Muscateer out for a drive

[riotwarrior]

Got the rad back from Tom at Osoyoos Radiators. He did a great job of tanking it and removing the one problematic rad cap and installed my temp guage port in the rad tank as requested for 80 bucks.

When I got it home I took an old dull 12" hacksaw blade and used it to carefully rod out the cores. This worked awesome and helped remove some left over build up.

Throttle pedal works now and I installed a coupljng fittjng onto my oil pressure adapter as well so install and removal of engine will be simpler.

The decision has been made and I wont run the machine untill I get the Evan's waterless coolant. This should help in stabalizing tempurature of the engine and make it more pleasurable to operate. Time to add a coolant tempurature guage too however my mechanical with 6foot tube is too short so now it is an electric model I will be seeking....doh!!!

I would also like to add some type of valve on the oil pan to assist in oil changes, something I can attach my vacuum pump to to suck out old oil; however that may wait untill I get a gasket for the pan. I can then add a retun line from turbo.

Seems like machine spends more time down than up...darnit...

oh well kinks to work out.

oh ya..thinking may change the 11/22 gearing from trans to jackshaft to something like 14-16/22 get bit more speed as I have plenty of torque. Then later a 2sp box when one falls into my lap..

Thanks for looking.

[riotwarrior]

Got my friend Guy to drill out the throttle cable end #7 bit and I tapped it 1/4 × 20 added one set scre on the bottom and set it with GREEN sleeve and bearing retaining locktight! Now I can run a second set screw down from the top and lock the cable and connect it properly this should aleviate the slight bind I was experiencing.

Napa got me two new bearings for my fan and I packed em with some Enviro Lube grease. Now those bearings are in a zip lock in my freezer. Tomorrow I will put fan housing into oven for 10 min 150 deg and then slip bearings into place

[riotwarrior]

Well I did it and that HURT .....bought two jugs of Evan's Waterless coolant. now I hopefully can work the cooling out once and for all.

Will update once testing is completed

[riotwarrior]

Well coolant is in transit and as such I stqrted putting together the machine.

One major hurdle was the foot feed throttle to allow more capability out of the mqchine rather than a static throttle as it used previously. I also am maintaining the fixed T handle throttle for certain applications as well besides it is also the Fuel shut off too.

Here is the little adapter for the cable I made from some solid stock.









Turned out ok...drilled right through intersecting the wire hole drilled...then taped the hole and used two set screws one waz green locktightened into place then the other set scre clamps down on the cable making this a nice little functioning pivot poit for cable and foot throttle





Here you can see both the foot throttle and fixed T throttle and how they work. Made the bracket for cqble for foot throttle too and mad a small U bolt to retain the cable. Also notuce no gasket for rad yet on block



Gasket ready for rad and bottom of cleaned rad



I was able to use a hacksaw blade and thoroughly rod the rad out ensuring that I hqve full flow when I get Evans coolant in there.



Rad installed




Not pretty but the second rad cqp removed




Here is the temp sender port for a mechanical temp gauge too




Here inside filler port....nice and clean...



So now I am awaiting coolant and the mechanical gauge to show up. A 6 foot tube on thermocouple isnt long enough so a 12 foot one is on its way.

More to come

Thanks for looking

[Nubs]

Cool

[JoeMeg]

Lookin' good!! Say,in your last post,pics 1,2 & 4 show a small brass dohickey for the cable to go into and be secured by the screw. Do you (or anyone else) know the "proper" name this device? Thanks, Joe.

[Nubs]

cable barrel clamp

[JoeMeg]

Thanks,Nubs. Did some more homework after my hasty post that I couldn't revoke/delete. AKA "Cable Swivel Stop". Al,sorry for polluting your thread,I'll get outta here now. BTW,good idea using hacksaw blade to clean out radiator tubes. Keep the pic's coming. That is one well done build ya have there.

[riotwarrior]

Thanks,Nubs. Did some more homework after my hasty post that I couldn't revoke/delete. AKA "Cable Swivel Stop". Al,sorry for polluting your thread,I'll get outta here now. BTW,good idea using hacksaw blade to clean out radiator tubes. Keep the pic's coming. That is one well done build ya have there.

ya Cable barrel clamp..

bee busy missed getting on here.

looks as though rad may hqve sustained damage when I pressure washed it its hard to say..some leaking around base where tubes pass through. Test filled it with water as precaution...glad I did cause the coola t is too damn pricey to waste a drop.

I took rad to Tom again he will see what..if anything can be done.

if he cannot do anything for it...then I am going to build a plate and install i let and thermostat housing outlet and either belt driven ir electric water pump a d remote radiator...700 bucks for replacement rad for this thing.....ya 700 bucks.

i can be quite creative for 700 bucks..plus I may end up with optional heatup front too so enclose a cab for winter and be golden

[riotwarrior]

not much to add...

coolant arrived and now to wait on rad.

also plate is sanded smooth now I am waiting to drill holes...hooe maybe tomorrow.

road trip yesterday...scored three of these here.




TEAM Primary CVT's used...where on some John Deere Gators.

Now to see if I can get one built specifically for my Diesel in my Muscateer...lets hope so...

thanks for looking

[riotwarrior]

Got a hold of TEAM today now Venom clutches lol

From appearances and meazurements the finned clutch is a diesel clutch and should be able to bolt on as is...

Two clutches left..what to do with them...hmmmm

Thanks for looking

[riotwarrior]

well built a plate to fit engine and I have a trip to US planned for end of month to pick up some parts n shop. At that time I will drop off my plate to rad guy.

hope he can determine what n where rad leaks and repair it.

I miss the machine but if rad is toast onky have myself to blame. I will grab a small thermostat housing and tstat and mod the plate for remote rad and electric water pump and fan...should be effective.

other than that not much to add yet....working on my truck...88 F250 c6 auto 4x diesel...now has solid front axle and soon zf 5sp manual trans.

google oilburners big blue ox build

well I see the Vendeta 8" are available...show me a Muscateer video jn water with those tyres...if she swims well I am sold.

thanks for looking

[riotwarrior]

Received a call from Tom at rad shop....my rad after thorough cleaning is toast....as is a common occurance with rads flushing and so forth. This means locate a replacement for $700.00 from Kubota or build a cooling system for it.

The plate I made along with some hoses and a pump and rad should suffice.

In order to biild a system I need to determine BSFC or how much fuel in an hour at rated power the engine uses. This gives a BTU amount used so I can determine size of rad etc required to efficiently cool the engine.

Hopefully I can locate the info in my manual and begin the journey.

well thats bout it for now...

tha ks for looking

[riotwarrior]

A member on oilburners eent me a link to a Caddillac CTS electric water pump.

http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/...ad=47433950652

looks like we have one part of the equation sorted out.

now do math btu and flow etc to get that all sorted out.

should be good to go if I can get a pump rad and connect it to my plate...

thanks for looking

[Nubs]