'90 W250--'89/91/92 Ramcharger

[oldestof11]

HX52

Dunno if it's the "pro"52, but it's definitely a billet wheel and non-gated 16cm housing. It's one off a Volvo truck.

Iirc, the pro 52 is an aftermarket 72mm wheel upgrade.

[Tacoclaw]

Just some proof that I'm still pittering around with this. I recently decided to do a leak test for the first time since I installed the '52. Turns out I barely tightened two of the clamps on the pressure side. I noticed it was a bit smoky/hot, but just didn't feel like messing with it. I just wasn't in the mood.

I'm getting back into it now.


Gotta get my new air-to-water pump and whatnot fabbed up, I'm afraid to do anything too permanent until I get the blower setting in it's general area.

Same sthi, different month.

[dazedandconfused]

You still working on the ramcharger?

[Tacoclaw]

It's down to bare framerails still, I'm going to just rent a sandblaster and take it to work, then try to get it painted within the same day. Too much crap in the shop for me to get my stuff in there, and not enough time anyways. it's all at a standstill. =/

[Tacoclaw]

Some more crap, new water pump and it's mount.





Mounted down low right behind the passenger headlight.

[PToombs]

I think I'm tired, I saw the pump in the vice and thought, "where the hell is he going to put a vice?"

[RCCUMMINS89]

[Tacoclaw]

Heh, I'll throw the vice in there for extra $$ when it goes to the scrapper.


Got water circulating again, temps are down from 650* at 55 to 550* and max temps at the end of 4th are down from peggin a 1500* gauge to creeping right up to 1200*. Pulls much better up top and smokes less.

Dunno why I didn't fix this thing a long time ago.

[Tacoclaw]

No pics, but I got a lead on a fan idler pulley that's already set up for another belt to run on. Knoberman's thread and DieselWrencher's reply over on CompD led me to Auto World, a company with the world nicest secretary. Picked her brain for a few minutes on getting one made like I needed and she said she'd give me a call back about it in a couple days after she talked to the machinist. Sweet.

In other news, I ordered the rest of the paint supplies I'm going to need for the RC frame, cleaned out every thing around it, and am getting it ready to transport over to the pit for blasting and painting withing the next few weeks. Kinda nice to get some momentum back into this thing again, it's too easy for me to lose steam sometimes.

I also put the split folding bench from the donor RC into my Dodge. Kinda weird having cushion between me and the springs, I hope people don't start th8inmking I'm taller than I actually am...

[Tacoclaw]

Drug out of the shop and ready to be off to its new blasting area. I may even use my truck to pull a trailer with the frame on it. I'm kinda scared though, that'll be the first trailer my truck has pulled since I've owned it. I don't want it to have a heart attack or something.

[Tacoclaw]

Cmann may be afrain to post his barely legal loads but I'm not. Behold the first trailer this truck has towed on the road since I've owned it.



I was going to use our gooseneck but this is a different bed than it had stock so there's a hole for the ball but none for the safety hooks. I just played it safe and took the worst-pulling trailer on earth.

[cmann250]

I would have been ashamed to post up what I pulled today. Everyone would have righteously called into question my masculinity compared to that load, Taco.
I didn't load today's load and it was ass-heavy. Fun times.

[Tacoclaw]

I think the trailer weighs more than my truck and the framerails combined.

[Tacoclaw]

Here's the current situation, got all the holes drilled for the Jungle kit last night. Ran all the stuff I could think of that needed paint to work with me this morning and threw them under there.

[dazedandconfused]

When are you sandblasting?