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Whole bunch of hurtin going on in this thread. Shawn you should have known better, this could go on forever.
I'm hurt, that Nate's hurt, about being called me. :(
bonus Nate is that it's 15 min from my doorstep...…. so the F150 for the last 5K miles has at times and it is really random starts hard on occasion. Truck for 26K started every time immediately, like you bump it and it fired up quick. So 5k ago it started to crank for at least 3-4 sec then start every time, on occasion it may go 7-10 sec and start. Weird part is you can let off the key and it will continue to stumble then start on those 7-10 sec starts. So we had the fuel system flushed 5K ago with BG products (Ford recommends at 60K to do this and we did it at 53K). No change, so took it back and they replaced both fuel pumps. I drove it to Texas, then Indiana and back to Colorado 3400 miles without issue. Get back to hippy land and maybe at 57K it started up again when it got into the 90's here last week. I called dealer and scheduled an appointment this week which has been in 70's and they say no issue. I told them to keep it until it gets into mid 90's starting next Tuesday and test it again. Truck isn't right, not throwing any codes and it only happens sometimes. I may sell the thing, I bought it right over a year ago so I can probably get out of it for what I paid maybe a little more. We'll see...…….
Quote from: stlaser on June 20, 2018, 07:07:56 PMbonus Nate is that it's 15 min from my doorstep...…. so the F150 for the last 5K miles has at times and it is really random starts hard on occasion. Truck for 26K started every time immediately, like you bump it and it fired up quick. So 5k ago it started to crank for at least 3-4 sec then start every time, on occasion it may go 7-10 sec and start. Weird part is you can let off the key and it will continue to stumble then start on those 7-10 sec starts. So we had the fuel system flushed 5K ago with BG products (Ford recommends at 60K to do this and we did it at 53K). No change, so took it back and they replaced both fuel pumps. I drove it to Texas, then Indiana and back to Colorado 3400 miles without issue. Get back to hippy land and maybe at 57K it started up again when it got into the 90's here last week. I called dealer and scheduled an appointment this week which has been in 70's and they say no issue. I told them to keep it until it gets into mid 90's starting next Tuesday and test it again. Truck isn't right, not throwing any codes and it only happens sometimes. I may sell the thing, I bought it right over a year ago so I can probably get out of it for what I paid maybe a little more. We'll see...…….In these new vehicles you don't need keep the key cranked until it fires. Just bump it and the electronics take over from there. It will keep turning over until it fires up, or until the system times out should it take to long.
What exactly do you mean with the pvc pipe?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Quote from: TexasRedNeck on July 18, 2018, 07:23:32 AMWhat exactly do you mean with the pvc pipe?Sent from my iPad using TapatalkMakes the double bead lock workIt is of the same ID as the OD of the wheel drum minus the flangeIt is inserted between inside the tire, between the beads, which is no easy task, then the assembly slides onto the drum part of the wheel. Once you secure the bolt on flange part, the tightening of the bolts squeezes both the inside and outside of both beads against a flange of sorts. That keeps the tire bead locked in place even when no air pressure is presentShawn, did I do OK?
As promised here is a picture of the wheels. These are known as border patrol wheels. Made by Hutchinson they are a two piece aluminum wheel with a mount pattern of 8 on 6.5 and have a 0 offset on a 16 inch wheel by 8 inch wide so that amounts to a 4 inch back space. Norm has some of these that were apparently salvaged from the titanic and after offering them up for sale decided they were not something he wanted to sell in the shape his were in currently. He told me a month or so back he knew of a set of 3 that were for sale. At the time I passed as who needs 3 wheels and these are hard to come by. Then a couple weeks back I found a set of 4 for sale about an hour south of me. After much pestering I finally was able to meet that seller and buy these 4 in the picture. Now the slight issue with the 4 is that two were opened up to fit a Dana 70 rear axle hub on a Ford. Unfortunately they way they opened them up was with a die grinder instead of a lathe. So I purchased the 4 thinking worst case scenario I would have all 4 turned out to the same inside diamter and run them. After I purchased this set of 4 I asked Norm to see if he could get the set of 3 still. He was able to buy them for me as a result and so now I should end up with a set of 5 unmolested wheels. The extra two I can sell pretty easy as many guys bought these as a set of 4 and are looking for a fifth spare unit. The idea on these is to acquire PVC pipe to insert into the tires and lock both beads. I will have the front unit bearings on the superduty axle machined for the 8 on 6.5 pattern and drill the rotors. That axle is approximately 2.875 inches wider than my rear 9 axle. The currie 9 will accept stock brakes from the Dana 44 jk axle so I will have adapters machined that will bolt to the stock 5 on 5 pattern and then adapt to the 8 on 6.5 pattern. These adapters will be machined from 1.375 inch material and keep the rear just shy of the front width. I call that a win!
Wouldn't it be easier to just air up the tires? ;PSent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
Phil, as you can see this shows just over 36# and there were several lead wheel weights on this I have yet to remove. So I'd say just shy of 36# plus PVC which maybe 10# or so if I had to guess it will be under 50# per wheel plus tire.
Quote from: stlaser on July 18, 2018, 11:10:40 AMPhil, as you can see this shows just over 36# and there were several lead wheel weights on this I have yet to remove. So I'd say just shy of 36# plus PVC which maybe 10# or so if I had to guess it will be under 50# per wheel plus tire. Ouch 46lbs, plus tire.
Absolutely nuts. I’m familiar with the run flat technology. I believe it was Michelin that brought it to market. Bentley and Honda were the only ones to offer it commercially and my wife’s oem wheels where run flats but the system never caught on. The tires double or more the cost and had one bead larger than the other to fit over the plastic run flat ring.never in a 1000 years would I have thought a pvc pipe just happened to be the right size to fit those wheels. Just nuts. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk