T34/85 Conversion, reloaded pictures

[capt midnight]

Thanks for the input, guys. I hadn't realized that it was setting that high. After looking back at my reference pictures, I see what you mean. After seeing the two holes in the spring mounting area, it makes me think that I may be able to drill another one to adjust the ride height. I was kind of thinking that I might have to do some tweaking after I get the upper built and mounted.

I found some ducted fan units that I think will work for the engines. I'm going to order up a couple and try them out. Also waiting on brass tube and angle. Pressing on with the rest of the upper build, though!

Bill

[jackalope]

You must be able to hook it up to a garden hose and shoot water!

[capt midnight]

You must be able to hook it up to a garden hose and shoot water!

You better believe it! I'm planning on piping it to a single point so I can hook up a water pump. I think a small fountain pump will supply plenty of water. Might crimp the ends of the lines so it will spray more of a fan. Make it look like more volume that what is really there. Going to be 1/4 inch plumbing for the headers. (that's like 7mm for the imperial impaired. )

Still working on talking the wife into letting me set the yard on fire to ops check the beast when I get it done!

Bill

[jackalope]

Windshield washer squirter nozzles! In fact get a universal windshield washer pump and some hose hook up the washer nozzles and it'll squirter water like 2-4 feet no problem. Then build an rc tanker truck to go with it filled with water so it's supply is separate just likeep the real tank!

[MichaelC]

Thanks for the input, guys. I hadn't realized that it was setting that high. After looking back at my reference pictures, I see what you mean. After seeing the two holes in the spring mounting area, it makes me think that I may be able to drill another one to adjust the ride height. I was kind of thinking that I might have to do some tweaking after I get the upper built and mounted.

Bill,

A quick way to adjust the ride height is to actually put a small piece of styrene into the suspension arm stop so that it will stop higher than factory height. This will reduce the travel of the road wheels but will give you the proper ride height with very little work. The whole point of the Christie suspension originally was that the upper of the road wheels act as the return roller so the tracks should really be touch the top and the bottom of the road wheels.

MichaelC.

[HERMAN BIX]

You must be able to hook it up to a garden hose and shoot water!

You better believe it! I'm planning on piping it to a single point so I can hook up a water pump. I think a small fountain pump will supply plenty of water. Might crimp the ends of the lines so it will spray more of a fan. Make it look like more volume that what is really there. Going to be 1/4 inch plumbing for the headers. (that's like 7mm for the imperial impaired. )

Still working on talking the wife into letting me set the yard on fire to ops check the beast when I get it done!

Bill

"Imperial Impaired " !!!you guys kicked the ass of a then Super Power militarily, got rid of their fundamental influence but kept the stupid measurement system
1/4 " is 6.25mm Colonial

I seriously cannot wait to see this machine in action, talk about award for innovative thinking
Think of what it could do with lighter fluid...................
Umm, no, no never mind, thats just me.

[RobW]

Windshield washer squirter nozzles! In fact get a universal windshield washer pump and some hose hook up the washer nozzles and it'll squirter water like 2-4 feet no problem. Then build an rc tanker truck to go with it filled with water so it's supply is separate just likeep the real tank!

Washer pumps are 12V, but would give you easy plumbing using the flexi tube.

[jackalope]

It's a DC motor so it'll work just fine on 7.whatever volts.

[jackalope]

Weight of the tank, friction from the tracks. Those engine may be strong but I don't see them shoving a tank backwards when the parking brake is on. And maybe they don't crank them up all the way.

[capt midnight]

"Imperial Impaired " !!!you guys kicked the ass of a then Super Power militarily, got rid of their fundamental influence but kept the stupid measurement system
1/4 " is 6.25mm Colonial

I stand corrected. It's not 7mm

I seriously cannot wait to see this machine in action, talk about award for innovative thinking
Think of what it could do with lighter fluid...................
Umm, no, no never mind, thats just me.

Right now the wife is fighting some rather large and nasty ground hornets in her garden. She absolutely loved the flame thrower idea Herman! If I had it ready to run I think I could get a decent trial out of it, as she's ready to set fire to the yard to get rid of these monsters

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