project INCREDIBLE HULK 6.2L with 6L80E

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Originally Posted by 6T9GMC

Hey, I Know When You Weld In The Patch Panels You Spot Weld And Keep Going In Different Areas, After Your Done Grinding It Down Smooth What Is The Inside Supposed To Look Like And Do You Grind It Down And Make It Smooth Too, Or Just Leave It?

depends on if that spot will ever be seen....in most cases the backside wont be visable, so the weld isnt ground down...but if it will be visable, ill grind it down...
on this truck, its gonna be nice from under it as well as from above, so the underside welds will be ground down and the underside will be bodyworked, too.

[6T9GMC]

Thanks. It's Looking Good!

[Angelse68cal]

Nice work keep the pics comin

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got the driver side inner rocker pnl welded in,and cab support...hung the door to align the outter rocker only to descover the front bottom of the door hit the inner rocker, near the front curve of the angle of the rocker....after wondering why it was doing that and some measuring, i descovered that the ' curve' wasnt the same contour as the bottom of the door, and it also tapered up where i cut it.. futher adding to why it interferred with the door...so i cut out the angle of the rocker and made it so it didnt taper up, and re shaped the curve to match the bottom of the door.....

[71Hulk]

hey don those are some great improvements. Looks like your hard work is beginning to show. Keep up the good work!

side note: is that a whole in the floor?

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yes thats a hole, it was corroded and i blew a hole right through it...im gonna blast the inside of the cab to get the tar off the floor so i can better inspect the floor...but that hole will be fixed and all the corroded and thin metal will be too..

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got some more work to report...
the driver side inner rocker pnl, front cab pillar, lwr footwell, and outer rocker are all welded on... each peice was coated with rust bullet rust inhibitor , inside and out...all went together with minor set backs...the outter rocker needed to move outboard about 1/8" to make it streight and line up with the fender...so i cut it open and moved it out bout 1/8" and welded it back up with a new 'V' shaped metal wedge added in the gap...

[my67chevytruck]

Don/ Hulk,
Is that the outer cab floor extentsion you are using for the inner rocker replacement? LMC part 38-7904 and 38-7905 for $99.95 each. Great looking progress thus far, you give inspiration to us all, even to those that have never done this type of repair before.

[LooseCannon]

Nice work!

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Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Don/ Hulk,
Is that the outer cab floor extentsion you are using for the inner rocker replacement? LMC part 38-7904 and 38-7905 for $99.95 each. Great looking progress thus far, you give inspiration to us all, even to those that have never done this type of repair before.

yes it is, and thanks

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quick update as to this weekend progress... located the A/C bulkhead under the pass fender in the cab cowl area, so it'll be all hidden....after i got it located i started to apply rust inhibitor (runs will be smoothed after it dries), both inside and out.. also here is the cab corner cut off and the rust inhibitor applied...

[Ackattack]

man some of those pictures look like they came from my garage....are you sure you're not secretly working on my cab?

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im over due for an update, so here it goes.....
got the cab corner on the dr side fitted and welded on... then with the majority of the metal work on the cab done, with a little help from my brother and friends, we pulled the cab off....after the cab was off, i preped the frame for surgery... it started life as a long bed, but is now a short bed.....this truck is gonna be on air so i c-nothed it, it rests in the notch when its aired out (which is 3")also got most the suspension here (with the exception of a few backordered parts).....

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[71Hulk]

hey that frame work is rokcrin like....VERY SWEET!!!

So what did u make the fish plates out of?

Any idea where we gonna mount the air tank at?

Can u explain to me what the measurement in the pict. is supposed to me telling me??? pardon the ignorance...

Does the airride set up seem like pretty good quality stuff??? Hope it was worth the $$$ ?

[my67chevytruck]

looking good, i was going to ask for an update.

[BigSky71]

Very nice work!

You didn't kid around when you order from ART. You will have to let use know how those adjustable shocks work.

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Originally Posted by 71Hulk

hey that frame work is rokcrin like....VERY SWEET!!!

So what did u make the fish plates out of?

Any idea where we gonna mount the air tank at?

Can u explain to me what the measurement in the pict. is supposed to me telling me??? pardon the ignorance...

Does the airride set up seem like pretty good quality stuff??? Hope it was worth the $$$ ?

- fish plates are 1/4" steel 14" long and 4" tall, cut in a diamond shape with rounded corners...
- the air tank is long, and mounting it ( i breifly tried to find a good spot for it) will be kinda tricky.... but ill get er done..
- the rear air bag fully deflated is 3" tall, so we wanted the air bag mounting points to be 3" appart when aired out...to do this the rear axle needed to come up, thats part of the reason we c-notched it..the other reason we notched it, is cause we want about 4" of suspension travel ( altho we will have bout 5" of possible travel)
- the kit is AWSOME, cant be any better IMO



and no, we arnt playin around with this build!!!

[71Hulk]

Thanks for clairifying....and i second that notion....we ain't playin around!

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powerwashed the frame to keep my hands and the new parts from getting dirty during mock-up.. tore-off the front and rear suspension and got the bags (all 4 corners) installed, drilled the bag mounting plates for the front, installed the lower tubular control arms, located and drilled the shock mounts, and finally assembled it all for mock-up (less the muscle-bar sway bar)

[randomhero472]

how did those rear plates and cups work, you think the rear end will still get just as low as it would it you bolted it in place of original spring... and was is a pain to drill the frame?

Also, on a sour note.. you heard anything on your truck, i've gotta go get mine one of these weekends, wish it was closer!!

[GRIMSS]

Some nice look'n work your doing there. Do you have any idea of what those two greens are called? That's kind of the look i'm wanting to have.

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grimss, i have no idea what greens those are.... might ask 71hulk....



got the air ride components all mounted..... tank is mounted under the cab, and the two compressors are about 1.5' behind that under the bed.. the valves are on the crossmember just behind the rear axle.... i ran the lines through the front crossmember and secured them by drilling and tapping a hole, installing a screw, and finally securing the line with a cushion clamp....it was time consuming, but i didnt want that line rubbing anything... next was time to mount the ride hight sensors.. where i mounted the sensors there was about a 1" gap that need a spacer made... so i got some round stock, cut it , drilled and tapped it, then welded it to the frame... it all came out looking good... here are a few pics...

[BigSky71]

Nice work and great progress!

I really should order the LevelPro upgrade for my setup. The old "Ride Height to Start" feature from version one is marginal at best...

[Ackattack]

what shocks are those? I've been thinking of some QA1 shocks for mine, but haven't really looked/measured enough to know which ones to get. Did the frame bracket come with the kit too?