E.rodz
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lol. looks like you get distracted easily too! aint it funny how many different directions life can get you going at the same time!
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Warthog Hidey Hole
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Pressingonward
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Nice progress! Thanks for the seat picture.
Drives,
I discovered the leaking seal when I got in there to change it out, in some ways it is worrysome they installed it backwards. It was on the cap that is upside down when installing so maybe that is what caused the confusion.
I believe I have 2 bent rims, I installed the last tire and the rim it went on seemed bent as well. I'm not planning to drive it much, but want it right either way, I'll do some thinking on it and see what I come up with.
E.Rod,
Who me, nev...Oh look a peacock. I sure do, I worked on the go cart, played in the mud with The Ford The Ferrari, started pulling the gas tank on the tractor, and installed the cobra engine. I'm glad I can keep things moving forward.
Pressing,
Glad to help, if you need anything else please let me know.
All,
Updates to come shortly, hopefully.
JB
Wow have times changed since I took off last Tuesday, on the bright side I have been isolated most of the time and didn't realize what was going on, so all is well on my end of things. I spent some time working on the cobra, and got the engine in the car (old photo but keeps things interesting):
Everything went together great and really no issues to speak of until I went to install the new spark plug wires, turns out I bought the wrong ones so I was stuck for a while until I finely found the right set after 7 parts store runs. The next issue was the intake manifold gaskets:
Yep, leaking water where there shouldn't be water, all because someone forgot to put RTV around the water jackets. It was me, I'm someone.
New gaskets had to come all of the way from Wichita, due to timing it was better for me to drive up and get them so 2.5 hours later I had gaskets and started to install them. Long story short I have it all back together and have done the break in procedure again for the cam and the first oil change is complete. Sadly it has done nothing but rain lately so I can't take it for a test drive.
But what I could take for a test drive was The Ford The Ferrari:
I need to seal the distributor up a bit, it wasn't happy there after a big water puddle, but eventually played nice until:
Being stuck caused us to have to walk about a mile and a half back to the house to get the girls Jeep to come to the rescue, all of the cable, and 3 tow straps to reach across but it came right out:
Then it was following the leader until we got back to maintained roads:
JB
Everything went together great and really no issues to speak of until I went to install the new spark plug wires, turns out I bought the wrong ones so I was stuck for a while until I finely found the right set after 7 parts store runs. The next issue was the intake manifold gaskets:
Yep, leaking water where there shouldn't be water, all because someone forgot to put RTV around the water jackets. It was me, I'm someone.
New gaskets had to come all of the way from Wichita, due to timing it was better for me to drive up and get them so 2.5 hours later I had gaskets and started to install them. Long story short I have it all back together and have done the break in procedure again for the cam and the first oil change is complete. Sadly it has done nothing but rain lately so I can't take it for a test drive.But what I could take for a test drive was The Ford The Ferrari:
I need to seal the distributor up a bit, it wasn't happy there after a big water puddle, but eventually played nice until:
Being stuck caused us to have to walk about a mile and a half back to the house to get the girls Jeep to come to the rescue, all of the cable, and 3 tow straps to reach across but it came right out:
Then it was following the leader until we got back to maintained roads:
JB
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One big problem came to light when pulling it out and I'd suspected it would when swapping the lift over. The way the tie rod ends were extended wasn't ideal and one loosened up due to bolt stretch (I'll explain more when I get to the repair.) which then caused death wobble at 10 MPH. 
The 4.5 mile drive home took a good bit of time but made it and I got to pose with Alex's Mustang:
Other shenanigans happened but no photos I will share, it was a good St. Pats with friends. Upon my return home I received my new licence plate for the Silver Rendezvous:
If the Tesla truck is ever made I'll put it up for sale, but until then I how have one.
JB
The 4.5 mile drive home took a good bit of time but made it and I got to pose with Alex's Mustang:Other shenanigans happened but no photos I will share, it was a good St. Pats with friends. Upon my return home I received my new licence plate for the Silver Rendezvous:
If the Tesla truck is ever made I'll put it up for sale, but until then I how have one.
JB
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OutlawDrifter
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Glad the Cobra is running again. That pink Jeep saved the day! Love the plate, Elon may be calling!
XJSuperman
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Gonna be some angry tesla owners when they find out you snagged their dream plate lol. Oh my that little Ford has me all excited. I could have fun in that, and Im a jeep owner.
It was one of those weekends where I got to check a lot of stuff off of my list, love it. If Elon calls I'll let him know everything is for sale.
It is an absolute blast, with those tires it just rips through the mud until I drag the front cross member on the ground and got high centered.
JB
mybigwarwagon
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Any day you get to play in the mud and use a winch is a pretty good one. Looks like the Fordrari is a fun toy.
XJSuperman
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Just get as much mud on it as you can before coming home, then wash it all off in a low spot in the yard. Eventually it won't be a low spot lol.
Finallygotit
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I've been attempting to do that in some ways, but I also only have so much hose, I wonder if they make 1/8 mile garden hose?
JB
Just get 7 one hundred foot hoses hooked together and your good!
mybigwarwagon
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Just build a drive through car wash with 360 degree spray coverage.
drivesitfar
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JB: it looks like you are having fun along with all the work and troubles.
maybe you'll own the first TESLA TRUCK in OKLAHOMA.
looks like you are making the best of your time away from work so keep up the good work, fun and try to keep Corona out of your lives.
cheers
maybe you'll own the first TESLA TRUCK in OKLAHOMA.
looks like you are making the best of your time away from work so keep up the good work, fun and try to keep Corona out of your lives.
cheers
Sounds like a plan to me, maybe if it is big enough I can drive in my vehicles.
JB: it looks like you are having fun along with all the work and troubles.
maybe you'll own the first TESLA TRUCK in OKLAHOMA.
looks like you are making the best of your time away from work so keep up the good work, fun and try to keep Corona out of your lives.
cheers
I unfortunately do not get to quarantine, I'm still at work as is my wife, we will likely not get to be isolated unless we actually get the virus. Be that as it may, I have a stock pile of projects to tide me over if I do have to quarantine.
I may get the a Tesla truck, but it'll not likely be the first in Ok. I think it has a lot going for it, but I'm really just not convinced yet, there are many challenges associated with it I am not sold on just yet for my life situation. Plus I'm sure it would get egged if I drove an electric truck to an oil refinery.
JB
drivesitfar
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JB: i'm guessing my post didn't come across correctly cause what I meant was the people up here that have the Corona virus are not in QUARANTINE and free to travel as they wish while they (THE MEN IN BLACK) shut down everything but the water faucets around here for the rest of us.
that is too funny and yes driving that Tesla to work especially with that license plate might get a few boo's and some not so nice looks. with your skills you could work at Tesla and get a FREE TRUCK maybe and then you could just drive around and smile. I hear they are making or maybe plan to make semi trucks.
enjoy your day doing whatever it is you do even if it's working at your good job.
cheers
that is too funny and yes driving that Tesla to work especially with that license plate might get a few boo's and some not so nice looks. with your skills you could work at Tesla and get a FREE TRUCK maybe and then you could just drive around and smile. I hear they are making or maybe plan to make semi trucks.
enjoy your day doing whatever it is you do even if it's working at your good job.
cheers
Wow, I'm surprised they haven't gotten everyone on lock down, I know that would be tough to enforce but I would think the infected would self quarantine.
I think it would be a good place to work from what I've heard, but not at the top of my list for the time being. I wish I'd have held onto the stock I had in them a couple of months longer though, that was a great run they had from December to February.
Slow days and I'm mostly "socially distanced" but I'd rather do that from home.
JB
In the final stretches of taking the cobra for a test drive I decided to clean out the stuff that had accumulated in the car. I didn't realize how many bags of Hot Wheels I'd stored in their prior to the HRPT upcoming. (I sure hope it is still upcoming.):
Everything to drive was checked off of the to do list so I went to the nice to do list and one of the tops was a windshield wiper. My wife had gotten me one for my birthday but I didn't have a good way to install it so I started playing and landed on this:
There are two pieces of 3/8" round turned down to .365" (9.3mm) for the base and .165 (4.2mm) for the diameter. I then tacked on a piece of .125" (3.2mm) flat I had with an existing hole approximately the right size. Welded out and cleaned up a bit:
Then for the test fit:
Yeah I really need to clean the car up, but Sunday ended up being the only day I could take it for a spin for a while due to rain and muddy gravel roads so I braved the slightly cool temperatures and went with a couple friends and he got this shot:
I think that is now my new favorite photo of the car, absolutely love it. I'm now playing with a pipe kinker trying to make what will resemble a roll cage for The Ford The Ferrari. I'll get some photos when I get a little further into it but it is slow going and a learning experience.
JB
Everything to drive was checked off of the to do list so I went to the nice to do list and one of the tops was a windshield wiper. My wife had gotten me one for my birthday but I didn't have a good way to install it so I started playing and landed on this:
There are two pieces of 3/8" round turned down to .365" (9.3mm) for the base and .165 (4.2mm) for the diameter. I then tacked on a piece of .125" (3.2mm) flat I had with an existing hole approximately the right size. Welded out and cleaned up a bit:
Then for the test fit:
Yeah I really need to clean the car up, but Sunday ended up being the only day I could take it for a spin for a while due to rain and muddy gravel roads so I braved the slightly cool temperatures and went with a couple friends and he got this shot:
I think that is now my new favorite photo of the car, absolutely love it. I'm now playing with a pipe kinker trying to make what will resemble a roll cage for The Ford The Ferrari. I'll get some photos when I get a little further into it but it is slow going and a learning experience.
JB
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OutlawDrifter
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Nice action shot!
drivesitfar
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JB: i'm not sure exactly how you installed the wiper, but happy you figured out another issue and solved it so you and your bride are happy.
great looking picture and maybe it's good time to change your Avatar and some of your settings in your GJ profile while you are in there if you need to (posts per page, email notifications, ...).
hope you are staying out of harms way and keep doing what you do which is always interesting.
cheers
great looking picture and maybe it's good time to change your Avatar and some of your settings in your GJ profile while you are in there if you need to (posts per page, email notifications, ...).
hope you are staying out of harms way and keep doing what you do which is always interesting.
cheers
Thank you both, I was only the model, I take no credit.
Drives,
I'll have to see if I can get a better shot of the installation but essentially it is a T slot on the top of the windshield the bracket I made fits into. It is removable in just a few seconds with loosening one nut.
I don't plan to change my Avatar, I have a hard enough time keeping track of who people are on here when they don't change them so I stick to one and done on all forums.
I'll post some photos of the upcoming work when I get a bit further along, it is slow going just trying to figure it out for right now.
JB
Growlertdi
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That action shot of the Cobra is money!
That works great when I wasn't stuck in traffic going 60 and collecting spray from semi trucks. I had a few moments (minutes) where I couldn't see anything but the white line next to me last summer. I was stuck in the left lane and couldn't see anything in front of me on some curvy roads interstates in Tennessee. Maybe I'm just getting old, but that scared the **** out of me and I happily made a removable wiper for it.
I agree, makes me really want to go play some more, but stupid rain is keeping me down.
JB
Finallygotit
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mybigwarwagon
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Is the wiper motor battery powered or corded?
mybigwarwagon
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It is powered by bluetooth, I plan to install a bluetooth driveshaft as well.
Corded, but I didn't have it installed yet for the photo.
JB
I made some good progress this weekend on the roll cage and bumper, but still a long way to go. I'm waiting on some mounting plates for the floor so I had to stop early there and decided to focus on the bumper. I will say TIG welding is so much fun and I'm slowly getting better on small diameter pipe:
The bumper roughed in but still needs to be mounted and the ends trimmed back some:
To save money I'm **** welding the pipe together if I have long enough drops to make it worth it so sometimes there are welds not quite where I want them. Also if you notice on the stinger on the front bumper the pipe really started to kink when getting such a tight bend but it still turned out okay in the end.
Sunday was a beautiful day so the girls and I took a long drive in the Pink Jeep, Bear even took the wheel for a bit sitting on my lap...she needs more practice:
Luckily they aren't sassy at all as Cat points out here:
The best part is we only saw one other vehicle over the 2 hour drive, have a good one and stay safe ya'll.
JB
The bumper roughed in but still needs to be mounted and the ends trimmed back some:
To save money I'm **** welding the pipe together if I have long enough drops to make it worth it so sometimes there are welds not quite where I want them. Also if you notice on the stinger on the front bumper the pipe really started to kink when getting such a tight bend but it still turned out okay in the end.
Sunday was a beautiful day so the girls and I took a long drive in the Pink Jeep, Bear even took the wheel for a bit sitting on my lap...she needs more practice:
Luckily they aren't sassy at all as Cat points out here:
The best part is we only saw one other vehicle over the 2 hour drive, have a good one and stay safe ya'll.
JB
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Grizz1963
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Looking at your progress on the Blue Bomber, I know this will be much fun, but also soon will grow out of control.
Keep welding......
Keep welding......
All,
I am still here and am still moving, but didn't take many photos so I didn't want to post. I did install the front 2/3 of the roll cage including the harness mounts:
The shoulder harness wraps around the main hoop cross bar but the lap belts and submarine strip all need to mount in a "shear" configuration. To increase the shear strength I installed two tabs with a bolt through both and the harness. Here is a closeup of one of the lap belt mounts, the bar goes from the floor mounts on the A pillar and the main hoop as well as this brace directly under the attachment:
As an aside, the mount plates I welded to the floor which are 6"x6"x.125" (150mmx150mmx3.175mm) plate fought me the entire time. Of course there is no flat spot so I adjusted them and the floor as needed with some BFH persuasion, then no matter how much I cleaned them the welds looked like ****. Same welder and the same settings were used to weld the additional brace by the belt mount. I'll blame it on the steel Ford used in '91, silly Ford.
I'm working on the down bars in the rear now then I'll install the front bumper, and on to the suspension strengthening hopefully this weekend.
JB
I am still here and am still moving, but didn't take many photos so I didn't want to post. I did install the front 2/3 of the roll cage including the harness mounts:
The shoulder harness wraps around the main hoop cross bar but the lap belts and submarine strip all need to mount in a "shear" configuration. To increase the shear strength I installed two tabs with a bolt through both and the harness. Here is a closeup of one of the lap belt mounts, the bar goes from the floor mounts on the A pillar and the main hoop as well as this brace directly under the attachment:
As an aside, the mount plates I welded to the floor which are 6"x6"x.125" (150mmx150mmx3.175mm) plate fought me the entire time. Of course there is no flat spot so I adjusted them and the floor as needed with some BFH persuasion, then no matter how much I cleaned them the welds looked like ****. Same welder and the same settings were used to weld the additional brace by the belt mount.
I'll blame it on the steel Ford used in '91, silly Ford. I'm working on the down bars in the rear now then I'll install the front bumper, and on to the suspension strengthening hopefully this weekend.
JB
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I finished the rear bars on the cage so I'm calling it done:
I had wanted to keep as much of the interior trim as possible and luckily enough I have been able to re-install all of it mostly un-modified. Now the carpet, nope that could be developing the next plague, it was burned!
I moved on to prepping the front bumper to get the new tube bumper mate with the old stamped steel bumper.
JB
I had wanted to keep as much of the interior trim as possible and luckily enough I have been able to re-install all of it mostly un-modified. Now the carpet, nope that could be developing the next plague, it was burned!
I moved on to prepping the front bumper to get the new tube bumper mate with the old stamped steel bumper.
JB
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OutlawDrifter
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Nice work JB!
Bob Heine
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JB, I assume you will be using the Forrari off the paved roads most of the time so rollovers won't ruin the paintwork. Nice work on the cage!