[cruiseroutfit]

Knuckle kit should hit you tomorrow/friday...

[Mikesta]

I can only look at my pile in the garage.... it will be months before I can start her up. Lookin good here... cant wait to see it all together and on the 1/4 mile
drool

[buckroseau]

Not a whole lot of action, but I figured I better post a pic or you guys might think I'm slacking.

Had the rotors turned today, both fell within specs. So when I get that knuckle kit (Thanks Kurt!) all should go back together very nicely.

Most of my evening, if not all, was spent hanging new outdoor motion lights on the house for the wife....fun

Matt

[Owyhee Jackass]

Originally Posted by buckroseau

Most of my evening, if not all, was spent hanging new outdoor motion lights on the house for the wife....fun

Matt

What, is she afraid you'll sneak up on her? Coming in after a late night in shop.

[Radd Cruisers]

Originally Posted by buckroseau

Yes, Parabolics. I could really use them right now!

No one is blasting the body except me. And yes, I am worried about warping body panels that's why I am doing it myself. I won't be hitting the roof or the rear quarter panels with my blaster. The roof might get the blaster around the drip edge on the cap, but that's it. The roof and rear quarters will be done with my zip wheel. Floors (inside and out), firewall (inside and out), door jams and around the windows get sandblasted, that's it. I actually shouldn't say, "that's it", it's actually 85% of it?

My personal equipment consists of a Diesel ingersol rand compressor with a 120 lb gravity feed blaster. The ingersoll is capable of 175 psi without even coming off idle. Lots of pressure and sand so I want to do it myself so it's done right!!

I won't be warping any metal

Matt

Read a couple good articles on blasting, sounds like you should almost never hit a panels strait on and if you were to attempt the longer pieces of sheet metal door skins etc you should shoot at a 15 degree angle.

Although if you set up some saw horses and get comfy with some 80 grit on the orbital you can also get the job done pretty quick.

Sounds like your compressor could hold up to you and two of your buddies with orbitals and a case of coolies.....

Cool project, wish I have your shop.

[buckroseau]

Got to wrench on the lv project a bit tonight. My knuckle rebuild kit was in my mail box when I got home this evening

I only got to play with it for a couple hours but got the right side tore down and rebuilt back up to the last pic. Got to bolt on some more powdercoated parts, dust shield this time.

There was gear oil in the grease when I tore the right side down, although it wasn't leaking out the rear felt gasket....yet. The inner seal was toast, also the lower knuckle bearing was noticably shot! Best that it is done now.

Did I mention that I want my springs

Matt

[buckroseau]

Figured I better post some pics. Been doing a few things on the wifes list, tonight I was hanging wood blinds. Not a whole lot of progress on the 45, but I am still moving ahead.

Finished up the axle rebuild. I was planning on putting the calipers back on, but having a tough time getting the brake pad pins out. I'm going to bring them into work tomorrow and die grind off the ends and try to punch them out. Using all metric Stainless steel hardware from now on .

Also got my BF 33 x 9.5 mounted today, slight problem. Tire guy said 3 of the 4 rims were bent They weren't out of round, the mounting surface and the rim itself weren't parralel to each other. 2 weren't that bad, but noticeable on the balance. 1 was enough, had to add quite a bit of weight on the rim. He said it might not be noticable, but I think I might have to round up a new/used set of rims. If I find another decent 3 I will sandblast those and powdercoat them with the same stuff. So if anyone has 3 decent stock welded rims...........

Matt

[buckroseau]

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[treerootCO]

can't you rotate the rubber 180 degrees on the rim and try the balance again? That is a lot of weight.

Oh, and PM me your address for that "thing" we were talking about. I have the address for ACE if you want me to use that.

[buckroseau]

Originally Posted by treerootCO

can't you rotate the rubber 180 degrees on the rim and try the balance again? That is a lot of weight.

Oh, and PM me your address for that "thing" we were talking about. I have the address for ACE if you want me to use that.

I think they tried, the one with all that weight on is the worst one

I can ask the tire shop tomorrow to make sure.

PM sent with mailing address. I think I would prefer to send that to my house, it's small and a lot of mail accidently gets thrown away at work, way to much junk mail.

PS.. Did you get that email with the prints for that other thingy? Is that what you wanted or did you need more? Never did hear back from you

Thanks, Matt

[treerootCO]

Perfect, just need to build a garage first.

[Radd Cruisers]

Surprised they did not put the weights on the inside fo the rim also (asstetics)? With the offset they could also use the sticky weights on the inner flat part of the rim.

[buckroseau]

Originally Posted by Radd Cruisers

Surprised they did not put the weights on the inside fo the rim also (asstetics)? With the offset they could also use the sticky weights on the inner flat part of the rim.

They did, there are almost as many weights on the inside of that rim. There on the oposite end of the rim though. Needed to be on both sides to compensate for the bent rim(s).

Needless to say, I need to find some straighter welded rims, blast them up again, powder coat and mount my new tires on those.

Again, Bueller.....Bueller.......anyone...anyone....

[foxfab]

have em pressed straight... www.stazworks.com might be able to do it

[buckroseau]

Figured I better post a couple pics of some progress.

Got home a little late tonight, but managed to get out in the booth to get a couple things done. I had ordered up a new TRE kit a week or so ago, also had the one from the saginaw kit. Had the saginaw steering sector and a couple other parts that didn't make the powder coat oven.

Got everything hung up, DX330'd, DP90LF and topcoated with MTK single stage. Should be dry by tomorrow.

I have to work all weekend, so not a whole lot will happen, but I will still plug away in the evening if possible.

I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I figure I better mention it again anyway.....I want my springs

Matt

[buckroseau]

I start to worry if a few days go by and I don't do anything or post any progress on the thread. I am concerned that others might label me a slacker or lazy, therefore I figured I better get some shit done tonight.

Got all my TRE and rods threaded together and snuggly mounted onto the axle, along with the saginaw rod and TRE. Also got the brake calipers on with new pins and wires, brake lines installed, pretty much front axle done.

Got the front bump stops on. Mounted the radiator core support, although that was only 2 bolts and has to come off for the drive train to be installed again. Just wanted to get it out of my way and look at it on there

Put all the front triangular bumper brackets on the front and tow hooks, slightly snug. Put the saginaw sector on, that may or may not have to come off, but again, on the vehicle where it can't get lost or damaged.

Put a couple body mounts on the back, just wanted to see what they look like. If my felt shows up tomorrow from MSC, which it should, I should be able to get the fuel tank and all straps installed, and possibly the fuel tank shield.

If that happens tomorrow with the fuel tank I am pretty much out of painted or powercoated parts to put back on the frame.

I NEED SPRINGS

Although I've probably mentioned that

Doesn't look like it's going to happen for the weekend, last time I talked to Bill at GBR today he said they weren't there. If they do show up tomorrow and he can ship them there is a chance if they go out Fed Ex ground tomorrow to my residence, I might have them Saturday, we'll see

If I don't get those springs, I might just have to start on the body

Matt

[buckroseau]

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[buckroseau]

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[Owyhee Jackass]

What body mounts are you using? Is there an lv kit, or did you get two 40 kits or...?

[buckroseau]

Originally Posted by Owyhee Jackass

What body mounts are you using? Is there an lv kit, or did you get two 40 kits or...?

I just have 1 - 40 kit for now. I think that will do it, I believe there were 12 mounting points on the Lv body also. Althought I can't remember exactly, I'll figure that out for sure once I start on the body, clean/blast it and can figure everything out.

Although the LV body doesn't use all the mounts in the "C" form. Several of them will have to be cut in half and used as pads/spacers. The bolt went through the frame on several mounts, with no body mount below the frame. I hope I made that understandable?

Matt

[buckroseau]

I didn't plan on posting this, but I've had 2 fellow mudders email me about this. So I figured if 2 people are interested there might be more.

I whipped this up using Microsoft paint very quickly for the first guy that emailed me, so it might not be the greatest to understand

If someone is interested and has a problem understanding it, let me know and I will try to clarify it or change it.

Matt

[buckroseau]

Got my felt today from MSC. If I didn't know any better I would say it is exactly what came out of there, absolutely perfect.

I went up to the local craft store and bought a pkg. of those little brass things, they were what held it in. Hopefully should be able to get my tank and a few other misc. things in tonight.

Treeroot/Mike - Do you have any close up shots of the tank, shield and other parts on the ass end there? When we/I was taking this apart my buddy Chad was disassembling the tank and other parts, want to make sure it goes back together correctly? I'm sure I can figure it out, but I don't have a clear mental picture of it.

Thanks, Matt

[treerootCO]

If I don't have any in the collection, I'll take some when I get home.

[buckroseau]

Fuel tank/shield/strap questions I have?

Matt

[buckroseau]

Maybe one of you guys with some photo shop skills put install them for me??

[buckroseau]

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[buckroseau]

I think I figured out the fuel tank chub. So Mike if you took some pics, please still post them, would still like to make sure I'm right?

I do have another request for a pic(s) and some instruction.

Pic below 2 larger brackets, where? I know in the rear somewhere, but my buddy took them off and can't get a hold of him?

The smaller bracket goes on the right rear side of the frame. It holds the hard brake line and connects it to the soft line. I've got a couple holes back there and I can't figured out which one to put it in? (Ok, that didn't sound good).

Thanks, Matt

[treerootCO]

It's snowing here...why is it snowing?

These pics are from the 65

[treerootCO]

A few more:

[treerootCO]

I don't have a 67 and my 66 is a little hard to get to. You have the second generation tank like the later 66s have. This tank is the 65 so it is slightly different.