cooters T bucket build

[cooter]

sadler removing intake.

#6 piston.

 

[cooter]

sorry guys. been having laptop issues. gonna try and get rest of pics downloaded. all as well at coot n sons shop.

 

[cooter]

piston pin removal/ installation fixture.

new slug

signed and ready.

bottom end closed back up.

cleaned and ready to install.

 

[cooter]

 

[Intrepid]

That Permatex Copper is the best. Good call.
Should put it on while it is still tacky.

 

[cooter]

That Permatex Copper is the best. Good call.
Should put it on while it is still tacky.

That stuff stays tacky for days. I installed them within 30 minutes of application. Touched a spot the next morning to see how it felt and could still feel the tacky. Oh yea!!! It's good stuff. Tastes like crap too. Hold your breath

 

[one finger john]

O.K. here are my questions.

1. How did you hone it ?

2. Why did the piston break ?

3. Is it running as we speak ?

4. How long did it take to repair ?

5. Did the boys flat rate the job ?

6. How much did they charge for labor ?

7. Anything else done to the engine while you were at it ?

Congrats, John

 

[cooter]

Didn't hone it. Have no idea why it broke. Still gotta install intake

 

[rubicon]

I think it is so cool seeing your sons helping. Getting them involve makes you father of the year. Thanks for sharing.

 

[cooter]

I'm probably not the best father of the year. I'm sure I probably fall short a lot of the time. I do the best I can. Thanks yall

 

[Gerry]

Hey Cooter, what's it like sitting in that chair with a cold beer, while the boys work on the T?

 

[cooter]

It's fulfilling. Knowing they won't have to rely on someone else to fix their problem. Hope they become better mechanic than I am.

 

[Gerry]

And that's what makes a good father....

 

[cooter]

T is back on the road. Videos as soon as I can get them loaded.

 

[cooter]

good morning yall. havin a little trouble with air pockets in engine for some reason. keeps puking my water out. as of now, i believe i have it solved. tried to post videos to photobucket and having trouble with that also.

 

[cooter]

 

[cooter]

 

[cooter]

was on way to grand rivers ky here. didnt make it due to puking water out again.

 

[Intrepid]

I had that happen with one of my snowmobiles. Was the head gasket. compression stroke was pressurizing the coolant system.

 

[fletcherson]

If it's getting the benze from a leaking head gasket, it will usually show up because there will be bubbles in the coolant and can be seen through the radiator cap. Sometimes a coolant pressure test will not show it if it's a small leak. It also may seal itself after a few heat cycles. A re torque may be a thought. Also, one of my first jobs was re coring radiators, coolant system work. We used to use powdered aluminum stop leak in everything that we worked on, even with all new parts, been told that car manufacturers do it too. Just a thought. I've had them leak and tore them down to find the leak was due to the surface marks from having the head, block resurfaced when done on a mill. That was when using steel shim head gaskets, never seen that with fel pro blue, or similar.