by "Pixel" (Improbcat)
Published 05/08/2017 at 09:16
by "Pixel" (Improbcat)
Published 05/08/2017 at 09:16
Tags: Oppo rally
; Race to Oppo Rally
STARS: 7
I have 20 days to turn this into a running, driving truck if I’m going to take it to the Oppo rally. I only need to do all of this to it...
Plus the stuff I forgot to list like installing the radiator and re-installing all the front sheetmetal.
No unpleasant surprises in the top of the motor (this has 18K on a rebuild, but sat for 15 years).
The motor got a new water pump, thermostat, and the near-new fuel pump from my old motor. We also also finish stripping stuff off both motors so we could chose the better parts & degrease them. They’ll get painted and slapped on this motor.
I’m about 75% through the necessary sandblasting, so I need to finish that, then I’m waiting for more masterseries chassis paint to arrive to paint it. I’ve scaled back to only doing the blasting & painting that can’t happen with the suspension & engine back in place.
Since we were waiting for stuff to dry (and me to buy more parts) before moving forward. I taught my partner to weld, and we built an extra shelf into the bottom of this wagon. The shelf is sized to hold a butane stove that we use when hosting tea parties in the park.
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
05/08/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 0
Dude, you’re WAY too far ahead. You’re supposed to wait until the day before the rally to do it in true Roadkill style. :)
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/08/2017 at 09:37, STARS: 3
This is roadkill for people with day jobs. :)
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
05/08/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 0
Ha! Fair. Hope to see you and the truck there!
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
05/08/2017 at 09:40, STARS: 0
You should go full Roadkill and write that list on the hood.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
05/08/2017 at 09:47, STARS: 1
I know this feeling, when at work I think about wrenching, when at home I’m often too tired to start anything
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/08/2017 at 09:48, STARS: 1
I’m have to be able to get to the hood. It is buried behind the entire front clip, radiator, engine, etc.
Instead I wrote it on the replacement window I should be installing instead of worrying about the truck.
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/08/2017 at 09:49, STARS: 0
Yeah, this project has been stalled since October. I tore it apart, then discovered the bathroom floor was rotted, and didn’t touch it again until last week.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
05/08/2017 at 10:01, STARS: 1
Reinstalling the sheet metal sounds optional
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/08/2017 at 10:07, STARS: 0
Gotta keep the fan out of the radiator somehow. Fortunately the whole front clip is held in by about 10 bolts.
Hood is more interesting as that is definitely a 3+ person job, so that might not be possible depending on how down to the wire this gets.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
05/08/2017 at 10:24, STARS: 0
No hood would be pretty Roadkill
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/08/2017 at 10:47, STARS: 3
I’ve done it before :)
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
05/08/2017 at 19:19, STARS: 0
Tell me about it. I spend all day daydreaming about the projects I’m going to work on when I get home, then when I get home I’m too (mentally) exhausted to do nearly anything most days.