ML3 864 #1 Posted September 29, 2023 Scored another RJ! Thanks to buckeyes here on forum. Will go good with my other RJ diesel. Have some original paperwork with it too. Originally sold here in Cleveland 2 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487 #2 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ML3 said: What a beauty. Thanks for sharing. 12 minutes ago, ML3 said: Edited September 30, 2023 by JERSEYHAWG / Glenn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #3 Posted September 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, JERSEYHAWG / Glenn said: What a beauty. Thanks for sharing. I'm glad to have it. Got mower & snow plow too! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,835 #4 Posted September 30, 2023 What a beaut! How’s the diesel RJ doing by the way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #5 Posted September 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Pullstart said: What a beaut! How’s the diesel RJ doing by the way? Going pretty good. Haven't been able to spend much time as work has me swamped. I have it running & moving. Few minor adjustments. Drive belt was slipping when climbing a slight grade. I fixed that. Working on a throttle control so I don't have to reach way down to adjust. Want to get a few hours running as is to be sure all is good. Hopefully sometime by end of year I can find a complete, uncut hood & maybe a fuel tank too 🤞 Then I can remove the existing fuel tank on engine. I'll also make a scale exhaust stack to clear hood. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill 633 770 #6 Posted September 30, 2023 @ML3Please tell us about the AHO Road sign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #7 Posted September 30, 2023 Got that from a friend of mine. He lived in Boone N.C. He works for NCDOT. It's an actual road there! 🤣 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #8 Posted September 30, 2023 Original s/n tag in paperwork for my RJ. Serial number hard to make out but it's 18359 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #9 Posted October 2, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 4:33 AM, ML3 said: Going pretty good. Haven't been able to spend much time as work has me swamped. I have it running & moving. Few minor adjustments. Drive belt was slipping when climbing a slight grade. I fixed that. Working on a throttle control so I don't have to reach way down to adjust. Want to get a few hours running as is to be sure all is good. Hopefully sometime by end of year I can find a complete, uncut hood & maybe a fuel tank too 🤞 Then I can remove the existing fuel tank on engine. I'll also make a scale exhaust stack to clear hood. more intact then the hood on mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #10 Posted October 2, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: more intact then the hood on mine Thanks, now I don't feel as bad bout my hood. That bothers me most was the hood being cut. Hopefully someone on forum has a complete hood & especially with a fuel tank! 🤞 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #11 Posted October 2, 2023 1 minute ago, ML3 said: Thanks, now I don't feel as bad bout my hood. That bothers me most was the hood being cut. Hopefully someone on forum has a complete hood & especially with a fuel tank! 🤞 mine is faded orange and is cut before the steering colum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,922 #12 Posted October 2, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 10:56 AM, ML3 said: Got that from a friend of mine. He lived in Boone N.C. He works for NCDOT. It's an actual road there! 🤣 I'm headed to Boone next week. Can I just take a road signs if I see one I like? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #13 Posted October 2, 2023 35 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: mine is faded orange and is cut before the steering colum I had to cut mine just after steering column & that was the best I could do. It was cut really crooked by guy I bought it from & no way to make it look neat. Kinda a bummer cause tank straps are all intact with no holes drilled to hold them to underside of hood. Whoever attempted/started to work on tractor really did a lot of hack work. He went on & on bout his "great" bodywork. Most the paint flaked off. Roll pins????? No he used bent nails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #14 Posted November 1, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 4:33 AM, ML3 said: Going pretty good. Haven't been able to spend much time as work has me swamped. I have it running & moving. Few minor adjustments. Drive belt was slipping when climbing a slight grade. I fixed that. Working on a throttle control so I don't have to reach way down to adjust. Want to get a few hours running as is to be sure all is good. Hopefully sometime by end of year I can find a complete, uncut hood & maybe a fuel tank too 🤞 Then I can remove the existing fuel tank on engine. I'll also make a scale exhaust stack to clear hood. your running the stock exhaust right? does it blow on the frame Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #15 Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: your running the stock exhaust right? does it blow on the frame It's the original exhaust that came w/engine. Actually the top of muffler swivels 360°- there's a wing nut on top. I did have to notch out the hood. I didn't want to but the hood was already cut crooked & looked terrible. I cleaned it up as best I could. Trying to find a complete uncut hood w/gas tank. I'll remove fuel tank from engine which will allow hood to fit. That's when I'll make a stack to clear the new hood. Here's a close up pic of exhaust from when I was assembling tractor..... Edited November 1, 2023 by ML3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #16 Posted November 1, 2023 i see im putting in a 212 and a found a stock 212 exhaust so im hopeing itll work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 864 #17 Posted November 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: i see im putting in a 212 and a found a stock 212 exhaust so im hopeing itll work Here's the 212 that's going in my rat rod Suburban. There's plenty options for exhaust routing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
