Making Of The Willy Mammoth

[Willy Mammoth]

How do you shorten your shafts? I knew someone a long time ago who made a special input shaft for a gearbox out of two shafts grafted together, one was tapered on the outside, with a straight end that was threadedand the other was bored withe same taper, drilled and threaded. the two were screwed together a v was turned where the two met and they were then welded together. This was a rover / Buick v8 mated to a jaguar gearbox! I am interested in your machine shop methods, modifications and alignment as I am building up a home machine shop/ foundry so any techniques, methods or usefull tricks are really interesting to me.

respectfully, Matthew

Stock 82 tray bed 4speed petrol 18R pickup- soon to be diesel 5 speed.

If you can machine or grind the shaft to suit your needs that would be fine, but I wouldn't recommend welding a shaft because it won't be the same material and hardness. This could lead to a broken shaft when you need it most. The only shortening I did is to change the tail shaft from the g54 to a shaft from a L52. They are the same exact gear sets except they are in differant cases.

What are you trying to do?

[Mattinker]

I'm not trying to do anything specific yet, I'm building my workshop at the moment, 12m x 14m (about 40'x46'. I collect tools and machine tools (I have a beautiful 1840 pan brake that folds up to 2,05metres long!). All of the modifications that you have made interest me I am a mechanic and a sculptor (trained in both) I build structures, machines and modifier cars for television and cinema. Modifying to make unusual things work is my bread and butter! Fun thing I made recently was a radio controlled electric wheel chair!!

respectfully, Matthew

[OffRoadGal]

that sounds really cool Matthew. Where are you located?

[Mattinker]

Paris, France. I'm a Brit, I've lived more of my life outside the UK than in it! I lived in Maryland for a year way back in '67/'68. I took up home foundry work a couple of years ago, and I'm getting a machine shop together. I couldn't help thinking that it would have been nearly as easy to to cast an extension case as to shorten an existing one!

One of the great thing about my job is that I never work too long in the same place with the same people. I have to invent things all the time which demands a wide variety of techniques. Hence my interest in your modifications. How do you go about aligning engines and gearboxes when you make your bellhousing adaptations?

I have really enjoyed your " Making Of The Willy Mammoth", great problem solving, I'm sure that the resultwill be worth the effort. I am very pro diesel, I spent nearly ten years as a diesel mechanic. Here in Europe, there are a lot more Diesel engines around "petrol" is monstrously expensive. All that low down torque has to be good!

Respectfully, Matthew

[88runner]

Paris, France.

Oh no your stuck with those french talking things     

P.S. it's not an insult i'm a french talking things     

[Willy Mammoth]

How do you go about aligning engines and gearboxes when you make your bellhousing adaptations?

Respectfully, Matthew

Well you could over think it or just get'r done. I took the backing plate for the engine and used a caliper to scribe a line around the center line of the crankshaft. I then welded a flat bar across the center of the backing plate. Then adjusted the caliper to half of that mesurment and scribed cross lines to find center. I drilled a hole the size of the pilot shaft. Then placed the backing plate onto the bellhousing over the pilot shaft and moved it around ontill I got it lined up where it would be straight up and down. Marked off where the new holes had to go and started welding and drilling.

One custom bellhousing!

What will I think of next?

[Lady Di]

What will I think of next?

Lord only knows! 

[Willy Mammoth]

PTO drivin Ice machine?

[Lady Di]

  oh that's right!

[FATB0Y]

PTO drivin Ice machine?

I would not be suprized

[reklund5]

What you NEED is some on board air and an old pneumatic die grinder converted to blender-driving duty to go with that PTO driven ice machine.  NOTHING beats trailside Margaritas.... 

Ryan

[Mattinker]

Oh no your stuck with those french talking things     

P.S. it's not an insult i'm a french talking things     

Over 25years in France, I think in French more than I do in English, when I cross the chanel, it feels strange that people speak English in the shops!

And French women!!!!


Matthew

[Mattinker]

Well you could over think it or just get'r done. I took the backing plate for the engine and used a caliper to scribe a line around the center line of the crankshaft. I then welded a flat bar across the center of the backing plate. Then adjusted the caliper to half of that mesurment and scribed cross lines to find center. I drilled a hole the size of the pilot shaft. Then placed the backing plate onto the bellhousing over the pilot shaft and moved it around ontill I got it lined up where it would be straight up and down. Marked off where the new holes had to go and started welding and drilling.

One custom bellhousing!

What will I think of next?

I tend to "over think" and then get it done! I thought it would do something like that. I presume you drilled on the miller, my Aisian pillar drill has 1/16" run out! Acurate drilling becomes really difficult!

Matthew

[reklund5]

What?  No update today?  You're not taking a day off, now are you? 

[Willy Mammoth]

   Who me, I don't get days off. I am on call and have been in and out so nothing is getting done.   I did start scraping the buggie though.

[Lady Di]

What? No update today? You're not taking a day off, now are you?

I would have gotten pictures of working on the mammoth this morning but I didn't think they would be allowed on this site!   !
and then I had to organize our paperwork to try to get our taxes done!            
MrW> <MrsW
                     ^
                    IRS

[Lady Di]

needless to say (why do people say that and yet continue to talk?) it didn't go well. 

[Lady Di]

MrW got called out on a job about 6am this morning and is still out working.
I'm cooking a sausage and cheese grits casserole for breakfast.  Decidedly southern I must say and then it's time to shear the dogs. Time for their summer-doo, by the time I get done with them they'll look like someone hit them with a weedwhacker but they'll be all cool and happy. I don't know why MrW doesn't want me cutting his hair myself 

[Willy Mammoth]

Nothin to see here.

[Sluice Box Hero]

its been 4 days. . . . . . . .its killing me!!!

Callen

[MiniSimp]

    

[FATB0Y]

Hay give the man a break he's been workin'

[brainlessfool]

Hay give the man a break he's been workin'

Brake my 
that's what he's should be doing!, he's just not doing it on his truck!

   back to work on the truck Mr. W! >    < BLF.

[Lady Di]

  really, what is he thinking. After working his 12 hour days the least he could do is get out in the garage and get some  done until he gets called out at 10pm or 1am or 3am to fix some POS equipment that someone else should have fixed right in the first place.

[MiniSimp]

  I agree!

[Willy Mammoth]

really, what is he thinking. After working his 12 hour days the least he could do is get out in the garage and get some done until he gets called out at 10pm or 1am or 3am to fix some POS equipment that someone else should have fixed right in the first place.

What she said


Tonight I am a free man and the first thing I'm gona get done is get smashed.   I will get back at it tomorrow.   Go bug Tracvino or someone while I loose consciousness.    I'll feel better after a  so I can get up in the moring with a   and  

[Lady Di]

Oh right, and now when he's finally not on call check out how he is wasting his time. GET TO WORK SLACKER

[Willy Mammoth]

Actuly it is done and I sold it. So on to building that H2.






























































HA HA Its April Fools Day I would never sell it before I had a chance to beat on it first.   

BTW I would never build a H2 ever

[CTENG in KS]

WOW, Mrs. Willy Mammoth is harsh 

[brainlessfool]

WOW, Mrs. Willy Mammoth is harsh 

You know what they say, behind every crawling man there's a wimmins with a rolling pin!