So what did you do with your truck today?

[FrozenMerc]

When I got out of the Navy in 66, I bought a 64 C-1000 1/2 ton
with the 266 V8 3 on the tree and Step Side. C-1000 had the
Torsion Bar front end.

The factory stuffed in the Nisan SD-33 6 cylinder Diesel engine
towards the end of the Scouts run. 80 I think was the last year of the Scout they installed the SD-33 with a Turbo.


Goat

I had a great uncle who had two of the Nissan Diesel powered Scout II's. The NA version made something like 80 hp, and the turbo SD33 was just over a 100 hp. We complain about our IDI's being gutless in stock NA form, but those things were worse, especially considering the curb weight on a Scout II was still north of 3500 lbs. The Chrysler 727 auto that IH used to make up for their lack of an internally developed auto didn't help transfer any more power either.

 

[Old Goat]

I had the smaller SD-22 engine in my 82 Datsun King Cab.
It was only 60 HP. If the 33 was like my 22, it was a very dependable engine, that never gave me any problems. It just
ran and ran and... just normal maintenance, and adjust the valves every 12K miles. Drove it 30 years and 480K miles, and had the
5-spd trans.
Then in 83 they installed the SD-25 4 cylinder engine. I have one of those also. The SD-22 had a road draft tube, then the SD-25 had
a CDR Valve, Wondered at the time what that stupid thing was??
These engines like the 6.9/7.3 in our Fords, were gear driven, no timing chain or belt.

The Alternator had a vacuum pump mounted on the back end of it,
and had an oil line lubing it with engine oil.
Always wondered if one would work on our IDI engines.

Here is one as an example.

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Goat

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Always wondered if one would work on our IDI engines.

I'm not saying no, but it would have to have a MUCH higher output than that one does.

 

[Kdo58]

Change all the belts, new vacuum pump and pulley, checked the differential fluids, front was nearly empty. Could not get the fill plug out in the rear. Ended up adding a fill plug to the cover.

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[Nero]

Change all the belts, new vacuum pump and pulley, checked the differential fluids, front was nearly empty. Could not get the fill plug out in the rear. Ended up adding a fill plug to the cover.

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I can't believe you'd do that, Ford engineered it to be filled in from the FRONT not through the COVER you need to put it back to stock NOW or else you're gonna blow your engine

 

[Nero]

Not today, but yesterday, went across town to get a bed frame in my old mans truck. Was running on the rear tank, going up hill, and she died. Apparently ran er a little too low. Had to bleed the air on the side of the road. Good times.
Oh, and killed a sizeable wasp nest in the rear fill door

 

[Danielle]

What did I do? I popped the hood to show off my intercooler piping to my new idi buddy down the street, then waved my truck bye as I left town. In Ontario Commiefornia for the week for electric vehicle training

I just took an electric conversion class, partly to learn electric vehicle systems but partly because the instructor is a complete lunatic more and more of my customers with hybrid or electric are coming off warranty so for me, it's worth my income to learn. Plus I'm a dork and love learning new stuff.
I want to try to convert my geo tracker electric, since I can't get parts for it anyway haha

 

[Nero]

I just took an electric conversion class, partly to learn electric vehicle systems but partly because the instructor is a complete lunatic more and more of my customers with hybrid or electric are coming off warranty so for me, it's worth my income to learn. Plus I'm a dork and love learning new stuff.
I want to try to convert my geo tracker electric, since I can't get parts for it anyway haha

Honestly your best bet is to get a wrecked Nissan leaf and move the power train over, they make standalone kits that make them plug n play, minus the fab work to connect the motor to the driveline. Ive looked into it to do to my samurai.

 

[Danielle]

Booked our rally site which for some reason is only way I get long overdue maintenance done on my truck haha.

Need to finish up the r134a conversion for real this time.

Also my daughter is quite the artist so going to give her some paint and my vague idea of paint scheme and let her off leash and see how it works

Many years ago she added pink glitter paint to my tailgate. My friend was behind me and used her light bar to get my attention and she said the light bar reflection of the glitter on tailgate caused her to see god so I also plan to tone that down. Can't have people with led headlights behind me hurt their precious eyeballs haha

I also got new turn plates for my alignment machine and hope the chinesium can handle the weight

I really want to add some kind of airhorn. My truck is slow. Add a car trailer, and I'm unbearable slow. I try to be mindful and will make it easy to be passed and on highways I stay in the cruising lane, leave a ton of room in front. But people absolutely love to try to murder me. I want to scare the **** out of them when they cut me off, trying to exit the highway from the left lane halfway past the exit.

Any recommendations for loud at horns?

I'd be installing under hood. I have a magnet light bar on my roof that I use to help me see at night if I'm loading or unloading so no roof mounts for me.

I also have new air intrusion so need to find and eliminate

 

[Danielle]

Honestly your best bet is to get a wrecked Nissan leaf and move the power train over, they make standalone kits that make them plug n play, minus the fab work to connect the motor to the driveline. Ive looked into it to do to my samurai.

Yes that was exactly one of the main ways taught. The other included using transmission from car and just a motor, but needing CAD skills for a transmission to motor connection

I was also shown, for the first time, copart.com and that blankety blank website is going to cause me to get booted to the curb

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Oh, and killed a sizeable wasp nest in the rear fill door

That can get to be pretty exciting sometimes.

Booked our rally site which for some reason is only way I get long overdue maintenance done on my truck haha.

I think I've seen you say that before.

Any recommendations for loud at horns?

Maybe the one from the movie "The Mask"?

 

[miked]

I just finished my 500 mile break in for my controversial 3.31 gearing.
Pulled the cover to drain the oil and fill with new.
This is my first automotive regear and
this is the pattern after the break in.
To me it looks like a good pattern.
So far I I love getting back to rowing gears with the zf5 and how quiet and smooth it is at 60 mph

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[Jesus Freak]

Not today, but yesterday, went across town to get a bed frame in my old mans truck. Was running on the rear tank, going up hill, and she died. Apparently ran er a little too low. Had to bleed the air on the side of the road. Good times.
Oh, and killed a sizeable wasp nest in the rear fill door

Couldn't you have popped the clutch rolling in reverse down the hill and primed it?

 

[KansasIDI]

Couldn't you have popped the clutch rolling in reverse down the hill and primed it?

I totally would have tried that, conditions permitting. I’ve actually done it once before, with dead batteries.

 

[IDIBOBS]

I just finished my 500 mile break in for my controversial 3.31 gearing.
Pulled the cover to drain the oil and fill with new.
This is my first automotive regear and
this is the pattern after the break in.
To me it looks like a good pattern.
So far I I love getting back to rowing gears with the zf5 and how quiet and smooth it is at 60 mph

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Something is seriously wrong!!! Why is that dark line in the center of the tooth?! And say bye bye to clutch longevity, mpgs, pick up….