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Cool! Hadn't even heard of them, much less considered one. I wonder where you'd go looking for a used one? I don't see a category in Clist that would be it unless it is Business. But, doesn't look like there's anything like that in the Tulsa Clist.

Guess I'll have to continue with the newspaper-on-the-floor process for now. I just spread a bunch of newspaper down and scrape. Then I start with the brake cleaner, and when I'm done I throw it all away and hope it isn't long until trash day 'cause it really stinks up the shop.

Guess I'll have to watch for one of those - preferably w/o the stiff.

 

used medical equipment dealers I suppose...

I just saw one at my favorite scrap yard and a light bulb lit up in my head!
(oversized parts washer)
Most can be raised and lowered, some even swivel!

With your ingenuity you could have it recirculating hot Simple Green through the irrigation wand in an afternoon.

 

I wonder if I'm missing a bet by not having the parts washer on casters. I could then roll it to the job, and since it is ~40" wide it would be fairly easy to keep most of the splash and debris in the basin. Hmmm. May be difficult though since the parts washer is in a corner and would be hard to get out of there. Hmmm......

 

Cleaned the trans and bell housing, from this:


To this on the tranny:


And this on the bell housing:


They aren't perfect, but light years better than they were. Now I can handle them w/o being greasy. And, when I'm through using them in Rusty I'll sell them, so this will make them a lot easier to sell, w/o taking forever to get them perfect.

Tomorrow I'll tackle the t-case, and once that's done I'll start on the rear axle housing. Can't stand the thought of putting the nice, clean, well-painted 3rd member, as I'm sure it will be when Bruno's friend James is done with it, in the housing the way it is. Yuk!

 

Happ-i-ness...is a clean transmission, bang bang shoot shoot.

 

If that's a compliment, I thank you. (My father's favorite statement when someone made a derogatory remark.)

But, if that was meant as an add-on to the "8-page micro-analysis" left-handed compliment then you'd better try again.

 

It's a compliment! Nice clean transmission. It was meant to be sung to the tune of that old Beatles song "Happiness is a warm gun, bang bang shoot shoot..."

I personally like the 8-page microanalysis.

 

Well then, thanks!

But, to those of us who were there watching the British invasion, and particularly the Beatles, unfold, that was a later song - late 60's if my memory serves. So, while it may be an "old" song, it seems like a new Beatles song.

 

Today's work (relating to trucks) was to clean Rusty's t-case. Scroll back a few posts to see the before, but here's the after:


And, for those of you familiar with the NP208, you can quit laughing at my statement that I'd clean this one manually but would borrow the high-pressure washer for the BW1356 due to all the webbing on it. I guess I didn't realize how many nooks and crannies a 208 has, probably due to this one's nooks and crannies being packed full of goop to the point that the outside looked smooth. Trust me, it isn't. In fact, it is obvious that one of the goals given the design team was to minimize the internal volume of the case as they went way out of their way to recess every surface they could, which created so many places for junk to congregate it is amazing.

But, I got it reasonably clean. It took a loooong time to scrape all the stuff off that I could with a putty knife and a screw driver while the t-case was on the bench. That's because the parts washer's filtering system has a limited capacity and there's no reason to have to stop and clean it when you can suck it up with the shop vac. As it was I had to stop once to clean the filter because it did plug anyway, but probably would have had to do so four or five times otherwise. I'm convinced the truck will now magically get .5 MPG better due to the significantly reduced weight it'll be hauling.

Also, I called O'Reillys to get the gasket that goes between the extension housing and the t-case. The manager there told me that he can't get it. In fact, he has called one of the Tulsa gear shops, Lester's, to get it and was told they just use RTV. Does anyone know if that is common practice or should I look further? I haven't tried elsewhere yet.

And, I also got the same response on the gasket for the 9" diff as well as the copper washers. Bruno, where did you get the gasket and washers last time?

 

Awesome job. Will you come and clean the gunk off the underside of my truck?

 

The gasket came from Oreilly's on 46th and memorial. You can call and get the part number then make your O'Reilly's order it in from them. The copper washers came from Lester's Gear. Call Lester's and ask for Richard 918-834-3601. He will have the copper washers , but , will tell you to use RTV for the gasket. Call O'Reilly's commercial line at 46th and memorial(Thats the Tulsa hub) 918-665-8694 or here is the part number RDS 55074. They will not have the copper washers , but , will try to sell you a variety pack that has 2 washers you can use and will try to get you to buy 5 packages.

 

I'll tell you the same thing I told my son last evening - bring it to my shop and we'll see what we can do. He may become the caretaker for a boat that his in-laws have. But, he wanted me to work on it - in the DC area. Maybe even rebuild the engine. (I learned that, the rolling of the eyes, from him, btw.)

Ok, thanks. But, I should call O'Reillys although they don't have the washers? And, Lester's says to use RTV instead of the washers? Sounds like most people just use RTV. But, I'm not "most people" and I don't want it to leak. Besides, I might sell it to someone I know.

So, I think I'll do some on-lining to see if anyone has them, and when I don't find them or don't find them at a reasonable price I'll call Lester's and then pick them up when I come after the diff. Any idea when I should plan to do that? Again, no hurry but I want to get my bill settled and not have someone holding the bag for the parts.

 

No no . Lesters has the washers , but , not the gasket. They reccomend RTV in place of the gasket. O'Reilly's has the gasket . That is the part number I gave you for a fel pro 9" diff gasket. They do not have the right copper washers at O'Reilly's. They sell a variety pack of copper washers with several different sizes in them. They have the right size copper washer in the variety pack , but , only 2 per package. So you would have to buy 5 packages to get 10 copper washers.

So in a nutshell Lester's has the copper washers. O'Reilly's has the fel pro gasket part # RDS 55074. Call your store and order that part number. They will have the hub at 46th and memorial send the Fel Pro gasket (part # RDS 55074) to Podunk O'Reilly's for you to purchase there. You can also trade your hides there for sorghum molasses and some flour.

 

Gary,

You mention that your parts washer clogs.
I never ran simple green in my second hand SafetyKleen parts washer, always the solvent type fluid.

But, I found I could pull an old tube sock over the pickup in the bottom of the cistern.
When it would start to slow down I'd just pull the sock off and change it for a new one from the rag bin.
Probably increased the life of the pump impeller too, not having to deal with all the junk that got caught.