Square body crew

[Turbolq4]

I'm digging the cheapy rachet straps!! Safety first!

 

[axisg]

A for effort.

 

[pontiacgp]

I have had to use a big pry bar to get some carriers out. The only time I'm aware they use a spreader is during production to same time. In your first pictures I thought you were building a new double whammy mousetrap....

 

[Clutch]

Ever have one of those days where everything is just aggravating? Despite the rain the aggravation and a splitting sinus headache I managed to get one Hub together with a lockout Hub on it a bearing in it and kingpins in. Didn't get a lot of pictures cuz it's been trial and error all day even though I got a late start at around 11:30 but here's one side cobbled back together

When I go back out I'll Greece it tighten that tie rod throw the wheel back on and start cleaning parts for the other side

 

[Clutch]

That's it I'm not a duck I'm done playing in the rain!

I didn't even Titan the lug nuts I greased it and had enough after I fought with the grease gun for 20 minutes it almost went in the garbage tomorrow's another day

 

[fleming442]

.....but still raining. You don't have an EZ up canopy? They're the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[Clutch]

.....but still raining. You don't have an EZ up canopy? They're the best thing since sliced bread.

I do it's a 10x10 and it's up but it's not really full coverage especially when the wind blows

 

[Turbolq4]

One of those days.. yep. Friday was just another one in a string of them. Motor I put pistons in kept seizing but would start back up immediately smokes like a chimney out of the breather anything above idle but will seemingly idle forever. Cold oil pressure was 48psi. I jacked up the engine and pulled the oil pan off. Pulled a couple main caps off, bearings looked perfect. Pulled all 8 rod caps off, same thing. Put it back together and started it. Oil pressure was the same. But dropped to 25psi within about a minute. It still tried to seize above idle but this time I was pissed and opened the throttle every time it tried to lock up. Blowing clouds of smoke from the breather, 2/3 throttle and struggling to maintain 2500rpm. Did this for about a minute then it cleared up. Sounds great, but oil pressure is sh*t now. Goes to zero and lifters start ticking at idle. Runs 20-30psi at 3000+rpm. It's done. Worst of all is I unbolted the converter to eliminate it as the cause if it seizing/stalling. In doing so it galled the nose of the converter to the crank.

Some days just suck.

Any wagers on how many 6000rpm 1/8th mile long rolling burnouts it will tolerate before it windows the block? It's at three so far.

 

[Wageslave]

If you are like me once you get into the job you ignore the weather and get the job done. I'd trade what I am doing now for the job you're going to do. I am trying to get a win 7 hardrive open that is not responding to anything or any repair disk....😢

If it is mechanically failing (whirr...click), just throw it in the freezer. That has saved my bacon a few times.

 

[Clutch]

One of those days.. yep. Friday was just another one in a string of them. Motor I put pistons in kept seizing but would start back up immediately smokes like a chimney out of the breather anything above idle but will seemingly idle forever. Cold oil pressure was 48psi. I jacked up the engine and pulled the oil pan off. Pulled a couple main caps off, bearings looked perfect. Pulled all 8 rod caps off, same thing. Put it back together and started it. Oil pressure was the same. But dropped to 25psi within about a minute. It still tried to seize above idle but this time I was pissed and opened the throttle every time it tried to lock up. Blowing clouds of smoke from the breather, 2/3 throttle and struggling to maintain 2500rpm. Did this for about a minute then it cleared up. Sounds great, but oil pressure is sh*t now. Goes to zero and lifters start ticking at idle. Runs 20-30psi at 3000+rpm. It's done. Worst of all is I unbolted the converter to eliminate it as the cause if it seizing/stalling. In doing so it galled the nose of the converter to the crank.

Some days just suck.

Any wagers on how many 6000rpm 1/8th mile long rolling burnouts it will tolerate before it windows the block? It's at three so far.

Oh that sucks! I once had a fresh 455 olds blow up 100 yards from the shop were I put it in that was a bad day.
May sound dumb but I did it to a 305 Chevy once. Could the pickup tube be to low in the pan? That was my issue when the 305 did almost the same thing oh and I had a ring in upside down. I was way over my head in that one screwed that up when I was still in school lol