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Built a home made woods tractor in 1979 for a friend of mine. Had once been a long frame road truck...1400 20 grader tires...dual rears......real nice chains, cross links with ice bars every third side link. Used 300 six, with a C6 driving into a 5 spd then down to the two speed rear.......power steering....shortened down to carry one cord of 4' wood. Frame renforced with stake pockets welded in.....used old gutted out starter casings for stake pockets. The thing worked great.....plenty of power and wide choice of gears...no clutch plenty of slip...rarely would spin just climb over stuff. No idea where the 300 six came from but was pretty old when he got it...never has burnt any oil...he changes it every fall....has hauled every stick of wood off his 500 acre lot to heat his house and shop for the last 36 years. Had to rebuild the C6...15 years ago, lost reverse......but was not a big problem...just use the reverse in the 5 spd.....but did require stopping and shifting....never had wheel brakes but does have a well maintained drive shaft brake. He paints bikes and antique Vettes and the like......painted my 68 GMC for building that tractor. The thing runs and works just as good today as it did the first day......he is a good wrench and takes very good care of it because it takes care of him.
 
pioneerguy600 said:
Sometimes pays off to know timing order and rotation. Got me a couple real good engines and a very nice car just knowing firing order and what all a dist cap should have in it.
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LOL.....Here's a good one........A friend of mine owns a boat shop......finishing out fiberglass hulls....generally 35-45 footers....big diesels.

So...my brother wants a boat built to get back and forth to the island when he retired and moved out there full time. Plans were laid.....gonna be a Webco 21 with full wheel house and 351 Mercruiser inboard with a 2:1 gear. They got it nearly done and went to start it up in the shop to test the systems.....it started but sounded bad....his motor man fussed with for a couple days...then they called in three different local marine motor specialists (gurus)......lot of theories but nothing seemed to help, so they called the engine supplier.... They said they had a truck coming up in three days to deliver a diesel to another shop nearby and to pull the motor and get it on that truck returning and they would make it right. So back came the local lumber yard boom truck and they pulled the 351 put it back on the pallet and sent it back.

It came back the next week from Pennsylvania ..........and the boat was delivered a week later......Dave and I went down to go out on the sea trials....I saw Kenny and asked what the problem with the engine was......he looked at the ground and scuffed...muttering....something about overlooking the obvious......come to find out two of the plug wires had been accidently swapped at the factory.....nobody had thought to look at the firing order on the intake.......LOL!!
 
Similar situation right now at work on a 6BT Cummins. Pulled it out of a paver as the front cover cracked. Pulled the cam and all, new cover, all ready to put outside cover on and it didn't fit. No body thought to check them while on the bench.


Replaced that and put it back in the machine....timing of the pump is off....front outer cover came back off today .... down in the paver which is similar if not worse than a boat hull.

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Cantdog said:
LOL.....Here's a good one........A friend of mine owns a boat shop......finishing out fiberglass hulls....generally 35-45 footers....big diesels.

So...my brother wants a boat built to get back and forth to the island when he retired and moved out there full time. Plans were laid.....gonna be a Webco 21 with full wheel house and 351 Mercruiser inboard with a 2:1 gear. They got it nearly done and went to start it up in the shop to test the systems.....it started but sounded bad....his motor man fussed with for a couple days...then they called in three different local marine motor specialists (gurus)......lot of theories but nothing seemed to help, so they called the engine supplier.... They said they had a truck coming up in three days to deliver a diesel to another shop nearby and to pull the motor and get it on that truck returning and they would make it right. So back came the local lumber yard boom truck and they pulled the 351 put it back on the pallet and sent it back.

It came back the next week from Pennsylvania ..........and the boat was delivered a week later......Dave and I went down to go out on the sea trials....I saw Kenny and asked what the problem with the engine was......he looked at the ground and scuffed...muttering....something about overlooking the obvious......come to find out two of the plug wires had been accidently swapped at the factory.....nobody had thought to look at the firing order on the intake.......LOL!!
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It`s the little stuff that gets overlooked. Been a good nuff friend for me though, several instances where I cam away with a very nice prize due to the guru`s and mechanics not noticing the obvious....LOL One instance I got a 327 in a 67 Chevelle with 4 spd, car in very good shape, even the top was perfect. All the Kings horses and all the Kings men had worked it over but it wouldn`t start. One little round piece of carbon was missing, anyone else know where? Got the car for $250, sold it a week later for $2500.......LOL
 
pioneerguy600 said:
It`s the little stuff that gets overlooked. Been a good nuff friend for me though, several instances where I cam away with a very nice prize due to the guru`s and mechanics not noticing the obvious....LOL One instance I got a 327 in a 67 Chevelle with 4 spd, car in very good shape, even the top was perfect. All the Kings horses and all the Kings men had worked it over but it wouldn`t start. One little round piece of carbon was missing, anyone else know where? Got the car for $250, sold it a week later for $2500.......LOL
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LOL!! I'd haveta guess the HT pin in the center of the distributer cap from the rotor to to the coil wire...
 
Jimmy in NC said:
Similar situation right now at work on a 6BT Cummins. Pulled it out of a paver as the front cover cracked. Pulled the cam and all, new cover, all ready to put outside cover on and it didn't fit. No body thought to check them while on the bench.


Replaced that and put it back in the machine....timing of the pump is off....front outer cover came back off today .... down in the paver which is similar if not worse than a boat hull.

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Sure is fun standing on yer head working on an inboard engine down in the bilge, knees and back sure takes a beating.
 
Jimmy in NC said:
Robin

Was talking to dad about the lobster boat races the other day and he asked if I had seen this...

Well all I can say is this guy has it going on.



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Yep... picked that up on the other site.......whole slew of you tubes of even faster/more powerful boats......had to quit watching...one had eight 300 hoss Mercs on it.......then there was the gas turbine catamaran .......silly 'Mericans...more $$$$$ than they know what to do with.......
 
There is a "More Brains Than Money" on Jay Leno's Garage.
A Honda 600, 60 HP originally ;with a 160 HP Honda Motorcycle engine.
Miata spindles. Another rearend.
Jay asks what trans?
Came with the engine.
Why this engine?
The next year there was more HP so I got this for a grand off ebay.
The guy doesn't like body work. Lol
Jay looks behind the seat and sees the garage floor.....
What's in the trunk?
Nitrous bottle.

A street car that revs to 12 grand!!!!!! What's not to like.
Jay is driving it and just yanking back on the shifter. Scoot style. Giggling. Lol
On YouTube
 
Stihl 041S said:
There is a "More Brains Than Money" on Jay Leno's Garage.
A Honda 600, 60 HP originally ;with a 160 HP Honda Motorcycle engine.
Miata spindles. Another rearend.
Jay asks what trans?
Came with the engine.
Why this engine?
The next year there was more HP so I got this for a grand off ebay.
The guy doesn't like body work. Lol
Jay looks behind the seat and sees the garage floor.....
What's in the trunk?
Nitrous bottle.

A street car that revs to 12 grand!!!!!! What's not to like.
Jay is driving it and just yanking back on the shifter. Scoot style. Giggling. Lol
On YouTube
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First time in the passenger seat?

Sent from an E85 burning MiniMac.
 

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