ACME Beer Truck


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Golden Jubilee
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Post Tue May 10, 2016 4:22 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

My 1938 D-2 Acme Beer Truck is mechanically and electronically based on 1995 Toyota Tacoma. Coming home a few nights ago the truck pinged a bit and then set the OBDII check engine light. I was able to retrieve a P0170 rich code. This code is the computer's way of telling you that it took away as much fuel as it was programmed to authorize but the mixture remains RICH.
I am now finally getting around to scanning the data (of which there is a LOT) to see what is up.
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Not a bad start emissions-wise for a nearly eighty year old truck.
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Late model running gear diag is a bit different than "setting the points and timing, adjusting carb idle mix"
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Just another day doing OBDII diagnosis on early IHC trucks! :)
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MY D-2 OBDII connector is on the passenger side beneath the dash. Where's yours? :)

Golden Jubilee
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Post Tue May 10, 2016 4:43 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

I put the truck on the smog dyno to check emissions. "Rich, code P0170" should correspond to higher than normal CO readings on the screen. This truck WILL pass emissions standards for a 1995 Toyota Tacoma. I left all emissions devices intact.
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Not bad at all! Not squeaky clean...but not bad!
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Looks funny! Fastest way to SEE emissions under load. ACME Beer Truck on the dyno.

Golden Jubilee
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Post Tue May 10, 2016 4:48 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

In the end i could not see anything obvious going on. The catalytic converter is still on the truck and YES it eats HCs, CO and NOX. Spits out CO2 and O2 and water vapor.
I cleared codes and all (fuel mix) adaptives. We will see what happens next.

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Post Tue May 10, 2016 9:12 pm

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Just a reminder, flip the picture taker when posting, all the last ones were upside down. ;>)
They do expand and turn right side up if clicked on and opened in a new window.

Oh, well, the exercise of standing on my head is not a bad thing. LOL. :D

Golden Jubilee
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Post Tue May 10, 2016 9:19 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

I can't look because your kilt goes over your head. :t1809:
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
Thinking risks being controversial and possibly being offensive
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Rusty Driver
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Post Wed May 11, 2016 2:44 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

Don, this truck build is inspirational to me. I've built lots of cars/trucks from parts, including hot rods where you have to do a lot of head scratching to figure out how things are going to fit & work together, but it seems to me that doing a body transplant onto a modern chassis is the ultimate challenge - especially after reading your thread. A few years ago I contemplated doing that with my '52 MKVII. The drivetrain in that car is so cool I wanted to put it on display, maybe in a one-seater of some kind. I guess I chickened out, started restoring it. :oops:
Now I'm reconsidering, think I'll go measure the WB and do some research! 8-)
This is my last old truck, unless I find another one.

1935 International C35
1939 Dodge TC
1940 Ford Tonner
1969 Ford F250 4X4
2000 Chevrolet 1500

Golden Jubilee
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Post Wed May 11, 2016 2:59 pm

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Maybe you can set the Jaguar on a Ram 2500 Diesel and make the ultimate red neck 4X4.
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
Thinking risks being controversial and possibly being offensive

Golden Jubilee
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Post Wed May 11, 2016 3:07 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

We forget that (at least in Southern CA) Jags were called Tiajuana Ferraris. If you watched a drama in the 1960s or 1970s with a car crash, the "high dollar" car going over the cliff was usually a XKE. I cried.
:)

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Post Wed May 11, 2016 3:24 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

More about these builds: my overall thought now is that fat fendered cars and trucks (mid-late 30's on up) can hide a MULTITUDE of things under all that sheetmetal. Power steering, alternators and A/C compressors hung way out, a/c condensors on and on. Also FRAMES that DO NOT taper to the front so much like the oldies can FIT.
I generally find the modern engine is too far forward and should be slid backward 4-12" in order to make your life easier everywhere else.
The ergonometrics of floorboard/ toeboard/ firewall/ dash is incredibly similar between 1930s and 2000-ish truck donors, except that old trucks are really narrow. That's why Japanese, S-10 and Dakota or Ranger frames fit best.
1935 and earlier truck sheetmetal conversions with modern frames are a recipe for disaster, in my opinion for many reasons: 1) IFS doesn't want to clear front fenders
2) the old front sheetmetal is "tailored" to the frame. Newer frames will
never have the right taper without huge modifications.

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Post Wed May 11, 2016 6:43 pm

Re: ACME Beer Truck

Nissan Hardbody pickup in the shop today...
You know what I'M thinking...:) GREAT DONOR :)
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