1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Base fan that blows air around a hood to cool down metal

 

Awesome, motor HP? Sounds big!

 

Metal

 

See if you can decipher this...

 

3 phase

 

Looks like it's 3 phase (and 575v?) which is enough of a red flag to me "you don't need be feckin round with this here son"

 

Perhaps, lol. But I did find the only one in CA built from 5/16" plate.

 

That's a really weird motor. It's 42HP though.

 

Goodentite

 

Pro tip - bring your cordless sawzall. Way faster to cut the post than unbolt rusty hardware in the field...

 

Yup. Isn't GmbH Mercedes-Benz?

 

GmbH is German for limited liability corporation. A German LLC is pretty much a GmbH.

 

Aw fuck...


Big cylinder in the floor unscrewed itself from the nut under neath this mf. It's about 15 feet back with no easy way to get to it

 

Ordered my suspension and updated my list:

 

So, I'm at the metal supply today leaving and a guy says something about you have a Toyota. I'm yep. He's "me too" - point's to his 2012 RCLB and tells me it's a long bed. It's a nice truck. He likes my rear bumper. Thank you, bought the steel here. Then he starts asking me about my truck in general, and brings up a problem he had recently. He put it in 4WD and it was fine but started acting weird, jumpy. "Were you on pavement?" Yes!!!
5 minute lesson on open vs. locked differential and I'm on my way. Next stop, guy runs over and wants to know where I bought my front bumper. 5 minutes on where, what's involved, and what I have is not what exactly what's in the box. In between these two conversations, I was on the phone with @memario1214 about how to address a want of mine (I had the questions this time). Great little trip around town today.

 

That looks like a fun list!

 

Metal supply places are the kittens mittens!
The run down and jankyier the better!!! We have IMS, but also some mom and pop places that are tied to a scrap yard, so the lot lizards are always poppin! I’ve also had a local place price match lowes for some corrugated, fuck the big guy!

 

Texas Boys gonna have some fun.

 

For sure! I always feel like I'm on a treasure hunt. In this case i wanted 48X20 sheet, found 48X22. But I could have filled a shopping cart with the stuff I wanted to leave with!

 

I love the scrap/remnants area, but I also like where I can see what all they sell, it gets my noggin moving and thinking of different projects or ways to use all the weird shit they have. I’ve gone in multiple multiple times and not spent a cent!

 

Ugh, the axles are gonna be $780 with core charge. I'm contemplating getting the upgraded axles from RA.

 

oof 780. oof

 

Alright so my passenger side front diff seal doesn't seem to be quite right as I'm getting fluid dripping from it. Tried my best to measure everything and drive in straight but I'm thinking it's slightly sideways and maybe pressed in a tad too far. I used the same 2 inch PVC pipe coupler that I used on the driver side to drive it in. Maybe I need to figure out something that is bigger around and a tighter fit.
I know that it is supposed to be pressed in 5.5 mm but which surfaces should I be measuring to determine that? It seems like it is the edge of the hard part of the seal to the outside of the case you measure from. I don't want to pull it apart a 2nd time but I definitely don't want to do it a 3rd. Any advice is appreciated.
@FirstGenVol told me if he could do it that I could do it and I suppose that was false lol.

 

I'm going with bad seal at this point.

 

Whaaaaaaat? For front axles?

 

I just put it in. I just don't think it's in right

 

It's new, but it's been in and out. Seals hate that. Still my thought.

 

Yeah, it's the ones for lifted angles with OEM boots and the red boots.

 

Check out this rare one. Bet they get offers all the time