NEW PROJECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[merv]

Somehow I doubt that'll slow you down mate.

I was thinking the same 

[BikerGran]

Well only temporarily at least!

[spanners]

work has started on the dodge , cant start doing to much to the gmc untill i know if the builder is going to start on the garage ,, cant have a big dead truck in the way .
so yesterday i fitted two new front tyres  that i bought at the swap meet brand new £15 each but i may end up with differant wheels eventually and today i fitted a fresh starter motor ,fiddleled ,, with the gear linkage and greased the water pump bearings etc,,etc ,then had a ride down the dirt track ,,

[spanners]

collected the ,new old stock, rear tyres for the GMC .

NEW PROJECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW PROJECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW PROJECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 have been mounted but not used the other3 havnt .

[goose]

slowly getting there mike , like the old split rims , b****r to get back together though  once you have split them , either that or I was doing it wrong , probably the latter

[Olds]

slowly getting there mike , like the old split rims , b****r to get back together though  once you have split them , either that or I was doing it wrong , probably the latter

Probably using the wrong size hammer  And no they wont fit your trike 

[spanners]

its not the hammer its how you hit it 

[oldmetalhead82]

Hope you've got a cage to put them split rims in to inflate the tyres Mike!

[spanners]

Hope you've got a cage to put them split rims in to inflate the tyres Mike!

no cage, going to have to be ,old school,, laced with a chian round the tyre and through the hand holes 

[poprodder]

split rim wheels, glad i don't have to do them anymore, and we did'nt have a cage to use, and they had 100lb pressure in them!!!!

[spanners]

been working on the dodge today from 9am till after dark    not a bad day shift for me as thing have been lately,

its been puzzling me why yanks and electrics dont mix  i found out today that yanks are basically ,,THICK,,,,
the dodge runs reasonably well ,,engine wise,,, but the dynamo bearings were a bit grumbley,, and the ign light didnt work on the dash,,
well the light wouldn,t work because it had no bulb in it  and the wiring was naff..
i sorted that , then set about testing the dynamo and regulator box with the engine running and everything connected up all to no avail or poor output results ...
so i idependently wired the dynamo and the control box  and hay,,ho,, when i excited the dynamo again i got a weak output ,,checked the regulator box and all was fine with that  but still weak output from the dynamo 
i eventually did an old school cheat ,accross the dynamo terminals and got 9.5 volts at high rpm

so i removed  the dynamo ,cleaned and inspected the scruffy,,battered ID plate and hay ho,, thick yanks had fitted a 6volt dynamo on a 12 volt system 

its either that or the truck has been converted from 6 volt to 12 volt and only half a job done

but one things for shure ,,, yanks and auto electrics dont mix,,,,,,,, and the wire quality can best be described as ,,NAFF,,

so as a last and maybe temporey measure i,v converted it to an alternator and by 5pm she was up and running again..

[Manky Monkey]

Can't beat ol' school know-how Mike. Well done.

[spanners]

Can't beat ol' school know-how Mike. Well done.

just working my way through it , getting things into better working order , got it for sale but  not bothered about selling it as its growing on me
it,ll make a good shopping daily runner with that touch of character,,,
dosn,t look like it,ll be to bad on the  ,motion lotion, either  6cyl flat head engine is as sweet as a nut and i havn,t touched the carb of ignition as yet ,,,

[spanners]

must remember to take camera up the garage in the next day or so because i know you lot like pictures 

and some of this lot will be going into ,hibernation,, in the next couple of weeks to make room for the concrete truck coming ,,

[Olds]

and some of this lot will be going into ,hibernation,, in the next couple of weeks to make room for the concrete truck coming ,,

Is that for the workshop floor, or have you bought another truck?
Found this and thought of you 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M1o2rpO_JY