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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

what you need is a latch like a duce has to keep the hood up so the wind doesn't slam hood down on you when you are working under it.
 
my home designed groomer is almost a clone of your groomer - I had the same problem of the groomer sliding off to the side when the trail had a side slope - I installed a piece of angle iron on the bottom of the pan to act as a keel - stopped the annoying side slipping - was an easy fix :clap:
 
Hauled the Tucker and my two Chrysler Sno Runners up to the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum for a rally yesterday. http://www.nhsnowmobilemuseum.com/

Got there late and did not have much time before voting but somehow the people spoke and voted this thing 1st Place for People's Choice out of 120 machines.

Real cool stuff there if you have a chance to visit. Tucker always turns heads.
 

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There were def much nicer restored sleds there but the cool factor must have prevailed. We registered as 114 and were 3 hours late and 40 mins before voting closed.

The museum also has a old tucker, and a few random snowcats I did not recognize that needed major love.
 
LOL, awesome! We do a charity dirtbike ride thru there in the summer, but I have never been to the museum. I always seem to find out about it a week or two later when friends start posting pics.
 
Hosted the Sochi Olympics Haverhill Edition yesterday. Featuring the long sled event.

Groomed up nice for the kids. Need to widen my current drag a few feet and procure a roller.
 

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Cat is power washed, degreased and backed in the shop till further notice. Let the dismantling begin!!!

Trunion, front differential, leaky v8 oil pan and timing cover, transfer case seals. Rear pontoons a definate maybe.
 
thought you might like to see how we did a front cross member repair, good luck with your tucker and repairs, regards
 

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The transmission had 4 shims between the bell housing and it. Couldn't figure out why they would do this then I realized this is how they adjusted the distance for the drive shaft and the transfer case.

I took the top two bolts out of the transfer which allowed it to rotate back and allowed enough room to pull the u joints.

Pretty easy to pull this whole thing apart.
 

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Got the engine torn down to block. This thing was freshened up in life prior to me. Everything is tight, clean and smooth.

Little paint and some new gaskets/bolts back together.

Worked out a deal on the parts Tucker so that should be here in a few weeks. Everything is there except for the tracks/pontoons so should be a good donor.
 

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Don't know about the washers between trans and bell? Tucker cats have used the splines on the input shaft/ yoke to the transfer case as a slip joint. Note: no nut on input shaft. I would look at the wear pattern on this shaft to see if you really need those washers. Also check length of input shaft to trans to see if the washers are there to prevent pushing the clutch disc into the flywheel or to prevent pushing on the pilot bearing. I would remove them if it all checks out. While you are where you are, I would dial in the bell housing. May seem like a waste of time, but is way less time than pulling it down again. Change the T/O bearing for sure and check the clutch cover and disc. Good piece of mind when 40 miles from a road and AAA.
 
one of 2 options the washers are there because your trans has been changed and the input shaft is too long or or the clutch fork is wrong and the washers are there to keep the release bering from over compressing the pressure plate my money is on the wrong input shaft
 
Damn man, you are one busy SOB. :applause: Get as much as you can done now before your kids get older and start dragging you 10 different directions at once! :neutral:

Was he 'motivated' to get that parts rig out of his yard? What did that one have for a motor? Slant or flat 6?

David
 
No motivation to sell either of them. He is firm in what he wants. A little wiggle on the 71 and I think it could be salvagable.

Based on what I will need in life to keep mine running another 40 years it is a no brainer.

Not sure what motor as the hood has brush blocking it but there is one in there.

I am fortunate my 2.5 yo son sleeps at 7 every night and my wife is a CPA so it is like being single a few months per year until 4/15. In another month or so cat will go dormant until fall. Trying to get the bulk done so when snow comes there wont be much.

Also I have a disease where I can stop thinking about a project or a problem until it is done!

As for the transmission it is the factory serial number so as to what someone did from there? Will do some research based on the comments above.
 
Another reason for the washers, the last guy bought the wrong clutch plate with a hub too long so it bottomed out on the spines or retainer which would press the plate up against the flywheel and be a problem. You got to measure it all out and find out the answer. I would not put it back the way it was, and I don't think it came that way from the factory.
 
Will check into all of that. New clutch going in anyway. New master and slave. Throw out bearing is toasted. The shift fork has quite a bit of wear end where it throws the bearing. Will replace that.

I plan to dry fit it up outside the cat and see how it lines up. I agree those washers should not bee there.
 
Heads on. More paint

Boat boat project is now mobile. Put on trailer and towed back today.
 

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Little more motor progress. Also picked up my first plasma cutter miller 625 xtreme. I have been missing out big time!! Little thing is amazing
 
MOPED FOR GO KART TRADE
 

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those are cool a 625 is a little light it can only do 1/2 inch steel. I like buying a machine that can do at least 1 inch I use a thermal dynamics unit at work it has served us well. you still have to pre heat, if you want a clean cut like that on a budget there is a propane product called chemtane. you cant weld with it but it will cut as clean as plasma and just about fast once the burning process starts.
 
they're a nice unit I used one locally I also like the size much more portable than my 80 amp thermodynamics unit. I do like the new cutting head the one I used last had a different head I also used an esab which I believe was rated to 70 amps also a nice portable machine it melted down in the heat in Iraq.
 
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