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As usual great work!
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That all looks awesome! I really like all your fittings and hoses. It'll look great for a long time.
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Killer work from the fabrication to the electrical to how the project is thought out. I only wish I was at your level. Can't wait to see the finished product. How big of a gooseneck trailer are you gonna haul with it?
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I know I posted a couple of weeks ago, but I just found the diesel conversion section of this board recently. This section still doesn't seem like it's easy to get to for some reason though?? Again, great engineering, layout, fabrication, welding, the whole nine yards. I keep threatening to pull my '69 K20 apart and redo it, but I don't really have the time or the space to do it right now. I'll have to get active on my photobucket account and post some pics of the truck. I started on it in '95 when I was 22, and I got the truck on the road in '97. I was pretty new to doing any sort of frame off project, and I was just learning how to MIG weld, etc...... Now that I'm older (which has it's goods and bads, lol) I'm more picky with what I want, but I'm a little more talented in basic metal fab, but nowhere near your level. I wouldn't know where to begin with a Cummins swap into one of these trucks. I'm on page 33 of this thread, do you have any idea of what type of torque this engine will produce? Keep up the great work, you're an artist. Kurt
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we all love pics, so be sure to post up a thread with some! especially K20's some front link fab work. the lowers and the tires were all in the same space at the edges of the steering, so some things had to be done. it uses a fixed bushing end on the frame side. uses the same big poly bushing that is on the rear links and the front uppers. they are from ballistic fab. the axle sides are ruffstuff 1.25" rod ends. the lower link is made from 1.75"x.250" wall DOM for the bent tube and it copes into a stub of 2"x.250" wall DOM with the tube adaper welded in. clears the tires with just enough room i could probably run a little wider tire. but not much. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psakjugj2c.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pshfldrz8i.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pszupigobt.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psyywgelfp.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psaro4ceca.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psplrsw8rv.jpg |
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more of the same
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psr977bwez.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psdmscv62x.jpg the uppers are made with 1.75"x.120 wall DOM. they are really short and not bent, and only see torque load in tension for the most part. no need for super tube. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps7pawr7xh.jpg some in the weld zone pics http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps8mp8c9tg.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psergindl6.jpg no reasonable truck can and have linked suspension and no taco gussets, right? i made a quick and dirty taco bender http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psbwxswdn1.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps9wlbahhk.jpg i also put wrappers on the upper side of the bushing collar. the frame bracket confines space there so it needed to be a little more sleek. they are one piece formed to fit. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psmtgacr1s.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psnlikmxra.jpg then the real tacos. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psur5zpbog.jpg |
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and more welding
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psa24cj97m.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psbar9jbse.jpg some test fitting http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps5gyee2nz.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pspu2m1i3h.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psa1euknfd.jpg and some paint and install i capped the open end of the 2" and smoothed the welds. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pse49wk1xr.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psiduiidds.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps0kzldc5g.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pshfmlg2ln.jpg |
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Man that looks sweet! So when are you opening your own custom fab and off-road shop?
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What a great build for the last 4 years..
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Ryan:
As always, your work is fantastic, especially the welds. I love the bender. Burnett |
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an, those look awesome! Those welds look like money to me! :lol:
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Ryan, I have to agree with everyone else that those welds look absolutely great. Steady hand, right amount of filler wire on each dip, etc..... I do some Tig welding at work, I'm a Steamfitter (Pipefitter) most of the time I'm stick welding though. I have two welders at home, a Millermatic 175 MIG, and a Lincoln 175 square wave AC/DC that do a decent job for what I neex to do. I wish I was better at welding on aluminum, but I just don't do it often enough. I have been told that the newer machines like the Miller dynasty are a dream to weld with. Anyway, just when I think some of my freehand TIG welds look good, I look at guys like you and I'm reminded that I'm average at best. :lol: Kurt
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i've heard the dynasty series is awesome too. i hope to test that myself one day, but for now my little everlast is doing its tricks. i decided to get the green one on the chance that i really didnt like the inverter. i do like them, but i am too new to them to feel as proficient as i'd like. i also shopped a little smaller than i will next time. this one is a 250A machine but pulse cuts the applied amperage down enough that i would like a bigger machine. other than that it does fine. i was burning 3/16 309l rods with it just to see how it stick welded and was pretty impressed. my MIG is a MM250, i learned on that very machine in HS so i like it, but i really would like to get something a little different i think. the Lincoln 255s are nice, but the Miller 300xmt i mig with at work is by far my favorite mig power source that i could ever hope to afford as a hobbyist. i welded with an Axcess 450 for a while in my younger days and that is Mig welder. but also $8500 or something. and way to big for a garage. But fun to play with. i got the rear limit straps installed. the frame side http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psxevbcqbr.jpg axle side. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psnr844fl9.jpg the tabs are probably overkill at 3/16" thick. better safe than sorry, right? welded the lower shock tabs at this time as well. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psfdmzladk.jpg welded the uppers http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psli33oicl.jpg the straps from Ruffstuff are burly and fairly priced, and they come with a comical tag http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...pstc4jmupt.jpg painted the upper shock mounts too. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...psefnro6kr.jpg a way long time ago i was going to try to incorporate the dodge shock mounts on the axle. that died a long time ago, but i just ignored them. i finally got my crap in a pile and ground the ugly SOB's off. looks better than i figured it would http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps8bthnofb.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ps1de0pagm.jpg |
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I can't recall, what are you using for a front axle?
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Any updates? Enjoyed the build, great work!
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i havent done much lately. i have a few things i will have to post up but i havent been real busy on the truck. |
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This build is sweet!! Talking about going on wolf creek pass for its maiden voyage, makes me wonder if you have heard the song about it by C.W. McCall?
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cant let this die. had any more time for the truck?
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I love driving WCP. Last time though, there was construction which added an hour to our trip. So you're staying? Glad to hear. I know it's hard to find work over there.
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fortunately we dont struggle for work and get by better than most. my wife was able to find a position at work that she feels settled with and that was the ultimate hinge point. hard to want to leave a place as beautiful as this! let me know when you are rambling through again, we can have a beer and do some bench racing! |
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