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Old_truck_fan have you used that new belt sander for any spot welds? I am curious how it would work to knock down spot welds with the 3m sanding belts. I am considering getting one to use for that purpose. Just looking for some feedback on yours. Thanks.
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Hey KMC3420, yes you can use the small belt sander for grinding down those patch panel rosette welds. It works quite well. It takes a little practice to learn to feather things out into the base surface. It has a variable trigger so you can slow down the speed as you finish things out. Just remember to wear some hearing protection because it has quite the howl running wide open.
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I've been making a lot of small brackets for plumbing using Notchhead clamps. I like them a lot better than typical P-clips. The lines just snap in place and are held firmly. Here are some examples on the supply and return fuel lines and a wastegate actuator line.
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I'm also finish welding the exhaust system. I just purchased a dual flow regulator for my Argon tank so I can back purge (using the red hose in the picture) all of the stainless tubing. It takes quite a bit more time, but welds so much nicer.
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Super nice work man.;)
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Love Love Love the detail on the brackets and the notchead clamps. Clean work.
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:agree:. Love those clamps. Nice work.
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Very nice build ! Subscribed
Keep at it man. Cant wait to see it finished up. |
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Thanks for all the encouragement.
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I finished up the exhaust tubing welding. I found a nice purge box online called the "Crummy DIY Purge Box". Crummy is the company's name and not an indication of the quality of the product. It was a fun little welding project and worked out really nice to back purge the internal flange welds that are on the turbo outlets. I also made a few small heat shields to protect the exposed valve cover rubber gasket from the upturned exhaust manifolds. |
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Great idea on the valve cover gasket heat shield, it can only help considering aluminum is an excellent heat sink.
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Nice tight work. I'd like to see how that purge box works.
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I finished welding the turbo flanges on the exhaust manifolds. The aluminum block worked nice for both back purging and as a heat sink. With the factory heat shields installed they turned out nice.
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I was struggling with the fit of the inner fenders. I bought another "brand" but still had similar results on the driver side. If I bolted it to the fender lip then everything else was off 1/4 inch and it rubbed on the steering shaft. If I bolted it to everything else then the fender lip was off 1/4 inch. I slotted the holes significantly on the first set and I was just not happy. So this time I got more aggressive and just cut the fender lip off, bolted everything together, scribed an intersect line, removed about 1/4 inch, and welded the pieces back together. Now all the bolts go in without issue. Seems some people can just throw the aftermarket inner fenders on while others (like me) fight to get good alignment. The second inner fender on the passenger side actually fit a little better and will just require minor tweaking. The driver side fender is original and the passenger side is NOS. Just part of the game getting everything to fit just right.
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Nice work. I found with my repop inners similar results. I found the best for me was 2 bolts first in front core(left loose), then the large upper bolt to cab(left loose), then install outer fender loose, then attach inner to outer starting with the 2 bolts at top of inner fender(vertical bolts). Those 2 vertical bolt holes where what was really off and made everything suck so they got the die grinder a couple times. Then after that once I had them installed I found the inner fenders stuck out too much from outer fender. Had to trim(grind) that lip down to match outer fender.
Ton of work I know, and I bet they are different for every truck. But I must say, looks like you did the best fix your way, its the right way to fix these things for the best fit. :chevy: |
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OH MY, What an AWESOME build! Just went through the entire thing, and you sir are an artist! Great job, ill be looking for more updates.
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I had the same issues with my inner fenders. I ended up just welding all the holes and drilling them where they needed to be. I have one fender/door gap that I hate and had hoped the shop would have corrected, but didn't. You will be very happy you did all this when you are in paint. It really is the difference between a 25k truck and 50k truck IMO.
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I had to make a little more clearance between my intercooler plumbing and the inner fenders. So out comes my brand new radius brake. :) Just a cardboard shipping tube.
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I finished up the hard lines for the condenser. I also received my custom Moser Engineering third member with 3:70 ratio, 31 spline, Truetrac differential in a thru-bolt aluminum case.
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