parts hunting at -30

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » January 2, 2009, 11:19 pm

been in the deep freeze all week, -30.
today i had a visit from Jonathan , he bought that red 460 crew cab down in the lower 48 during the summer.
he needed a pedal assembly and some other parts that were in the shop. him and his brother made pretty quick work getting the pedals and bracket off @ -30. but then he is from Fairbanks, its in the -40 to -50 range there right now.

later on right after my wife got home i went to leave in her 66, got out in the road and the accel cable broke. idled back into my yard and rigged up a temporary fix, engine was warm so it gave off some heat but i set 2 wrenches on the inner fender and when i was getting ready to close the hood i picked them up with my bare hand and they stuck to it.
very happy it broke at home, not with my wife on the road in this weather.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » January 2, 2009, 11:27 pm

never have seen it quite that cold here (Kansas)

did start the 4x4 up once when it was about 10' below
the oil so thick in tranny & transfer case, motor would die if
the clutch was let out , in neutral

what # weight of oil do you run in that kind of temp , Ice ?
for motor ? for tranny ?

DocDave · Post by **DocDave** » January 3, 2009, 12:20 am

Hey Ice
It's -43 in Fort Providence NWT today, and that's the high for today!
If you had told me 2 months ago I would be living in a place that was that cold, I would have shot you (or myself). Now that I'm here it's not so bad, you just find reasons to stay inside!

Guess I better change that tag line

Ford4jack · Post by **Ford4jack** » January 3, 2009, 6:20 am

Dang y'all it sounds like you would have to get in the freezer to warm up.

Don't mind a little cool weather but every year I agree a little bit more with what a buddy from Mississippi says.

I'm not comfortable unless I'm sweating.

deviant1 · Post by **deviant1** » January 3, 2009, 9:52 am

I have been outside cleaning the garage out for last few days in a T-shirt here in Alabama. But come summer here, I wish that I was having that cold weather you are having right now ICEMAN.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » January 3, 2009, 4:08 pm

Ford4jack wrote: I'm not comfortable unless I'm sweating.

That's my motto, too.

If I had to deal with Iceman's weather, there definitely no way in hell I'd be venturing out to work on trucks. I'd leave 'em dead until spring.

I don't even work on my crap in the winter here when it's 35º or less. I know, I'm a wimp.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » January 3, 2009, 5:25 pm

Slick,you and me both, the only cold thing I like is Beer!

therealjoeshmoe · Post by **therealjoeshmoe** » January 4, 2009, 10:44 am

it was 80 degrees here yesterday

Hoofbeat Racer · Post by **Hoofbeat Racer** » January 4, 2009, 2:17 pm

LOL Brian, we have been in a bit of a cold snap here too. Been -38 in the mornings for the past week going to work. Finally starting to break though, today its up to -5 F, that's quite and improvement. Chinook starting to blow in, prolly a ton of snow coming this week then.

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » January 4, 2009, 3:54 pm

Ice, do you still have to use those stick on plastic portholes so you can see out the windows at -30?

65f100_Thug · Post by **65f100_Thug** » January 4, 2009, 4:10 pm

Night before last my 11 year old son said "Dad can we turn on the air conditioner?"

thats what makes it kinda tough here in Arkansas it will be 80 degrees one day and 30 the next.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » January 5, 2009, 12:22 am

Well, today I had to go out & brave the frozen tundra. My Daughter needed show tires on her 'Stang in a bad way. I figured I'd bite the bullet & bolt on some new snow shoes mounted on Bullitt rims.

Looks nice-n-sunny, but the temp never got above 20º all day. It was -7º when I got up this morning.

Truckfarmer2 · Post by **Truckfarmer2** » January 5, 2009, 12:39 pm

I don't care what the temperature, the cat on the Mustang hood would be the feature that evening at the chinese buffet!

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » January 5, 2009, 1:51 pm

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1783.html

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » January 5, 2009, 2:09 pm

I kind of miss hearing the snow sqeak as you walk on it because it's so dry & cold. I also saw an earthmover tire explode when it fell off of a flatbed at 65 below.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » January 5, 2009, 2:22 pm

Ice sounds like the last 2 weeks around here, minus the battery blanket, circulaton pump and ice fog.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » January 5, 2009, 3:16 pm

a nice little wind came during the night, brought us from the -35 range to -14 right now.
found out the record high for yesterday in anchorage was 47 in 1960, the day i was born.

BigTim · Post by **BigTim** » January 5, 2009, 4:14 pm

Nice GT and the Bullets look great, now that freakin cat would be one life closer to 9 right now.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » January 5, 2009, 4:19 pm

He's my little buddy, I can't go anywhere witout him following me around. I did take him off just after I snapped that pic & put him in the house, to keep him from underfoot.

BigTim · Post by **BigTim** » January 5, 2009, 4:21 pm

I got buddies too, but they don't jump on my cars, only lick the bugs and road kill out from under them.