losing money.

 

[Strouty]

I do think that this next forklift will be the last for a good while.

 

[Strouty]

No forklift November?

 

[bimmer1980]

Fork no!! Don't kid yourself! Lololol

No point in setting false expectations!

Fork it up!

I'm still waiting to see a telehandler forklift.... I tried a couple at auction and they're a fun toy....

 

[walrus]

That snow blower is killer, instead of a fork truck you need a tractor with a heated cab. That thing will blow snow into next week.

 

[Strouty]

It spins reverse rotation, so it won’t easily work on anything but one of those articulating tractors. It is going over to the dealer to see if they will consign it. I am pretty sure I can get at least my hundred bucks back.

 

[Strouty]

The Blurb has been behaving badly with the throttle pedal again, when I went to get the axles there were some huge bumps that I hit, that was the catalyst. At least I know it is some sort of connection issue, today it has dropped throttle and or reacted funny more than a dozen times, had to pull over and shut down and restart three times on the way to the Hill. I have some codes, but they aren't super helpful, going to see if I can find some erratic data, that would give me a better idea of what I am looking for. Not sure if this is going to be a connector, a wire, or a ground issue. Any one of them could be the trouble, or it could be a combination of them. Going to dig out the Tech2 and see what kind of data I can get, the throttle has three separate circuits, I need to figure out where they go, the diesel has a separate controller for the engine and transmission where the gas equivalents had one computer for both. Makes for lots of extra connections and wires to chase.

 

[Strouty]

At the PCM I found a few suspect things, there is what looks like a decently repaired wire, a partially damaged wire, and a devil’s spawn scotchlok. I am going to eliminate that for certain, but I need to get the schematics for the connectors, nothing else looks bad on this end. I want to do one thing, then run some tests and see what happens.

 

[Strouty]

Someone has been on the same hunt, they used the scotchlok to run a ground to the chassis, except they use an additional splice with a cheap but connector, it was “connected” but it pulled right out. I am going to try and get this wire sorted out, then put things back together and go for a bumpy ride.

 

[86turbodsl]

I would suspect that the mouse piss would be what is holding the valves open. If I get a chance tomorrow I will take the valve cover off and see what is moving and what isn't. I figure some mystery oil will be the first step, then maybe a tap or two with a dead blow hammer and a block of wood. At least the lower end is free, with all that extra oil I bet there isn't a spot of rust on anything either.

Tomorrow I am going to look at another forklift, this one is similar to another one I bought, but has a diesel engine, higher lift capacity and a crazy tall mast. It is too tall to haul without removing it (might get away with taking the pins out and tilting it, but probably not. Timing on all this is terrible, but I think if I can beg borrow and shift (not steal) things around, I can make it happen and then unload some of the other things. In the end I will have the forklifts that I need at the locations I need them without having to haul things back and forth a lot. Also when I get them up to my standards, they will all be worth far more than I have invested, unlike the DVDs

Brass hammer on the valve stems. Make sure they're all loose. It'll come around.

 

[Strouty]

I will also use some air to blow out the exhaust chambers, I think I got most of it out, but better safe than sorry. I suspect that there isn't anything rugged enough to actually hurt the valve train.

On the Blurb issue, I have driven it around on the bumpy roads for several miles, not one hiccup, going to take it to look at the last forklift ever. That should be enough of a test, I won't have a trailer, so AAA will haul me home if something happens. It will be about four hours of driving and I would imagine some will be bumpy.

 

[Seagoon]

I will also use some air to blow out the exhaust chambers, I think I got most of it out, but better safe than sorry. I suspect that there isn't anything rugged enough to actually hurt the valve train.

On the Blurb issue, I have driven it around on the bumpy roads for several miles, not one hiccup, going to take it to look at the last forklift ever. That should be enough of a test, I won't have a trailer, so AAA will haul me home if something happens. It will be about four hours of driving and I would imagine some will be bumpy.

"Last forklift ever". You might be able to fool yourself Strouty but you ai'nt going to be able to slip that one past us

 

[Strouty]

So….



I can’t pick it up until November, but I bought it in October, so that shouldn’t count against “no forklift November”, right?

 

[86turbodsl]

So a 13000lb outdoor high lift forklift. Purple unicorn?

 

[Strouty]

On a really good note, the repair in that ground wire seems to have stopped the issues with the throttle on the Blurb. I drove about four and a half hours and 187 miles without any issues, plenty of bumps too. Now on to the defrost issue, I have to figure out what the controls are supposed to be doing, I think once I understand the function of things it will be easier to figure out what is going wrong. Seems like there is a door that shuts off the airflow from the fan completely, but it doesn’t seem likely that they would actually have this as an option, almost like the door is in the middle of everything or there is some sort of obstruction. Problem is, sometimes it works the way it should (like this morning), then randomly it doesn’t work at all (like tonight).

 

[bimmer1980]

Holy **** that is a tall mast!!! What is the height with the forks on the ground?

If it's bought, paid and delivered in October, then fine... otherwise, it will blow November out of the water when you take delivery in Nov.....

Any issues, or is it ready to run as is???

 

[Strouty]

So a 13000lb outdoor high lift forklift. Purple unicorn?

I am not sure if it is a unicorn or not, it came from an island (700 acre island) and they brought it back on a barge.

Holy **** that is a tall mast!!! What is the height with the forks on the ground?

If it's bought, paid and delivered in October, then fine... otherwise, it will blow November out of the water when you take delivery in Nov.....

Any issues, or is it ready to run as is???

This one is fully functioning, no apparent issues, ready to work.

Height from the ground to the top of the mast (with the forks on the ground) was a touch over 15’. Mast is getting removed to haul it, no way around it.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I found some pictures of restored fire alarm boxes like the one I bought the other day. That bottom cover I need is going to be a tough find for sure.

I’ve never seen one with a tubular style key, always the flat “Christmas tree” key

 

[DennisK59]

Well, with the high lift fork lift, you can start an indoor boat storage, or take all the shelving you have outside and make an outdoor boat storage.

 

[Strouty]

I’ve never seen one with a tubular style key, always the flat “Christmas tree” key

I was surprised myself, I think it is an older one.

 

[Strouty]

Well, with the high lift fork lift, you can start an indoor boat storage, or take all the shelving you have outside and make an outdoor boat storage.

I won’t be keeping the high lift mast, I will be swapping it with my other one, then I can sell the other one to a boatyard or someone that needs it. It is way too tall for my use.

 

[walrus]

Yarmouth Boat has a boat forklift for the ages. I've never seen a lift as physically big as that one. Wish I had a pic of it

 

[Strouty]

There are some huge machines out there, they make smaller ones for equipment moving that will lift 80k and I am sure more.

The blower is off to the races, will have the consignment deal setup soon, but I don’t have to deal with it now.

 

[Strouty]

Waiting at the recycling center now, have four window unit ACs to get rid of, these are from the **** at the Hill, so I don’t have to pay for the disposal.

I am going to do an oil change and adjust the brakes on the Blurb, hopefully I can see where the coolant leak is, it hasn’t hardly leaked any in the last week, it definitely was leaking from somewhere.

 

[davejo]

I won’t be keeping the high lift mast, I will be swapping it with my other one, then I can sell the other one to a boatyard or someone that needs it. It is way too tall for my use.

Not so fast. Won't this allow you to put pallets on top of conex boxes stacked two-high?

 

[Strouty]

It will also allow me to rip power lines down or knock tree branches onto the forklift. It would not be able to go inside any of my shop doors at either location, except the quonset hut, so not really useful to me. I think if I get the other lift functional with the tall mast I can probably get back all my money and have a much nicer forklift in the end. Besides, the mast that I would be keeping will still lift about 20', plenty high enough to put pallets on top of two stacked conex boxes.

 

[casmurbax]

That will be huge lift for you, to help get things done.

 

[Strouty]

Actually it will be a toy compared to the one I am picking up this weekend.