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Then it probably had spacers added accidentally. That's what's sliding around.
gt1guy
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Looks like I have two 1" spacers in there.
Yup, that will do it every time.
gt1guy
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When I originally got a quote from Howe for a complete system, I did tell them I wanted a 8" ram. But I ended buying all my parts piece meal as I needed them. The very last thing I bought was the ram and I was specific about it being a 10". And as I said before, they asked how much travel I needed.
Don't know where the confusion came from but I'm glad it was only a few screws and almost taking a c clip to the face to rectify the issue.
I plan to run Swepco 715 oil in the system. Don't have any right now. Would wiping down the guts of the ram with parts store hyd oil be the end of the world?
Don't know where the confusion came from but I'm glad it was only a few screws and almost taking a c clip to the face to rectify the issue.
I plan to run Swepco 715 oil in the system. Don't have any right now. Would wiping down the guts of the ram with parts store hyd oil be the end of the world?
It will be fine. Residual oil won't hurt the system.
gt1guy
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Perfect, cause I just went ahead and did it.
It steers as it should now. Uses every bit of the 10" travel. Will have to set the knuckle stops to match the ram and all should be good.
Ackermann seems to have entered the game. Nice to see it showing itself finally. Hopefully I don't hate it and regret having custom steering arms made.
Looks good! Jeebus man, clean your shop! 
gt1guy
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Ya, everything is still all jammed up into one half. I need to rent a man lift so I can swap out all the lights in the shop. Then I can move thing back into a less compacted mess.Looks good! Jeebus man, clean your shop!
gt1guy
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Thank you Sir.
I'm ready to roll it around to the empty half of the shop to start on the wiring and plumbing before it gets blown apart to paint. But before I can do that I have to address the shop lights. I have the breakers off for half the lights that got fucked up when the tree smashed the shop. That's the side I need to roll the Jeep to. I bought enough new LED lights to replace all the old T5HO that are there now.
With everything still jammed up in one half of the shop, I should be able to park a man lift in the center and reach all the lights to swap out.
I'm just being a pussy because I know how smoking hot it's going to be at the top of the shop.
In other news I made a mounting spot on the bumper for the little 10" light bar I have. Not a fan of the giant bars on the roof.
Then I put a little roll bar over/in front of it, cause it seemed like it would be easy to get smashed.
The spacers I had used to set up the double shear tie rod mounts were only 1"OD and were not even covering the footprint of the misalignment spacers. So I got some 1.5"OD x .375" wall tube and made new spacers.
This is what I had. Not optimal.
And with the new tube. Much better. I may weld it to the top piece to add a bit more resistance from movement.
gt1guy
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Stopped by the equipment rental place today. A 65' reach man lift is going to run me $400/day plus $250 for delivery and pickup.
Looks like tomorrow I get to start setting up the new lights for installing quickly. The old lights were mounted with 1/4-20 bolts, I don't think I can mount the new ones the same way. I'd rather not just screw them to the beams and that's how the clips that hold them look to be mounted.
Should be interesting to see what a total of 1,094,400 lumens looks like
Looks like tomorrow I get to start setting up the new lights for installing quickly. The old lights were mounted with 1/4-20 bolts, I don't think I can mount the new ones the same way. I'd rather not just screw them to the beams and that's how the clips that hold them look to be mounted.
Should be interesting to see what a total of 1,094,400 lumens looks like
Is it separate circuits for portions of the lights?that will be a saving grace. It will probably be brighter than expected.Stopped by the equipment rental place today. A 65' reach man lift is going to run me $400/day plus $250 for delivery and pickup.
Looks like tomorrow I get to start setting up the new lights for installing quickly. The old lights were mounted with 1/4-20 bolts, I don't think I can mount the new ones the same way. I'd rather not just screw them to the beams and that's how the clips that hold them look to be mounted.
Should be interesting to see what a total of 1,094,400 lumens looks like
gt1guy
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Yes, the lights are on 4 separate circuits. Shop is 4 bays and each has it's own circuit and switch.
Each bay has 5 rows of lights, each row is 2 - 8' T5HO's with a total of 8 - 4' bulbs. Bulbs are 54 watt each. Which gave me 39,200 lumens per row.
The new LED's are 8' long, so 2 per row and they are 144 watts ea, which gives me 43,776 lumens per row.
Since I bought 2 cases of 25 LED's, I'll have 10 extra to mount wherever.
This is what it looked like when the T5's were new. I want at least that kind of light again.
I hope you are ready to work with 2 rows of lights.Yes, the lights are on 4 separate circuits. Shop is 4 bays and each has it's own circuit and switch.
Each bay has 5 rows of lights, each row is 2 - 8' T5HO's with a total of 8 - 4' bulbs. Bulbs are 54 watt each. Which gave me 39,200 lumens per row.
The new LED's are 8' long, so 2 per row and they are 144 watts ea, which gives me 43,776 lumens per row.
Since I bought 2 cases of 25 LED's, I'll have 10 extra to mount wherever.
This is what it looked like when the T5's were new. I want at least that kind of light again.
gt1guy
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What?I hope you are ready to work with 2 rows of lights.
I've been working with only 2 bays of lights working for a while now. And of those 2 bays a large number of lights are burned out.
Just 2 rows and I'd just give up and burn the shop down.
You can see how many of the lights in the 2 working bays are actually dead.
If many more lights go out, I'm gonna need night vision.
Should be interesting to see what a total of 1,094,400 lumens looks like
1,000,000lm would be close to the surface of the sun in your garage, 44,000lm x 4 rows sounds alot more reasonable.
gt1guy
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Oh ya, I did retard math didn't I? It's not a million, but it ain't too far off either.
New lights are 43,776 per row times 5 rows per bay = 218,880 per bay, times 4 bays = 875,520 lumens total.
Old lights were 39,200 per row times 5 rows per bay = 196,000 per bay, times 4 bays = 784,000 lumens total.
So a little more, which is fine. I had zero complaints when the old lights were new. I hate shadows and I didn't have any. It certainly wasn't too bright by any means.
When I built my shop, I paid a lighting engineer to give me a recommendation on what type, how many and where to install the lights. I sent him the blueprints for the shop. He built a CAD model and ran it through his lighting programs.
Naturally, at the time, I had big plans for a man cave with storage on top and a idea of how I wanted the benches to be. So I also sent him that info......................of course I never built the man cave or some of the benches........................I was taking a sawzall to the Jeep within days of the power being turned on.
I just did the lights above where the man cave should have gone like the rest of that row.Here's what I got from the lighting guy. Apparently, the key that they look for is foot candles 3'-4' off the ground. That being the amount of light at the height of the work being done. ~90 foot candles is what they shoot for.
So I'm pretty confident in how the new lights should end up, because how the old lights performed wasn't a accident or a guess.
Did I mention that I hate shadows
Normally we go with desk height or working area height for fc levels.
Your Lighting loss factor will only be 10% or less over life of the LED's, compared to 30% with T5s. Another thing to consider is cleaning the dust off the insulation, that will also increase brightness for free.FYI, Dude spent some time on that model space too, I normally don't go that detailed in a calc.
I'll name a build after that.Did I mention that I hate shadows
gt1guy
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Got the new LED lights installed in the shop. Very happy with the results, Very very hot up there. Sucked actually.
Since I had extra fixtures, I did a double row down the center at the highest point.
Now I can start putting everything back where it should be and clean the shop up as I go. Also need to move the Jeep back to the other side and get set up for plumbing and wiring. Where the Jeep in sitting now is where I need to set up the hood mold so I can lay up a usable part.
Since I had extra fixtures, I did a double row down the center at the highest point.
Now I can start putting everything back where it should be and clean the shop up as I go. Also need to move the Jeep back to the other side and get set up for plumbing and wiring. Where the Jeep in sitting now is where I need to set up the hood mold so I can lay up a usable part.
<Kevin starts wearing shade 5 welding glasses inside to prevent headaches from the glare>Since I had extra fixtures, I did a double row down the center at the highest point.
But seriously: looks good, dude!
gt1guy
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<Kevin starts wearing shade 5 welding glasses inside to prevent headaches from the glare>
But seriously: looks good, dude!
It's definitely a more whiter light than the T5's. The T5's were 5000k color and these LED's are 6000k-6500k. I like it better, guess we'll see in a few months if I feel the same.
gt1guy
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Caught the Jeep trying to sneak out of the shop today.
So I took it for a walk down the street.
When I couldn't push it back in the shop, I had to use the yard tug to pull it in. When the mower would just spin the tires, I rigged up a comeAlong and drug it the rest of the way in
Now it's on the open side of the shop for plumbing, wiring and paint. I was going to move all the shit back over to this side before I moved the Jeep, then figured I might as well take advantage of the open space. Plus I need more shelving and two more work benches, and I ain't fucking with that right now.
So I took it for a walk down the street.
When I couldn't push it back in the shop, I had to use the yard tug to pull it in. When the mower would just spin the tires, I rigged up a comeAlong and drug it the rest of the way in
Now it's on the open side of the shop for plumbing, wiring and paint. I was going to move all the shit back over to this side before I moved the Jeep, then figured I might as well take advantage of the open space. Plus I need more shelving and two more work benches, and I ain't fucking with that right now.
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That is looking mean!
Looking bitchin
gt1guy
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Thanks guys. I think it does look pretty cool sitting on the bumps. Be fun to rip it around the neighborhood like that. Big tire go cart.
Nervous about the wiring. My skill level ends at installing a SPod.
Nervous about the wiring. My skill level ends at installing a SPod.
Plan it, and do it in phases. Start from back to front and take your time. You'll be fine.
gt1guy
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Saving this here. Sure hope it's readable.
It's readable