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Let me know if you need any of the tools for the NV. I have most of them.
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there are a few specific tools that make it easier to assemble/disassemble. i did mine with a carrier bearing tool. you can manage fine without the special tools, but they are nice to have.
jeremy, thanks for the offer. i will get that measurement for you. i havent forgot, i am just slow. |
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a good day at the mailbox.
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Nice! Your bed sides look better than mine. :lol:
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I'm picturing a 20 foot sea container with a red flag on the side and mounted atop a pole for your mailbox... no?
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Twin Turbo Rebuild time!
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the color shop called and told me to come get the silver bits. its media blasted and clear coated raw. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps63gcdgkf.jpg had to mock it up on the housing... |
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That looks nice.
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thanks!
put the top back together. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pse92tgqvr.jpg the rail detents were really gooey and one wouldnt come out at all. i made a little modification to allow a punch through. i threaded it and stuck a 10-32 set screw in it with a generous dose of blue loctite. i cant imagine that the truck shifted well before. i cleaned the snot out of the bores and detent body and slimed them with some assembly grease. very smooth now. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psac8zsmmx.jpg |
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i ordered the bed wood kit last week and should see it on monday. i was thinking about the cross sills and dug the old ones out of the old parts stash. i ordered a new rear cross sill with the wood. i remembered it was gone from tear down.
the rest of them were not well off either. the one on the table is the best of the lot, so i used it as a measurement reference. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psd5iz36wi.jpg i used an offset punch to break these so i could make the channel without back breaking http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps7muush34.jpg 105 holes later and my forearms look like popeye http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psji9ecfua.jpg these are the shorter support channels. the taller ones all have a couple pieces i still need to spot weld on so they didnt get painted. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pszbodslyl.jpg |
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Great work!
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Looking great Ryan! I'm curious what the portable parts cleaner was? Was it something automatic or just the old basin with circulator pump?
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the portable part was that cardboard box. haha. i loaded all the loose pieces into the yellow beast and hauled them to town and stuck them in the wash cabinet at the generosity of a buddy who has one in his diesel shop. its a hot wash cabinet that you load parts on a turntable type of thing. Its nice. |
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if i had space and the cash for one when it popped up, i wouldn't look back. they arent cheap new, but man are they nice.
more stuff! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psfviwpe5w.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psc6bonlgd.jpg i picked up some supplies for what i hope is the look i'm after. for a sealer, i looked around, asked those better informed than i and came to this conclusion. Its West Systems 105 epoxy. the hardener is the special clear 207 for a clear coat effect. supposedly the billyBA stuff. time will tell i suppose. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psxh3f1u13.jpg |
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Sweeeeet project. Looking frigin awesome.
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Nice !
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Thanks fellas
i finished these things. not a perfect re-creation, but very few will ever see the differences on these sills vs. an OEM. always fun to make your own and i am not stickler for OEM.... haha http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pscljxvac0.jpg needed a 1" spacer to match the body lift. i like this better than a lift puck http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps2jclegcv.jpg the boards clear the hitch due to that 1" body lift. i will still have some funk to get the hitch accessible with the wood, but i dont think it will be difficult. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pseefzd1kk.jpg one day i will get to start mocking up the bed. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pswvy7q5qi.jpg some more supplies showed today so i can finish the wiring up a little better before the bed goes together to much farther. it will come off again for paint, but who knows on that timeline... |
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Those cross sills look awesome! I like the body lift pieces too. Way better than a puck and longer funky bolts.
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thanks man!
i had a little spare time today. spare time seems to be the bane of this build... haha http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psmcijpglj.jpg i wanted a little tool box. i dont like the ones that are so big you can loose everything in the inevitable clutter. i want to have trailering necessities and some must have tools in the truck at all times. having some extra fuel is a good thing too. i didnt want to advertise that there was a box full of liquid gold in the truck, so a hidden combo was the idea. i dont like most of what is offered for sale, and thats no fun anywhoo. mine is baffled. tanks with no baffles speak of hackery. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psw0r1zewt.jpg nice little cubby for tools and whatnot, should look like a toolbox from the outside. i didnt get it welded out today, still have struts and latches as well as fittings to do and the lid is ready to cut and form, just not done yet. i had this cooking in my head for a while, but figured to get it done now so i can drill the mounting holes in the bed before the finish goes on the wood. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psnrd3vwp8.jpg i did this out of 304ss. i learned on the fuel tank that the cost of coating a steel tank makes the cost of materials difference get really small. this should hold 60 gallons. combined with the fuel tank i will be able to start a trip with 100 gallons on board. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psly0f3zxa.jpg |
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Awesome fab skills. The tool box is great. Let me know when you start taking orders :lol:
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That is one superb cell/tool box combo!
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Awesome tool box indeed. I'll take an order for 1 to haha.
It'll be nice for the fuel to be hidden under the tools. |
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Are you going to weld studs into the cross sills and hide the bed fasteners ? Awesome build I have been creeping for a while now. Planning my own Cummins build for next winter.
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