http://www.picknpull.com/part_pricing.aspx?LocationID=108
Saturday, June 19, 2010
U PULL IT Price List
Thought this link was worth adding. I'd say they are f#cking high asking the prices they do, but hey! Supporting your employee's raging meth habit is not cheap. So let's just let it be, eh.
http://www.picknpull.com/part_pricing.aspx?LocationID=108
http://www.picknpull.com/part_pricing.aspx?LocationID=108
Friday, June 18, 2010
Post Race
Back from Lemons North Dallas Hooptie 2010!
Came 57th. Had a great time.
With the exception of the rear differential approaching meltdown on two occasions (and successfully doing it once) the car ran flawlessly.Oh, and the brake booster went out which meant the brakes were unassisted. They still worked fine, just required a heavy right foot.
Some of my pics are posted here: http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/squirrelgripper/2010%20Dallas%20LeMons/
The DIY Cool Shirts worked great! A lot of other teams were rocking the same outfits:
n the subject of the rear diff, I commented on the Lemons forum about how much money went into one of the Taurus SHOs ( the one with the fake boobs all over it) - they had about ~$700 worth of transmission coolers in the trunk! (and a $200 Optima battery): http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=5222
Anyhoo, "The Heckler" (who was running the Lincoln next door to us) suggested a power steering pump. So I picked up an electric fan motor on ebay tonight for $10 shipped and I already have a power steering pump from a VW already (leaky, needs to be rebuilt). Maybe a pump from a bigger vehicle (eg. F150 truck) would pump more volume?
Anyway, a pulley on the power steering pump, a pulley on the electric motor and a fan belt between the two and we have a $10 - $20 electric pump for the diff cooler. A $10 ebay oil cooler, some hose fittings, hose and an electric radiator fan for the cooler and we should be in business. We probably need a reservoir in there somewhere to allow the hot oil to expand and to add capacity, but that should be pretty easy to find in a junkyard or on a parts car.
I had read that the diff oil (actually, all oil) needs to be cooler than 250F - once it gets that hot it really starts to break down and no longer works well as a lubricant. So, combined with all the other fixes this should help our overheating problems and keep us running. Maybe we'll get a Jalopnik best engineered award?.
Tell me if I'm way off base before I start building this. It should be real cheap (like $50 or less for everything), pretty quick and easy to weld the pump pieces onto a small metal plate and mount in the spare tire well.
Iain
Came 57th. Had a great time.
With the exception of the rear differential approaching meltdown on two occasions (and successfully doing it once) the car ran flawlessly.Oh, and the brake booster went out which meant the brakes were unassisted. They still worked fine, just required a heavy right foot.
Some of my pics are posted here: http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/squirrelgripper/2010%20Dallas%20LeMons/
The DIY Cool Shirts worked great! A lot of other teams were rocking the same outfits:
n the subject of the rear diff, I commented on the Lemons forum about how much money went into one of the Taurus SHOs ( the one with the fake boobs all over it) - they had about ~$700 worth of transmission coolers in the trunk! (and a $200 Optima battery): http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=5222
Anyhoo, "The Heckler" (who was running the Lincoln next door to us) suggested a power steering pump. So I picked up an electric fan motor on ebay tonight for $10 shipped and I already have a power steering pump from a VW already (leaky, needs to be rebuilt). Maybe a pump from a bigger vehicle (eg. F150 truck) would pump more volume?
Anyway, a pulley on the power steering pump, a pulley on the electric motor and a fan belt between the two and we have a $10 - $20 electric pump for the diff cooler. A $10 ebay oil cooler, some hose fittings, hose and an electric radiator fan for the cooler and we should be in business. We probably need a reservoir in there somewhere to allow the hot oil to expand and to add capacity, but that should be pretty easy to find in a junkyard or on a parts car.
I had read that the diff oil (actually, all oil) needs to be cooler than 250F - once it gets that hot it really starts to break down and no longer works well as a lubricant. So, combined with all the other fixes this should help our overheating problems and keep us running. Maybe we'll get a Jalopnik best engineered award?.
Tell me if I'm way off base before I start building this. It should be real cheap (like $50 or less for everything), pretty quick and easy to weld the pump pieces onto a small metal plate and mount in the spare tire well.
Iain
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