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02-12-2018 #41
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
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03-02-2018 #42
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
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03-02-2018 #43
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
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03-21-2018 #44
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
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04-02-2018 #45
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*
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04-04-2018 #46
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
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04-06-2018 #47
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
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04-14-2018 #48