Philo's 93 Bronco aka "Lucky Bronco #3"

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:53 pm

SteveG wrote:I was joking about the cooling system. I should have added [sarcasm][/sarcasm].

Those tags aren't enabled on this Forum. I'll put a call into the admin so it works next time.

Copykat wrote:Just be carefull with the 255 pumps. I was told because of the increase in return flow the fuel heats up. The 255's don't like heat and will shut down. Unless you are going to need the extra flow of the 255, (boost). Otherwise I would stick to the stock pumps. Just check to make sure there are no restrictions in your return line that could be compressing the fuel, causing un needed heat.

I've used these pumps in the past in my Syclone, a TT 300ZX, and others. I've never had a problem. That's one of the reason I like Walbro stuff, I've never had one fail.

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:11 pm

Copykat wrote:Just be carefull with the 255 pumps. I was told because of the increase in return flow the fuel heats up. The 255's don't like heat and will shut down. Unless you are going to need the extra flow of the 255, (boost). Otherwise I would stick to the stock pumps. Just check to make sure there are no restrictions in your return line that could be compressing the fuel, causing un needed heat.

I agree in theory with this, but will add that you should only need a pump capable of flowing enough fuel to keep your 8 injectors fed at 95% duty cycle + 20% to allow for wear, etc. Quality fuel pumps dont heat the fuel as much as a cheap pump will, and keeping the tank at least half full and the pump submerged as much as possible will help avoid it overheating.

Silverslk · Post by **Silverslk** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:52 pm

AussieRod wrote:I agree in theory with this, but will add that you should only need a pump capable of flowing enough fuel to keep your 8 injectors fed at 95% duty cycle + 20% to allow for wear, etc. Quality fuel pumps dont heat the fuel as much as a cheap pump will, and keeping the tank at least half full, the pump submerged as much as possible and living where its not so hot the devil leaves for vacation will help avoid it overheating.

Fixed it for you.

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:38 am

Silverslk wrote:
AussieRod wrote:I agree in theory with this, but will add that you should only need a pump capable of flowing enough fuel to keep your 8 injectors fed at 95% duty cycle + 20% to allow for wear, etc. Quality fuel pumps dont heat the fuel as much as a cheap pump will, and keeping the tank at least half full, the pump submerged as much as possible and living where its not so hot the devil leaves for vacation will help avoid it overheating.

Fixed it for you.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Well done, Andy

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:30 am

You got a problem with me taking vacation?

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:59 am

philofab wrote:You got a problem with me taking vacation?

Well played philo, well played!!

only1mikey · Post by **only1mikey** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:49 am

bump for updates, also most of your old pics are gone

Mike

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:27 pm

only1mikey wrote:bump for updates, also most of your old pics are gone

Mike

I switched a number of my web servers from Pair Networks to GoDaddy and have not had time to reup them. No updates really. I beat the crap out of it in Mexico and now it needs a ton of prep. Not even going to touch it until I have the new shop up and running well.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:40 pm

did you end up buying a building for the new shop?

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:23 pm

ChaseTruck754 wrote:did you end up buying a building for the new shop?

The last picture is the sign I just fixed, also where I took the three other photos. The sign needed 5 new bulbs, a new ballast, and new wiring run to the building. I hope to be up and running here soon once I have water.

Post by **SteveG** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:10 am

Looks good, Philo! What will you be doing out of the new shop?

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:44 am

SteveG wrote:Looks good, Philo! What will you be doing out of the new shop?

I will be doing the same thing I've been doing for years. Selling batteries, installing hitches & associated wiring, and repairing trailers. You can't see the front shop very well in the pictures (you can only see the edge of the roof) but it will be the office and showroom, with the rear building being the "shop". Unfortunately it's an old build so the roof is too low for a lift, the lift will be to the right on the concrete pad until I can afford to put up a small steel building.

The rest of the yard will be used for storing U-Haul equipment.

I may start selling trailers too, I have not decided if it's worth it yet.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:31 am

Looking good man! I'd love to have a spot like that to store all my crap.

Broncodawg · Post by **Broncodawg** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:00 am

Nice score Philo! Thats the main drag in Bullhead isn't it?
Tons of things you can do with that much land!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:54 am

Broncodawg wrote: Tons of things you can do with that much land!

Like build a short course in the hills behind it!!

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:07 pm

yikes wrote:
Broncodawg wrote: Tons of things you can do with that much land!
Like build a short course in the hills behind it!!

Y'know, I was just thinking that exact same thing!

only1mikey · Post by **only1mikey** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:27 am

Some pics are working now, but a lot of the recent work is still missing. I miss it! Please fix it when you can Philo

Mike

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:42 pm

Bringing those back is a long process. They only exist in my phone.

I've been working 70-90 hours a week lately so I probably won't get to it for a couple of months.

Hopefully this work will pay off and I'll have Gieser or Jimco photos in a couple of years.

kylesgorter · Post by **kylesgorter** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:41 am

Sounds like you are doing some similar stuff as I do at work. We sell trailers and do truck.accessories too if you have the capital you can make money selling trailers. We buy diamond-c, look, and iron panther. You have to buy in quantity though. We will get four orders for dump trailers but they make us buy six or more they up the price a lot so we would then have two trailers on the lot and they might not sell quick. We move a lot of them because we are the only people who sell within two hours drive. I'm not sure about your area but that's my take on trailer sales

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:12 am

philofab wrote: I'll have Gieser or Jimco photos in a couple of years.

Stop limiting yourself to one or the other Philo!