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  1. Thefatsquatch

    Thiokol 4VL registration page

    I will have some tire guides left over once I get my tracks done. I am running the wooden ones, but per the navy test up in Alaska, I am running short tracks every 3rd grouser, and studded caps every other long grouser. But it looks like they just used the old tire guides and welded on some...
  2. Thefatsquatch

    Thiokol 4VL registration page

    I can't tell from the pictures. Some of them look straight but some of them look dropped. Was there a machine that ran a straight grouser with a wheel cut-out but not a raised pad? Mine are just the wooden ones with caps. These look like the bolt heads are up too, which would certainly help...
  3. Thefatsquatch

    Thiokol 4VL registration page

    I like this one! Your dash is set up differently than either of the ones I have. Kinda cool. Those look like the tracks off a 601. The top rack is also something I need to add to mine. Gotta keep that cargo space up. Did you end up mounting the space heater front or back?
  4. Thefatsquatch

    Need 4T8 trackmaster help

    Ok. So I have pictures. So far, it's just the dash and the engine/transmission/driveline/parking brake. I converted to a spin-on oil filter, and it leaks as badly as the cartridge style did, so I have cat litter and an oil pan in the pictures. When I picked up the motor and transmission, it...
  5. Thefatsquatch

    Need 4T8 trackmaster help

    Absolutely! So far it’s just engine/tranny and drive shaft, but the bell housing was a pita to find, and the clutch was awkward too. I ended up building the front motor mount because I couldn’t find what I wanted. It’s not quite factory, but it works. The 11 inch clutch I got from...
  6. Thefatsquatch

    New Project! (as if the last one were done...)

    Well, as I am on the next project, I suppose I should post a video of this machine out running around. My girlfriend won't ride a snowmobile, and she is not a big fan of my big cat, (because I took her on a picnic and forgot to get food and then the cat broke and we got stuck walking out,) but...
  7. Thefatsquatch

    Need 4T8 trackmaster help

    You ever get it sorted out? I just got an 11 inch 223 clutch from Oreilly's for the T-98. I can get you a part number if you still need it.
  8. Thefatsquatch

    1962 Thiokol Trackmaster 4t10 for sale

    Hey Jumbo. I am in the middle of the same project. Did you have this one when it was purple? The reason I ask is because mine has a very similar bullet hole in the hood, but once it is grey, yours doesn't. I know there are very few of these machines left, and parts do have a tendency to get...
  9. Thefatsquatch

    Trackmaster 4VL origins

    Can I second this request? The motor and tranny is all ready to go back in, but I am waiting for summer to paint. In the meantime, I am trying to sort out the dash and wiring.
  10. Thefatsquatch

    Cushman Trackster gearing

    I just saw a trackster drive and track for cheap on Boise fb marketplace. I think 1 or 200 bucks.
  11. Thefatsquatch

    Thiokol 4VL registration page

    I am struggling to find the casting number for the bell housing between the ford 223 and the Borg Warner t-98 4 speed. It seems that was just a very unusual combination, even in the ford f100, even though it was an option. Can anyone tell me what the numbers are, or even take a picture?
  12. Thefatsquatch

    4vl

    How did this project turn out?! I have so many questions! Such a pretty restoration!
  13. Thefatsquatch

    Need 4T8 trackmaster help

    Is it the clutch-brake style of rear diff? I thought those were out of the International TD6. Maybe I am thinking of the older ones?
  14. Thefatsquatch

    1957 thiokol 4VS

    Couple friends I have run extremely low pressure in snow-wheeling rigs, and they say the secret to keeping air pressure in old wheels is: *plays fanfare... Two wraps of duct tape where the bead seats. It seems to work.
  15. Thefatsquatch

    1957 thiokol 4VS

    I am extremely excited you are doing this one and documenting it! This will help a ton as I rebuild mine! I haven't posted much on it. I will start a new thread as soon as I actually do some work on it.
  16. Thefatsquatch

    old leavenworth snowcat pictures

    Is there a reason we stopped having snowcat gatherings in Leavenworth? I know there is some absolutely amazing terrain just north of there, up the Entiat River. If I can help organize something, it would be awesome for those of us with a more costal proclivity.
  17. Thefatsquatch

    Washington State Snowcat Owners?

    Ok, so I just came across this thread. I know it's way late, but I finally got ahold of a Ranger last winter and asked him specifically where we could and could not run cats. He pulled up the rulebook, and it's pretty simple: Tracked vehicles are allowed on any roads that are not specifically...
  18. Thefatsquatch

    Trackmaster 4VL origins

    Enter the Pisten Bully 100E . And with a very tesla-esque price tag. But I agree with you. Sometimes less noise is so good out in the backcountry. And having separate electric motors would solve any transmission issues, as they could be mounted directly to the driver like the hydrostat...
  19. Thefatsquatch

    Trackmaster 4VL origins

    I know that, generally, old machines like this are worth more if they are pretty close to original. But I also know that they have to be reliable. Has anyone converted an older clutch-and-brake machine to an automatic transmission? It seems like the torque converter might take up a little bit of...
  20. Thefatsquatch

    Track Belting

    I used "paper drills" off amazon. Stupid cheap and several sizes.
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