Plowpile for mikemike

[mr.mindless]

Mark is right.

Water pump leaking after run time and trans check.
Trans seems marginal.

Shifter wouldn’t reach low. It’s in low now with no linkage installed.
Rear brakes are gone. Front has a seized caliper and are super tight.
Was evaluating trans before patching frame.
Pretty sure I’ll be last owner on this one and it’s scrap sooner or later. Engine runs real rich or burns oil. Smoky.

[mr.mindless]

[mr.mindless]

Patch frame tonight. Hopefully test with tonight’s snow. If the trans seems okay, use it.

[mr.mindless]

Yup, brakes are fucked.

Trans seems fine. Stalled when shifting before it warmed up. One headlight. One brake. One parking lot and one driveway.

Have 2-3” now. Fine for proof of concept, and concept seems proved-ish.

I’d throw front brakes on it if the rotors weren’t behind the hub face. I can deal with caliper bolts but not unit bearings. Maybe knuckle swap from a parts truck? Ball joints might be replaceable. Not much else is.

[M4wdFab]

o my.


this hog have working defrost?

[mr.mindless]

heat works wipers work and a couple lights work (plow frame lights need to be rewired)

[M4wdFab]

i just hooked up my plow.  just in time for UPS guy im sure he appreciated that even though only about 2-3" fluff here maybe

[M]

i just hooked up my plow.  just in time for UPS guy im sure he appreciated that even though only about 2-3" fluff here maybe

What do you use to plow now that ford tow truck is gone?

[mr.mindless]

the daily driver Grand Cherokee on 35 SCRs.
I can't believe that thing has had the staying power it has.

[M4wdFab]

i only put about 1000 miles on the ZJ this year, really have been driving hot rods a lot.

if it had a new torqe converter and a pair of front seats it would be a 4K jeep.  i have about 1200 total cost into it after it got a full front end rebuild and windshield last year. 

[mr.mindless]

Only think in the parking lot that started today.

Put in the shop for Tuesday’s snow. Brakes didn’t fix themselves.

[mr.mindless]

Gonna be putting this to the test tomorrow morning!
Lots of places at 10-12” now and it’s coming down pretty good. I think around 8” of it is fresh? Tough to tell in the pitch dark.

[mr.mindless]

I'm not very good at plowing yet but the truck did fine. I think the plow is a little low on fluid. I had to fill it up when I fired it, and it was moving slow. Probably aerated.

[mr.mindless]

Ac clutch started dragging and making bad noises and stinking. Hvac off at the time. Unknown if system charged. Unplugging made no change.

I parked it outside in case the belt starts on fire or something. I didn’t check clutch temp.

Packing in the plow lift ram leaks, that’s my fluid loss.

After checking solenoids for plow angle problem, the blade now lowers gently instead of dropping like a rock. Come to think, I think there’s a bleed screw I touched. I’ll bet that’s it.

[mr.mindless]

Ac clutch wasn’t hot. Just noisy. And the screw is the bleed thing so blade drop speed is fast again