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    1. #41
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      May 2017
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      43
      put an inner fenderwell on and fender to make sure all is well

      this !!! i like

      2018-02-10_01-49-39 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    2. #42
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      May 2017
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      I had to make a crazy shock mount for the rear. since the truck is so low and with teh IRS in high to obtain this, attaching a shock to the frame was almost impossible. It would have had to be a very short shock. I bolted up the shock to the lower control arm and set the shock at close to half its travel. I grabbed some thin cardboard and started cutting. i came up with a design and took it to my engineer to make sure i wasn't on crack and that it would survive. he then drew it up in Autocad and i e-mailed it off to a friend to cut out on his CNC plasma table


      20180216_183059 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      the mount works perfect. cycles perfect through out the limits of the bag

      once the truck was in the garage I needed to start with the engine mounts. i had bought some 4" .250 wall angle from work and started marking out the engine mounts.

      roughed in
      20180225_104834 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      i set* the engine and old trans in on the trans mount to get it located like stock was. i then guesstimated the engine angle and stacked a couple 2x4's under the new mount to the subframe. grabbed the angle finder and its perfect

      ​​​​​​​20180225_152559 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    3. #43
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      May 2017
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      once i get the motor mounts in i'll be cutting and bracing most of the engine mount side of the mount so it's not so bulky

      i started on the subframe side of the mount. i dug thru all my "fab" parts and found some poly bushings i had bought years ago for my tube chassis crawler. along with some tabs i had cut out for them. so the plan is weld the tabs to the new mount on the engine side, bolt the poly bushing in and i also had some left over 1.750 .120 wall cromo tubing from my chassis that i'll weld between the bushing and the subframe*

      subframe side*
      20180225_104912 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      poly bushings
      20180225_104923 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      and how she goes together*
      ​​​​​​​20180225_105219 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    4. #44
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      May 2017
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      Got time time put in on the truck. finished the rear shock mounts up and burned them in
      20180303_154315 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      got the motor mounts finished up and burned them in too
      20180303_113149 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      cleaned up the engine side of the mounts ( not finished)
      20180311_150145 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      i also mocked the headers up and found a few issues with them mounting to the head....like the flange hitting the block and alt bracket

      20180311_141250 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      now that the headers are in correctly, I finished making the boxing plates for under the cab area and fit them, made a new removable crossmember and bought most everything to do exhaust including V-band so all that is now on my hit list

    5. #45
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      May 2017
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      Got more time invested in the truck. trying to get as much done as possible before pulling the cab off, boxing the frame, running all the plumbing, doing cab corner's and Lizard skinning the underside of the cab.*

      I got the new removable crossmember built and in and ready to weld.....dont make fun of the dirty trans that will get fixed too*

      20180323_171750 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      build a heat shield for the intake that will get ceramic coated and a sheet of DEI across it

      20180324_155924 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      20180324_160504 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      installed the rear adapters to run Cobra 12 inch rear rotor's*
      20180324_143335 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      20180324_143341 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      also all of my air bag stuff showed up so im designing brackets now for it*

      20180323_151424 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      20180323_151123 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      ​​​​​​​and thats basicly where im stalled out right now*

    6. #46
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      May 2017
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      Now that the truck is on Bags I needed to make some sort of mount for the compressor and control module. They’re its much in the way of companies offering these for trucks. Most are geared to cars and mounting everything in the trunk, trucks apparently just throw it in the bed…….NOT THIS KID. I want the compressor and module under the cab, tank can be behind the seat. I laid under the truck for what seemed like hours Imagineering the brackets and what all might be in the way. Fuel line, electrical, now air lines, brake lines…..blah blah blah I finally came up with a plan. Grabbed some cardboard and started making paper dolls to mock up what I wanted..so here it is from me skull full of mush to cardboard to autocad to steel

      Compressor mount
      20180402_115046 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180403_173046 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180403_173556 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180403_173544 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      You can see in this pic I moved the compressor away from the frame to gain room for the plumbing
      20180403_174114 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      Next on the Hit list was the air valve control module mount
      20180402_115059 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180403_173704 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180403_173909 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      And view from the side, plenty of room for plumbing
      20180403_173918 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    7. #47
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      May 2017
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      Finally got the donor bed from the local wrecking yard (waited 3 months) cut out the parts i needed and started grafting the "new" fenderwells into my truck.

      frankenfender...i'm creeping up on it

      20180405_194653 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      20180405_194646 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    8. #48
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      Aug 2014
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      Good stuff man!

      With the front shockwaves at full down, what is your bumper height?

    9. #49
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      May 2017
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      A couple weekends ago the chassis and cab got a divorce, my only real goal in this was to finish boxing the frame but like usual things got out of control…..lol
      It was a family effort to get the cab off….I have learned a bit now and will do it much differently in the future. I had already made patterns and cut out the steel to finish boxing the frame, I fit them too so it was time.
      20180415_132004 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180415_131854 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180415_131848 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      My buddy that scored me the bed called and said the cab was heading off to the crusher and that I should come take a look at it to see if I needed anything. I went and it was absolutely rust free. I was eyeing the center floor support and a couple other small parts. I have been helping him out lately so he bought it for me as a thank you which was very cool. I ran over and grabbed it the next morning.
      20180413_183030 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180413_183023 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180420_164712 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180420_164706 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      I had already bought both the cab corner’s. because I knew the passenger side had an issue but didn’t really want to dig into it just yet. Since the cab was off…..why not get after it. once I dug in I found that someone had pop riveted a piece of thin sheet metal in, added some fiberglass, news paper and then packed it full of filler…pretty ugly

      20180415_134239 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180415_134300 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180415_134907 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      I had cut out the donor cabs corners because I knew I had some rust in the inner part at the bottom. I drilled out all the factory spot welds and cleaned up the metal, marked out where I wanted to cut and got busy
      20180423_194554 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180423_194603 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180423_195958 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      Finished
      20180423_205721 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      Once I was done welding I wire wheeled the entire area and used por-15 everywhere
      20180423_212023 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      Double checked that the cab corner still fit perfect
      20180423_202322 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

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      Quote Originally Posted by redmist View Post
      Good stuff man!

      With the front shockwaves at full down, what is your bumper height?
      I can measure it tonight. id say 10 1/2 to 11 1/2 inches

    10. #50
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      May 2017
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      Thing’s slowed down enough and it’s far to windy to be welding outside so I moved onto the gas tank mount. I was going to get all cool and build something wild but lets face it who the hell will ever see it other then me.
      Whipped up a quick 1” x 1” mount
      20180415_172737 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      Marked and drilled the factory Mustang mounting holes and installed threaded inserts. Didn’t have enough to finish the job but the rest is easy
      20180419_122836 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180419_130035 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180419_130039 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180419_130535 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

    11. #51
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      May 2017
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      Weekend was filled with yard work and honey do’s so I dint get much work in on the Bump.



      When I cut out the cab corner and test fit it I wasn’t very happy with fitment. I stopped and waited because I didn’t want to rush it and screw it up. I went out and stared at it a couple time over the past week and knew I had an angle off but couldn’t quit figure it out. Sunday I finally had a small amount of time to commit to it. I cut the tack welds I had on it and started over. I found that the aftermarket cab corner is a pile of crap. Not even close to stock angles. I had to cut the flange and do a small amount of bending by hand. Once that was done I found that the factory door sill flange was off too. Did a small amount of grinding and it fit perfectly. Tacked it back in and closed the door to see how she looked and was over all very happy. Finished welding it in and hit it with a flap disc quickly and I’m done for the time being
      20180429_145534 by 1SAWB, on Flickr
      20180429_145538 by 1SAWB, on Flickr

      I also took the time to clean up the center floor support out of the donor truck to get it ready. didn’t get pics but the plan there is to POR-15 the inside while it’s off so that it wont rust in the future. I’m getting closer and closer to driving this thing


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