Recovry4x4 said:
Lets see, 2462 (miles) divided by 10 (MPG estimate)= 246 gallons of fuel. 246 times $3.00= $738. Yeah, deuce trips are getting more expensive! My tractor got less than 7MPG pulling ADRs semi trailer to S Fla. Fortunately the feller who bought it was paying for the juice.
add 453 miles from Memphis to Home (Yay! I'm home!!), 2915 miles. I get 8.8 MPG and did indeed pay $3/gal. once outside of TX/AR area.. 331 gallons, $993 in fuel !! ow! plus three gallons of additive for $65, 4gallon of oil due to the oil leak $6, the little trip to Memphis Equipment - about $750. don't get me started on motels and camping .. 10 days for about $500 total.
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$ 2314 . . maybe I should go on a cruise next time..
757 pictures = $3.05 / picture
1.93 GB = $1.19 / megabyte
I realize I could have camped out more (saving maybe half the $500), and the breakdown was not expected. But the point I make by including them is that one just should not go off on a trip like this unprepared for trouble. Tools are not enough. This is why the friends and contacts on this BBS are so important. Sometimes even that is not enough. Sure I could have worked on it at Jason's place, and I'd still be there, working outdoors, with it tore apart because the parts would have just arrived today Tuesday. Furthermore, other items were needed once it was tore apart. There is always that. I watched them work on it at Memphis. There was -alot- of stuff that had to come off to get at the exhaust manifold gaskets.. In worst case of a more sinister breakdown, it, all 20,000 LBS of laden deuce, might have had to be towed on a trailer either to someone's place or to a repair depot. I am not complaining, I had a great time and met some real fine folks. I would not have had it any other way.
While the thing was apart, I had Memphis drill and tap the exhaust manifold for the pyro. They did it easily. The max attainable readings are 1050 degrees at 8 LBS boost going up a steep hill starting at 55MPH (about 2450RPM with 11.00x20's) The guys at memphis told me that whistler turbochargers are more trouble prone. That is interesting.
Now that i am home, there is a leak that seems to be oil coming from the bottom of the turbo. it was not there before the turbo was removed and reinstalled. I think it may be the gasket between the oil outlet and the oil return pipe. I did not watch everything they did but when I called them, I was told that gasket had not been replaced (it was not in the bill). In a day or so I will clean off the engine and run it to see exactly where the oil is coming from. There was no kind of leak of that size before. Unfortunately I was >150 miles from Memphis before noticing it. It likely was not leaking there at Memphis or they would have seen it. They checked everything well. I am overall very happy with their workmanship. This is just an annoyance (I hope).
Now about pics, I was really limited on bandwidth so i posted only a few here. I have a couple hundred from Memphis. (not to mention Grobans and Fair Radio and the LST). Maybe tomorrow I will post them on the bunker of doom.
I left memphis this morning at 0800. I just got home, making an average speed to 45 MPH.
I regret I got to Red River at 4:45 and they were leaving. I spoke with the owner, and he said they do not do much retail trade, I get the idea mainly he prefers to be a supplier to retailers and other larger entities. I get the idea he prefers large customers only. He did say that anyone who needed something was welcome to stop by or call. That would be for us hobbyists I imagine. It was late, I did not ask to take pics but I told him about the mission, to take pics at all the surplus places, mentioning Clark and Memphis.
Ok well it is late, and I am going to go to sleep. My cats miss me! how about that? people say cats don't care, but mine know me and I know them.
Thanks for all the good wishes and support!
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