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Willie B

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It ain't leaking, it's sweating. Try a bottle of Bookers next time SHTF and hang on!!!
Today's one of those days that you spent a day of trying to fix someones F ups the owner is looking at you cock eyed and grasping at straws on how to fix it and you know he is finding a way to cut off any nickel or dime from what you are going to charge him cause it took me too long to get it right.
After I heard the words "you don't want to pis me off" I wanted to destroy the fuker instead I will cut my 3 days of work loses and let him find someone else to fight it.
One of those if he offers you glass of water don't take it, it comes with a price to pay.

My apologies if I hijacked the thread
Are you in a bad mood?

Sometimes I have a problem three great mechanics can't solve. I consider how I would feel if I spent hours on a problem, but couldn't fix it.
Right now I have a shake in my fire truck converted to dump truck. The mechanic who shortened the frame, replaced air tanks, all the plumbing does excellent work, is now shrugging his shoulders.

I asked at the super truck garage if they could figure it out. Their list was very long! I came away feeling they didn't want my truck on the road.

Rico, (the mechanic who did everything on the truck) took it to a far away truck garage he knew. They had nothing to offer.

Today I did a you tube study. Everything I found said the U joints in the drive shaft were clocked wrong. I changed the clocking, and replaced the rearmost U joint.

I climbed into that cab confident it had solved the problem: Pretty much unchanged!

I don't consider myself a dirt bag. I don't ask people to fix problems free. I ask them to fix. If my problems are not fixable I still have asked them to spend their time.

Everybody gets paid. The tire mechanic who said it won't help to balance rear tires, I took his advice; the boss got angry, had words with him out of my earshot, I gave him a $20.tip.

Not every problem can be easily solved. It is my truck. If I ask you to help I expect to pay for your time. Your customers need to understand.
 

Willie B

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Willie B-what angle/degree is the drive shaft at? And what angle/degree is the the yoke on the rear end at?
I'm not sure how to measure deviation from level front to rear. I have an inclinometer. but the truck doesn't fit inside the garage. I'd estimate it was sitting on a 3 degree grade, The two middle sections of driveshaft measure 6 degrees, I'll estimate 3 degrees slope down in rear. I'd say both transmission output, and pinion are close to the same angle. None of the three universal joints are at more than a few degrees angularity. Middle U joint near the carrier bearing seems to have virtually no angle. Both sections of the shaft are at the same 6 degrees, truck frame about 3 degrees out of level.
 

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The joint or yoke angle to be concerned about is the pinion. When shortening a wheel base shims are sometimes needed to tip the yoke angle at pinion up, Same with lengthening
a wheel base sometimes shims are needed to tip the yoke angle down. Shims between axle housing spring seat and spring. just two cents. I have run on to some that were way out of permissible angle.
 

Spud_Monkey

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Are you in a bad mood?

Sometimes I have a problem three great mechanics can't solve. I consider how I would feel if I spent hours on a problem, but couldn't fix it.
Right now I have a shake in my fire truck converted to dump truck. The mechanic who shortened the frame, replaced air tanks, all the plumbing does excellent work, is now shrugging his shoulders.

I asked at the super truck garage if they could figure it out. Their list was very long! I came away feeling they didn't want my truck on the road.

Rico, (the mechanic who did everything on the truck) took it to a far away truck garage he knew. They had nothing to offer.

Today I did a you tube study. Everything I found said the U joints in the drive shaft were clocked wrong. I changed the clocking, and replaced the rearmost U joint.

I climbed into that cab confident it had solved the problem: Pretty much unchanged!

I don't consider myself a dirt bag. I don't ask people to fix problems free. I ask them to fix. If my problems are not fixable I still have asked them to spend their time.

Everybody gets paid. The tire mechanic who said it won't help to balance rear tires, I took his advice; the boss got angry, had words with him out of my earshot, I gave him a $20.tip.

Not every problem can be easily solved. It is my truck. If I ask you to help I expect to pay for your time. Your customers need to understand.
I can fix the problems, just when the customer is buying the "wrong parts" then throwing in "I just bought it, it's still new" when its years old and your trying to convince them that's the problem. Instead you spend 4 hours showing like teaching a class of how I came to conclusion and the problem isn't elsewhere by testing and showing it isn't and he throws in inconclusive thoughts of what he thinks he knows then you ask for being paid all those hours and he doesn't want to. Which tonight I get to explain over the phone of why I charged so much and that's after I knocked off few hundred :confused:
The guy went and had mid length headers put on awhile back on a 36 yr old jalopy motorhome, they started leaking and he thought it was at the collector not the exhaust flange. Showed and explained the problem of how I know where it's leaking, well before I get the headers off I explain now one of these bolts if not multiple may break when taking them off and this is how many ways it could be fixed. He said they better not and I fired back with well you better find yourself another mechanic and he said I better not pass him off and I will pis him off if I do and if I break any of the bolts off too. This is about the time I usually would walk to back of the car and just grab a pipe wrench out and commence to having fun.:mad:
Someone put square port headers meant for a Ford 460 7.5 1988 and newer fuel injected engine on a Ford 460 7.5 1987 carbureted engine with oval exhaust ports and I managed to snap a bolt even after soaking hours with PB Blaster and torching them. I'm waiting on that arse kicking I should get if I did ;)
Voltage regulator went bad which is the "new" part he just put on "supposedly" and the brakes I was supposed to bleed ended up being a hole in the brake lines that required custom fabrication from 25' roll.
After I get back from my trip I'm "SUPPOSED" to go back and put the header back on since he bought the wrong exhaust manifold gasket and wants to put the old header back on it :rolleyes: Some reason I don't see me going back.
 

DMiller

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Today was a catch up day. Foggy and wet so not moving dirt, loaded up the 18' trailer with scrap iron. Had partial Tins load(Cast large stuff and not "Clean") and partial Prepared all small enough to pass High dollar, for 4900# $232. All the small crap is now moved out, time to finish loading the derelict crawler. Even got the old rails on the Gooseneck for next week when the derelict gets loaded up.

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Have had one tire kicker on Fat Allis. Fella from IA seems interested, price scare him but I am not budging.
 

Willie B

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The joint or yoke angle to be concerned about is the pinion. When shortening a wheel base shims are sometimes needed to tip the yoke angle at pinion up, Same with lengthening
a wheel base sometimes shims are needed to tip the yoke angle down. Shims between axle housing spring seat and spring. just two cents. I have run on to some that were way out of permissible angle.

Well, I hadn't considered the moving of axle a foot needing a different pinion angle.
 

Willie B

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Everybody wants a bargain, or a great price. I sell at a fair price. A few times when I am the buyer I've been tempted by what sounds like a great price. I've had it in the back of my mind it was time to upgrade my backhoe. I've been watching the ads. Last winter I read an ad $20,000 for a 2005 Case 580M Pilot controls, extend a hoe, clam front bucket, ride control. At this point I forget the hours, but 3500 sticks in my mind. Some rust.
We drove 9 hours round trip to look at a machine with two new buckets, utterly non functional. No brakes, hydraulics didn't work at all. It was inside a building, with a battery charger hooked to it, the engine was warm, but it wouldn't start. I asked to roll it outside. He was selectively hard of hearing, I had to insist on rolling it out.
Running, outside, I couldn't lift any bucket, couldn't steer, tried to use the bucket to stop; NOTHING!
The floor was utterly missing. the hood had been propped up for the photograph, the bottom where the hinges are, that was missing.
 

DMiller

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Tire kicker called on Fat Allis again
Making sure gauges work
Wanted to negotiate adding on a hour meter
No key switch just a master and push button so said ‘No’
He can have one added if wants one later
Old one ran on Genny field circuit now has single wire Alternator
May still buy it
 

DMiller

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He called back this afternoon. Headed this way Monday, stay overnight, wants it and will take it home Tuesday. Started boxing up the loose parts.

Going to be hauling on a 20T Tag trailer(Electric Brakes) behind a GMC Top Kick(Hydraulic Brakes) Dump truck 3116(?) Cat 5&2. FA weighs 24,000, Plus second bucket Plus two pallets spares. 300 miles, Clinton IA.
 
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After all the work you've put into her you're going to send her down the road just like that?? No more leak repairs, brake band replacements, manufacturing your own exhaust, bucket changes, hunting for used undercarriage.....uuuuggghhh, I'm just tired thinking of all the stuff you did to keep it going, and I probably missed at least 10 other things you did.Probably best you're saying goodbye. Make sure you get a bottle of Makers 46 to enjoy as she heads out the driveway....:D
 
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