I think that was the point of his post haha.yaa . and the flange is on the wrong side of the bung .
I was pointing out his poopies
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I was pointing out his poopies
2 fails. The flange ring and the gas was turned way down for some reason. I was messing with the speed and volts and could not figure it out.
Because my memory also sucks, I made a cheat sheet for my settings. That way I know I’m good first pull of the trigger.
I have that. And for the spool. With stainless wire also. It was the gas flow. Really dirty welds that way.
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3/4 ton status
Spent over an hour trying to figure out why my aluminum welds kept turning black. Kept cleaning, grinding, wire-brushing, but not checking if the gas had run out.
Let me put this in the correct thread. It has been a long week.
Found the exhaust leak.
I should have looked when I pulled it apart.
Found the exhaust leak.
I should have looked when I pulled it apart.
Sometimes, I spend way to much time being a dumbass.
As opposed to spending 1 hour per day being a dumbassSometimes, I spend way to much time being a dumbass.
I feel ya. I opened a quart of brake fluid yesterday and promptly dropped it on the floor. I get so aggravated with myself sometimes.Sometimes, I spend way to much time being a dumbass.
Now that I have a couple of minutes.
I was finally able to work on this a couple of hours to finish the cutouts and the AFR gauge.
Ran the cutouts with the supplied cigarette lighter and remote control. Worked just fine. Pushed the open button, opens. Push the close button, closes. I wanted to hard wire it to the added fuse block. No big deal. Then I ran the feed to a push button switch in the dash to activate them.I know how they work. Why did I think this would work? Got it all hooked up and pthpthpthpth. The motors would not turn to open the butterflies.
They need an on for 3 seconds in both directions. So the wiring under the dash is removed and switched to the supplied remote controller and hard wired to the fuse block. All of the wires had been shortened and loomed. So splicing had to be done. My hands shake to much to do that, so the frustration level went through the roof.
Got it all back together. Truck won't start. I am assuming I screwed something up or unplgged something under the dash while I was in there. Nothing obvious found. Gauges are working and I am following the pink wires. I check the power on the pink wire at the coil on the HEI cap. Nothing. I can not find any power now in the pink wire. Put the gauges still work. Walking past the battery, I hook my test light to it. Does not work. I had dropped it. Broke the filament in the bulb.
Get the other test light out, power is getting to the coil. Still no start. I pull the air cleaner off and shoot some go juice in and it runs on it. WTH?
No fuel. I have walked away from it. I need to not mess with it in the evening, when I am tired.
I also pulled both seats and bases out just to make it easier to work in.
I was finally able to work on this a couple of hours to finish the cutouts and the AFR gauge.
Ran the cutouts with the supplied cigarette lighter and remote control. Worked just fine. Pushed the open button, opens. Push the close button, closes. I wanted to hard wire it to the added fuse block. No big deal. Then I ran the feed to a push button switch in the dash to activate them.
I know how they work. Why did I think this would work? Got it all hooked up and pthpthpthpth. The motors would not turn to open the butterflies.They need an on for 3 seconds in both directions. So the wiring under the dash is removed and switched to the supplied remote controller and hard wired to the fuse block. All of the wires had been shortened and loomed. So splicing had to be done. My hands shake to much to do that, so the frustration level went through the roof.
Got it all back together. Truck won't start. I am assuming I screwed something up or unplgged something under the dash while I was in there. Nothing obvious found. Gauges are working and I am following the pink wires. I check the power on the pink wire at the coil on the HEI cap. Nothing. I can not find any power now in the pink wire. Put the gauges still work. Walking past the battery, I hook my test light to it. Does not work. I had dropped it. Broke the filament in the bulb.
Get the other test light out, power is getting to the coil. Still no start. I pull the air cleaner off and shoot some go juice in and it runs on it. WTH?
No fuel. I have walked away from it. I need to not mess with it in the evening, when I am tired.
I also pulled both seats and bases out just to make it easier to work in.
I seen two sockets missing off my one socket rails in my toolbox yesterday. I knew I had been using them lately on several projects. I looked everywhere for them. Told my kid to find them for me. He looked all over and found the one laying next to the rail in the toolbox by some other sockets. The other one for some reason was on an empty spot on the end of the rail. I had given up on finding them. I've got too much going on. I set something down and move on and forget.
Messed with the truck for a couple of minutes and got it to fire up.
OK. Really, I only put some gas in the tank. Evidently, it was completely out.
Now I can not breath in the shop. Doors are open and the wind is blowing, but my eyes are still watering.
OK. Really, I only put some gas in the tank. Evidently, it was completely out.
Now I can not breath in the shop. Doors are open and the wind is blowing, but my eyes are still watering.
Did you switch to methanol? 
That's next week, when I add the turbo fed roots blower and 250 shot of nitrous.Did you switch to methanol?
Burnouts?
Probably still won't do them.
Triple power adders FTMFW!
In the late 70's, my parents towing company had a cab over Mack with a v12 turbo fed blown with propane adder. Weighed 60k with nothing on the hook and was 32' long. Dad did donuts in a parking lot with it, once. He said "I had better not catch you doing that, ever." Sure dad. Thank goodness the internet and cell phones did not exist back then.
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Finally made the cutouts work with a single push button/latch type. Had to buy and $80 controller to make it work. I did not want to have to keep track of a fob type remote. Got it all wired up. Ran through the programming and it wouldn't work. Kept pushing the button, nothing.
It helps if I plug the wires into the button switch. Now I can put the dash back together.
It helps if I plug the wires into the button switch. Now I can put the dash back together.
The wiring on this thing sucks. Looking at one thing and find other sketchy stuff.
Putting a switch in for the dome light and one for the cargo light. The holes are already in the dash, so yes, I am doing separate switches.
Dome light was do big deal.
Had a yellow, always hot wire going to an old switch that was stuck and painted over. Started chasing the out yellow wire. found it in the "B" pillar at the bottom. I could not find it at the top. Pulled the split loom apart in the middle and.....
Cut in the middle of the run. And the dome light had a butt head connector. At least the yellow wire still has continuity through the difficult area to run it.
Putting a switch in for the dome light and one for the cargo light. The holes are already in the dash, so yes, I am doing separate switches.
Dome light was do big deal.
Had a yellow, always hot wire going to an old switch that was stuck and painted over. Started chasing the out yellow wire. found it in the "B" pillar at the bottom. I could not find it at the top. Pulled the split loom apart in the middle and.....
Cut in the middle of the run. And the dome light had a butt head connector. At least the yellow wire still has continuity through the difficult area to run it.
