Ed Kennell 38,049 #26 Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, 8ntruck said: Once on a '67 Falcon I used clothesline rope for traction on my first car, a 1930 Dodge with wooden spoke wheels with 5.00X19" tires. I just wound the rope around the rear tires thru the spokes. That car never let me set even in the monster snows we got in the 1950s in Somerset Co.,Pa. 3 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #27 Posted October 17, 2022 @Handy Don put a pair of vise gripes in a bench vise , now you have the leverage advantage , tapered pry bar , cutting wheel , hardware store also has those oval half links , for chain fitting . key is, a very solid chain holding spot , channel lock and vise grip them back together , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #28 Posted October 17, 2022 @Pullstart , done a number of chains , when your link is locked down , you have all the advantage , then you can slice and dice your set up , tapered lever bar is a must , old school , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,177 #29 Posted October 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, peter lena said: @Handy Don put a pair of vise gripes in a bench vise , now you have the leverage advantage , tapered pry bar , cutting wheel , hardware store also has those oval half links , for chain fitting . key is, a very solid chain holding spot , channel lock and vise grip them back together , pete Pete, if you ever get to try the specific tool for opening and closing tire/truck chain links, it'll be a revelation. You'll never want to mess with vises and vise grips and channellocks again. This is an example: https://www.zoro.com/westward-chain-repair-plier-32-4564-in-l-45ff36/i/G3112299/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #30 Posted October 17, 2022 @ebinmaine... @Pullstart ...whatchya guys think about these here...? Ya' think they will work? https://www.ebay.com/itm/191156083019?epid=11003838384&hash=item2c81ca594b:g:j1AAAOSwFWdbHy-k&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4HDgorKovvDkjUJkgeFhNTn28YQA1LijT7JCIt2EepmQIof6nN3rrHRz3R11LvqgeaeMlQ4Bp%2FhOlvTCwPwfj%2Bh1qk0jQ9oO021qXgEib0Mrq%2BS3KyeY125mtNuGWaM9pCKziG%2Fk7L8C6cak8z7u7I42ectb8qWMDBpxj1RSUi31k4q4CIWd5rXKS23xbCrPoNLmTb1awqvajCpWGidR4D3bIODWaAcRdU8W16OPm8m2AHI88Mzh1qXtcxf%2F3Q7DHl%2FxZTw3CHfqxbBKmyRGV2uT349nbFhWgfgx4IpBAmUm|tkp%3ABk9SR6jH8oH9YA Don Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,812 #31 Posted October 17, 2022 @Snoopy11 so long as the hub bore fits… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,330 #32 Posted October 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: Ya' think they will work? I buy ONLY flat surface spacers because I've fought a battle with the hub centric rings in the past. As long as your own wheel fits that ring and that spacer inside diameter fits your hub you're ok. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #33 Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) @ebinmaine... @Pullstart So, I did some engineered scaling... (in other words, I took the wheel off and measured... just sounds cooler to say it the other way)... and here is what I found out. The rims on the L-157 are 3.5" bolt circle... 2-3/8" center bore. So... that makes things a good bit more difficult. I wonder why they used such strange rims in '67? Don Edited October 17, 2022 by Snoopy11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,199 #34 Posted October 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: 3.5" bolt circle How'dja measure the circle? I've never had good luck with that. You didn't use Jomma Tree, did'ja? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #35 Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said: How'dja measure the circle? No, I took Jomma Tree in high school... I couldn't pass a test on it now if ya' paid me though! I looked around in the shop for cylinders... measured them, and finally found a cylinder in the shop that was 3.5" ...(it ended up being one of my grinding discs). When overlayed over the bolt holes, the edge of the grinding disc ran directly through the center of the bolt holes... it was a perfect fit... EDIT: I tried everything from old fuel cans to bigger grinding discs, coffee cans... blah blah blah... every cylinder I could think of to try, until I got to the grinding disc which was exactly 3.5... Don Edited October 17, 2022 by Snoopy11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,330 #36 Posted October 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said: Jomma Tree, I did fine at jomma tree. In electricity class we did some EXTREMELY complicated matherizing. It were allgeeburr what made no since cents sense tuh me. My literal based thinkin'brain head just could NOT combine numbizz n lettizz. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #37 Posted October 18, 2022 Since I really have no choice but to prepare for winter and snow plowing... I am converting to studs with ATV cone style lug nuts, and I bought a specific type of spacer that I plan to test.... not going to reveal what I bought yet until I do testing on it to make sure that it is going to work! Don Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,993 #38 Posted October 18, 2022 It was dif-e-q quasions in colleg that gave me fits. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,199 #39 Posted October 18, 2022 1 minute ago, 8ntruck said: It was dif-e-q quasions in colleg that gave me fits. I guess quadratics was completely outta the question then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,993 #40 Posted October 18, 2022 not at all. Quadratic were easy - until you started throwing elements from calculus into them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,177 #41 Posted October 18, 2022 37 minutes ago, 8ntruck said: It was dif-e-q quasions in colleg that gave me fits. I got past dif-e-qs but then next course was partial dif-e-qs. No deterministic methodology for correct answers. Basically it was re-factor and re-factor until something "gave". Ugh. Sadly, the instructor could offer no tangible example of what they were good for--he was just a math purist. I bailed. YEARS later I sat in on a lesson for that course at a college my daughter was considering attending and the illustration was to determine the lift of an aircraft wing that had lots of different profiles and appurtenances along its length. Solvable via partial differential equations. Aha, the concepts clicked! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,049 #42 Posted October 18, 2022 5 hours ago, peter lena said: , then you can slice and dice your set up Pete, this is @Pullstart we are trying to help, the guy that drills holes in his hands. No way he could open a cross chain link with a pry bar and vise grip without losing a finger or two. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,812 #43 Posted October 18, 2022 I appreciate your support Ed Dog! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #44 Posted October 18, 2022 @Pullstart can relate , most important thing is getting MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE , was just making a heavy flat steel patch , needed a slight form fitting bend , wedged it into the rear transaxle hitch mount , solid fit , used a 12 " adjustable wrench , into a pipe end , bent it like butter . staying crazy , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #45 Posted October 18, 2022 3 hours ago, peter lena said: MEDICAL ADVANTAGE There Pete, I fixed if for you... Don 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
