Tugboat (phil) Follies

[Greenleaf]

(Subtitle; Another First Gen contributes to *Greenhouse* effects )



Well boys, we did it again. Got us another First Generation Member contributing to the cause. Our Lady is smiling upon tugs rig for sure. With help from member Philip, we super tuned another VE and did the "once over" on tugs '93.



The last I saw of 'ole tugger was the tailgate of his 350, partially obscured from #2, as he was holler'n something that resembled the "Dukes of Hazzard" rebel yell :-laf



I'll be praying for the safe return home of these two gentlemen, as they make way through the snow covered roads of Yanky territory.



Thank you Philip for ALL the help you gave and for tugger's faith in the power of the VE.



GL

 

[swankmetal]

now you've really got me interested! are you charging for this? do you have time/interest for more?

 

[Greenleaf]

I do it simply to further the cause.



Perhaps some day it could/may become a side line similar to Sam's intakes. I got tired of the tweaking and tuning of old farm/pulling tractors and decided it was time for a change. Right now I'm interesting in the Cummins 5. 9 in the First generation series. Someday,perhaps, I'll be tweaking Dodge Neons and Honds Civics



PM me if interested.



BTW, the majority of the First genneration guys are top notch individuals that are down to Earth guys trying to tinker with internal combustion engines and release some tostosterone. 'Nuff said.



GL

 

[bgilbert]

KDP, turn some screws? Did you guys install a gov spring in his VE? Scott, you sure we couldn't have a bunch of 1st gens and the 1st Gen House parked in the school lot camped out hehehe???

 

[JLEONARD]

he was holler'n something that resembled the "Dukes of Hazzard" rebel yell

:-laf :-laf



I'll bet he's still wearin' that perma-smile!!!

Glad you got Tugger juiced up.

Jay

 

[Philip]

I made it home all right.



Scott do not recommend the Knights Inn to anyone headed your way. Nothing like going into the room after a 18 hour day and finding the temp at 30 degrees. Plus there was other problems to.



I did come by your place before heading out. But everyone was gone.



I enjoyed myself.



The neighbors probably were getting tired of you leaving and hollering Hi HO Silver Away. So this was a break for them. :-laf :-laf

 

[Greenleaf]

Philip,



That's to bad. Sorry. I don't stay at the local motels, go figure. The Hampton would have been over $100 I'm sure. And, had I been thinking prior to bidding you good night, we would have all discussed breakfast. That was a brain fart on my part!!! Your right, it was a long day, and was happy to be hitting the showers and the hay!! Next time, breakast is on me Sorry again. We went to that small town, where we turned around that night, for breakfast @ 8:30



Hey Bill... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I got to drive Philips truck

... ... ... ... ... ..... SWEEEEET... ... ... ... ... ...



GL

 

[Philip]

Don't worry about it Scott. Someone had to find out about that motel. I did fill out one of the guest cards and I also filled out a complaint on Knights inn website. So hopefully other people will not have to putup with the same issues I had.



It was right around 9:00 when I hit your driveway. I could see your tracks headed north. But with the snow still falling I decided to head west.

 

[RSeymon]

Ginnnnnnnnnnning

Heck the Grin on my face just from reading this post won't go away,

(Subtitle; Another First Gen contributes to *Greenhouse* effects )



Well boys, we did it again. Got us another First Generation Member contributing to the cause. Our Lady is smiling upon tugs rig for sure. With help from member Philip, we super tuned another VE and did the "once over" on tugs '93.



The last I saw of 'ole tugger was the tailgate of his 350, partially obscured from #2, as he was holler'n something that resembled the "Dukes of Hazzard" rebel yell :-laf



I'll be praying for the safe return home of these two gentlemen, as they make way through the snow covered roads of Yanky territory.



Thank you Philip for ALL the help you gave and for tugger's faith in the power of the VE.



GL

 

[tugboatphil]

Well, I made it home! Left Scott's around 1230 and it had been snowing very lightly through the night, and was still going. I figured that I'd drive out of it as I went south. It just got worse as I went along. By the time I got to the Ohio River, I decided to skip going to my Mom's house in WVa. The 4 lane was slushy just about the whole trip. I think (I lost count) that I passed about 12 different vehicle incidents along the way. None appeared to have any serious personnel injuries. Therefore, I was unable to "Git er Done" during the trip. I did get to peg my 30psi boost gauge several times. Now this may not sound like much to you 300+ guys, but my previous max was 17. 5 and that was up a long 8% grade on a cold day.



To say Thanks to Scott and Philip would do injustice to my gratitude. Scott and I went from 4p to 10p on Friday. That was mainly draining, removing, cleaning and planning. We got going Saturday morning around 930 and Philip drove up a little after 10. Scott had kept me in suspense as to who the "mystery guest" was going to be. Being a student of the Readers Rigs, I knew it was Philip when I saw his truck outside the shop.



Between Scott and Philip (my job was mainly cleaning, fetching, readjusting the lights and running in and out of the pit to look for dropped tools and hardware) they installed my PODs, a new water pump, new lift pump, killed the KDP, loctited and tightened the front case bolts, which were scarily loose, adjusted the voltage on my TPS, ground down the diaphragm cone and performed other "secret patented" procedures on my VE. We were going for a test drive sometime between 1030 or 11p.



Scott drove Philips truck and took lead, as he knows the roads after dark, and is also vigilant about spotting the numerous Amish buggy racers. After stomping it the first time, Philip asked me what the guages had read. I was laughing as I said that I didn't even look at them, as I had never seen my speedometer move that quickly before. Luckily the roads were still clear and dry. We made several runs from a dead stop and rolling stops. While I can hit 30 psi, I can run a good steady 25 without having to drop out of the red zone on my pyro.



Let me publicly admit that when we turned around to head back to the shop, I should have told Philip to drive my truck back to the shop, but I failed to do it. I was like a kid on Christmas morning, but he had come a long trip to work on it all day, and I should have offered him a test drive. For this, I am voluntarily surrendering 25 rwhp.



Thanks again to Scott for all his work and hospitality, and to Philip for suffering the trip across Northern Ohio roads to work on my truck. 1st Gen people are really the best!! Oo. Oo. Oo.

 

[swankmetal]

congrats phil!!! it's nice to have a new truck again, huh?

 

[bgilbert]

Boy this sure brings back memories!! Talk about some super preventitive maintainence! The ole truck probly hadn't seen that much tlc since leaving the factory! Can't wait to see you guys again this summer!

 

[Philip]

Don't worry about me not driving your truck. If I would have then I might want to do a bunch of stuff to mine that having a girl in the 5th year of colledge won't let me afford. :-laf



It was worth it just watch your face on that first stomp of the pedal.



You also forgot about adjusting the valves, a full transmission service and tightening the pins in the crank sensor plug.