rmack898
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That right there is funny as hell.......not to mention pretty damn close to the truth.
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
- Thread starter Strouty
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
The Blue Burb is on the lift, was trying to fix a couple things, the block heater appears to be an inside the block issue, annoying because we had the coolant drained out last weekend and changing it will dump all the coolant out again. I saved the last stuff and will most likely filter it and reuse it. Always something fun. 
bimmer1980
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When will the "new loader" be hauled home???
I don't exactly know, I am going to try and hold off as long as he will let me. I still have to replace the quarter fender on Perk to even be legal, so I was thinking a couple weeks, days will be longer and hopefully tens will be better too. I will say that once this project arrives, it will be the first one that we start working on, I may be rebuilding a couple engines in the near future.
bulletpruf
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What is this porch ramming that you speak of? Methinks we need more details on this activity.
bulletpruf
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They did make the Avalanche with the 8.1 liter engine. Had that in my 2001 Suburban K2500 that I daily drove for a few years. Good vehicle, plenty of torque.
Got things hooked up, warmed the truck up and it has 15 PSI at idle by the manual gauge and when you rev it up, it will go to 55 PSI at about 2700 RPMs the electronic sender never reads higher than 40, I think it is just a bad one. In fact I think that the other one was bad too, but it made the gauge show more pressure than it had. I also had to add a ground to get the gauge to work. This is all still temporary, I have to figure out how I want to route things.
jakemac
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The back porch (shed) on the back of my house in Maine has a habit of pulling off the house. The frost line is 6’, underneath that is quicksand. Every few years I need to push it back onto the house. It’s easier to ram it with the truck and hold it in place than use a jack to put it back in place while I throw new bolts in. The back porch is on a 5yr cycle, the front porch is on a 10yr cycle. I don’t bother with the house in town much, I have a camp (mobile home) 10 miles outside of town where I stay when I’m up there. The house is more sentimental than functional. I moved around a lot around the northeast when I was a kid, that house is the only place I think of as HOME. It’s rotting to the ground, but it’s sitting on 5 acres on Main St. I can’t let it go.
mybigwarwagon
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Just leave the gauge where it is.
mybigwarwagon
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Seeing the road is overrated
So I decided to go to the Hill to make sure there were no oil leaks or anything else, got into the shop, popped the hood, and there were no oil leaks, but......
I guess the radiator outlet had decided enough was enough, nylon/plastic was soft, almost like an asphalt shingle, it didn't snap, it just bent and fell apart. I guess it was a good thing to have happen in the shop rather than on the road.
I guess the radiator outlet had decided enough was enough, nylon/plastic was soft, almost like an asphalt shingle, it didn't snap, it just bent and fell apart. I guess it was a good thing to have happen in the shop rather than on the road.
Kevkx125
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Strouty that is good to have happen in the shop, I take it you have replacement parts?
I have a couple used radiators, but with this being a "new" engine, I ordered a new radiator, the block heater needs to be changed and I was considering swapping over to the red heavy duty coolant anyways. Sucky part is that now I have to wait for parts, guess I can start working on all the other little things that need to be done, maybe another ten days and the Burb will be fully functional, for real.
racer-john
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That will be a GREAT day! Strouty.
racer-john
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IT will happen, just stick with it.
86turbodsl
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Whoops. I feel your pain. Kid kept complaining about losing coolant in his ride. We pulled it into the garage today, put the coolant pressure tester on it, and promptly blew coolant all over the engine. Turns out he didn't bother to tighten both upper radiator hose clamps when he worked on it last. Kids...
At first I thought either the hose expanded or the spring clamp was bad, I tried a regular hose clamp and it just tightened and tightened, almost no effort. Then I pulled the hose off and saw why it was doing that. I figure another few weeks and another few thousand dollars and it should be ready for the scrap yard.....
xtremek
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They don't have that stuff in stock at your local parts house?
The loader was definitely a project, but it has a lot of great parts, plus all the quick attach buckets and forks. I think I am going to end up with three that should make me two whole ones and then a parts machine. I can live with that, would be better if the third one wasn’t so freaking far away, but it is about seven hours one way.
I figure another couple weeks and things will start to take shape, then I. Will know what is going away and what is staying. I want this spring to be a spring clean.
I figure another couple weeks and things will start to take shape, then I. Will know what is going away and what is staying. I want this spring to be a spring clean.
bulletpruf
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Where in Maine is it? I used to spend summers in Grand Falls, NB. Right across the border from Presque Isle. Beautiful up there.
bulletpruf
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Note to self...don't buy a used vehicle from Strouty...
Now thats funny
You have a vision different than most, that looks like a pile of scrap metal to me.The loader was definitely a project, but it has a lot of great parts, plus all the quick attach buckets and forks. I think I am going to end up with three that should make me two whole ones and then a parts machine. I can live with that, would be better if the third one wasn’t so freaking far away, but it is about seven hours one way.
I figure another couple weeks and things will start to take shape, then I. Will know what is going away and what is staying. I want this spring to be a spring clean.
Chrisb62
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It is, and will be moved around a lot............
tinker rick
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One man's trash is another man's treasure
I would imagine most things that I own would look that way to most people. Even Clark looks like a pile, but it functions pretty well and works for what I need. Sometimes I buy junk because I can't afford a good one, sometimes I buy junk to fix because I want to learn, sometimes I buy junk because I don't know any better. In this instance I will have three junk loaders and in the end I should have two running loaders with 5.9 cummins engines, some quick attachments, and a parts machine to steal parts off in the future. In the end I will probably spend about what it costs to buy two functioning loaders without a quick attach system, but I wouldn't have learned anything. Also the loaders will have rebuilt engines, most all new hoses and maybe even some new tires for that money. If in the end all I learned is to never buy another parts loader it will still be an interesting journey. I am hopeful that these will both be functional this summer and that I can use them for next winter.
Chrisb62
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These are very valid points and what we all try to do, your Achilles heal is actually Finishing them..
Best of luck, and please take the comments as a prod to keep you going, not as picking at your thought process.
bimmer1980
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just curious on how much this parts loader was?
While I can sorta see the vision, I also struggle with seeing how it is all going to come together.....out of the depths of project land.
Does it come with a working engine? The engine bay looked pretty empty to me.
While I can sorta see the vision, I also struggle with seeing how it is all going to come together.....out of the depths of project land.
Does it come with a working engine? The engine bay looked pretty empty to me.
Parts loader and all attachments is $4500, comes with two engines, one is from a newer pickup truck and the other is original. I would normally not pay that much, but the quick attach system is what I am really buying, you can't easily find a machine that is setup from the factory like this, it has an additional counterweight on the rear, third hydraulic valve to run a 4 way bucket and the tires may be ugly, but they are solid (loaded with a gel), all that makes the parts really worth it. To top it off, the 5.9 setup is great, I should be able to figure out the adapter for my loader as well, at that point there will be two powerful loaders with a very common engine. The third parts loader should be about $3k, it has decent tires and some of the missing panels that I am going to need to complete the first two. It has an operational engine, but it is the International diesel that isn't as easy to get parts for, so it will get sold, same with the 4cylinder from the first loader. When buying, I move at the speed of light, when building, I am as slow as molasses in January, when selling, it is like hitting a brick wall.
Besides, if I stopped buying stuff you guys wouldn't have anything to ***** about.
Speaking of buying, I am trying to work a deal on a trailer or two, and neither of them are project trailers.
Besides, if I stopped buying stuff you guys wouldn't have anything to ***** about.
Speaking of buying, I am trying to work a deal on a trailer or two, and neither of them are project trailers.
Strouty - You know we love you. But I think this means that you have to do at least two things after the BIG THAW.
You absolutely need to start getting rid of some stuff and I mean actually sell it, not just talk about it. Enough stuff that what you have left can stay in one spot until you use it, not keep moving it from place to place.
AND
if you are going to stay at the Salvage Garage, you need to start adding some more shop space there.
Ron
But I think this means that you have to do at least two things after the BIG THAW.You absolutely need to start getting rid of some stuff and I mean actually sell it, not just talk about it. Enough stuff that what you have left can stay in one spot until you use it, not keep moving it from place to place.
AND
if you are going to stay at the Salvage Garage, you need to start adding some more shop space there.
Ron
I am working on all of it, buying the trailer should solve a lot of my issues right off the bat, it is a short hydraulic tail trailer, pretty much what I have been searching for. It will be very maneuverable and be great to move things that don't want to move, plus it is a nice deck over trailer too.