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THIOKOL 601 RESTORE
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Mainer
Boggie likes our museum
dibs on the pizza box
dibs on the crust too...
Got that???
D-I-B-S people! Stay A-W-A-Y!
But seriously... Dibs on the 601 dolly that's in all those photos!
Bobcat
Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
Bob.. BigAl... Thanks for those complements. Mainer just called, he said screw the truck, He's getting on Thiokol's privet jet & he'll be here in two hours
That's fine. I'll remind them to check the o-rings before takeoff... or will I?
weatherby
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That's fine. I'll remind them to check the o-rings before takeoff... or will I?
Now Bobcat... The FAA have there hands full with one crash already.
weatherby
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OK...... These are the pics showing what I was talking about when I was explaining about one of the eight cab mounts being misaligned from the factory. I cut old one off , made new one, then welded it back on. the last pic shows what the original isolator that was in that mount looked like next to a normal looking one. The red one is what I replaced all the original ones with.
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weatherby
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very nice Dr. plastic surgeon... nipple successfully realigned and reattached.
sorry, it just feels like that... it is a she right?
funny breed though with 8 of 'em! d'oh!
Well..... two have always been good , so eight is even better "EXCEPT" in that last pic you posted for that 4T/10 in Greely Co. That gave me nightmares last night. I think you crossed some kind of a line with that pic.
weatherby
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I received all the correct "CLOTH" covered wire that matched the original, along with all the correct wire connectors that were used back then on this 1963 Thiokol. I will be replacing all the old wire with new. Replaced the wire in the head lights and started making a new "MAIN" harness to replace the original as see in last pic.
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weatherby
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Nice. Insanely detailed.
I did blow up the photo of the cloth wire and it looks like the thread count of the cloth wrapping is off by 2.5% though... better scrap the whole project and leave it at my place!
Alright..... let me recheck that thread count
weatherby
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The dash... once again, has life running through it for the first time in about 22 years. The gage lights are lit but didn't show up in the pic with the shop lights turned off (first pic). Second pic is of the dash wiring when it was taken out of the cat. Then in the last two pics show the original rear roof light next to a NOS light that I have been looking for, for at least a year.
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NorthernRedneck
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Wow! What a difference! Looks great.
Mainer
Boggie likes our museum
Alright..... let me recheck that thread count
OK, Weatherby and I have been discussing the thread count issue and I ordered some to have a sample so we could really take it apart and count each strand... and sure enough, it's spot on!
Look how beautiful that weave is... LOOK AT IT! WANT IT! 
Don't mind the coffee cup... just for scale
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Snowcat Operations
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Is this wire cloth coating the new fire resistant kind? I know they make some that is identical to the old style cloth caoted insulation but is fire resistant.
Snowcat Operations
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Hey Painered,
In the coffee mug pic. Is that the seat belt hanging out the door onto the track?...
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In the coffee mug pic. Is that the seat belt hanging out the door onto the track?
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Mainer
Boggie likes our museum
Yea, this the modernized resistant stuff... some 'new-old-stock' needs to go by the wayside... old-cloth fire-style being a good example.
It is indeed a seat belt... but it was set to fit Bobcat... ratcheted all the way out and also added a belt-extender I grabbed from an airplane flight for those extra robust folk.
That photo was right after he fell out of the front cab from shock of how damn fast she is. "Wooooo-weee!" he said... shakin' it off.... "Sure ain't like a Kristi! Whew! Gots to get me one of them... maybe a 4T! Dang! I keep lettin them slip away!"
It is indeed a seat belt... but it was set to fit Bobcat... ratcheted all the way out and also added a belt-extender I grabbed from an airplane flight for those extra robust folk.
That photo was right after he fell out of the front cab from shock of how damn fast she is. "Wooooo-weee!" he said... shakin' it off.... "Sure ain't like a Kristi! Whew! Gots to get me one of them... maybe a 4T! Dang! I keep lettin them slip away!"
Snowcat Operations
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Yes Bob did tell me he was giving up the Krispi craps for a real snowcat. Thiokol is the word he stuttered out as his mind went back to that cold morning he fell out your 601! It was like he was hit over the head by PG with a frying pan (which he will if he doesnt call her) and the dawn of realization he has spent the last year wasting his money on those Krustis. Sad day it was for Bob but he has finally seen the light!
weatherby
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That's rare. Most all have those removed. I only have a handful.
Seems the military always took those out, removed the turret, and also finally pulled out the brass pole in the back.
Yea..... I'm haven a "really" hard time trying to find a NOS brass pole
bkvail
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weatherby
Member
is that your new bedliner paint peeling in that pic?
NO....... That pic was taken several years before I started the restoration on my 601. That's what the inside looked like though, just about everywhere in side before I removed it all.
weatherby
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All the wring is "basically" done including the "cold weather accessory heaters" which I made a completely original looking new harness for. I also found a brand new "original" / NOS roof mounted front spotlight. After allot of searching E-Mails & phone calls, I have discovered there is NO way you can get the original Sun Tachometer to work in today's era, because the transmitter box that controls the tach needs a 1.35v "mercury" battery to make it work, and of course those battery's have not been made for years. So your only recourse to get one of these "original" style tachs to work is to send it out to a shop that will convert the transmitter over to electronic, mine is in S.C. now having that done, so when I get it back it will have a circuit board in it the size of a quarter (25 cent piece) and did mention??? all this for just $200.00
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dlmorindds
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Opened up my Tach and it had an Eveready 1.4 volt mercury battery--lots of corrosion. So was that second battery in you tach a spare??
dlmorindds
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weatherby
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I am assuming you mean you opened up your transmitter box and seen the 1.4v battery, yes you should only have one battery in it, IF that tach was hooked up on a V8, it would have two batteries in it, six cylinder has one battery. Mine came with two batteries because the Sun factory dose not know when they sell there tachs if they will be installed on a 6cyl or V8. Was your tach still working???? because mercury batteries haven't been made for years, and your battery should have gone dead long ago
I would REALLY like to see a pic of the inside of the transmitter box, battery,AND your tach