Mad Modifieds Collection - Transit + dumperaxle (picture heavy)

by no-smoke-no-poke Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:39 pm

ok im just quoting these straight off my build thread on ADC Very Happy

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:Heres my latest & greatest

picked this up friday afternoon, had the diff welded before i went to oranmore friday night

(this got bumped up the order of stuff to do ie the lancer & micra, cos its guna be seriously handy with tools & stuff able to drive anywhere... feckin transits would get stuck on a bananna skin... after this it might take a bit more)

anyways
il let the pics do the talking

one perfectly good transit

add one perfectly good axle off a dumper

and weld the s##t outta the diff

by no-smoke-no-poke Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:42 pm

second part.....

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:

not needed anymore

who needs brakes either

without brakes... things are looking up... brakes were taken out cos they catch the valve on the tyre when we switch the rims to stick out more...

didnt get a pic of the weld... looked rank anyways cos of the gears inside... diff going together again

then fast forward to this afternoons progress cos of the whole galway night out & day out

today... old axle... not needed... suspensions... not needed....

exhaust, was a bit in the way..... out ta f##k

found this earler then... perfect for a crossmember to set up a frame to take the axle

thats it till thursday

thats it till i go home thursday and continue the build..... its all for a vintage show tow days after christmas in which i have a feature of mad modifieds.... last summer i built a V8 micra && went tractor pulling.... clutch went in 40 seconds flat

by **RYAN** Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:47 pm

Sounds like you like doing things extreme good progress and by the sounds of it you've had some crazy quick rides Very Happy

by no-smoke-no-poke Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:03 am

this one is gona be crazy slow... not sure of the reduction im putting in it yet.... il see tomorrow or friday....but itl be like 1/3 of its normal speed.... so maybe a max of like 20mph?? Very Happy

.... but torque is gona be through the roof with this one... itl pull creation Very Happy

by **1250cinqturbo (ADMIN)** Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:14 pm

aaahhh yes a transit van project love it Smile

be could have done with this over here in the snow haha

Jason

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:25 pm

started this build thursday night... heres thursday nights info

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:anyways home earlier on... completely gimped fromm lastnight in clonmel so nothing much happened.... but that said
i picked up a 2:1 reduction gearbox off a baler designed to take 150+ pto horsepower.... only problem is its an L gearbox.... so we kinda grumbled for a bit && weighed up the dumper axle again....discovered iit goes in reverse to the diff out of the transit....
now originally anticipated was we had to take out the dieseltank n moove it... now tho since we are swinging the diff to match the L gearbox and now also flicking the diff around to acommodate the reverse drive, the dieseltank can stay put..... wuhoooooo less work :rock:... but it does meen we are going to be riding an extra foot higher again.... really sloped now :S hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

starting back at this in the morning, camera on charge so be expecting a hape a pics around dinnertime...

fittings for the gearbox being made up in the morning so lots of pics of them

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:27 pm

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:yep... daniel ya better be there!!! and this time atleast ya remembered

ok update.. heres the L shape reduction gearbox & the newly made shims to fit over...

also youll see our new chassis frame steel.... which include raliway tracks which i discovered up the back being used as girders in an old small barn

the railway tracks

the gearbox

the shim

the other shim

our steel for our new frame (lots more lip-plate too for strength... but this is structure)

more thisevening

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:31 pm

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:update

the way the gearbox will be sitting... awful high i know

got more lip plate... unreal stuff

best thing since sliced bread... the magmount drill

then daniel (owly) showed up n took these

anyways back to the transit...

the boxiron on its position

& just a height reference

our chassis.... ahme... a bit reinforced with our railway tracks:rock:

so anyways a while ago the welder started playing up.... now its gimped altogether so picking up a nice tidy inverter welder off a lad at the AGM tonight for the morning... daecent progress imo

more tomorrow lunchtime again all going well

snowing nicely here again too.... so bye for now

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:33 pm

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:update

the new welder.. unreal to weld with

RIP the old reliable welder

frame on axle

shaft out for extending it

random stuff here now

depth of snow.. yes theres 7 inches

what it took to start the bitch today....

and specially for williek.. the rust he is going rolling for me

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:45 pm

todays stuff now

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:yes dec.... a batmobile :O... evelyn wants one of them

update anyways... axle drop now

shaft on... we got a bit lazy and decided not to extend the shaft, moving the axle forward an inch or two to allow.... be running tonight hopefully.... an A frame to go in yet for support....

coming along nicely... but its awful high at the back

by no-smoke-no-poke Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:46 pm

no-smoke-no-poke wrote:well... tis done somewhat... a lot of reinforcing to go on yet but.... its driving

we hadta drop the dieseltank at the back cos of the slope, was getting starved of diesel.... simple bit of reinforcing bar bent around n welded to the chassis in place of the strap (back one only) that was in it before.... youll see what i meen anyways

pics pics pics

its not quite as slow as i would have liked but.... itl be grand :rock: