Mark's 1974 Thiokol 2100 B Snowcat Restoration скачать в хорошем качестве

Mark's 1974 Thiokol 2100 B Snowcat Restoration

This was my 1974 Thiokol 2100-B snowcat restoration. Purchased on eBay this machine has a 380 CID Ford (Dorset) 6 Cylinder In-line Turbocharged Diesel engine with T18 4 speed manual transmission. The engine had to be completely rebuilt, when opened up there were lots of sparkly metal flakes everywhere. As it was no longer built parts for this engine where hard to come by. Because this engine was a cross and somewhere between an automotive and industrial engine and was popular in agriculture and marine applications parts were able to be located all over the US and Canada. Parts were located in the Gulf Coast, Florida, Minnesota and of course Canada. The Crank and camshafts both had to be turned and ground undersized and because it was larger than automotive they could not be done here in Casper and had to be shipped off to Denver for that work. The bores in the block had to be opened up for larger pistons as there was extensive wear, both rods and pistons had to be replaced. After the complete restoration of this machine I volunteered my time and machine to help do grooming (part time) for several season's for the Natrona County Parks Department on their Cross Country Ski Trails. The parks department let me park my machine at the County Garage on Casper Mountain during the winter months. I also helped the Natrona County Sheriffs Department with the rescue of stranded and stuck motorists and vehicles on Casper Mountain plus there were several rescues of the Wyoming State snowmobile trail groomers on Muddy Mountain. All and all this was a fun build and project and it was funny that in order to operate on the Ski and snowmobile trails the machine had to have an ORV (off road vehicle permit) and snowmobile permit.