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Think that's why it's so unstable up there?

I have one of those two cylinder Napa air compressors bolted to the side of my truck bed and it gets really hot, especially when filling up more than one set of tires. I happened to have a radiator fan from a Can-Am and like peanut butter and chocolate this idea came together. I rigged it up to a relay and now I'm just waiting for the thermal switch arrived to complete the setup. I already have power from a 100 amp hour PO4 battery supplying a bus bar and the compressor so wiring was a snap. Curious to see how this will convert to run time extension and if doing so will damage the internals running it longer than it wants to normally. It won't allow me to upload the video but using a thermal scanner I let the compressor get up to 227° before turning on the fan and was able to get it down about 30° within a couple of minutes of shutting it off. I think with the thermal switch it will kick on well before it reaches that and hopefully keep it running around 180-190°.

True but think eventually I'll put a topper of some kind on it. Not much use for a rack without the tent.

We ready to rumble!!

Yesterday I removed my tent and discovered severe cracks on all 4 corners of my fishbone rack. Their solution is a 50% discount on a new rack. They'll never see another dime from me. $1000 rack shouldn't do this.

Thanks! It's really nicely outfitted. These are pics from the sale ad. When I get it home I'll be able to take more.

I'm convinced there's an office pool in the engineering department which awards the most asinine designs with free pocket protectors.

Yesterday we did a thing... Bought a trailer for overland trips so didn't need the rtt. Now I'm considering ditching the roof rack for a topper so the doggos have a space of their own.

It lives. :) The last month has been a lot of small steps moving all the old parts to the long block and figuring out which seals needed to be replaced- but 2 days ago I started the new motor for the first time. Immediately I got a wheel sensor code and thought maybe it was a harness issue- today I got lucky messing with the wire leading to the sensor and found a break at the firewall. Fixed that (kinda) and all is good... So that's what I did to my rig today. 😀

Thank you! I found a stand for $60 but I might take you up on the cherry picker. I'm overdue for some cowboy cookin carrot cake anyway...

I ordered a new motor today. :( A week ago started getting a misfire on 6. SteveO brought over the "valve cam" and we saw a burnt valve. With some compression issues on 2 cylinders and having already done a cam swap, I decided to throw in the towel on this motor and ordered one from Powertrain products LLC. They have new OEM long blocks at decent prices and have great warranties. Anyone have a lift and a stand they don't need at the moment? 😞

Sorry just getting back to this. One of the rockers fell off its perch. Got it all squared away.

I joined the tick of death club. Intake rockers and one lifter were shot on the pass side. Buttoned it all back up and it won't start. My buddy (SteveO) said he heard something hitting the valve cover. Are there common errors to look for as we tear it back down again tomorrow? We didn't have the chain tensioner tool handy but managed to get enough slack in it to put the intake phaser on by turning the exhaust cam clockwise. Everything else seemed pretty straightforward. We triple checked tdc and turned the crank by hand a bit and all seemed fine. 🤔🤔

Hey Mick we gotta bow out. Turns out we're going to be out of town that weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks again Ryan for putting this together. Great times and lots of laughter!