What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[simp5782]

Wes, is this the same truck with AC. Curious how many amps you're pulling with fans and AC on

Yes. Each front fan pulls 6.7amps. I am waiting for the info from MCC but i believe the guy told me the interior unit pulls 38 or 48 amps on high. I put a 50amp maxi fuse on it. So full load at idle. 5 fans with ac, blower, and headlights is close to 80amps im gonna assume

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[Brutacus]

Yes. Each front fan pulls 6.7amps. I am waiting for the info from MCC but i believe the guy told me the interior unit pulls 38 or 48 amps on high. I put a 50amp maxi fuse on it. So full load at idle. 5 fans with ac, blower, and headlights is close to 80amps im gonna assume

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Now that is some serious Cooling with your AC setup Wes! I love Overkill.

 

[Snowtiger]

Finally got one of my compartments tidied up, I found a two drawer tool chest that fit through the opening and 500 bucks worth of mechanics tools. Now I can find everything quickly and in order, really makes a difference.

 

[simp5782]

Wes, is this the same truck with AC. Curious how many amps you're pulling with fans and AC on

Each front fan pulls 6 to 7amps each. The condenser pulls 15 to 16amps with the 3 fans @ 2400cfm. The internal air box box is 16.8amps on high. Compressor is a few amps. So it does have a load on it especially at idle. I have all LED lights except for headlights as well.

Wes, is this the same truck with AC. Curious how many amps you're pulling with fans and AC on

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[74M35A2]

....and a kick a$$ 100 amp modern brushless alternator making it all work, provided by yours truly. Kudos to finding a bad battery in your bank vs blaming the alternator for low output. Proper troubleshooting fixes issues quickly and correctly first shot. Nice job on your window tracks, tint looks good and will help keep cooler cab temps.

 

[Another Ahab]

.Nice job on your window tracks, tint looks good and will help keep cooler cab temps.

I didn't know that about window tinting.

Does it make a "big" difference, or is it a "little" difference in the summertime?

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Got done with my front hitch project!

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[Buffalobwana]

Ford, that looks great! I didn't realize it was that far off center, kind of adds a cool look to it, somehow. The Diamond plate turned out really nice in that void.

Any chance of some pics of the underside, and how you braced and attached it?

 

[Spyderman]

I really like that. Great idea.

 

[Tinstar]

I didn't know that about window tinting.

Does it make a "big" difference, or is it a "little" difference in the summertime?

Huge difference!!!

 

[Elijah95]

Looks good ford! Gave the rig a bath in preparation for the Friday Night Drags tomorrow and a Parade on Monday

and now off to the carwash to finish

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Ford, that looks great! I didn't realize it was that far off center, kind of adds a cool look to it, somehow. The Diamond plate turned out really nice in that void.

Any chance of some pics of the underside, and how you braced and attached it?

Thanks! Here's more pics. It's main braces are 4in channel, the vertical supports I cut the 4in down to 3 in. The diamond plate is 3/16 steel. I stick welded it together, I could have done a much prettier job with the MIG but I was worried about sufficient penetration for the beating it was going to take. I stood on the front of that carry all and jumped up and down before I painted it.

So far it has done great, it survived a 2.5 hr trip to the beach with both of those coolers completely full of ice. Some really big bumps between home and here.

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[fuzzytoaster]

Put some 16.00r20s on this M818 Camper. Painted the inside of the box and general cleanup. It will go up for sale soon.

 

[Elijah95]

It fits in the car wash surprisingly! Well, somewhat, it'll fit coming in from the back of the wash but cannot pull through as the tire crane and stack will hit the cross beam, but still relatively amusing.

 

[therooster2001]

stood on the front of that carry all and jumped up and down before I painted it.

Nice project Mike, and even funnier user acceptance testing standard. Love it.

 

[Coffey1]

Would you call that a crash dummy in the event of a failure.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I finished removing the auto front axle engagement valve and the shift lock solenoid from the T-case. Neither are used anymore and both were leaking. It was pretty straight forward with the use of a couple of fittings. I did find that the shift lock solenoid had never worked because both wires were connected to ground. Will have to pull out the wiring diagrams and check the remainder of the wires in that area.

The only air going to the transfer case now is from the dash switch. The only thing the T-case shift lever button operates now is the 5th gear lock-up solenoid.

Although it was easy, it was far from clean. All these parts and fittings are directly in line with the jack shaft u-joints and were covered with years of grease. It looked like I had been repacking wheel bearings instead of swapping air lines.

I let the truck sit for 18 hours after I was done and only lost 10 psi. That was well worth the effort. Then...I check it again about an hour later and was down to 90 psi but holding sready. WTF!

I cut the shop air back in to find the leak and could hear it in the cab. Turns out I blew a wiper hose right at the driver side dash valve. At least that happened in the driveway instead of on the road. I cut a fresh end for now but looks like wiper hose replacement is next.

 

[therooster2001]

Wife and I walked the road to see if we could find the missing fuel cap. Found it!

 

[Jbulach]

Started putting my pile of Findlay goodies onnew mirrors from gottaluvit made for unknown vehicle. They are about 3/8" shorter so I used my 24" Crescent wrench to tweak the brackets, to get rid of the fun house effect.
New drivers seat bottom

 

[Mos68x]

I'm just happy I finally fixed my fuel gauge.



At least now my garage says a little over 1/2 tank instead of perpetually on E.