What have you done to your truck today?

[Ton van der Sluijs]

Goodmorning Justin
Nothing broke; the engine leaked 60gallon of coolant (freshwater) into the engineroom everyday. the ship had to dock anyway for a mayor overhaul. Between each cilinderhead are 6 watertubes, who do supply the water to the topends... The holes in the mainblock did have corrosive damage, so the O-rings didn't do their job anymore. I had to replace 72 sleeves and 12 were solid so Ihad to drill and ream them and monday I'm gonna machine new ones.




The ship is 100feetlong



best regards Ton

 

[primetime]

That`s cool stuff Ton. 100' huh? That`s just a little fella.

 

[Ton van der Sluijs]

Ooeps!!! I mean 99 meter; that should be some 320 feet

 

[primetime]

I thought it looked a little bigger than that. Cool stuff anyways.

 

[Ton van der Sluijs]

Hi y'all...
Today I've put the catalytic convertor on the truck for the yearly mandatory checkup ( after passed this, I can drive a year) When I've obtained my letter of approval, the CC becomes replaced by a straight pipe. ( the CC is a not genuine one, which is actually from a Cherokee 90HP.. To small to use but big enough to pass the test!! hahahaha. Scr.. the rules!!

I also replaced a rubber pivot bearing from the right part of the front axle. It was a helluva fight, and a hydrolic jack, my wife and a "Yale pullift" was needed to do the job!
the old bush was wornout 1/2" inch and the truck intended to pull to the left.. When I leave the stearing wheel right now, the truck runs a straight line!