but more importantly - are you going to spend part of your Easter weekend gutting the van preparing it for scrap?
Only if the ground freezes, its on 18" of stone fill behind a barn......BUT.....every path between there and the driveway GUARANTEES 12" ruts in the yard.....IF (big if) I could get enough traction with the skidsteer to pull it out. I'm basically screwed on that regard till it freezes just one more time.
Noticed something last night (inbetween go-cart revival surgery and dog ladder-climbing lessons).
This. The steering rack has been "sunk" down into the k-member. Pretty good job, it appeared factory until I found a picture of a stock k-member - it normally sits on top of the top stamped piece.
This will probably induce a touch of bumpsteer, or its possible it eliminated some bumpsteer? Hard to tell from pictures, but looking at it from the front it may have added some.
It used to be white (Western Union fleet delivery vehicle), I drove it like that a few years. Got real tired of people pulling out in front of me, seems nobody sees a white vehicle.
So I went to my paint supplier "I want the most God-Awful bright yellow you can find".
He came back with this. Name of the color - get this - "Bright Yellow". Creative huh?
Worked wonders, rarely got cut off or pulled-out-in-front-of after the color change. Easy to find in a parking lot as well. And apparently attracted a wife, we met and dated during this time frame.
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
Remind me to post a picture of the interior I made out of scrap carpeting from my days at the boat factory..... 16oz of psycadelic comfort in multiple hues baby!
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
Remind me to post a picture of the interior I made out of scrap carpeting from my days at the boat factory..... 16oz of psycadelic comfort in multiple hues baby!
Clearly Stiney has found a rare Bride indeed - not only does she embrace the van, but the psycadelic comfort van, and the sand rails.... levels of patience and understanding the rest of us can only dream of.
Happy Easter everyone - hopefully Stiney isn't hiding any eggs in that van....
to reduce bumpsteer, you need to lower the attachment point on the spindle.... right about to the middle of the cast iron bit. Maybe use an offset tie rod or ball joint? ... still, with those itty-bitty tires, I can't imagine it changes that much to be very noticeable.
Clearly Stiney has found a rare Bride indeed - not only does she embrace the van, but the psycadelic comfort van, and the sand rails.... levels of patience and understanding the rest of us can only dream of.
Or, perhaps her eye wear prescription was out of date...
Or, perhaps her eye wear prescription was out of date...
For certain Bob. Funny thing, I actually had her convinced her vision was going several years ago - she got an exam, and passed with better than 20/20. Don't think I'll ever live that one down, almost as good as when I had her convinced she missed the 80's.....she did research and determined I had the 70's confused with the 80's.....never live that one down either.
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
to reduce bumpsteer, you need to lower the attachment point on the spindle.... right about to the middle of the cast iron bit. Maybe use an offset tie rod or ball joint? ... still, with those itty-bitty tires, I can't imagine it changes that much to be very noticeable.
The steering arm unbolts from the spindle......thinking maybe give it the old heat-n-bend treatment to drop it?
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
it would be safer and easier to Z the arm. I'm not sure I'd be supportive of heating and bending cast iron. Here's why. If cast weakens, you won't know until it catastrophically fails. With the steel the connecting rod is constructed of, it'll bend, then eventually break. Steel is far more plastic than cast iron.
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