What did you do this weekend?

TomsSVX · #1 06-29-2008, 08:29 AM

Personally, I sweated my ass off rebuilding a Detroit 671... This dinasour is the same one we had to do two years ago... A crack in the old exhaust manifold allowed salt air and water to get into two of the cylinders this past winter... We had to pull the head and clean up the two cylinders giving us problems, rebuild the entire head with all new exhaust valves, seats and seals. Today we re-assemble the exhaust onto the GIgantic turbo and fire her up!!... Not that I don't like working on engines, but when the head weighs close to 500 lbs... It gets a little hard to load onto the motor

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Pics maybe later...

Tom

joe62890 · #2 06-29-2008, 10:14 AM

I went out and got a new charcoal grill. Decent sized one with cast iron grates. Then I cooked 12 hamburgers and some corn on the cob for the family (we got together for mine and my brother's birthday). After that I played a little Wii bowling the had some cake and ice cream. Spent the rest of my afternoon playing video games with my brother. That evening I cooked a pork loin on the grill. Then I went to bed. Today we're grilling some more.

Tim · #3 06-29-2008, 10:16 AM

I was practicing shifting and getting into reverse. It goes into reverse consistently if i come to a complete stop. Shift into first, then reverse. If that didn't work I just release the clutch in neutral and repeat. No grinding for me

SVXMAN2001 · #4 06-29-2008, 02:08 PM

Installed brand new/cryo treated rotors and pads on all four corners, along with ss brake lines. And attempted to troubleshoot my a/c system before I broke the high side coupling!!

michael · #5 06-29-2008, 03:49 PM

I put my new headlights in

SVXMAN2001 · #6 06-29-2008, 03:51 PM

very nice, michael! those are oem right?

OT, where in PA are you? I went to the University of Scranton a few years back. i am regularly up in the port jervis/milford, area...

mikecg · #7 06-30-2008, 09:09 AM

Went offroading Saturday. Was suppose to be a 6 hour adventure with the son-in-law. About an hour into I blow the front passenger tire on a lose rock. Put on the spare turned around and headed to the tire shop and got it fixed. Left the tire shop and desided to cut across the desert instead of taking the paved roads home. Went about a mile and blow the front driverside tire. Was back at the tire shop getting another tire in about 20 minutes of leaving. Guy at the desk thought I was messing with him. After the luck on Saturday, I figured I'd stay home and hide from the world.

Rhoujin · #8 06-30-2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mikecg

Went offroading Saturday. Was suppose to be a 6 hour adventure with the son-in-law. About an hour into I blow the front passenger tire on a lose rock. Put on the spare turned around and headed to the tire shop and got it fixed. Left the tire shop and desided to cut across the desert instead of taking the paved roads home. Went about a mile and blow the front driverside tire. Was back at the tire shop getting another tire in about 20 minutes of leaving. Guy at the desk thought I was messing with him. After the luck on Saturday, I figured I'd stay home and hide from the world.

That sucks , I blew out a tire driving home late from my ex- girlfriends house ( when I was suppose to be sneaking out! >_<)

What kind of tires do you have?

Schralper · #9 06-30-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mikecg

Went offroading Saturday. Was suppose to be a 6 hour adventure with the son-in-law. About an hour into I blow the front passenger tire on a lose rock. Put on the spare turned around and headed to the tire shop and got it fixed. Left the tire shop and desided to cut across the desert instead of taking the paved roads home. Went about a mile and blow the front driverside tire. Was back at the tire shop getting another tire in about 20 minutes of leaving. Guy at the desk thought I was messing with him. After the luck on Saturday, I figured I'd stay home and hide from the world.

sounds like someone needs better rims and tires?
Got BFG's?
beadlocks?
to much psi?
I was out on some forest roads yesterday and had to air WAY down so as to not get bounced into a tree.
That was in this rig http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3083919

But other than that I got a bunch a stuff done on the '68.
Gotta get a couple bolts today and the new Al rad,
from http://stores.ebay.com/Entropy-Technology-Corporation
goes in.
Woohoo!
btw h2o wetter works, i'll be using redline's in this ride.
the svx is getting some work done to it this week and'll get it also.

mikecg · #10 06-30-2008, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schralper

sounds like someone needs better rims and tires?
Got BFG's?
beadlocks?
to much psi?
I was out on some forest roads yesterday and had to air WAY down so as to not get bounced into a tree.
That was in this rig http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3083919

But other than that I got a bunch a stuff done on the '68.
Gotta get a couple bolts today and the new Al rad,
from http://stores.ebay.com/Entropy-Technology-Corporation
goes in.
Woohoo!
btw h2o wetter works, i'll be using redline's in this ride.
the svx is getting some work done to it this week and'll get it also.

Nothing special on the truck. Just a stock 2004 Mitsu Montero Sport. Had 4 year only Yokohoma Geolanders on it. More of a street tire then anything offroad. I dont do anything to saver in it. I was on a powerline road when I blow the first tire. And like I said the second one was driving through some desert sand. First tire rolled off a lose rock and the only thing I can come up with is a sharp stick or bar baried in the sand for the second.

Probubly should have dropped the pressure, but I'm too lazy. I usually run in sand and save lowering the psi until I start to get stuck.