OT- What to do with an old Hoover?

Vacu-form plastic nose cones. -- Richard "oil leak" Hickok

ickok

I have a vacu-form for that. Good idea though.

Oil leak? Car, house, significant other?

John

Radio controlled Hovercraft!

Tod "Watching MST2K! Invasion of the Neptune Men!" Hilty

Dripped a little oil from car in club president's driveway during last weekend's lathe session. Dripped a little oil in past president's driveway when I left my car there & went to NSL with him last year. Richard "now they're starting to call me self-basting" Hickok

I started watching it this morning...just couldn't take it.

And, wouldn't that be a hoovercraft?

John

That's a great episode! MST3K is my favorite show.

Ya, I had the same problem with my 71 CJ 5. At least till the thang started dripping about a quart of the goo after driving about three miles. It's now in pieces in the garage. Both the trany and the tranfer case.

John

Mine's an '88 Subaru GL wagon (I can fit a surprising amount of rockets & the neccessary accessories into that car) & my trusted mechanic of the last 20 years has told me that with a car that age, it's better for me to just check the oil frequently & add when needed. He's worried about doing more damage to old parts in trying to make the repair. It's getting a quart about every 300 miles. -- Richard "one of his long-time mechanics, a Korean named Jack, starts to sing Adam Sandler's hilarious reggae-themed "Piece of Shit Car" whenever I stroll into the shop.....& I was the one who introduced him to that song & made him a copy" Hickok

I too have the trusty old Subi. Mine is a 86 GL wagon. Not only great for the trips to the launches but an excellent hunting rig. It can go almost as many places as the old Jeep but the heater works better. The only problem is that after 180,000 miles they do leak. I have the classic driver side cracked head and the same for the leaky head on the pass. side head. Mine has 260,000 miles on it. When I get to rebuild the motor I'll let you know how hard it is. Or I'll get the two for one deal from a friend on the rebuilt motors and you can have it shipped to you if you want. This friend wants a few things that I have and I might be able to get the two motors from him FOR FREE. :o)

I like working in trade.

John

Careful. I dropped a VW bug motor on my foot once.

Mike Fisher

What do you mean lift it without help? As in, watch this, ma, as you hoist it up with one hand? The aluminum 2 cylinder engine in my GS450 weighs 125 lbs, which I can manage. I have a couple of (real) bug engines in the basement that I can move around but not lift completely off the ground by myself, and those are significantly lighter than a water cooled boxer motor.

Remind me not to piss you off.

I have a friend that has weighed one without the trans axil, and it weighs in at 135 pounds give or take a couple pounds. Ya, lift by ones self. That's not that much.

As for dropping things on ones foot, Mike, I don't advise dropping a X-fer case out of a old jeep on your foot as well. It dose hurt and will make you say things you hope the kids never hear anybody say.

John

Not that I would question the validity of that claim, but that is less than an aircooled VW engine and about the same as an aircooled two cylinder motorcycle engine.

According to

, the Subaru boxer engine weighs 147kg, which converts to ~325 pounds. I ain't that stout...

I regularly used to lift bug motors by myself. Heavy, but possible if you're in shape.

Mike Fisher

I don't know about all bike motors but the dirt bikes my brother used to bring home didn't weigh quite that much. As for the Subi, if you leave the trans axel on it it dose weigh alot. As for the exact weight, I'm going off what I was told a stripped motor would weigh.

John

There is a touch more to it than just being "in shape". I don't think anyone would describe me as out of shape but, since I weigh 165 soaking wet, pretending to be a forklift is really not my speciality.

I can get a VW motor off the ground a few inches. But then to walk around with it? Uh uh.

John,

If that CJ has a Warner T90 just drain the 90 Wt and replace it with

140 Wt. Works great, except in cold weather, kinda hard to shift till it warms up a bit. On the other hand, it's nice and quiet while it's cold.

If it's got the Warner T18, change the seals.

Bob Ellis

John,

You've got the wrong ideas about working on old Jeep x-fer cases.

You put jack stands under the x-fer case, remove the braces then jack the Jeep up away from the x-fer case.

I'm working on my 3rd CJ a '75 and drive a '97 TJ. Love the TJ.

Bob

You mean "Hoovercraft"...

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