The Automotive Thread

[Dleg]

I wonder what that would do to the years of stored up farts in the seat cushion?

 

[Supe]

 

[Supe]

Heading to Savannah tomorrow with the Porsche for the last race of the year.  If I'm able to win my class both days, I'll lock in championship #3, and then its a mad dash to finish the RX7 for spring. 

Got my truck tire replaced at Discount last night.  The one just over the line in SC is awesome.  I didn't even spring for the "warranty" and they still prorated the bad tire and balanced the other one.  A new E load rating tire out the door in <30 minutes for $59 ain't bad.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Not automotive related but it does have an engine.  I learned to drive on this tractor when I was 5 years old and inherited it from my uncle a few years ago.  I finally have the combination of time and a place to work on it so the tearing it down stage has started.  Pictures of the progress so far:

Tractor as it came off the farm:

Cleaning and disassembly over the last few weeks:

Another day or two and I think it will be time to start cleaning parts and putting it back together. 

 

[MA_PE]

That's cool flyer.  Nice shop too.  What's on the lift in the background?

 

[Flyer_PE]

That's cool flyer.  Nice shop too.  What's on the lift in the background?

The shop belongs to a friend of mine.  He's helping me out with the tractor in exchange for me helping him wire the car on the lift when the time comes.  It's a '66 Mustang Fastback. 

 

[mudpuppy]

@Flyer_PE The tractor looks like it was in pretty good shape to begin with.  What all are you doing to it?

 

[Flyer_PE]

It wasn't terrible but it was leaking oil and the clutch was pretty well done.  The end goal is to put it pretty close to the condition it was in when it first arrived on the farm in July of 1970.  Its primary job going forward will be to look nice and shiny while towing a float in a parade or just sitting in one of the local farm shows.

 

[kevo_55]

Looks like a nice project!

When it's done, I expect you to have some flames painted on the tractor body somewhere.

 

[Flyer_PE]

^ There's a better chance of flames on this tractor than the turbo charger that my friend with the shop is advocating.  I may opt for a little chrome for a couple of items that are typically painted black.

 

[Master slacker]

That thing needs a turbo and NAWS!

 

[Dleg]

That looks like fun. Anyone else here ever take a tractor design class? One of the benefits of going to an ag school - took "design of off-highway vehicles" thinking I would be designing 4X4s or tanks. Nope, it was all about tractors. Good memories though and good class, too. 

 

[kevo_55]

I'm still expecting this:

 

[Flyer_PE]

^I may go for the chrome stack.  That 40hp Perkins may have a little trouble turning the shaved pullin' tires though.

 

[mudpuppy]

Do they require roll cages on pulling tractors now?  Weak.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Do they require roll cages on pulling tractors now?  Weak.

To be fair, calling that thing a tractor is a bit of a stretch.  The only thing it has in common with anything produced by John Deere is the paint color and a couple of decals.

 

[Supe]

Do they require roll cages on pulling tractors now?  Weak.

Probably wish you had one when a 14-71 supercharger comes raining from the sky after 4 engines let go!

 

[Road Guy]

So going through a weird thing with the Jeep, for about the last two months its been randomly pulling out of first gear, Say you are at a red light and move forward it will about once a week just pop out of gear. First time it happened It was so loud I really thought I had been rear ended.

At first I thought maybe I just wasn’t engaging it all the way but after it kept happening did some online reading of jeepforum and see this is a fairly common event with their 6 speeds.

Take it to the stealership and drive around with one of their techs and of course it doesn’t happen. They give the standard line they cant fix anything under warranty unless they witness the problem. No stored codes relating to the clutch….

Normally I buy a manual because they generally cause the transmission to last LONGER!!!!!

More reading online rumors are that Jeep hasn’t determined the “root cause” and a recall fix has not been issued but may be forthcoming, but the scum bags at the dealership act like they have never heard of this problem before…

Not really sure what to do but since their resale value is still very strong I am giving serious thoughts to just selling it and getting one with an automatic. Sucks cause I really like this vehicle.. but glad I haven’t dumped money into it yet(lift, tires, etc)

Anyone have some similar with the good old dealership people? But to me this is a major safety issue, if it happened while one of my kids was driving it I don’t know for certain they would know to just put it back in gear and drive on?

 

[Flyer_PE]

Jumping out of gear isn't a clutch issue.  It's going to be either a problem with the shift mechanism or (more likely in my opinion) a problem internal to the transmission itself.  I wouildn't be surprised if there are little pieces of gear teeth riding around in the bottom of the transmission.

 

[Road Guy]

some are saying they modified the "shifter boot plate" ?? (grinded off some metal) and that solved the problem for them - not sure If I am ready to do that myself at this point with a 2015 vehicle