1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:03,003 This time on Roadkill, we finally drove Stubby Bob 2 00:00:03,086 --> 00:00:05,046 300 miles on the highway... 3 00:00:05,130 --> 00:00:07,257 -[siren wails] - ...went to vehicle jail for a little bit 4 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:09,175 and make it here to the dirt drag strip. 5 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:11,011 Look at Stubby Bob! 6 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:13,304 It's chucking dirt everywhere. 7 00:00:15,348 --> 00:00:16,265 [engine stalls] 8 00:00:18,476 --> 00:00:20,311 [tires screech] 9 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:21,855 [theme music playing] 10 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:32,531 [engine rumbling] 11 00:00:32,615 --> 00:00:34,117 [rock music playing] 12 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:41,875 [David] Well, it's deja vu. 13 00:00:41,958 --> 00:00:44,210 We are back in the Hot Rod Garage shop 14 00:00:44,294 --> 00:00:51,092 and back with Stubby Bob, our 1950 Ford F6 that does giant wheelies. 15 00:00:51,176 --> 00:00:54,637 Stubby Bob here is core Roadkill. 16 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,139 As Finnegan often says, 17 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,391 it's one of our greatest achievements. 18 00:00:58,475 --> 00:01:01,353 Used to be a dump truck, but we shortened the thing up, 19 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:03,813 we put a blown big block Chevy in it. 20 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,732 We ended up stabbing it in the back 21 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:08,902 and that's where the whole thing gelled. 22 00:01:08,985 --> 00:01:12,489 We realized that this thing would probably do wheelies. 23 00:01:12,572 --> 00:01:16,408 Sure enough, we overcame, we made it happen. 24 00:01:16,493 --> 00:01:17,911 And in that very first episode 25 00:01:17,994 --> 00:01:19,204 where we put the big block in it, 26 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:21,164 we stood this thing up 27 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:24,250 and actually rubbed the trailer hitch into the ground. 28 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:26,086 [engine revving] 29 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:31,091 One of the greatest Roadkill moments of all time. 30 00:01:31,174 --> 00:01:32,467 But there were more. 31 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,762 Actually, unfortunately, in an episode that I wasn't in, 32 00:01:35,845 --> 00:01:39,890 Mike Finnegan and Tony Angelo did even more greatness with this truck. 33 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,810 They put a lighter front axle in it, 34 00:01:41,893 --> 00:01:43,061 changed some other things 35 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:46,021 and did even bigger, badder wheelies. 36 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:51,695 Six wheels off the ground, a visual that the fans will never forget. 37 00:01:51,777 --> 00:01:54,197 [both whooping, cheering] 38 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,824 [Mike] Yeah! 39 00:01:55,907 --> 00:01:57,533 [David] Now in the last episode, 40 00:01:57,616 --> 00:01:59,160 we began the goal. 41 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:01,121 We fixed a bunch of stuff on the truck, 42 00:02:01,204 --> 00:02:02,789 and we hit the road to Yuma, Arizona, 43 00:02:02,872 --> 00:02:04,833 because we were gonna go to the sand drags. 44 00:02:04,916 --> 00:02:07,460 Unfortunately, once we got on the highway, 45 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:10,880 reality set in and there was too many things wrong with the truck. 46 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,632 We weren't going to make it. 47 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:15,301 And it's sort of the same story as last episode. 48 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:17,387 Yeah, I'd still like to go to the sand drags. 49 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,764 We didn't make it there the last time for a lot of reasons. 50 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:21,558 Lots of leaks, lots of overheating, 51 00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:24,519 fuel system problems, bent the axle while doing wheelies. 52 00:02:24,602 --> 00:02:26,103 So we're back at the Hot Rod Garage shop. 53 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:29,357 Yeah. Trying to fix all of that stuff again 54 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:31,484 to make it all the way to Yuma, Arizona, 55 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:32,986 where we plan to meet up with a friend 56 00:02:33,069 --> 00:02:34,863 and go sand drag racing. 57 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:36,322 That's new for Stubby Bob. 58 00:02:36,406 --> 00:02:38,908 So broken tail shaft housing, 59 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:41,411 -drive shaft's the wrong length. -[Mike] Mm-hmm. 60 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:44,748 V-drive front axle is bent again. 61 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:47,250 Oh, we have to build a trans tunnel. 62 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:48,877 Yeah. It would be great not to see the thing 63 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,211 that wants to chop our feets off. 64 00:02:50,295 --> 00:02:51,129 -[David] Yeah. -[Mike] Yeah. 65 00:02:52,922 --> 00:02:54,257 [David] All right, we're gonna pick this thing up 66 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:55,759 and start working on the transmission. 67 00:02:55,841 --> 00:03:01,389 In the last episode, it was gushing gallons of ATF all over everything. 68 00:03:01,473 --> 00:03:04,601 It's got a crack in it, so we're gonna replace the whole extension housing, 69 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:06,728 then we also have to work on the V-drive. 70 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:08,772 Remember that we have an engine back here 71 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:13,193 going to a transmission pointing forward into a V-drive 72 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:16,029 that then sends the power back to the rear end. 73 00:03:16,112 --> 00:03:19,324 And that V-drive has a two-to-one ratio inside it. 74 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:21,034 And in the last episode, we figured out 75 00:03:21,117 --> 00:03:23,912 we could flip it upside down to get a half-to-one ratio 76 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:25,747 so that we could drive on the highway. 77 00:03:25,829 --> 00:03:27,874 We're going to have to pull it out of there and sort things out 78 00:03:27,957 --> 00:03:31,753 on the drive shaft length and remove some spacers, et cetera. 79 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:32,879 Roadkill stuff. 80 00:03:33,838 --> 00:03:35,882 [groans] Knew that was gonna happen. 81 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:38,385 [strains] Ah-ha! 82 00:03:39,010 --> 00:03:40,011 Look at that little guy. 83 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:42,222 Drive shafts are out. 84 00:03:42,305 --> 00:03:43,807 Now we have to pick up the transmission 85 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,059 and try and get that extension housing off. 86 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:51,523 It's not moving. 87 00:03:51,606 --> 00:03:54,859 You know what we need to do is just sawzall that corner right there. 88 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:57,320 And then this thing will come out. 89 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:00,824 Oh yeah, totally. 90 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:03,493 Well, the extension housing is now trapped up in there 91 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:05,995 because of all our booger welding fabrication. 92 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:09,124 So we're gonna have to sawzall a little bit off 93 00:04:09,207 --> 00:04:10,417 so that we can get it out. 94 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:14,838 Finnegan really struggled to get this thing out of there. 95 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:18,132 Look at the damage on this old extension housing. 96 00:04:18,216 --> 00:04:22,095 This was ramrodded right against a piece of eight-inch plate 97 00:04:22,178 --> 00:04:25,181 that we had built as a shield, which is what he cut out, 98 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:28,059 and it bent it so bad that it destroyed the seal. 99 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:30,895 And that's why this thing was gushing fluid. 100 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:35,984 Fortunately, it looks like the new used one that we got is the correct one. 101 00:04:36,067 --> 00:04:39,237 So all I have to do is put the gasket in it 102 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,116 and slam a new seal in it and we're good to go. 103 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,244 [rock music playing] 104 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:54,002 [Mike] Okay. Well, tail shaft housing is in. 105 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:55,462 Pretty sure that's not gonna leak. 106 00:04:55,503 --> 00:04:59,215 However, one of the other big leaks we had was out of our V-drive case. 107 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:02,469 This Casale V-drive case is three pieces, 108 00:05:02,552 --> 00:05:04,888 a front half, a back half and a mid-plate, 109 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,056 and it leaks everywhere. 110 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,932 We're gonna pull this out, pull it apart, 111 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:11,728 find out how do you put one of these in upside down correctly 112 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:12,979 'cause clearly we did that wrong. 113 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:15,148 It's out. 114 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:20,737 Our problem here is that gear oil is leaking out of these fittings, 115 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:23,656 and that's the water passage for cooling this. 116 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:25,658 So gear oil shouldn't come out of there, 117 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:28,328 so we've got a leak inside. 118 00:05:28,411 --> 00:05:30,288 -Now I'm splashing. -[Mike groans] We've got a gusher. 119 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:37,504 -Let me get the dead blow. -Okay. 120 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:39,631 Why don't we get rid of this thing, just set it on these? 121 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:40,840 [chill guitar music playing] 122 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,224 -[Mike] There we go. -[David] Got it. 123 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:51,017 Yay! 124 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:52,394 Here's what we're dealing with. 125 00:05:52,477 --> 00:05:56,272 This is a water passage that is connected by two fittings. 126 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:59,609 We didn't have a good seal on this wall right here, 127 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:03,279 so the gear oil was getting into the water passage 128 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:08,743 and then spraying out of the little fitting and barbecuing my leg. 129 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:12,622 We stuck sandpaper to the table to try and mill this surface flat, 130 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,708 which was a little bogus but may have helped. 131 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:18,044 Oh, this is a good moment putting it all back together. 132 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:21,339 -Okay. -Flat side to the back side. 133 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:27,721 Bueno. 134 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:33,977 -Beauty. -Pretty good. 135 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:37,272 Definitely not going to leak. 136 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:39,941 The V-drive is back together and we're going to water cool this thing. 137 00:06:40,025 --> 00:06:41,192 This is how that's going to happen. 138 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:42,402 We're going to fill that with water. 139 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:43,695 We're going to pump it with this. 140 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:46,322 The water is going to go through this transmission cooler. 141 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:49,242 It'll go in this side, travel all the way to the other side 142 00:06:49,325 --> 00:06:51,119 and go back out and return here. 143 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:54,039 And because this is mounted upside down, 144 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,499 we're going to be cooling the bottom half of this 145 00:06:56,582 --> 00:06:58,418 and hopefully the gear oil that's in there. 146 00:06:58,501 --> 00:07:00,337 And even though it's gonna be 105 degrees 147 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:01,629 out in the desert when we're driving 148 00:07:01,713 --> 00:07:03,548 and David and I feel like we're on fire, 149 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:05,592 it should be much cooler than it was the last time 150 00:07:05,675 --> 00:07:07,218 we drove this truck down the highway. 151 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,679 [David strains] I want to lower it down onto that cross member. 152 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:11,931 Whoa! 153 00:07:12,724 --> 00:07:14,225 There. 154 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,854 I think we're gonna have to cut out the floor tunnel thingy. 155 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:20,231 I'm okay with it just going up and over right there. 156 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:23,068 -[Mike] Yeah, could just be a box right here that fits. -[David] Right. 157 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:24,402 The V-drive is in. 158 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,614 Next thing we're gonna do is rig our whole water cooling system. 159 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:29,824 All right, we're gonna weld this water box 160 00:07:29,908 --> 00:07:31,409 to a cross member that's in there. 161 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,536 So it'll just sit there, and then I have to plumb it. 162 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:35,955 Of course, I have to put the cooler in the front, too. 163 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,751 Okay, we're done. That's not falling off. 164 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:46,675 Look at this absurdly enormous cooler 165 00:07:46,758 --> 00:07:49,302 -and... -[Mike] Ah-hah. 166 00:07:49,386 --> 00:07:53,932 Prepare yourself for the wonder of zip ties. 167 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:59,646 In, out to the cooler. 168 00:07:59,729 --> 00:08:01,856 So this should point down. 169 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:03,775 -The inlet is that? -[Mike] Correct. 170 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:05,568 -[David] Yeah. And the outlet is-- -[Mike] Here to here. 171 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:07,153 -[David] This is our out. -[Mike] Yeah. 172 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:15,829 And the cooler is installed. 173 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:20,500 Tomorrow is a bummer. 174 00:08:20,582 --> 00:08:22,794 We have to tackle the problem that we found 175 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:25,463 with our front steering situation 176 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:27,799 with the drag link that's at an extreme angle 177 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,176 with a bound up Heim joint. 178 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:33,263 If we don't fix that, honestly, I'm not riding in this thing 179 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:34,806 because I think it's pretty bad. 180 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:39,269 [Mike] It's a new day. 181 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:41,229 Our water cooling system's sorted out. 182 00:08:41,312 --> 00:08:43,857 We are going to finish off this transmission tunnel. 183 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:47,318 If the V-drive blows up, 184 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,031 it's kind of right around your kneecap slash ankle area. 185 00:08:51,114 --> 00:08:52,532 And I don't know about you guys, 186 00:08:52,615 --> 00:08:54,325 but I like having both of those things, 187 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,119 so we're gonna protect ourselves. 188 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:57,912 Let's close this side, this side. 189 00:08:57,996 --> 00:08:59,039 Take that down. 190 00:08:59,122 --> 00:09:02,083 If we weld it all to this cover, 191 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:03,585 that means it's removable. 192 00:09:03,668 --> 00:09:06,087 We have the basic layout in place. 193 00:09:06,171 --> 00:09:08,965 What I get to do now is just tack the two pieces together 194 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,718 and see will this actually come out. 195 00:09:11,801 --> 00:09:13,345 It's kind of important that it does, 196 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:16,056 because if it doesn't, then well, it's gonna be hard to work on it later. 197 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:19,142 Oh yeah, I'm calling that success. 198 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:20,810 That does come out. 199 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,024 [David] Here's what's about to happen. 200 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:29,069 We need to mount our shifter on the console. 201 00:09:29,152 --> 00:09:31,780 It needs to be lifted up off the surface 202 00:09:31,863 --> 00:09:33,114 because the cable hits. 203 00:09:33,198 --> 00:09:39,079 -So we're going to do that with pyramids of nuts. -[chuckling] 204 00:09:39,162 --> 00:09:40,830 These will be welded together 205 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,957 and then welded to the plate. 206 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,751 This is absolutely nuts. 207 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:46,711 [Mike chuckles] Yeah, I know. 208 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:48,713 [David] Attached. 209 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,173 Wow. This is genius. 210 00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:51,925 Rock solid. 211 00:09:52,008 --> 00:09:54,135 Better than it ever has been. 212 00:09:54,219 --> 00:09:57,347 We're really close to hitting the road in Stubby Bob. 213 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:58,890 But we do need to fix the steering. 214 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,558 We've got to do two things. 215 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,770 One, make a new drag link, which is the connection, 216 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:06,481 between the pitman arm on the steering box 217 00:10:06,564 --> 00:10:08,942 and the steering arm out at the wheel. 218 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:10,443 You'll see that later 219 00:10:10,485 --> 00:10:13,822 because the first thing that we're going to do is make an axle truss 220 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:15,573 to keep this one from bending. 221 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:25,875 Okay, here is the downside of sandals. 222 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:31,965 Nailed it. 223 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,259 -Nice work, Freiburger. -[David] Thanks. 224 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,052 [Mike] Okay, now we weld. 225 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,054 I gotta grind the backside of the axle. 226 00:10:39,222 --> 00:10:40,932 [Mike] Axle truss is cut. 227 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,643 Axle is ground down. We are ready to weld. 228 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:49,441 Done. 229 00:10:51,234 --> 00:10:52,944 I don't think that's gonna fall off. 230 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,696 [David] Now we're moving on to the next disaster, 231 00:10:54,779 --> 00:10:56,406 which is our steering linkage. 232 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:59,951 Imagine that this line right here is our tie rod. 233 00:10:59,993 --> 00:11:02,495 It's the thing that connects both wheels together. 234 00:11:02,579 --> 00:11:05,248 And up here is the drag link. 235 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:09,544 The drag link connects the steering box to the tie rod. 236 00:11:09,627 --> 00:11:14,257 And what we've got here is a really severe angle between these two. 237 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:16,551 What you should have is like this. 238 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:19,554 Here is the tie rod, and here is the drag link. 239 00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:21,931 And you can see that they are much closer. 240 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:25,393 Now if we're attached with a big angle right here 241 00:11:25,477 --> 00:11:29,022 as it swings like this, you get a big arc. 242 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:32,192 The travel of this point goes way over this way, 243 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,694 and when it droops, it goes way over that way. 244 00:11:34,778 --> 00:11:39,991 As this swings, it has to pull the whole axle and tie rods side to side. 245 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,202 When you're driving around the road and you hit bumps, 246 00:11:42,285 --> 00:11:43,828 you're going to be chasing the steering 247 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,705 because it has what's called bump steer. 248 00:11:45,789 --> 00:11:49,834 When you've got the drag link almost parallel to the tie rod, 249 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:53,421 look at the same amount of travel from here to here. 250 00:11:53,505 --> 00:11:57,550 In this arc, there's almost no side to side motion. 251 00:11:57,634 --> 00:12:03,098 What we're going to do to fix all this is roughly... this. 252 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:04,724 [laughs] 253 00:12:04,808 --> 00:12:07,394 We're going to do a big drop in it. 254 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:09,813 [Mike] But we could start here and then bend up. 255 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:11,648 I don't think we should do 90. 256 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:14,609 -I think you want about a 45. -Okay. 257 00:12:14,693 --> 00:12:18,279 If we put one 45 in it, we can go test fit it and see if it looks right. 258 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:20,240 We're just going to bend tube and see what happens. 259 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,496 Wow. Once it's sproings, I think we did pretty good. 260 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:28,123 [Mike] All right. We got our bar bent. 261 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:29,165 Now we're gonna take a measurement 262 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:31,584 between both ends of our rod ends 263 00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:33,753 to figure out how long does this need to be. 264 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:36,965 Then we'll cut the bar, weld the tube adapters into each end, 265 00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:39,509 and then our steering should be good to go. 266 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:42,846 [David] Yes. I nailed it. 267 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:44,472 [Mike] Nailed it. 268 00:12:44,556 --> 00:12:45,473 -[David] Look at that. -[Mike] Wow. 269 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:46,766 [David] Looks like we got it right. 270 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:48,435 We're gonna weld it up now. 271 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:51,062 Well, our drag link with a huge angle to it was no good. 272 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:54,858 So we ended up making one with a Z in it, which was pretty neat. 273 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:58,737 We bought some ends that weld in that take the tie rod ends. 274 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,447 Finnegan's making me weld it together 275 00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:02,407 so that when we die I can be blamed. 276 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:04,659 You're doing great. 277 00:13:04,743 --> 00:13:06,119 You're doing so good over there. 278 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:10,623 Boom. 279 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,961 Okay. We got our new drag link in. 280 00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:17,756 There was another problem 281 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,549 that wasn't helping the steering situation, 282 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:22,802 which is that we had different back spacing on each side. 283 00:13:22,886 --> 00:13:24,554 Two different wheels. 284 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,348 And so we ended up just buying two of them 285 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:28,850 that are the same back spacing, same size tires. 286 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:32,479 After this, we have to add the Dually wheels to the back. 287 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:36,941 [Mike] So we are really close to being ready to hit the road. 288 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:39,444 And ultimately our goal is to get to Yuma, Arizona, 289 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:40,862 to go sand drag racing, 290 00:13:40,945 --> 00:13:42,781 where I have a surprise for Freiburger. 291 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:46,326 He's expecting paddle tires on the back of this. 292 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:50,622 But the thing is, nobody makes a 38-inch tall paddle tire 293 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:52,499 for this kind of vehicle. 294 00:13:52,582 --> 00:13:53,958 Called my buddy Andy Rawls 295 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,671 and what he came up with was his own version of a paddle tire 296 00:13:57,754 --> 00:13:58,838 that isn't rubber at all, 297 00:13:58,922 --> 00:14:01,216 and there is no air in this tire. 298 00:14:01,299 --> 00:14:03,385 But it should be just as effective 299 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:05,804 at digging a massive hole in this racetrack 300 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,681 as we try to launch this thing. 301 00:14:07,764 --> 00:14:10,016 You're gonna love this. I can't wait to see Freiburger's reaction. 302 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:12,143 He is not expecting this. 303 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:13,186 We got new driveshaft. 304 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:14,688 This should be about a half inch shorter, 305 00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:17,857 which means it should fit perfect. 306 00:14:17,941 --> 00:14:20,527 Okay. David, you got the other drive shaft handy? 307 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:21,820 [David] Coming. 308 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:22,946 [strains] 309 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:28,159 I'm gonna roll out of here. Find a beer. 310 00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:30,704 [David] Um, here's the thing. 311 00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:35,000 This is an obscure, two-speed rear axle. 312 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,670 The problem is they make no parts for this thing 313 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,297 except for maybe a seal, if you're lucky. 314 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:44,175 Now the reason why [chuckles] that's a key point 315 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:48,054 is that we stopped driving this on the highway in the last episode 316 00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:51,349 because it was making evil growling noises. 317 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:53,143 So this could be a showstopper. 318 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:55,979 But I'm at least gonna try and put some fluid in it 319 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:59,524 because maybe that's why it's graunching. 320 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:00,692 [Mike] Let's go ride. 321 00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:04,988 [engine starts] 322 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:13,329 Round two. 323 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:15,749 [Mike] I already like the steering better. 324 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,375 I bet. 325 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:22,505 Yeah, this is better. 326 00:15:27,719 --> 00:15:28,636 [clanking] 327 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,096 -Uh-oh. -Uh-oh. 328 00:15:31,556 --> 00:15:33,099 I think we just lost the drive shaft. 329 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:34,434 [loud clanking] 330 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:38,605 [clanking stops] 331 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,442 -[both laughing] -I just broke a drive shaft. 332 00:15:43,234 --> 00:15:44,527 We were even doing wheelies. 333 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,279 -[Mike] How? -[David] I don't know. 334 00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:50,909 We were driving along and all of a sudden, man, 335 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,411 hard core crunchy, bad sound. 336 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:56,039 Well, we made it two miles. 337 00:15:56,122 --> 00:16:00,126 A drive shaft has fallen out of it, the upper one. 338 00:16:00,210 --> 00:16:02,921 The U-joint just completely fell apart. 339 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,173 Last time we didn't make it off the same block. 340 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:07,425 So this is progress. 341 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:09,344 Well, it broke down, 342 00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:11,513 and turns out it was a drive shaft issue. 343 00:16:11,596 --> 00:16:15,308 But lucky us, we brought our spare wheelie drive shafts with us. 344 00:16:15,392 --> 00:16:19,437 So I'm hoping to cannibalize the U-joint caps off of this. 345 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:21,022 Pop them right on the one that's under there, 346 00:16:21,106 --> 00:16:23,316 bolt it all back together and we're back on the road. 347 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,444 [David] The last time we did this, we welded these straps 348 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:28,947 on the sides to retain the U-joint. 349 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:32,617 But the problem is, the U-joint is too narrow, 350 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:35,787 and it's just sliding back and forth in the caps. 351 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:37,956 So that's not gonna live either. 352 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,124 [Mike] I got an idea. 353 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:40,625 I think we're just gonna fix it 354 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:45,755 -by sliding one US quarter between the cap and the yolk. -[coin clinks] 355 00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:47,590 -And-- Yeah, there we go. -[David] There it is. 356 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:50,093 -And I believe... -That's your tip. 357 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:51,469 All will be right with the world. 358 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:53,513 No, we might need a dime. Anybody got a dime, too? 359 00:16:53,596 --> 00:16:56,016 [David] It would be nice to have it even on both sides. 360 00:16:56,099 --> 00:16:57,767 It would be more balanced. 361 00:16:57,851 --> 00:17:00,020 [Mike] Two quarters. And I believe... 362 00:17:00,854 --> 00:17:02,313 -[winces] -[David] About a dime. 363 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,190 [Mike] About a dime and two quarters. 364 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:06,358 -I think it's a 60-cent repair. -There. 365 00:17:06,443 --> 00:17:07,318 Yeah, there we go. Watch. 366 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,570 [David] Saved by spares. 367 00:17:09,654 --> 00:17:11,906 This is the cap that Finnegan removed 368 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,867 from our spare drive shaft, which was a used drive shaft. 369 00:17:14,951 --> 00:17:17,244 And a bunch of the needle bearings 370 00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:19,998 that are inside it are broken in half. 371 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,752 So what I'm going to do is fish out all the bad ones 372 00:17:23,835 --> 00:17:27,839 and replace them with bearings out of the cap 373 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:30,675 that we just destroyed, which is the only one we have 374 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,761 because the other one's on the road somewhere. 375 00:17:32,844 --> 00:17:34,846 All right. I rescued this cap. 376 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:36,765 All the needles are in there. 377 00:17:36,848 --> 00:17:39,934 We got the drive shafts back in the truck here at the side of the road, 378 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:42,562 and it's pretty good, except for one thing. 379 00:17:42,645 --> 00:17:44,898 The output yoke on the V-drive, 380 00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:47,275 which is where the U-joint slides in, 381 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,444 should have caps on each side 382 00:17:49,527 --> 00:17:51,780 that retain the joint side to side. 383 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:55,033 And in our destructive event, one of them broke off. 384 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:57,369 And surprisingly, that can make 385 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:59,287 for failure like that. [snaps fingers] 386 00:17:59,371 --> 00:18:00,705 So we're gonna head back to the shop 387 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:03,208 and weld something on there to solve that problem. 388 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:05,877 But we need to go really slow between here and there 389 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,212 because it will break. 390 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:08,713 -[loud clang] -[groans] 391 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:10,757 We did as much as we could at the side of the road, 392 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,842 so naturally we're back at the shop. 393 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:15,512 Finnegan found this little tiny piece 394 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,639 of, I don't know, quarter inch rod. 395 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:20,934 What I'm going to do is hold that up there in the yoke, 396 00:18:21,017 --> 00:18:24,270 zap it in and it will become the new tab. 397 00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:26,648 Okay, it's not good, but it's done. 398 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:29,734 Let's get out of here again. 399 00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:31,945 -[Mike] Engage. -[engine starts] 400 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,620 Okay, Bob, let's do it. 401 00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:43,248 [David] Is this the freeway? 402 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,834 [Mike] Yep. Here's the real test. 403 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:49,045 [David] Oh. Well, we don't have to worry about the speed. 404 00:18:50,422 --> 00:18:52,716 [Mike] Ah, perfect timing. 405 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:54,300 [David] Good thing we got in the carpool lane. 406 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:57,595 I've got a pretty good heat blast right here. 407 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:59,347 How about you? 408 00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:01,057 [Mike] I wore pants because I had a feeling. 409 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:02,892 The steering's pretty good? 410 00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:06,062 [Mike] Yeah, it's much better. 411 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:09,107 If we had rear suspension, this thing would be wonderful. 412 00:19:13,069 --> 00:19:16,448 I think we've officially gone further this trip 413 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:17,782 than we did all of last trip. 414 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,160 Today's our first day driving. 415 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:22,662 [hollow whistling] 416 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:27,917 Uh-oh. 417 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,836 I think we're out of gas. 418 00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:32,547 [sighs] Success. 419 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:33,757 Whoo! 420 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,177 I think that was a solid 40 miles. 421 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:38,386 [David] Something like that. 422 00:19:38,470 --> 00:19:40,305 It was further than we went the last time we tried this. 423 00:19:40,347 --> 00:19:43,308 Yeah, we had a victorious moment there in the cab. 424 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:44,517 It steers better. 425 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:45,727 The back end still sucks. 426 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,979 We still have no suspension travel at all. 427 00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:51,524 Well, the great news is it's only 200 more miles to go. 428 00:19:51,608 --> 00:19:53,610 I feel like we can do that in three days. 429 00:19:54,652 --> 00:19:56,029 [upbeat music playing] 430 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,283 [David] This might be our speed record. 431 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:04,037 Yeah, it feels pretty spicy. 432 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,373 [David] That was the drive shaft butchery. 433 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,085 -That was really butch. -[laughs] Yep. 434 00:20:10,168 --> 00:20:12,379 [David] My favorite is the 60 cents. 435 00:20:12,462 --> 00:20:14,714 [Mike chuckles] Yeah. 436 00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:18,968 The one thing I'm not sure that you, the audience, can hear on the video 437 00:20:19,052 --> 00:20:21,596 is how loud the V-drive is. 438 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:26,184 It is screeching like a jet plane the whole time. 439 00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:27,894 That's the sound of performance. 440 00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:30,605 The ocean. 441 00:20:30,689 --> 00:20:33,358 This is why people live in California. 442 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,359 [David] Yep. 443 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:36,528 [twangy surf music playing] 444 00:20:47,163 --> 00:20:48,373 Ah, this is cool. 445 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:53,169 We are in posh Carlsbad, California. 446 00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:54,671 -How do you feel? -I feel good. 447 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,673 That's the furthest we've gone in this, dude. 448 00:20:56,756 --> 00:21:00,844 -By a lot. -Yeah, we probably went 70 miles, maybe 80. 449 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:02,429 -[David] Not puking. -[Mike] It's fine. 450 00:21:02,512 --> 00:21:04,264 Yeah. 60 is its sweet spot. 451 00:21:04,347 --> 00:21:06,725 180. More to go. We're there. 452 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,143 -[David] Beers? 180 beers? -Yes. 453 00:21:08,226 --> 00:21:09,936 -Beers. -Yeah, I'm sweating. 454 00:21:11,521 --> 00:21:14,524 It's the next day, and I have amazing news for you, my friend. 455 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,860 -What's that? -Unlike the last time we did this trip, 456 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:20,572 this time, there are only two puddles of liquid under this truck. 457 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:21,906 And none of them are ATF. 458 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,324 -[Mike] That's right. -[David] Yes. 459 00:21:23,408 --> 00:21:24,701 We're doing so much better this time. 460 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:27,037 My new motto is not good, but better. 461 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,705 -So we're on the way to that. -Yeah. 462 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,749 [David] Yeah. So we have a spot, we have a plan. 463 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,459 We're gonna make it less hot. 464 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,377 We're going to make it hopefully ride a little better, 465 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:36,296 and we're going to see another beach 09. Because why not? 466 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:41,259 So we'll do some wrenching 467 00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,762 and suppress to our ultimate destination 468 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,306 Yuma, Arizona, and the sand drag track. 469 00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:56,941 I've never been here. 470 00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:00,403 I spent a lot of time down here as a kid. 471 00:22:00,487 --> 00:22:02,113 [David] Wow, this is pretty cool. 472 00:22:02,155 --> 00:22:04,407 Yeah, it's a great spot. 473 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,826 You can sail in here, you can ride jet skis. 474 00:22:11,498 --> 00:22:13,833 I had no idea this was even a thing. 475 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:16,169 We're on Fiesta Island down-- 476 00:22:16,252 --> 00:22:18,046 Are we like, near San Diego? 477 00:22:18,129 --> 00:22:19,297 We were in San Diego County. 478 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:20,632 We were near Mission Beach. 479 00:22:21,508 --> 00:22:22,801 [David] This place is awesome. 480 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,970 You can drive all the way around the island and drive on sand. 481 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,764 [beach rock music playing] 482 00:22:32,811 --> 00:22:34,062 Okay. 483 00:22:34,145 --> 00:22:35,522 Thanks for going along with this. 484 00:22:35,605 --> 00:22:37,440 [Mike] No, this is a worthy cause. 485 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,026 This is my attempt to not go deaf. 486 00:22:40,110 --> 00:22:43,154 We went and got some sound matting. 487 00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:44,656 I think it's gonna work. 488 00:22:44,698 --> 00:22:46,908 I'm gonna stick this stuff on the tunnel. 489 00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,619 What I'm really trying to do is damp the sound 490 00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:52,706 so that thing doesn't just shriek in my ear the whole time. 491 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:54,040 But it's also gonna help heat 492 00:22:54,124 --> 00:22:55,208 because I think we're gonna use it 493 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:57,293 to patch a bunch of holes in the floor. 494 00:22:57,377 --> 00:22:58,878 Grab this end and pull it towards you. 495 00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:09,097 [Mike] Ah, this is cushy. 496 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:11,725 I got half a mind to just put this on top of my seat. 497 00:23:11,808 --> 00:23:14,185 [exclaims] Installation complete. 498 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:16,771 And as you can see, very professional. 499 00:23:16,855 --> 00:23:18,440 Now we're going to hit the road. 500 00:23:18,523 --> 00:23:20,442 We're not even gonna try to fix the suspension yet. 501 00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:22,068 I figure we'll save that for later. 502 00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:24,738 We've only got two and a half days to go 180 miles. 503 00:23:24,821 --> 00:23:26,281 We've proven that's difficult for us, 504 00:23:26,364 --> 00:23:27,532 so there's plenty of time to work 505 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:29,409 on the back of this truck down the road. 506 00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:31,786 [David] Well, maybe we made it quieter. 507 00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:34,080 I'm gonna find out from the driver's seat 508 00:23:34,164 --> 00:23:36,291 because I've got fewer miles at the wheel 509 00:23:36,374 --> 00:23:38,084 than anybody who's driven Stubby Bob. 510 00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,003 Let's ride. 511 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:41,421 [engine revs] 512 00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:45,008 It didn't even spin the tires. 513 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:54,726 [Mike] How's the noise for you now? 514 00:23:54,768 --> 00:23:58,188 [David] We're not going fast enough yet for it to be a problem. 515 00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:00,273 Maybe that happens above 80. I don't know. 516 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,317 I think it's quieter. 517 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,235 -You think it is? -I think so. 518 00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:06,946 I know there's less hot air blowing in. 519 00:24:07,030 --> 00:24:10,367 Well, my first stint driving it was mostly traffic, 520 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:12,952 and so I overheated the guts out of it. 521 00:24:14,621 --> 00:24:17,457 But I did motor it enough to know 522 00:24:17,540 --> 00:24:19,292 that the steering is way better. 523 00:24:19,376 --> 00:24:21,044 Everything is pretty cool about it. 524 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:24,422 It drives like it has the loosest converter in the world 525 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:29,177 because with our V-drive giving us a 0.5 to 1 ratio 526 00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:32,389 and the rear axle in a 6.33 ratio, 527 00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:36,726 that is like having a 308 rear gear with 38-inch tall tires. 528 00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:38,103 So when you drive it, 529 00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:40,397 it just... [mimics engine groaning] 530 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,440 You have to get into the converter before it goes again. 531 00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:43,900 It's not snappy at all. 532 00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:47,529 The worst thing about it, though, is definitely the rear suspension. 533 00:24:47,612 --> 00:24:49,364 We need to get to fixing that. 534 00:24:49,447 --> 00:24:50,657 Pretty good. 535 00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:52,158 Cheers. 536 00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:56,621 [David laughing] 537 00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:59,082 [Mike groans] I missed. 538 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,751 I want you to go, "Oh my God, I'm wet!" 539 00:25:01,835 --> 00:25:03,169 [all laughing] 540 00:25:04,421 --> 00:25:05,463 David, you want me to drive? 541 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,090 That would help me. 542 00:25:12,345 --> 00:25:13,513 [Mike] What's the water temp? 543 00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:15,598 Well, water. 544 00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:17,851 Oh yeah, I smell water. 545 00:25:18,643 --> 00:25:20,854 Well, the transmission's at 220, 546 00:25:20,937 --> 00:25:23,481 so I guess that's about where the engine is. 547 00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:25,692 Yeah, we're smoking the transmission. 548 00:25:26,651 --> 00:25:27,861 225. 549 00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:32,657 Don't automatic transmissions blow up at about 230? 550 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:35,160 I try not to think about the numbers. 551 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:37,537 -[David] There's our exit. We'll be good. -[Mike] Yeah. 552 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:43,335 Oh, when that gauge says 230, you know you're in trouble. 553 00:25:43,376 --> 00:25:45,795 We may have to find a way to burp it in the morning. 554 00:25:46,338 --> 00:25:47,213 Yeah. 555 00:25:48,214 --> 00:25:50,216 We found a new limit for abbreviated Robert, 556 00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:52,969 and it seems to be climbing a hill, 557 00:25:53,053 --> 00:25:55,847 slipping the converter all the way in the heat. 558 00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:58,892 I saw 240 degrees on the temperature gauge, 559 00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:01,561 and on the transmission, it said 230. 560 00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:06,066 So it's going to be even better tomorrow in Yuma when it's 110 degrees. 561 00:26:06,149 --> 00:26:07,233 We're at 2,000 feet. 562 00:26:07,317 --> 00:26:08,651 We've got to get up 5,000 feet, 563 00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:11,571 then down 5,000 feet to where it's 108. 564 00:26:11,654 --> 00:26:13,907 -And that's an us tomorrow problem. -Yeah. 565 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:15,367 [David] Those beers won't drink themselves. 566 00:26:15,408 --> 00:26:16,576 -Beers. -Yeah. 567 00:26:24,709 --> 00:26:26,086 Good morning. 568 00:26:26,127 --> 00:26:28,922 Our problem here is that Stubby Bob rides like a two-ton truck 569 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:30,548 that's been shortened and has no load in it. 570 00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:32,717 We didn't see that part coming. 571 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:36,971 [laughs] The problem is, this rear shackle for the leaf spring 572 00:26:37,055 --> 00:26:40,517 is completely bottomed out against its own hanger. 573 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,770 So the only suspension travel that we have is in the leaf spring. 574 00:26:43,853 --> 00:26:47,190 This shackle is supposed to be able to move back and forth. 575 00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:51,111 So what our plan is, is to jack up the frame, 576 00:26:51,194 --> 00:26:54,614 loosen all the bolts, slide the hanger back, 577 00:26:54,698 --> 00:26:57,200 then that's gonna help that shackle stand up 578 00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:59,035 so that it doesn't bottom right there. 579 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:02,956 [Mike] Shout out to the construction crew at the Viejas Casino 580 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,833 because we borrowed their lumber 581 00:27:04,916 --> 00:27:06,292 to make this whole project happen. 582 00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:10,422 -Okay, that has less depth. -All right. 583 00:27:10,463 --> 00:27:12,382 -Hey, now. -[clangs] 584 00:27:12,465 --> 00:27:14,259 -[Mike] Oh. -[David] That's what we need, though. 585 00:27:15,468 --> 00:27:16,928 -[clangs] -[David groans] 586 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:17,971 It's actually worse. 587 00:27:18,054 --> 00:27:20,223 We now can't bolt it back together where it was. 588 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:22,434 -[David] Right. -[Mike] And it won't go over. 589 00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:24,269 -Yeah. That's what we do. -[Mike laughing] 590 00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:29,315 What we're facing here is that we can't get the frame high enough 591 00:27:29,399 --> 00:27:31,651 to get this bracket sort of free 592 00:27:31,735 --> 00:27:33,987 so that we can move it where we want it. 593 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:36,573 -Okay, that's looking promising. -Woah. It moved. 594 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,076 -Okay, easy. -[Mike chuckles] 595 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:41,870 We're set. 596 00:27:41,953 --> 00:27:44,372 Now, while you have the shackle back here that swings, 597 00:27:44,456 --> 00:27:47,417 the front of the leaf spring is a solid mount. 598 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,044 It's just holding it in place. 599 00:27:49,127 --> 00:27:51,629 So if you have a leaf spring that has an arc to it 600 00:27:51,671 --> 00:27:55,967 as it flexes and rebounds, it changes length. 601 00:27:56,009 --> 00:27:59,596 And the shackle has to swing to accommodate that length. 602 00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:02,098 Once again shout out to the construction crew 603 00:28:02,182 --> 00:28:03,600 here at the Viejas Casino 604 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:06,478 because we didn't have a drill. They did. 605 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,605 I mean, it's only a half inch thick frame. 606 00:28:10,357 --> 00:28:11,524 Wow, these are good bits. 607 00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:14,486 -[metal clang] -You can go in here. 608 00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:19,449 [drilling] 609 00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:25,955 Both hangars are half installed. 610 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:27,957 Now we get to set it down, see what happens. 611 00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:30,085 -Oh, look at the angle that went into it. -[Mike] Oh yeah. 612 00:28:30,168 --> 00:28:32,337 -Perfect. Yep. -We have travel now, I think. 613 00:28:32,379 --> 00:28:33,338 [Mike] Let's see. 614 00:28:36,007 --> 00:28:37,967 [David] That I believe is a first. 615 00:28:38,051 --> 00:28:41,262 We got all the wrenching done, but we still need to fill it up with coolant. 616 00:28:41,346 --> 00:28:43,932 The thing has been overheating on this big grade 617 00:28:44,015 --> 00:28:46,351 that we need to climb, and there's more to come. 618 00:28:46,393 --> 00:28:49,145 We think that there might be an air bubble in the engine, 619 00:28:49,229 --> 00:28:51,356 and so we're going to drive it up this hill 620 00:28:51,398 --> 00:28:53,775 in order to let the bubbles rise to the front, 621 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:56,319 and then I will top it off with coolant. 622 00:28:56,403 --> 00:28:57,904 [engine rattling] 623 00:29:04,744 --> 00:29:06,955 Took 4.5 gallons. 624 00:29:07,038 --> 00:29:07,914 That's a lot. 625 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:12,877 -All right. Ready for this bump? -[Mike] Yep. 626 00:29:14,004 --> 00:29:17,257 -Oh! Dude, that might be fixed. -Right? 627 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:18,508 Gotta be better. 628 00:29:30,103 --> 00:29:32,355 [Mike] I think it's better. I think it rides better. 629 00:29:32,439 --> 00:29:34,274 The back of the truck's not bucking. 630 00:29:34,357 --> 00:29:35,817 So it's not wandering like it was. 631 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:37,068 -Like, you can... -Oh! 632 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:39,946 -You can take your hands off the wheel now. -Right. Cool. 633 00:29:40,780 --> 00:29:43,616 Trans is 180 degrees. 634 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:49,456 We're still in third gear. We're going 65 miles an hour and 2,700 RPMs. 635 00:29:51,291 --> 00:29:52,709 Going down to one lane. 636 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,378 I do smell hotness, though. 637 00:29:55,879 --> 00:29:56,796 Yeah, yeah. 638 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,631 [upbeat music playing] 639 00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:11,311 -[music stops] -[engine dies] 640 00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:14,314 Pretty sure we just ran out of gas. 641 00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:17,150 -Seems that way. -Yeah. 642 00:30:18,818 --> 00:30:22,572 -It smells real hot. -Oh, yeah. Wow. 643 00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:24,532 There's a river of coolant. 644 00:30:24,616 --> 00:30:26,910 It was all going so well. 645 00:30:26,993 --> 00:30:28,745 Rear suspension, much smoother. 646 00:30:28,828 --> 00:30:30,997 Everything was going good. 647 00:30:31,081 --> 00:30:34,209 [David] So, the overflow goes into the container. 648 00:30:34,292 --> 00:30:35,460 [Mike] Yeah, it's coming out of this. 649 00:30:36,419 --> 00:30:37,754 [David] Yeah. 650 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:40,340 This gauge now says 190. 651 00:30:40,423 --> 00:30:43,134 It seems to only read when it's radically overheated. 652 00:30:43,968 --> 00:30:45,095 [Mike] This overheated again. 653 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:47,305 Not sure exactly why. 654 00:30:47,347 --> 00:30:50,016 Other than maybe it's the fact that 655 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:52,936 half the radiator is mounted above the grille. 656 00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:55,730 And the radiator is about 2-feet behind the grille 657 00:30:55,814 --> 00:30:58,233 and the air is escaping up and down. 658 00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:00,443 So I'm gonna try to make some cardboard ducts 659 00:31:00,527 --> 00:31:04,114 to block the air from not going into the radiator. 660 00:31:04,197 --> 00:31:05,782 I got a box from a tool we just bought. 661 00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:09,035 With any luck, this will solve some of the problem. 662 00:31:12,205 --> 00:31:15,417 [David] We're driving on the highway and strangely it just died. 663 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,252 We thought we were out of gas. 664 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:19,170 It was just overheating bad. 665 00:31:19,212 --> 00:31:20,630 I blame myself. 666 00:31:20,714 --> 00:31:24,009 You can blame yourself, and now you've solved all with your cardboard. 667 00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:25,677 It works so good now. 668 00:31:25,719 --> 00:31:28,013 The rear suspension is so much better 669 00:31:28,054 --> 00:31:30,932 that I didn't realize we were going 70 up a mountain. 670 00:31:31,016 --> 00:31:32,350 [David] This is like the oven, man. 671 00:31:32,392 --> 00:31:35,520 It's so hot, it's 113 degrees ambient. 672 00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:37,856 It's way worse inside Stubby Bob. 673 00:31:37,897 --> 00:31:42,610 My feet were getting blasted with what felt like 200 degree air. It was bad. 674 00:31:42,694 --> 00:31:45,280 Anyway, we've got it all topped off again because, of course, 675 00:31:45,363 --> 00:31:46,781 when we pulled over it puked. 676 00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:51,786 We think that we can make it to El Centro in the next hour or so. 677 00:31:51,870 --> 00:31:56,166 And then from there we're just gonna call it, 'cause this is so punishing. 678 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:59,085 And in the morning we'll just get up really early 679 00:31:59,169 --> 00:32:01,755 and drive when it's cooler so that we can make it. 680 00:32:04,382 --> 00:32:06,384 [upbeat music playing] 681 00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:21,358 Antifreeze is coming through the floor, the tunnel. 682 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,693 I believe it. 683 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:27,906 [David] Really, our only hope is that it's only 80 degrees at 6:00 a.m. 684 00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:29,449 [Mike] Yep. 685 00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:32,660 We're not even to Arizona yet. It's supposed to get worse. 686 00:32:32,744 --> 00:32:34,954 -I think we're 60 miles from the track. -[David sighs] 687 00:32:35,038 --> 00:32:38,875 One thing I gotta say, that 454 is a trooper. 688 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,670 How it's still in one piece, I don't know. 689 00:32:41,753 --> 00:32:46,591 At this point, even if it doesn't go down the track, just getting there... Wow! 690 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:48,635 Oh, man. 691 00:32:51,304 --> 00:32:54,808 I am all charged up, dude. It's our last 90 miles. 692 00:32:55,725 --> 00:32:57,894 -Shocking -[both chuckle] 693 00:32:57,977 --> 00:32:59,354 [David] We're in El Centro right now. 694 00:32:59,437 --> 00:33:03,358 We're about to blast past Yuma to the sand drag track. 695 00:33:03,441 --> 00:33:04,776 This is the final stretch. 696 00:33:04,818 --> 00:33:06,820 [upbeat music playing] 697 00:33:15,286 --> 00:33:16,996 All right. 698 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,416 Stopping for another new failure. 699 00:33:19,499 --> 00:33:21,584 [music stops] 700 00:33:21,668 --> 00:33:24,045 Well, I can show you the blown head gasket. 701 00:33:24,129 --> 00:33:25,922 What happened is, we were driving along 702 00:33:26,006 --> 00:33:29,050 and it was surging evil, so we pulled over. 703 00:33:29,134 --> 00:33:33,763 And as soon as I hopped out I saw that it's puking coolant out of a head bolt. 704 00:33:33,847 --> 00:33:37,183 It's also dumping oil out of the back of the cylinder head 705 00:33:37,267 --> 00:33:38,643 where it meets the block, 706 00:33:38,685 --> 00:33:41,604 and also out of the back of the intake manifold. 707 00:33:41,688 --> 00:33:44,107 This is the head gasket leak, right there. 708 00:33:45,525 --> 00:33:48,319 So our plan is to top it off with water, 709 00:33:48,361 --> 00:33:50,572 make it the 20 miles to the next town. 710 00:33:50,655 --> 00:33:53,033 By that point, it will have puked all the water out again 711 00:33:53,116 --> 00:33:56,619 and we'll put some head gasket sealer in it, cross our fingers. 712 00:33:56,703 --> 00:33:59,998 And if we make it to Yuma we can still go to the sand drags. 713 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,334 -[Mike] All right, here we go. -We got this! 714 00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:11,301 It took five and a quarter gallons. 715 00:34:16,723 --> 00:34:17,724 [siren wailing] 716 00:34:24,397 --> 00:34:27,817 He must have lit us up for a while and we didn't know it. 717 00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:34,908 Well, we're getting pulled over. 718 00:34:36,409 --> 00:34:38,411 [dramatic music playing] 719 00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:44,125 [Mike] He's like, "You have exposed rear tires throwing rocks at cars." 720 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:47,379 And I didn't even think about that. I'm like, "Yeah. You're right." 721 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:51,132 He's gonna impound it. I think what he was looking for is if it's stolen. 722 00:34:51,216 --> 00:34:53,592 -[Mike] Yeah. -We'll likely never get it back if that happens. 723 00:34:53,677 --> 00:34:55,011 This is how we lose Stubby Bob. 724 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:57,097 Uh-oh. He opened the back door. 725 00:34:57,180 --> 00:34:58,431 [David] That's not good. 726 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:06,106 So we're cruising along, 727 00:35:06,189 --> 00:35:09,651 headphones on, completely deaf to anything. 728 00:35:09,734 --> 00:35:12,862 And the California Highway Patrol had to pull up next to us 729 00:35:12,946 --> 00:35:17,367 and light up the lights and put on the siren to get our attention. 730 00:35:17,450 --> 00:35:19,494 And that didn't put the officer in a good mood. 731 00:35:19,577 --> 00:35:23,665 He was firm but fair. Because, let's be honest, we deserved it. 732 00:35:23,748 --> 00:35:27,377 But ultimately, they called the tow truck, they pulled it away. 733 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:28,670 -It's gone. - [Mike] Yeah. 734 00:35:28,753 --> 00:35:31,006 [David] So we're trying right now to figure out 735 00:35:31,089 --> 00:35:33,758 how to get all of the paperwork from back home, 736 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,595 and go to the Arizona DMV to get a permit 737 00:35:37,637 --> 00:35:40,932 so that we can pull it out of impound in California. 738 00:35:40,974 --> 00:35:42,600 So now we're gonna go hangout by the pool. 739 00:35:42,642 --> 00:35:43,810 But the real question is, 740 00:35:43,893 --> 00:35:47,147 will we get this paperwork done or will producer Taylor, 741 00:35:47,230 --> 00:35:49,441 and will we be racing tomorrow? 742 00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:52,902 Or is this the "whomp-whomp" end of the show 743 00:35:52,986 --> 00:35:56,948 where I have to come up with, like, that VO at the end that ties it all together 744 00:35:56,990 --> 00:35:58,533 and makes it seem like a good thing? 745 00:35:58,616 --> 00:36:00,869 Oh, everybody tunes out at that point. You don't even need to record that. 746 00:36:00,952 --> 00:36:02,287 -That's true. Yeah. -Yeah. 747 00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:10,712 Jail break! 748 00:36:10,795 --> 00:36:13,757 -We got Stubby Bob out of impound. -[upbeat music playing] 749 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,468 -Pretty good story, though. -I'm so excited about this. 750 00:36:16,509 --> 00:36:19,429 Me too. We're here at Dome Valley Raceway. 751 00:36:19,512 --> 00:36:23,183 Turns out it's not so much a sand drag as sort of a dirt drag. 752 00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:25,060 -[Mike] Yeah, this looks like Georgia clay. -Yeah. 753 00:36:25,143 --> 00:36:26,644 [Mike] Which means traction, actually. 754 00:36:26,686 --> 00:36:28,271 Yeah, it's gonna hook up. 755 00:36:28,355 --> 00:36:29,898 This is 300 feet long. 756 00:36:29,981 --> 00:36:33,234 And I need to find out from these guys, what's the scale. 757 00:36:33,318 --> 00:36:34,611 Like, what's quick. 758 00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:39,240 -[Mike] A top-fuel dragster went 216 miles an hour here. -216! 759 00:36:39,324 --> 00:36:41,493 Yeah. In 300 feet of dirt. 760 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:42,786 -Wow. -Yeah. 761 00:36:42,869 --> 00:36:44,871 -I don't know if old Bob's gonna come close to that. -No. 762 00:36:44,954 --> 00:36:46,664 But we're here, it runs. 763 00:36:46,706 --> 00:36:48,833 I mean, never forget there's a boat gearbox 764 00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:51,670 and 0.60 cents worth of spare change booger-welded to the driveshaft. 765 00:36:51,711 --> 00:36:54,047 And yet, somehow, it drove 280 miles. 766 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:56,341 [David] Yeah. Getting it out of impound wasn't that special. 767 00:36:56,383 --> 00:36:59,135 Using some booger-welds to hold the rear driveshaft in, 768 00:36:59,219 --> 00:37:00,762 that was Roadkill. 769 00:37:00,845 --> 00:37:04,808 Yes. If it breaks the beams, I'm happy. But if it does a dirt wheelie... Oh, boy. 770 00:37:04,891 --> 00:37:07,769 -[David] You ready to race? -Yeah. I am. But I have a surprise for you. 771 00:37:07,852 --> 00:37:11,022 Oh! I didn't even see these hidden [chuckles] behind Stubby Bob. 772 00:37:11,064 --> 00:37:12,065 [Mike] Are you ready for this? 773 00:37:12,107 --> 00:37:15,318 They don't make rubber paddled tires for 39s, 774 00:37:15,402 --> 00:37:17,362 so our good buddy Andy Ralls made these. 775 00:37:18,363 --> 00:37:20,031 -Yeah! -[David chuckles] Oh! 776 00:37:20,073 --> 00:37:21,574 -Okay. -[Mike] Right? 777 00:37:21,658 --> 00:37:23,868 -Uh... Steel paddled tires. -Yes. 778 00:37:23,910 --> 00:37:25,036 So the way this works is, 779 00:37:25,078 --> 00:37:27,872 you take the outside wheel off, slide this on the hub, 780 00:37:27,914 --> 00:37:31,876 and put the outside wheel back on, and it sandwiches it and goes around the tire. 781 00:37:31,918 --> 00:37:34,546 So you wanted to go fast at the drag strip, so you added, what? 782 00:37:34,587 --> 00:37:36,673 Eighty pounds per side to the wheels? 783 00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:38,883 Eighty pounds of traction, bro. Look at that. 784 00:37:38,925 --> 00:37:42,178 It might not go faster, but it might do wheelies on dirt. 785 00:37:42,262 --> 00:37:45,056 [upbeat music playing] 786 00:37:45,098 --> 00:37:46,099 Will it start? 787 00:37:46,933 --> 00:37:48,435 [engine starts] 788 00:37:48,518 --> 00:37:49,894 Well, this is the moment. 789 00:37:49,936 --> 00:37:53,398 He's gonna make the first pass at the dirt drag strip in Stubby Bob. 790 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,276 Which is what we've been trying to do for two episodes. 791 00:37:56,359 --> 00:38:00,280 Right now Stubby Bob is exactly as it was straight off the highway 792 00:38:00,363 --> 00:38:02,991 after we drove it to Arizona from LA. 793 00:38:03,074 --> 00:38:05,160 This is gonna be awesome. 794 00:38:05,243 --> 00:38:07,037 Let's see how quick that's gonna be. 795 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,707 If it starts to spin him, it should spin him really hard. 796 00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:13,251 [Mike] All right, pre-stage. 797 00:38:14,919 --> 00:38:15,920 Stagged. 798 00:38:25,972 --> 00:38:28,350 Oh! [laughing] 799 00:38:28,433 --> 00:38:31,978 Wow. That was fun. But so damn sketchy. 800 00:38:32,062 --> 00:38:34,314 Had a surprising amount of traction. 801 00:38:34,397 --> 00:38:36,775 But it fishtailed all the way down the track. 802 00:38:36,816 --> 00:38:41,321 Six-fifty-six at 52.83 miles an hour. 803 00:38:42,655 --> 00:38:45,241 And looks like he's good. He's gonna drive it back. 804 00:38:47,911 --> 00:38:53,500 They said that their new Bronco Raptor should run somewhere in the 7s. 805 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:57,420 And you went 6.50-something at 52 miles an hour. 806 00:38:57,504 --> 00:38:59,589 Sketchy. That was not even wide open. 807 00:38:59,673 --> 00:39:00,590 -[David] Really? -No. 808 00:39:00,674 --> 00:39:02,884 No. It doesn't have much traction, 809 00:39:02,967 --> 00:39:04,886 and it's fishtailing all the way down the track. 810 00:39:04,969 --> 00:39:07,222 [David] It doesn't look like it's spinning the tires at all. 811 00:39:07,305 --> 00:39:09,516 Oh, it does. I basically made an arc. 812 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:10,684 [David chuckling] I see that. 813 00:39:10,725 --> 00:39:13,478 [Mike] And then, turned back right. I'll try again. 814 00:39:14,813 --> 00:39:16,439 [upbeat music playing] 815 00:39:24,781 --> 00:39:29,327 It's weird. It doesn't look or sound like tire spin to me, but he's the one at the wheel. 816 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:42,173 Straight off the highway, our best pass was 6.56 seconds at 52.83 miles an hour. 817 00:39:42,215 --> 00:39:46,011 Apparently, a little quicker than a new Bronco Raptor in 300 feet. 818 00:39:46,052 --> 00:39:49,264 Now, we're gonna go put on a whole lot of weight 819 00:39:49,347 --> 00:39:51,307 with those steel paddle wheels. 820 00:39:51,391 --> 00:39:53,727 [upbeat music playing] 821 00:40:12,162 --> 00:40:14,205 [Mike laughing] Oh, my God! 822 00:40:15,707 --> 00:40:17,709 I think I just threw a rooster tail. 823 00:40:17,751 --> 00:40:22,255 I'm pretty sure that just spun the whole length of the track. [laughing] 824 00:40:22,339 --> 00:40:24,132 [David] I was so excited about the rooster tail 825 00:40:24,215 --> 00:40:27,093 I missed the fact that he must have lifted because that looked awesome. 826 00:40:33,099 --> 00:40:35,769 -Dude, the rooster tails looked great that time! -Okay. 827 00:40:35,852 --> 00:40:39,731 Okay. I was like, "This is really slow, but it's gotta look amazing." 828 00:40:39,773 --> 00:40:42,567 -'Cause the mud was going over the roof of the truck. -[David] Yeah. 829 00:40:42,609 --> 00:40:44,527 -Oh, it was fantastic. -Wow. 830 00:40:44,611 --> 00:40:46,988 I don't care the fact that it was way slower, you lifted, or whatever 831 00:40:47,072 --> 00:40:48,198 'cause it looked great. 832 00:40:48,281 --> 00:40:50,241 I didn't lift. That was it. 833 00:40:50,283 --> 00:40:53,787 -[laughing] -Really? Okay. Well, it slowed down a lot. 834 00:40:53,870 --> 00:40:56,664 You only went 8.60-something at 33 miles an hour. 835 00:40:56,748 --> 00:40:59,709 -I believe it. It just spun the whole time. -Yeah. 836 00:40:59,793 --> 00:41:02,337 [Mike] This thing looks medieval with these paddles on there. 837 00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:04,673 Now Stubby Bob throws dirt rooster tails. 838 00:41:04,756 --> 00:41:07,634 Which I know for a fact chicks dig that. 839 00:41:07,717 --> 00:41:09,969 So, uh, I don't care if I loose. 840 00:41:10,053 --> 00:41:12,222 All right. We know Stubby Bob looks awesome now 841 00:41:12,305 --> 00:41:15,100 with the paddle steel wheels on it because it throws mud everywhere. 842 00:41:15,141 --> 00:41:16,351 Who cares if it's slow? 843 00:41:16,434 --> 00:41:18,019 You know what else looks awesome? 844 00:41:18,103 --> 00:41:22,107 Andy Ralls' little Manx-style dune buggy. 845 00:41:22,148 --> 00:41:24,234 This is the guy who built the steel wheels for us. 846 00:41:24,317 --> 00:41:27,195 His, uh, shop guy, Noah, is driving it right now. 847 00:41:27,278 --> 00:41:29,823 The reason we wanted to do a side-by-side race 848 00:41:29,906 --> 00:41:32,992 is a little bit of, uh, this kind of context... 849 00:41:33,076 --> 00:41:36,996 The rear wheel entire assemblies on Stubby Bob 850 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,084 now weigh, roughly, as much as the entire dune buggy. [chuckles] 851 00:41:41,167 --> 00:41:43,712 And so we're gonna run 'em side by side, see which one's quicker. 852 00:41:43,795 --> 00:41:46,840 The dune buggy better win. But which one will look better? 853 00:41:46,923 --> 00:41:49,092 [upbeat music playing] 854 00:42:08,153 --> 00:42:12,323 Look at Stubby Bob! He's chucking dirt everywhere. 855 00:42:20,957 --> 00:42:22,667 -Whoops. -Oh, no. 856 00:42:24,878 --> 00:42:27,047 [laughing] 857 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:32,052 [David] We just got smoked by a dune buggy. 858 00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:35,513 But you know what? We drove that garbage 300 miles to get here. 859 00:42:35,555 --> 00:42:38,933 We pulled an absolute miracle getting it out of impound. 860 00:42:39,017 --> 00:42:43,438 We fixed a lot of stuff on it. And he broke the driveshaft. 861 00:42:43,521 --> 00:42:46,775 [Mike chuckles] It's overheating, it's got a blown head gasket. 862 00:42:46,858 --> 00:42:48,276 It's fun though! 863 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,028 [David] Did our 0.60 cents let us down? 864 00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:51,571 Uh, no. I think it was upper. 865 00:42:51,654 --> 00:42:52,864 I feel like 0.60 cents 866 00:42:52,906 --> 00:42:54,908 down on the bottom driveshaft was probably all right. 867 00:42:54,991 --> 00:42:56,117 So, let's clarify. 868 00:42:56,201 --> 00:42:57,285 We fixed a lot of stuff, 869 00:42:57,369 --> 00:42:58,661 but then we blew up the driveshaft, 870 00:42:58,745 --> 00:43:00,038 broke the tail housing, 871 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,541 and blew a head gasket, and overheated it to the moon. 872 00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:04,626 Let me look. 873 00:43:04,709 --> 00:43:07,587 [David] Maybe my booger-welded on little tab failed. 874 00:43:07,671 --> 00:43:08,797 [Mike] Oh, wow. 875 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:10,965 Remember how we put a new tail shaft on the trans? 876 00:43:11,049 --> 00:43:12,717 -Oh, is that gone now? -Yeah, we're gonna need another one. 877 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:13,802 [David] Okay. 878 00:43:13,885 --> 00:43:15,053 That's for another episode, though. 879 00:43:15,095 --> 00:43:18,640 -[David chuckles] Yeah. -But the steering is money. 880 00:43:18,723 --> 00:43:19,557 Mmm! 881 00:43:20,934 --> 00:43:23,812 Freiburger's right. Don't get it right, just get it running. 882 00:43:23,895 --> 00:43:25,438 Thanks for watching Roadkill.