News from the barn......

[Bob Carriere]

After the Covid slump finally got around to giving the truck a good trashing.

Set out for a solo cruise to test out the Old Chev.

Drove exactly 100 miles from pump to gas pump...purely a coincidence.

Driving time 5 hours and 20 minutes.
Gas consumed...... 8.21 imperial gallons....works out to about 12. + something miles per gallon on High test (no Alcohol).
Cruises comfortably at 32/33 miles per hour showing 2100 rpm on the tach.
Top speed recorded 45 MPH on along flat.
Stayed on secondary roads paved or gravel in 2 wheel drive.
Temp. steady at 165 F
Oil pressure steady at 39 pounds cruising.....35 idle.
Vacuum at 22 in. idle,..... 10/12 in. cruising ..........goes down to 5 in. at 8 MPH accelerating in 4th.

Conclusions and lesson learned....

Engine and truck can take it.........

It's very noisy and would wear hear plugs next time.

Not comfortable for 5 hours.......pedals location will give you leg cramps.

Very hot......new engine cover ceramic cloth insulation means the engine cover gets very warm but not burning hot. Explains why they retro fitted the truck cab 11/12 with large hook devices that lets you drive with the suicide doors open into the wind stream about 5 inches.

Driving without a top..... roadster style on a Sunny day is awful......

Would be hard press to average more than 20 MPH on long runs.

Engine will pull from 8 MPH in fourth gear when doing a street corner.....

Attracts a lot of attention with waves while driving...... and a lot of questions when you are stopped.

Now been serviced with fresh T4 Shell 20W - 40 diesel oil with 4 ounces Zinc additives and two new PH 8 spin on filters.

Oil also changed in T case using GL 4 90W Penn oil.....same as tranny done earlier.

All fluids up to par.

Brakes system completely flushed with new synthetic US surplus military brake fluids. Surplus brake fluid comes purple when new and slowly turns pissy yellow as it ages.....makes it convenient to bleed system until purple color is restored. All 4 wheels on axles stands and brakes adjusted.

Ready for the next cruise when ever driver musters the courage.

All in all it was fun!!!!!!

Found ALL 4 U bolts holding the cargo box to the frame loose, probably due to wood bearing surfaces drying....... add to regular maintenance schedule.

The above is based on running 10:50 x 16 Chevron tires....would be interesting to compare with more standard 900X16 bar thread tires.

[Harry Moon]

Good to hear you went for a good cruise, milage actually pretty good, i use more typically as I push it harder. Yes my C15A is much noisier than my C^0L. Gears? Transfer Case? not sure but the drive train is noisy. I'm lucky in that I have all the baffles around the engine so the airflow over the engine keeps the doghouse cooler plus I heavily insulated the Doghouse and kick panels on the C60L. My wife preferes the C60L for anything more than a cruise to the local A&W. I've been curious about driving without the cab roof but the Lynx is more like a motorcycle without a helmet.