BOB'S LAST BUILD

[bob vawter]

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im down to the last SteamGenie build...
this will be a BRAND NEW EVERYTHING build.....
I bought a brand new Roots.....
and i'll post a pic here an' there thu out the build......ha...ha!

first thing is to build a pump bracket...
is THIS new enough?

ain't she a pretty 47

ceramic coated..inside and out!

The frame,,with stainless nipples.

bullet-proof epoxy primer

 

[Jay D]

Are you sure this is the last one? I hope not. You do a great job on them. !gotcha!

 

[bob vawter]

i'm outta parts......
i got one frame left...
and two rebuilt driveshafts
and one stainless instrument panel.......
no blowers and no pumps left!

 

[The Asian Sensation]

If that's really the case...then you should autograph it.

 

[bob vawter]

new roots in the hole......

 

[joeynbgky]

Looks great!!

I have an idea..........

Since you like direct drives so much........... you should buy White Magic!! And put your own twist to them!

Why not?

 

[Jay D]

Bob I saw one with a wore out ford on craigslist OKC for 3K, Its in Guthrie, OK. You need something to do in retirement other than annoy the wife.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

White Magic started out as a Steam Genie distributor. I remember ads in the trade journals of the late seventies. Thus two new mfg's from the same area of MA started making their versions of the SG at about the same time...WM, and Butler.

 

[bob vawter]

NAWWW. i'm gonna restore some of these.........
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[Nate The Great]

Dang, I think I waited too long to buy a SG from Bawb....

 

[Duane Oxley]

Why is the blower at an angle...?

 

[Bob Savage]

Why is the blower at an angle...?

The drive shaft is at the reciprocate of that angle?

 

[Shane T]

If I'm not mistaken the drive shaft is at the same angle as the crankshaft. Everything runs at the same angle, eliminating the need for a universal joint.

 

[bob vawter]

'zactly!
any car or van drivetrain has a downward slant....aimed at the differential.....
the Genies all have this angle built in

 

[bob vawter]

that round grey thing is a White Magic HX....they work great...
the one im building now has a Butler HX

 

[Duane Oxley]

What's the newest van you've put one in...?

 

[Burtz]

last one was a 1978 E 150 church van

 

[Dolly Llama]

What's the newest van you've put one in...?

and look what he was carrying home that day

..L.T.A.

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

Hey I have a question for anyone. Will an automotive muffler accomplish a good percentange of suppression in comparison to a Universal Blower Silencer? Does it take 2ea. mufflers? Thanks.

 

[bob vawter]

What's the newest van you've put one in...?

Look DUane..heres what i tell the guys that call me...
go out and SHOP THE SHIT outta an 02 or earlier...get a low milage like CRASH did...
$4000.00...put a $6000.00 Genie in it....and you got a bulletproof machine for 12 to 15 years...for about $69.00 a month......that WON'T blow up or make you smell like diesel fuel all day!
they CAN be put into brand new chevy vans..but it's a lot more work!

THIS is CRASHES van..an 01 wit 72000 on it that he got for under FOUR GRAND....

 

[bob vawter]

Hey I have a question for anyone. Will an automotive muffler accomplish a good percentange of suppression in comparison to a Universal Blower Silencer? Does it take 2ea. mufflers? Thanks.

it takes TWO expansion chambers to knock the top and bottom of a sine wave down......
you see one right at the blower and then i put another underneath the truck....

 

[bob vawter]

a picture of the Pitts clutch......
in TWENTY years...i've NEVER had one go bad....and i ran my waste tank on total lock down for years....

 

[joeynbgky]

Why did Steam genie go out of business? and why do they still have their chem line?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

http://www.steamgenie.com/?linkProvidedBy=WANDInc

 

[joeynbgky]

I saw that site befre i posted..but it doesnt say why they went under

 

[bob vawter]

family dysfunctionality....
lotta that goin' around!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Shawn's been pretty quiet about it, although he worked there for many years. He left after the last owners took over, and expressed his regrets about the direction the company took before folding.

Like carpet cleaners who do a good job cleaning carpet, but fail to see that success depends on having survival skills in business, many GREAT truckmount builders end up in the dustbin of history for the same reasons.

Thanks,
Lee

 

[joeynbgky]

Found a brand new one someone still has

http://www.ices.net/catalog/item82.htm

 

[Lee Stockwell]

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Last modified: September 23, 2008

 

[joeynbgky]

haha i know i saw that.. i was just gonna see if bob was gonna try and order it!