all this time, noone ever showed you the magnet trick??
you know those round headed magnets on a handle?
i have a 5/16" head on one that fits in that hole perfectly!
thats why you drill the housing with the pin in its location, that way the taper of the drill bit gives the set screw has a home
"ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME??" ~ George Washington
bro, address this NOW.
if that arm falls into your gears, you can possibly destroy the engine.
i also had the idea of drilling and tapping a small set screw into the side to hold the pin.
this is a big liability concern of mine
another reason for not really being hot on this.
i actually had a...
AWESOME!
i cant lie, im mad you beat me to it, but im ECSTATIC THAT YOU HAVE IT DONE!!
GOOD ON YOU MY GUY!
i cant help but to worry about how the pin is held in on these.
i think im going to use a shoulder bolt instead of the pin.
how did you do yours?
this gives me hope for the DIY'er can do...
my apologies for not being able to help out here bud.
i can tell you that im getting 45 MPG out of my IDI, but that would be too democratic for me.
i wouldnt beable to show you hard numbers. nor could i have any pride.
but i can say with the upmost certainty, that if you dont drive your truck...
im just at a really low point of my career.
i run a S corp. all my bulls are paid through the business.
to throw numbers down, im used to 90k a year play money.
during covid, i decided that it was worth more to me to keep my employees working, even if my lifestyle suffered.
fast forward 5 more...
i used a factory lift pump arm, slightly modified.
i dont know what went wrong with it, or if the kid i gave it to even installed it right.
it never got back to me, so i had to scrub it.
but @KansasIDI stepped up!
he bought a nice billet pump.
when it comes in, ill put a new arm on it.
put it...
the only issue is that we went what i call "high dollar hotrod"
ive said it before, and ill say it again....
most IDI owners are either Catholic, or Christian...
but 99.9% of their wallets are Jewish.
DO NOT KNOCK THE 6.4 TRUCKS!!
I LOVE THEM!
they make great chassis for older builds when they blow up lol
but we wont talk about a fracking track bar on a ball joint
i find it funny how all these naysayers come here and chime in.
its like they have never driven a turbo IDI with more fuel than stock.
this country was built by people inventing and using their brain to excel.
without it, we would all be eating eggs and beans for breakfast still.
this is the...
the pump i gave to a kid never made it back to be to fix.
cant afford the $200 for R&D right now sadly.
hopefully one day this economy gets better and i can try again
chittychitty bangbang!
im a slacker yo!
and sad to say i havnt been working on this at all, its been 2 years.
ive been thinking about it alot tho!
and im about to buy the hydro assist ram and pump!
then i got alot of fab work to do to truss and build the front axle.
soon as thats all done and...
AAAAND THIS IS WHERE THINGS WENT OFF THE RAILS
like it wasnt going to be insane before this step.
anyways.
i didnt care for the lack of 4wd on the class 6 chassis.
so i picked up a 09 F550 chassis for another 1200.
and decided to dump my spare DT466 into it.
wellllllllllll.
in order to clear the...
then i found another slick side cab for dirt cheap.
and bought every door within a 80 mile radius lol
cut the back doors to 80% width of the front doors.
i got the cab kinda tach'd together and did a little photoshop magic to see how well itll play out.
i must say, i love it.
way better than...
building a truck to haul dry vans in preparation to move, which wont be for some time.
64 F600 chopped cropped and clapped!
came to the realization that a single cab just isnt my style
so i went ahead on another grand adventure thats currently sitting in the rain!
glad i have a blast booth! haha...
decking the block is always a good idea when youre having machine work done.
when im just re-ringing and bearing, i cover the deck surface with dykem and use a 24" machinist stone and rib the deck with some WD-40
then check the unaffected dye with a straight edge.if its more than .003" out...
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