skipper 6x6

[Airhorn]

sorry...... dumb question........ picked up bearings just now....... just got a vm28 mikuni in the mail

[Airhorn]

Anybody got torque specs for rockwell L380? 6 bolt head pattern

[Dw89xj]

Anybody got torque specs for rockwell L380? 6 bolt head pattern

Check out vintage sleds.com they should have a manual you can read or download.

[Dw89xj]

28-32ftlb is what I keep coming up with for other Rockwell engines. It's probably a safe bet yours is the same.

[Airhorn]

sweet! thanks!

[Dw89xj]

Yeah buddy, good luck on your project and post up some pictures for us to admire, we all like seeing how others are making out on these things.

[Airhorn]

you asked 4 it! lol. check my gallery

[Dw89xj]

That thing is pretty cool. Nice starting point to make it however you want. I like how the front end looks mean. I dig the artwork too.

[Airhorn]

Been making slow progress on the skipper. The 2 stroke is pretty much rebuilt and i'm just waiting for a couple last minute parts. in the meantime i've torn into the body and have been patching holes and such. Any good ideas where i can find cheap aluminum? i want to make an aluminum body band to support the weak fiberglass and weld supports from it to the frame. I need a few sticks of square tube and such but kinda want to avoid spending hundreds on aluminum.

[Dw89xj]

Another option I saw online, although I'm not sure how it would fair in cold weather, is I saw they have PVC angles in I think 10 or 12' lengths. I considered making a body band from it. As for metal if it's short pieces check out your local welding shop scrap bin, also try and be buddies with your local welder, my welder friend hooks me up at his cost as long as I put my order in when he puts his in. In return I send anybody that asks me about a welder or where I get metal to him. And I use him pretty much exclusively for all my metal.

[Dw89xj]

The reason I mentioned the scrap bin at your local welder is my buddy will sell me his cut offs if I need short pieces for scrap price which I think is around $5/100# in my area at the moment

[Airhorn]

Yeah. I am a part time welder when im off of school but the place where i work doesn't do aluminum........ ill look around tho. gotta be a place that can sell me stuff. If i have to, i can weld drops together to make them long enough......

[jaycalgary]

Hi I have a skipper as well. I dont think there are very many out there. The transmission that it has in it seems very beefy to me. I had a metal shop bend me a new motor mount and I put a 480 something phaser motor in it.