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"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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One was already broken when we left Great Bend, the other broke on the way to Tulsa, like I figured it would. It turned out to be easier to get it welded up on the road, than at the drag strip.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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The welding truck we between my car and the pumps....no problemMy fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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Had a blow out on the mobile home axled trailer we were using, (2 car hauler) and only spare left was a tubed one with centers welded in to use on the guy's derby car.. We torched it out in the parking lot of a gas station.. They had fits! Trailer was between us and the pumps and I had a charged water bottle.. Met the police on our way out.. .. Glad to know throwing sparks in a parking lot isn't that rare! We were by the air pump as our portable tanks were empty..
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Went racing in Phoenix today. Three passes 10.11 to 10.22. Last pass the driver door latch Broke. So it has a piece of Baling wire holding it closed now.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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Fixed the door latch...it turns out it was just the spring broke, that returns the latch to the "open" position when you open the door. Since the latch was "closed", it couldn't work. Found a rear latch from a 4 door that had a good spring, now all is better again.
But I was a little worried about the strange squealing bearing noises in the rear end area on the drive home...still don't know what caused it, but the rear end gears are pretty well wore out. And I never did fix the leak in the housing. and one of the shock mounts broke again. I decided to take it all apart back there. I took the housing to a friend's shop and we magnafluxed it, there's a crack about an inch long in the edge of the rear cover plate, right next to the weld.
I think it's from the housing flexing, when I launch it pulls the axle tubes forward, then relaxes. The flexing eventually cracked the housing. I plan on making a rear brace, hopefully will help. Not a modern full brace, but something flaky and old fashioned looking, just a strap across the back, welded at the ends of the tubes and tacked to the center of the housing back.
and I'll probably put a set of gears on my Xmas list....My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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