Caps list of annoyances

[68ZooM]

Working on this could be one of Caps annoyances

[CAP1]

Working on this could be one of Caps annoyances


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working on that would be an annoyance i'd love to experience. 

 know what i just had to tell a customer? he needs a new fan clutch. anyone wanna guess how much it's gonna cost him/?

[68ZooM]

working on that would be an annoyance i'd love to experience. 

 know what i just had to tell a customer? he needs a new fan clutch. anyone wanna guess how much it's gonna cost him/?

Drool Brutha Drool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

[Dichotomy]

working on that would be an annoyance i'd love to experience. 

 know what i just had to tell a customer? he needs a new fan clutch. anyone wanna guess how much it's gonna cost him/?

$1500?

[CAP1]

$1500?

you're actually high.

the clutch costs about $370. the labor calls for about 3 hours, and that's what i quoted the guy. we can thank an over-zealous engineer for that one. viscous(think i spelled it right) clutches have worked perfectly on automobiles since the 60's. especially when coupled with a fan shroud.
 with those, the clutch cost about $50 max, and generally an hour or less to replace.

 so thanks to over-zealous engineering, we have a fan clutch replacement at approx. $600, whereas had they left it the hell alone(because it wasn't broken) it would cost well under $200.

 i can't wait till i get my video cameras hooked up in the shop. you should've seen the guys face when i told him.

here's a comparison.
the fan clutch my customer needs.....


a normal fan clutch...of the design used since about 1965. rarely failed.

[Dichotomy]

So, say the power window in my stang quits.

I have the part to replace the drive unit.

How much?

[Banshee7]

One thing going against you Josh is your height (on how "far up" you intend to want to go).    Most (highlighted for the ones who will try to take the following out of context) drivers are less than 5'9".   Also driver weight is a factor in Late Model racing.    I know this because I used to have a co-worker who was the crew chief of a Super Late Model car at Spartan Speedway (near Lansing, in Mason MI) and Springfield Speedway (near Jackson, MI).

Not trying to be a buzzkill or anything but when I was at Roush, I'd hop in a Coyote GT or other prototype at MIS and let it go.   I hit excessive speeds and most of the other Lead Test drivers were 5'9" or less.   Although, there are exceptions to every rule.

 

Already been worked on Jay .  I've been around racing all of my life, but I don't know a thing about engines, etc...  The last few years I have been following my buddy that races Modifieds.  I've been in a few cars and seemed to fit ok.  The way I see it, if one of my granddad's old racing buddies can do it (and still does it to this day) I can do it.  That sucker weighs more than I do and races Late Models (Sometimes with the WoO, but his driving isn't a good as it used to be).

As of right now, the project is still up in the air.  But with a little luck and some funding (which is also being talked about) I should be racing in a few years.

Speaking of Roush, Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Ricky Stenhouse, Jr....My dad is best friends with the guy that got him started in racing.  I used to watch Ricky race sprint cars all the time. 

#S#



Banshee7

[CAP1]

So, say the power window in my stang quits.

I have the part to replace the drive unit.

How much?

you said yours was a 2000, right? it calls for 1.1 hours.......most shops would round that down to an hours labor.

[pipz]

Cadillac asperins kinda rock if ya ask me <G> 

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immodium makes rocks.. just sayin 

[Shuffler]

We outsource the shafts but do the rest of the fab and galv, powdercoat, or pc over galv.  53' length and I've done some that had 40" base OD.  Shame you're way down there or I might be able to work a deal on your galv or PC if you needed it. 

We have 3 excellent PCs, 2 goos galvs.

I went to the Cars & Coffee this morning in Houston.... saw a truck loaded with an 80 foot blade for a wind generator. He was heading west on I-10.

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[DREDIOCK]

if it wasnt for engineers you lot would all be walking everywhere, and sleeping under a pile of furs in a cave

engineers design cool stuff, sadly consumers dont want to or cant pay for cool stuff, they just want cheap stuff. thats mostly why we have badly compromised designs.

Honda wasnt an engineer and he seemed to have come up with some pretty successful designs. Should look up his bio sometime. He didnt even have a HS education.


My all time favorite engineering quote came from a customer of mine.
"I was an engineer for 30 years. Then I went into maintenance where I learned about everything I had been doing wrong for the last 30 years"

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yo Laverne

you forgot to list me on your six.. I can't shoot for *@#% but I can annoy the heck out of ya