Race to the Oppo Rally

"Pixel" (Improbcat) 05/08/2017 at 09:16 • Filed to: Oppo rally, Race to Oppo Rally

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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 > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 09:33

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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 > Justin Hughes 05/08/2017 at 09:37

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This is roadkill for people with day jobs. :)

Justin Hughes > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 09:38

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Ha! Fair. Hope to see you and the truck there!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 09:40

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You should go full Roadkill and write that list on the hood.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 09:47

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I know this feeling, when at work I think about wrenching, when at home I’m often too tired to start anything

Pixel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/08/2017 at 09:48

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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 > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 05/08/2017 at 09:49

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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 > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 10:01

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Reinstalling the sheet metal sounds optional

Pixel > Dusty Ventures 05/08/2017 at 10:07

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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 > Pixel 05/08/2017 at 10:24

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No hood would be pretty Roadkill

Pixel > Dusty Ventures 05/08/2017 at 10:47

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I’ve done it before :)

MM54 > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 05/08/2017 at 19:19

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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.