Mystery 6x6

[Michaeljp86]

Hi Guys...Sorry, I didn't get a chance to shoot a vid tonight, my son had a Little League game I had forgotten about. It is supposeed to be a nice weekend, I'll make a vid showing it driving around and a vid of it in the water for the first time, sink or swim, hoping for swim...I'm going to tie it off to my truck the first time with a 50 ft rope, just in case the bilge pumps have to work and can't keep up

Coop

I was planning to do the same whenever I get my terra tiger going. I figured if its tied up to a truck or tractor I can drag it off the bottom of the pond.

[Coop]

Hi Guys...Sorry, I didn't get a chance to shoot a vid tonight, my son had a Little League game I had forgotten about. It is supposeed to be a nice weekend, I'll make a vid showing it driving around and a vid of it in the water for the first time, sink or swim, hoping for swim...I'm going to tie it off to my truck the first time with a 50 ft rope, just in case the bilge pumps have to work and can't keep up

Coop

[Michaeljp86]

An update on the brakes...they work! Turns out, the brakes didn't have any air in them. The slots in the floor where the levers come up thru just needed to be made longer, the levers were "bottoming" in the slot, I thought I had air because I only had a small amount of brake at the end of the lever travel. I took the floor panal up, made the slots longer, now I have lots of brake and have plenty of brake travel left. I also could have adjusted the rods that come out of the master cylinders longer, but that would have put the levers closer to the dash. Tonight I'll load a vid of it tearing up the swamp...

Hurry up with that video will ya, I cant take the suspense

[LarryW]

Thats cool that was an easy fix. I wonder if there is some sort of adjustment to tighten the brakes up. I bet the previous owners thought the brakes where bad also and didnt want to mess with it. Thanks for the update!

[Coop]

An update on the brakes...they work! Turns out, the brakes didn't have any air in them. The slots in the floor where the levers come up thru just needed to be made longer, the levers were "bottoming" in the slot, I thought I had air because I only had a small amount of brake at the end of the lever travel. I took the floor panal up, made the slots longer, now I have lots of brake and have plenty of brake travel left. I also could have adjusted the rods that come out of the master cylinders longer, but that would have put the levers closer to the dash. Tonight I'll load a vid of it tearing up the swamp...

[Michaeljp86]

Call me crazy, but I think Northern spray-in bedliners are different from Southern spray-in bedliners. All the spray-ins I see around here (including mine) are relatively soft and have chunks of rubber in them, but I know a couple guys from Michigan that come down here to hunt, and their spray-ins are smooth and plasticy like your describing....

Yep, the liners I know of have a issue of needing to sprap everything just because it will slide all over the place. never seen the soft rubber stuff.

[Stonewall]

I got the carb all rebuilt, the engine runs alot better, idles good and has good response. Now If I could gat the brakes to work, aarrgg... I spent all day trying to get the air bled out of the brakes, so far no luck. The master cylinders are lower than the calipers, I have air trapped somewhere, can't get it out. I even hooked a vacumn line up off the engine, into a catch can and tried to suck it out. Or, I have 2 bad master cylinders, but I had a good pedal before I took the calipers off. Tomorrow's another day....

Coop

Have you thought about one of the reverse bleeders from Phoenix Systems? I saw them on Gearz. They're kindof pricey, but I think it'd be worth it.

EDIT: Sorry, Mike, I forgot about the multi quote button...

[Stonewall]

The liners Ive seen are super slippery, like hard plastic.

Call me crazy, but I think Northern spray-in bedliners are different from Southern spray-in bedliners. All the spray-ins I see around here (including mine) are relatively soft and have chunks of rubber in them, but I know a couple guys from Michigan that come down here to hunt, and their spray-ins are smooth and plasticy like your describing....

[Coop]

I got the carb all rebuilt, the engine runs alot better, idles good and has good response. Now If I could gat the brakes to work, aarrgg... I spent all day trying to get the air bled out of the brakes, so far no luck. The master cylinders are lower than the calipers, I have air trapped somewhere, can't get it out. I even hooked a vacumn line up off the engine, into a catch can and tried to suck it out. Or, I have 2 bad master cylinders, but I had a good pedal before I took the calipers off. Tomorrow's another day....

Coop

[Michaeljp86]

The liners Ive seen are super slippery, like hard plastic.

[brushcutter]

Coop, I don't think it will hinder you in the water too much, but would be concerned with driving over obstacles. I thought of coating the outer of the trackster, but decided against it. One of my brothers has it in the bed of his truck, take loading concrete blocks for example, set it in, then get in and move it to the front, nothing slides on it. I can't help but believe that it would have the same effect when going over mud, limbs, logs and such. Now as for the inside of the tub, heck yes! Again, nothing slides on it- even when wet...

[azz7772]

if you use truck bed liner make sure the prep work is 100 % it is nasty when you have chunks flaking off because the prep was half done.

[Coop]

I did the inside and top side of my COOT, that is tough stuff, it won't come off easily. There are a lot of bolt heads on the bottom of this machine, it would seal them up watertight.

Coop

[Michaeljp86]

"I wonder if it was meant for salt water use with stainless axles."...Quite possability, is was orginally from Mass, I picked it up in Maine, so it has been near the ocean. Most of the mounting hardware through out it is stainless steel as well.
I rebuilt the brakes last night, I'm having a problem bleeding the air out, the master cylinders are lower than the calipers. and I seem to have air trapped in the calipers. I'm going to Harbor Freight tonight after work and pick up one of their vacumn brake bleeder kits, see if that will do it.
I'm anxious to get it in the water and see how it floats and propels with the jet drive. I've been thinking about painting the bottom and part way up the sides with Rhino Liner before I paint the whole thing. I know it will create some drag when in the water, but I don't plan on sking behind it anyway. It would serve as another layer to seal it up and protect the bottom when I am out in the woods and weeds. Good idea or not?..

Coop

I was thinking truck bed liner would be a good idea for my terra tiger too. Both inside and the bottom half outside.

[Coop]

"I wonder if it was meant for salt water use with stainless axles."...Quite possability, is was orginally from Mass, I picked it up in Maine, so it has been near the ocean. Most of the mounting hardware through out it is stainless steel as well.
I rebuilt the brakes last night, I'm having a problem bleeding the air out, the master cylinders are lower than the calipers. and I seem to have air trapped in the calipers. I'm going to Harbor Freight tonight after work and pick up one of their vacumn brake bleeder kits, see if that will do it.
I'm anxious to get it in the water and see how it floats and propels with the jet drive. I've been thinking about painting the bottom and part way up the sides with Rhino Liner before I paint the whole thing. I know it will create some drag when in the water, but I don't plan on sking behind it anyway. It would serve as another layer to seal it up and protect the bottom when I am out in the woods and weeds. Good idea or not?..

Coop