New house

[Highway Star]

Oh, that's it?

Hank, have you ever seen this one?








Or...

"New Yorker Rick Dobbertin built the amphibious Surface Orbiter out of a milk truck in order to cross the world via land and sea. It took him 4 years, $175,000 and 14,000 man hours to complete."

I saw this thing on tv a few years ago...the guy drove it almost pole to pole, from North America to South America.

[Hank70SS]

That first one looks sweet, I'm sure it cost a few bucks.

[Highway Star]

I think I read 1.2 mil.

[grandsport]

Hank,why don't you make a weinermobile out of it?

[RBeckman]

I could see Hank driving the wienermobile.

[Hank70SS]

Okay, I checked into the wienermobile idea. Just too expensive, maybe in a few years.

Worked on the exhaust some more the other day. Soaked the stud I broke with PB Blaster for a week. Used a stud remover on it and started twisting on it. It snapped again only this time it snapped off flush with the end of the manifold. I went ahead and replaced the donut gaskets, the driver's side one was pretty burned. Of course the new one leaks because it only has 2 of 3 bolts holding it.

Now it's try to drill it out, not an easy thing, hard to get to or say forget it and just leave it until I install a set of headers. You would think in a big ass motorhome you'd have plenty of room to work on the engine, not so. It's packed in tighter than the 454 in the Chevelle.

[Hank70SS]

Latest update on the wiener mobile. Replaced the front swaybar bushings. The one attached to the frame on the drivers side came out in pieces. It was so dry and brittle it just fell apart. It doesn't use end links, the bushings on the controls arms are just like the ones attached to the frame.

Spent an hour on the web looking for a source for the bushings on the rear swaybar. Finally found them, apparently 1 3/4" swaybars aren't that popular.

Replaced the hose between the fuel inlet and the pipe running to the tank. I helped my uncle replace his, he only needed about half the hose he bought so I got the rest. Figured I had it and the original was a little mushy.

Finally got the distributor lockdown bolt loose, what a pain. I soaked it for week with PB Blaster and still couldn't get it loose. The fuel line wraps around it and the only thing that fit was a stubby thinwall socket on a 3/8 breaker bar. The bar had to go in from the back of the engine due to other crap in the way. That meant the bar was under the floor so I couldn't get any leverage on it. Yesterday I got underneath and sat up in between the frame rails and outside of the MH and was able to pull it loose.

Timing it was fun too. The timing tab is near the bottom of the engine on the driver's side and uses #5 cylinder instead of #1. Timing was only 5 degrees advanced, I pushed it up to around 11-12.

Tomorrow is the maiden voyage. We're going to a campground near Kalamazoo with my uncle and another friend. He has a membership to some campground thing so it only costs us $10 a day for full hookup. Wish us luck, I hope we don't need but you never know.

[Highway Star]

We will soon see if that thing is a beef frank, pork frank, or turkey frank, won't we?


Hank, have fun bud...good luck with that beast, it is pretty on the lakes outside k-zoo, been there myself.

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by RBeckman

Good luck and have fun. It's not that far of a trip so it will help you get to know it.

Thanks, you get better. That's idea, start with a few short trips until we figure this thing out. We'll probably take stuff we don't need and forget stuff we do. Plus I want to check out the handling and see if it needs anymore work.

Originally Posted by Highway Star

We will soon see if that thing is a beef frank, pork frank, or turkey frank, won't we?


Hank, have fun bud...good luck with that beast, it is pretty on the lakes outside k-zoo, been there myself.

Thanks, supposed to be decent weather, maybe rain on Wednesday. The colors should be pretty good, I hope.

[FlintTony]

Have a good trip Hank. I hope it goes without a hitch.