70 MPH LJ20
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70 MPH LJ20
Oops I moved the part about the expansion chamber to the "Expansion Chamber" thread and somehow I deleted this thread completely.
Sorry Folks
Sorry Folks
- russmehl
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Stick to something
As long as it is your story your sticking to.... not the wall or the floor or the car in front of you.... sticky business.
Russ
Russ
70 mph lj
hay, maybe that guy that said he had the ticket in the glove box tried puting his transfer case in backward! yeah right huh? well I suppose thats the only way he could have done it. you know put it in four low and then your not reducing ratio, your gaining! just a funny thought.
Strength is for service, not status.
Each one of us needs to look after
the good of the people arounds us,
"How can I help?"
Each one of us needs to look after
the good of the people arounds us,
"How can I help?"
- russmehl
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I figure that would be about 7 to 8 thousand RPM... kaboom??
Some where I got a picture of what happens when the red line is left way behind... I got to find them!!! (flywheel thru the hood) When I got called to replace the motor, the only thig I salvaged was the generator, the oil pump and the back half of the trans.
Russ
Some where I got a picture of what happens when the red line is left way behind... I got to find them!!! (flywheel thru the hood) When I got called to replace the motor, the only thig I salvaged was the generator, the oil pump and the back half of the trans.
Russ
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It will be a while before I can dig up the pictures...
Yes, a poor innocent LJ20O with a 100 Gal tank mounted over the rear wheel wells, the passenger seat removed and a 5hp pump installed, hooked to a spray nozzle off the back. And the widest 15" tires I've ever seen on the back. No front driveshaft. The largest privately owned lawn fertilization co. in MI used it to spray fert. and weed killer on parks, ball diamonds and other acreage in S.E. Michigan. I think they would use low range, 2nd. gear and maybe 3500 rpm to achieve the prescibed rate of application. So, one day, one of the clowns comes back and says the motor just exploded. No, I didn't over rev the thing. (Who Me?) I don't think you could have done a better job with a hand grenade. The flywheel went straight up through the hood cutting a three sided hole and peeling back the fourth side. Destroyed the front of the trans. Shredded the crankcase. I don't remember if the cylinders were intact, but I know they were unusable. Shattered rods, what pistons? Distributor broken off. Generator was ok, fan went into the radiator, with gen. still attached. I might have been able to save the water pump.... I think this would have been 1987... maybe. I got to find my picture book...
Russ
Russ
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Long awaited, but sad, pictures
Lets see if I can get these pics up on the first try...
Please keep in mind that I didn't do this. The guy that did, managed to explode one of the 2" plastic transfer pumps, filling his leg with shrapnel. Some people just don't know when to stop.
Russ
Please keep in mind that I didn't do this. The guy that did, managed to explode one of the 2" plastic transfer pumps, filling his leg with shrapnel. Some people just don't know when to stop.
Russ
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explode
Im in tears, rolling on the floor, laughing! so, howd you do it?
just kidding russ! I often wonder what a rotary engine would look like if you could wind it up enough to explode it, now I think I know.
so, I take it he was flooring it down hill with a full tank?(thinking: wonder if I should shift)
just kidding russ! I often wonder what a rotary engine would look like if you could wind it up enough to explode it, now I think I know.
so, I take it he was flooring it down hill with a full tank?(thinking: wonder if I should shift)
Strength is for service, not status.
Each one of us needs to look after
the good of the people arounds us,
"How can I help?"
Each one of us needs to look after
the good of the people arounds us,
"How can I help?"
- russmehl
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Hey!
If I did this, you would never, never, never see these pics. I'm going to ask my bro to see if he remembers any more of the details. (he was the ops. mngr.) Just thinking about this... if he left it in 1st, low and towed it at 70 mph... where is my calculator....
Besises, Jimny, when this happened I was working on producing children.........................
Russ
If I did this, you would never, never, never see these pics. I'm going to ask my bro to see if he remembers any more of the details. (he was the ops. mngr.) Just thinking about this... if he left it in 1st, low and towed it at 70 mph... where is my calculator....
Besises, Jimny, when this happened I was working on producing children.........................
Russ
Does trailing count as a 70 mph LJ20?
Okay - so does it count if its on a 20' Big Tex with a Dodge Cummins pulling it?
Mike
Mike
Since I'm not at home accepting the things I can't change - I must be out changing the things I can't accept!