DirtyComanche

I'm pretty sure the rear of Pong is 1.75x.120 DOM tubing. Which is pretty standard for a tube chassis, or exo cage. The shackle mounts are fairly simple, IIRC. All that is done is a 3/4" hole is drilled through both sides of the peice of 1.75" tube, and a peice the inside width of the shackle of .75x.120 tube is inserted into the hole and welded in. This allows a 1/2" bolt to go through nicely with minimal play. But, I'm going by memory on this. I've never seen Pong in person.

I guess I'll share a bit about what I learned with my semi-flatdeck thing. If you decided to use wood decking (I did, because it was free) mount it recessed around the perimeter of the deck. I didn't. You can see how peices of my deck are missing in a couple of the photos. They get rubbed off. Again, if using wood decking, attach it better than by putting wood screws through some angle iron. It was fast and easy, but not as strong as I'd have liked. Since I used tounge and groove, it wasn't as big of a deal. To do it again, I'd use a bunch of 1/4" bolts with penny (fender) washers under the heads, and possibly take a forstner (sp?) bit to counterbore for the bolt head/washer. Don't build the thing out of 2x3x.188 HSS. It's not needed. And way heavy. To do it over, I'd probably do the main parts with 2x3x.125 and a couple X braces with 2x2x.095. If the rear was a bumper as well, I'd do that with .188 perhaps. Build a recessed tail-light mount. I never got around to it. What else? I'm sure there's lots of other stuff I did wrong. But it was a good beginner fab project. The dimesnions for the bed mounts are really easy to work with. So it isn't hard there.

Well, I understand why you're doing it. All the transmissions/gearboxes, etc in the stuff I work on is either painted gloss light grey, gloss white, or bare stainless. If it leaks even a drop, you know. And you can wipe it up easily right then, then fix the leak whenever time allows.

Too bad I DD a dodge :rotf: Otherwise I'd rock it. But it might get stolen. It's a tough neighbourhood.

Lookin' damn sexy. Good call on painting the engine white, if you can see the leak before it gets bad everything stays cleaner! What type of paint have you been using? Just rattle can enamels?

There's lots of worse ways to die. Yet, I can't talk myself into thinking heights are okay, and that a couple seconds of free-fall followed by a *splat* is probably one of the more enjoyable ways to go, for some reason. Oddly enough, in a helicopter at 10000' AGL (above ground level), I feel fine. Even sitting in the front and looking out the longline window or through the glass floor. But, get me near the edge of a cliff, not even a high one, and I really can't handle it.

Yup

That is a good deal. How many were bought to get that pricing?

It takes time... I haven't even been 'here' for 3 weeks now. I just got back for monday. Kinda makes it hard to find something worth looking at, look at it, talk to the bank, etc...

So, guess what? I drive in today at 7:45ish. There's a mid-90s 1/2T chevy sitting in my spot. My spot with the BRIGHT @#$%ING YELLOW block heater cord. There isn't even any 'snow' to lose sight of it in. The 4 spots around him are empty, and none have cords. And even better, he managed to park only mostly in my spot, partly being in another spot. Which is the one I could easily steal (cord would reach). So, I snuggled the dodge up about 5" door to door on his driver's side. Then wrote down the plate just incase my truck gets any new dents tomorrow. F'ing idiot.

No pics, but.... I bought a couple more axles. A 93~ HP D60. It's a BJ axle, but not unitized hub. I'm looking into the knuckle strength right now - I think it's like a typical ford knuckle and is garbage. And I got a sterling 10.25 as part of the deal. I can use it for parts. So, we'll see where this goes.

I'd do NOTATOY for my MJ if I was into having an easily memorized plate. ('Not a toyota' for the slow guys)

:eek: :eek: :eek: :nuts: I think that's why he starts off by climbing onto the path. It seems like there was a 'way around' whatever they did to close it. So, umm, comancheclub memebers trip? Anybody?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey

2 things: I like how the film maker doesn't bother to tie-off. Of course there is nothing to tie-off too at a few points. They need to put more rebar in the concrete next time. Ugh.

I've got to agree. The only thing I could see that would be an issue for pump life is if the fuel got too hot in general. Which could happen with either installation. Other than as stated, you should protect it from corrosion, mechanical damage, and shorting... You can get silicone covered connectors that will prevent any chance of shorting, and a little dielectic grease would keep the connectors from corroding. Not that I think your wiring on it is bad, as is. Paint the body if it isn't stainless or aluminum (I have no idea), and throw a simple guard over the entire thing (mae sure it covers the electrical connectors too) and I don't think you'd see any issues.

Hmm. I was explained that it was sealed... Although, if a guy looks at the design, it makes sense that it isn't. The inlet and outlet are on opposite sides. Well, my bad for believing a parts guy.

Actually, I'm pretty sure if the pump melts down in the tank it WON'T ignite the fuel, simply because there will not be enough oxygen. But I could be wrong... However, I doubt if it melted down externally it would really be any different. Why? It won't 'melt down'. It'll just stop. They're built in a manner that they basically have a fire shield between the pump motor and the vanes (where the fuel is). Maybe it'll get warmer being mounted externally, but by how much? If it is only 'warm to the touch' that tells us two possible things A) The pump isn't warm enough to be damaging itself - warm is fine since you're going to have trouble avoiding that regardless. Or B) The pump is insulated well enough that being submerged in fuel is unlikely to conduct enough heat away from it to be relevent. That said, I think if mounted externally one should take care to see that it is safe from all the usual suspects - mechanical damage, corrosion, shorting, etc. Or, a guy could buy this pump: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku Although, I'd have doubts about that pump. Since they don't mention anything about street/continous use. Ohwell.

Does that pump produce suitable pressure/flow for EFI applications? I'd assume so, since I think even ford had figured out EFI by '89, but it is a ford... Oh, and on the debate if the pump will survive externally, somebody needs to shoot it with a lazer thermometer thinger while cold, then again while running. Then they need to submerge it in a gallon of gasoline at the same temperature as the 'cold' temp (which one could assume to be ambient), and place a regular (but calibrated) thermometer beside it in the fuel (ideally in contact with the pump) and allow the pump to run. Compare results. Honestly, I've never heard of a pump failing because a guy ran around with only a couple liters in the tank. I've heard of them failing from old age, however. Or because they were run dry while the guy ran the truck on propane (duh).

Bahahaha. I wish. I've run out of time off without getting much done this time, so I'll get you some more pics tomorrow before I leave, then it's probably 5 weeks before I'll get back at it.

There was a definate need for cutting the front end off. I think. Perhaps. Maybe.

Rocks: Cakerock Turtle 'Trails': Postil area Nobel canyon has some stuff to drive around King Eddy lk area

It's in his sig, so I'd assume so. Good looking truck. I like the visor. Reminds me of the 'brow' on the old j-trucks. Now get yourself some lift and lockers...

So, I pulled the engine Image Not Found It was kinda sketchy. I really should have rigged it a little different. Yeah.... Pushed the empty shell out, spun it around and put it back in the garage Image Not Found I never realized the motor mounts are off-set like this. Image Not Found Then things got weird Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found More cutting ahead... But I need to buy some more jackstands first.

You are correct. Or so I would assume. It was my first thought when I read the OP. However, the bearings for the front output are oil bath lubricated. It's more likely that something nasty happened up in the area of the mainshaft as the chain/sprocket would still be turning on it without oil. I wanna see a disection.