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Iv been gearing up a tow truck, for on the road tows/ recovery . Been a dream for years and is almost finished. Hopefully it will be insured by mid next week. It has NO connection or reference to my day job, for those that know what my day job is. Anyway, here is what I've been investing all my money and time into. It's almost finished, few little details to iron out. Chassis is F-Superduty (F450) and wrecker gear is Challenger 4800 twin line with wheelift. Also equipped with dollies for those AWD/4x4 vehicles or excessively low vehicles. Here is the truck, it has super low kms, and has never been worked as a commerical unit. (The gear is in like new condition) It has a neat history of being used in Montreal Grand Prix races for recovering the F-1 race cars in the 1990's. Still working out some details. But it is a huge step to have the unit up and running for the road. Now to get Mrs. Powerram trained up to run it haha, she has ran it in the yard some lol6 points
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Got the truck home, Shop did everything I asked them to, yesterday I saw that the antifriction pads were missing in the rear location of the deck. Ended up getting a sheet of UHMW ( Ultra High Molecular Weight ) polyethylene. It's a very dense very slippery surface , used between the aluminum deck and the steel subcarrier. It was a bit of a chore to cut but I got it cut and placed in the plate. I have enough uhmw to replace all the pads and the strips . Then onto wiring , the deck side marker light have been out since iv owned the truck , so now they are operational, also the upper signal lights didn't have brake lights, found the issue, made some wire swaps and now they function with brakes and signals. I put my youngest to work on polishing. And she did pretty good. Few more minor things to do, more updates as they get done5 points
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The speed sensor issue has been resolved. I swapped out a burned out component with a spare dash and I now have an electronic output from my cable driven speedometer to my ECU. No codes and no engine light now on my swap!5 points
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Update, My towtruck is in a shop to have the repairs done and MVI, I believe I left it with the best, I have picked up the parts needed for the MVI, nothing major, mostly little things, it's a smaller shop iv left it with so it's not first in line, but I know they will get to it when they can. Getting pretty excited.5 points
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So this is really starting to take shape. Iv got most of the major things to build my wrecker now, the blue wrecker body above, a cat powered chassis and now a f600 cab and front clip, with Rockwell axles going under it. Just picked up the cab and flip nose last night. Its usable and has a nice interior.5 points
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Great turnout tonight, we had James, Tara (His wife), Robbie, Ron, Jay, Mitch, Myself, Julie (My Wife), and Eugene. Great seeing everyone out!5 points
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A pic from a few years ago when me and a friend of mine went wheelin in the snow on the way home from Middleton. Had to stop every 200ft to clean them off!5 points
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I picked up a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sport with about 73,000 km and lots of goodies. 6 speed manual. I'm the second owner. Factory hard top + "sprint top" soft top from Bestop. Smittybilt XRC 9.5k winch w/ synthetic rope. ProComp 4" Stage I lift kit with AEV control arm drop brackets. ProComp adjustable front and JKS adjustable rear track bars. JKS quick disconnect swaybar end links. Aftermarket tie rod and drag link - looks beefier than factory, but not sure of manufacturer. 35" Goodyear Duratrac's on some sort of aftermarket wheel. Rubicon axles + factory lockers. Rear is trussed, front is trussed and sleeved. 4.10 gears ... looks like it may have C gussets as well. Superchips Flashpaq to account for gears and tires. Aftermarket front + rear bumpers (Smittybilt I believe) and a few other goodies like Rigid lights and bumper mounted tire carrier.4 points
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Started bleeding lines today. From the master cylinder to each wheel. Didn’t get too far yet!4 points
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Hopefully this year I get wheeling again, I'm not married to my towtruck anymore and with every weekend off, Hoping I can participate and maybe even lead a few runs. My daily/wheeler is in the works and not bad on fuel. Getting the reliability part finished up, next will be the Sas drive train to suit wheeling. Glad to hear the club will carry on .4 points
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Little positive update on the Ramcharger, the complete suspension kit has arrived, the drop pitman arm has arrived, still waiting on the adjustable draglink.4 points
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Also got a new shop toy to play with, a very used but functional tire machine. Iv always had access to tiremachine, but since iv gone self employed I don't have that perk anymore. So here it is, tried it out on the spare tire for the Nissan, remove and reinstall lol. I'm happy with it, sure beats swapping tires manually lol.4 points
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No real updates, being laid up with restrictions sucks, another 4 -6weeks left but figured I'd post to keep the crickets at bay. Still planning on full suspension build. Some good news, my new welder has arrived, although I can't lift it at the moment but it's here ready lol, and the fender flares are here as well. Iv got the time to really look and study my plan of attack for this build.4 points
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Alright, pre mvi done, have a list, can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Few more repairs needed and she will be legal, on a side note, coming home from pre mvi, lost power, and the truck was dieing, left me stranded on the road. Engine not picking up fuel, just changed the fuel filter a week ago with a genuine cat filter. Did a couple of roadside checks, blockage all led to the filter, even siphoned fuel up through the feed line and blew back through into the tank, lines were clear. The filter I had removed prior to the cat replacement,was a carquest fuel filter that was on the truck since before I bought it, and made the trip home from Ontario, and some running while here, amazing the filtration difference in filters for the same position. The cat filter might just be too effective in filtering fuel, lucky I wasn't alone and had help from Tom and Tab, new carquest filter, bled out the injection lines and away she went. Made the rest of the journey with no issues. Also a note on the cat filters, the oil in this big ol' diesel was black as tar when I changed it, fresh oil and a pair of cat filters, the oil looks as if the truck has never been ran since the oil was dumped in. It has had several starts and a few hrs of running time and a trip to and from the shop since the oil change and it's still clear.4 points
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Here is a pic of the truck leaning, and the broken Torsion bar Was mocking up and taking measurements , figuring out ride height and looking at the angles of everything, here is a slightly higher than ride height guestimate ,it should sit a couple inches lower than how the pic was taken, I was originally planning afront spring shackle like a jeep yj or samurai setup, but after i saw how high it is came up with some rear shackle options that should keep it a bit lower4 points
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Yep, indeed. Today, more parts research and measuring, and eyeballing, figure I'll use 1.5" lift jeep yj front springs for the front of my swap, Chevy flat top knuckles for crossover steering, regular tierod but shortened for the application, figured out the spring pearches, got the front designed pretty well in my head, not doing the rear springs untill I have the front installed and figure ride height, Today I removed the spring pearches from the H233 rear end, just need to pick up u bolts and it is ready to install. Planned tire size is a 33-12.50R15 tire.4 points
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Luckily I had a spare cam pulley. I reassembled and the noise is completely gone, no tick, nothing. The only noises to be heard in the driving video are the truck itself shaking because my krawlers are no longer round from sitting for the last couple months. They flat spot and I need to put more than 10km on them to get them round “ish” again but this test drive was a success! IMG_9361.MOV IMG_9362.MOV4 points
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I picked up my driveshafts last night after a quick turn around from a dam good machinist. Tonight I painted them and put the rear in the truck. I was also able to adjust my tachometer because my new cheapie amazon obd2 reader came that gives me real time readouts. The wheels were all torqued, seats installed and clutch system bled. I am hoping to take it for a test drive tomorrow!4 points
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Some update, picked up a different chassis to put under the wrecker gear, a medium duty topkick, still going to build the 4x4 wrecker, but need something to get rolling with now. Its currently in Alberta, I'm going to drive it home in Oct. Specs are 1989, the last of this body topkick, 3208T Cat , 10 speed, air brakes. Not many left around this body style, should be pretty easy to identify me going down the road. And the price was right, milage is 300,000 so should be lots of life left in it4 points
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Didn't notice if there were trucks at Tim's in Woodside, I was across the street with the Classic and Tuner cars. Had a blast, my truck was fresh meat, never been there before, and therefore very popular! Even though some thought it was a Bronco! Blasphemy!4 points
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Nice to get back out and see everyone tonight and I even made it to Bedford and home with 0 engine codes!!!!!! :D things are looking up LOL4 points
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here are the photos I got of the run today.. Videos to follow soon, i'll put a teaser up this evening. Great day out, wont warm up for like a month, but worth it! So, it was an icy snowy day, hummer and ford parked part way through and hopped in with people...Rover was the winch bait of the day, but at the same time, shocked everyone in some spots that thing made it through! Everyone fell at least once, myself like 4 times, sprained my foot.. gonna be sore tomorrow !4 points
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Me last year on ClearCut trail in valley with M.O.R members on a rain soaked day! Had a blast though!4 points