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Re: ML builds an old truck
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You never know when that may come in handy for another project.
Or DIMBY shenanigans...
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Quote from: Randimus Maximus on February 17, 2022, 03:04:23 PM
You never know when that may come in handy for another project.
Or DIMBY shenanigans...
I'm certain we can find something improper to do with it
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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Update time. I've made some progress.
I bought a 255 amp 220v/1ph mig welder at an auction last summer and finally got it up and running and moved to the house. I needed to add some fish plates to my frame where I cut it in order to add back some strength so I ran some test beads to get the machine dialed. I'm happy with the welding I did but I wish the beads looked a little better. They're very functional though and nobody will ever see them when this is done.
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My welding area - Miller TIG, Century (now owned by Lincoln) mig and a chinese plasma cutter that's really really awesome.
2022-03-03_04-10-12
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I made cardboard templates for the plates, transferred that to wood and added in some offset to account for the head on the plasma torch and then cut from 3/16 sheet.
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The next order of business was to ditch the Mustang 2 front end someone added to this frame sometime before me. They really didn't do such a great job welding it in. Lots of areas that could have been welded weren't and a lot of the beads had bad penetration. Kind of just piled into the joint and not melting into the parent material. It took a couple hours of cutting with the plasma but she's gone.
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I'm going a little unconventional with this project and part of that was I HAD to have some nasty looking tires. That meant 35x12.50 off road tires and a set of plain Jane steel wheels from Summit Racing. With the front end gone I couldn't help but place these tires to get a glimpse of what things are likely to look like at the end.
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Turning my attention back to the rear axle I needed to get new carrier bearings onto the Detroit Trutrac that I'm putting in place of the oem open diff. I froze the carrier in the freezer at the shop over a weekend and then did the work Monday afternoon. This device you see on the bridgeport table is actually a hot plate designed to help repair cell phone screens. I borrowed it from someone it the building and turned it up to 175c (around 350f) to expand the bearings.
According to the CMM I have at the shop the ID on the bearings grew more than .005" I turned an aluminum driver to fit the bearings and the mill spindle turning it into an arbor press. It worked but the bearing only went on 2/3 of the way. I pulled my driver and added a hammer to the equation and was easily able to drive both bearings all the way home.
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I pulled the open diff and did a little measuring of both units on the CMM
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Other than that I was able to pull the rear end and leaves from the truck to make way for the parallel four link I'll be building. The axle that was in there was a ford 8.8 from (I think) a Ranger or F150. What I thought was really cool was that the leaf spring mounting bolts were both greaseable. The bolts were drilled and had grease zerks on them.
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Right now I'm in the process of replacing rotted brake rotor dust shields and e-brake hardware on the rear end. After that will be figuring out shims/backlash on the ring gear. Once that's done it'll go home with me for rear suspension mock up.
I already got in some 2" x 3/16 wall channel and I have 40 feet of 2" x .25 wall DOM tube on the way. 40' of that stuff was $700. I shit my pants when I got that quote. It's enough to do both the front and rear link bars and I'm already in for a penny so....
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Oh hell yeaah!
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ML tries out the new bluetooth suspension.
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Quote from: Davey Two Tractors on March 04, 2022, 06:36:10 AM
ML tries out the new bluetooth suspension.
Nice progress, ML!
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Quote from: Davey Two Tractors on March 04, 2022, 06:36:10 AM
ML tries out the new bluetooth suspension.
Like riding on a cloud
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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Quote from: Randimus Maximus on March 04, 2022, 06:54:07 AM
Nice progress, ML!
Thanks, man! I'm trying to stay on it. I'd like to drive it this summer if that's at all possible.
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Quote from: Monsterlover on March 04, 2022, 07:40:43 AM
Thanks, man! I'm trying to stay on it. I'd like to drive it this summer if that's at all possible.
Hard to stay on 'em.
I like to look at the small picture and make a list. Makes it seem less daunting.
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Quote from: Davey Two Tractors on March 04, 2022, 10:39:42 AM
Hard to stay on 'em.
I like to look at the small picture and make a list. Makes it seem less daunting.
I'm not finding any of it daunting actually. I have the large bullet points in my head and any small stuff that crops up I just figure out how to deal with.
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Late to the party. Just here to watch...
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Late to the party. Just here to watch...
Don't worry, this show will be on for a while
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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I figured you'd be done by now
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Quote from: Davey Two Tractors on April 19, 2022, 10:03:43 AM
I figured you'd be done by now
I don't know why you would think that
I got a long ways to go..
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