I Love my Wife!

[hydromike]

residual ground=phantom limb? whatever.... your break light works. Why ef with it?




Oh; if you don't like the Shins (Phantom Limb) , then you're a communist.....

[racerone3]

I'm guessing a high iron content in the ABS.

~m

I was thinking a residual ground from being hooked up for 39 years, but you might be on to something with the Iron thing

[hydromike]

I'm scratching my head a bit on how the tail light works with no ground hooked up???

I'm guessing a high iron content in the ABS.

~m

[racerone3]

That was by the spedo. I didn't even bother with the GPS.

Got almost all the wiring done tonight. Just need to shorten a couple battery cables. would have gotten it done, but spent way too long chasing what turned out to be a bad solenoid. I'm scratching my head a bit on how the tail light works with no ground hooked up??? I have cut every old wire out of the machine, and had only hooked up a + wire to the light. I will still go back and hook in a ground...

[LarryW]

...and a thumbs-up at the end! Lookin' good! 15-17 is about the maximum I've ever achieved out of 5. It looks like it maneuvers fairly well....

Are you going by the speedometer or a gps? I'm pretty sure I got mine to the 18-19 range on speedometer. Said to say its been to long. The old Tecumseh is just a spinnin though.

[hydromike]

...and a thumbs-up at the end! Lookin' good! 15-17 is about the maximum I've ever achieved out of 5. It looks like it maneuvers fairly well....

[racerone3]

NICE!! You're using a gopro? Mine sounds about the same unless you take the lense cap off, which is a PITA. I'm looking at drilling out where the mic is, and tapping for a large head screw with silicone o-ring so one screw can give good sound, and still be waterproofable quick.
Sorry about the Hi-Jack. Anyways, it looks great, I am assuming the noise I could here was the chains? Did you take out a link or half-link it?

The sound with the go pro is marginally better with the non-waterproof cover, but for what I do with it, I'd rather have bad sound than a messed up camera. I've only had it a few months, but I'm really happy with the video quality.

Chains, Idler Sprockets, Belt (the one that was in my racer when I got it) the roll cage rattling... you name it, and it's making awful noises. I'm probably going to take a link out of each chain, but haven't yet. I won't run the machine very much like that, so I'm not too worried about damaging sprockets any more than they already are.

[6X6]

NICE!! You're using a gopro? Mine sounds about the same unless you take the lense cap off, which is a PITA. I'm looking at drilling out where the mic is, and tapping for a large head screw with silicone o-ring so one screw can give good sound, and still be waterproofable quick.
Sorry about the Hi-Jack. Anyways, it looks great, I am assuming the noise I could here was the chains? Did you take out a link or half-link it?

[lewis]

Way to go Race! Driving the Avenger at Busco was a little practice for this machine. 8's drive a little Looooooonger.lol

[Stonewall]

[racerone3]

Tank Cam Footage

sounds like it's gonna fall apart at any second saw 15mph on the spedo briefly

[racerone3sgirl]

It's like living with Dr. Frankenstein!!!


IT'S ALIVE!! IT'S ALIVE!!

[racerone3]

Far from done! I got the old laterals out of the tubes today and built new ones. Got a working throttle in the machine, replaced the shift pin and got a LITTLE more adjustment out of the T-20. All the chains are stretched well beyond the limit of the adjusters and I don't have enough new chain to even bother starting on that project. It clicks, squeaks, squeals, bangs, pops, and makes about any other bad noise you can imagine, but It does run and drive.

The approach with this machine will be a little slower than most that come to live here. I plan to fix everything I can with parts I have laying around, and build anything I can now, so it's less to fabricate later on, but the budget for this machine is in the negative $1200 range right now. The full Scanlon tear down/ rebuild will have to wait for a while... I'm always looking for good winter projects, but I probably won't be able to wait that long

[hydromike]

I think I'm beginning to grasp the concept of Scanlon-speed. I'm looking forward to the finished rebuild, Thursday? Friday?

It's done. I think he's just taking a nap....

[6X6]

Two days ago the motors a mess, the trannys a mess, the bodies a mess, a sprockets a mess..... Yesterday, doing laps around the front yard. I think I'm beginning to grasp the concept of Scanlon-speed. I'm looking forward to the finished rebuild, Thursday? Friday?