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I can honestly say that I am happy you caught the cruiser sickness. Looking forward to how this one turns out... lotta work ahead, but having owned and personally seen what the 45lv was before, I know it will be another knockout.
Right on!
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Solid 13 hour day today on the lpb, got a lot done I think.
Neigbor came over all day today and gave me a hand with removing.......well...pretty much everything off the frame. I think the pics pretty much say it all so I won't go into detail. Took most of the afternoon to get it stripped down to nothing. Took a few pics of some of the bad area's of the frame. I plan on sandblasting a couple areas of the frame tomorrow to really see what I have...I'll take more pics tomorrow and I think they will show more.
Lifted the frame up with the uni-loader and dug/knocked out all the dirt and rust in the frame channels. Loaded it up on the flat bed and drove to town to pressure wash the rest. While there picked up the ingersoll rand and blaster and a pallet of sand. Figured no time like the present......stripped down both axles and started blasting;p God, I hate sandblasting.
Anyway, took a little over an hour, but got both axles blasted....Man those things cleaned up nice!!! I left the brake lines in tact, but pulled them away from the axle. I plan on re-placing them anyway, but left them in so it didn't drool brake fluid while i was painting.
Hung everything up in the booth and shot a good couple coats of DP90LF epoxy primer. I still might shoot the topcoat tonight, but the primer was a little soft...so we'll see? If not, first thing in the morning.
Then, more blasting tomorrow. Plan on getting up in the morning and sandblasting a lot of little parts. Might get those into primer and paint later this week.
Still thinking I need a frame....??? Would love to blast that and start putting this thing back together
Matt
Neigbor came over all day today and gave me a hand with removing.......well...pretty much everything off the frame. I think the pics pretty much say it all so I won't go into detail. Took most of the afternoon to get it stripped down to nothing. Took a few pics of some of the bad area's of the frame. I plan on sandblasting a couple areas of the frame tomorrow to really see what I have...I'll take more pics tomorrow and I think they will show more.
Lifted the frame up with the uni-loader and dug/knocked out all the dirt and rust in the frame channels. Loaded it up on the flat bed and drove to town to pressure wash the rest. While there picked up the ingersoll rand and blaster and a pallet of sand. Figured no time like the present......stripped down both axles and started blasting;p God, I hate sandblasting.
Anyway, took a little over an hour, but got both axles blasted....Man those things cleaned up nice!!! I left the brake lines in tact, but pulled them away from the axle. I plan on re-placing them anyway, but left them in so it didn't drool brake fluid while i was painting. Hung everything up in the booth and shot a good couple coats of DP90LF epoxy primer. I still might shoot the topcoat tonight, but the primer was a little soft...so we'll see? If not, first thing in the morning.
Then, more blasting tomorrow. Plan on getting up in the morning and sandblasting a lot of little parts. Might get those into primer and paint later this week.
Still thinking I need a frame....??? Would love to blast that and start putting this thing back together
Matt
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i'll say that was a good day.
got an itchy feeling after that last part?
got an itchy feeling after that last part?
Thats amazing progress! Looks great so far.
nice work, indeed your frame is a little worse than mine but repairable.
when I was doing mine I noted that there were similarities with the fj40 frame. like it had been lengthened with a fishplate. do you have access to one?
maybe there would be a way to scarf off a few rivets then torch out your bad area and then splice in a better piece....
when I was doing mine I noted that there were similarities with the fj40 frame. like it had been lengthened with a fishplate. do you have access to one?
maybe there would be a way to scarf off a few rivets then torch out your bad area and then splice in a better piece....
FWIW I saw that Cruiserparts.net has an 83 45 frame listed on thier website. I think they were asking a mint for it though, something like $1800...
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About a 10 hour day today on the lpb, got quite a bit done.
Got up and shot a coat of single stage ureathane on the axles...ran into town for some breakfeast, came home....shot a 2nd coat of single stage again. For how crappy they looked a day ago they sure turned out nice!
And then...since I had so much fun sandblasting yesterday
I thought, 85 and sunny, no wind...what a better day than to get buddled up in a long sleeve jacket, welding gloves and throw a bag over my head About 3 hours later I had a lot of parts clean as a whistle and ready for paint. Got all the steering linkage apart and blasted, suprised how easy that stuff came apart. I lightly blasted the rear springs.....not sure if I am going to used them yet, if I do they will be complete dis-assembled, blasted, repainted and re-assembled. Thinking stock rear springs with new fronts with a 2" lift...since this thing seemed to lean to the front hard and I plan on installing that extremely heavy warn winch out on the front again.
I spent out about a half hour sandblasting the frame. I had no intentions on blasting the whole thing, or doing a good job on what I did. Just wanted to go over the back half in certain areas to blow apart the loose stuff and see what I got. Took some pics, pretty much the same but not so rusty anymore. I still have no plans to fix this frame, nor do I want to...I would just like to get a nice used one and move on from there. But, if I had to I do have a game plan for fixing this one. It is fixable and I know exactly what I would do, just would take some time.
Rolled the cab out and wanted to blast the lower half just for fun and see what I got. I will say the cab is exaclty what I expected.....it may look bad to some, but this is an extremely easy fix. I'm not making any promises, but when I start on the cab....I'm thinking I will have that lower portion around the rockers and cab corners fixed in 2 days. Single layer metal and mostly flat...I can make every piece and have it welded in very quickly. It will look look and be as good as factory with no filler. Amazing how other areas rust so bad and this is so good??
Wife has got big plans for me for the next few weeks, but hopefully will sneak a little in here and there. Got to get those blasted parts into paint in the next day or so. Also brining all 5 OEM wheels to the tire shop tomorrow to have the rubber peeled off.
Couple questions out of context here. What color were the OEM rims on lpb's shipped into Canada? If I didn't know any better I would say flat black, these sure seem like it? Also, what tires came on 78 stock lpb's? The PO said the front tires were orginal and I am thinking they might be? I honestly don't believe one of the front wheels I took off had ever been removed?
Another question, has anybody used Sodium bi-carbonate to blast steel? Reason I ask is that I am thinking of using it to blast the motor, tranny and T-case in 1 shot. I have a friend that used it on thin aluminum before, seem to work good for that. Reason I ask on that is I have no intentions on tearing down the motor. The thing runs like a swiss watch with no manifold leaks!! I am from the school of thought, if ain't broke......don't fix it. But, I want a clean, fresh looking motor. Thinking of degreasing the hell out of it and then going after it with the blaster. Just don't want to use silica sand around the motor...sodium bi-carbonate wouldn't hurt anything if a little got in there. I still plan on taking off some of the steel stuff and using sand, painting and re-installing, like the air cleaner, etc.....
Anyway, pics.
Edit: Some of that dark black crap in the photos is that undercoating that was sprayed on. Blaster doesn't take it off very well so I left it in most places.
Matt
Got up and shot a coat of single stage ureathane on the axles...ran into town for some breakfeast, came home....shot a 2nd coat of single stage again. For how crappy they looked a day ago they sure turned out nice!
And then...since I had so much fun sandblasting yesterday
I thought, 85 and sunny, no wind...what a better day than to get buddled up in a long sleeve jacket, welding gloves and throw a bag over my head About 3 hours later I had a lot of parts clean as a whistle and ready for paint. Got all the steering linkage apart and blasted, suprised how easy that stuff came apart. I lightly blasted the rear springs.....not sure if I am going to used them yet, if I do they will be complete dis-assembled, blasted, repainted and re-assembled. Thinking stock rear springs with new fronts with a 2" lift...since this thing seemed to lean to the front hard and I plan on installing that extremely heavy warn winch out on the front again.I spent out about a half hour sandblasting the frame. I had no intentions on blasting the whole thing, or doing a good job on what I did. Just wanted to go over the back half in certain areas to blow apart the loose stuff and see what I got. Took some pics, pretty much the same but not so rusty anymore. I still have no plans to fix this frame, nor do I want to...I would just like to get a nice used one and move on from there. But, if I had to I do have a game plan for fixing this one. It is fixable and I know exactly what I would do, just would take some time.
Rolled the cab out and wanted to blast the lower half just for fun and see what I got. I will say the cab is exaclty what I expected.....it may look bad to some, but this is an extremely easy fix. I'm not making any promises, but when I start on the cab....I'm thinking I will have that lower portion around the rockers and cab corners fixed in 2 days. Single layer metal and mostly flat...I can make every piece and have it welded in very quickly. It will look look and be as good as factory with no filler. Amazing how other areas rust so bad and this is so good??
Wife has got big plans for me for the next few weeks, but hopefully will sneak a little in here and there. Got to get those blasted parts into paint in the next day or so. Also brining all 5 OEM wheels to the tire shop tomorrow to have the rubber peeled off.
Couple questions out of context here. What color were the OEM rims on lpb's shipped into Canada? If I didn't know any better I would say flat black, these sure seem like it? Also, what tires came on 78 stock lpb's? The PO said the front tires were orginal and I am thinking they might be? I honestly don't believe one of the front wheels I took off had ever been removed?
Another question, has anybody used Sodium bi-carbonate to blast steel? Reason I ask is that I am thinking of using it to blast the motor, tranny and T-case in 1 shot. I have a friend that used it on thin aluminum before, seem to work good for that. Reason I ask on that is I have no intentions on tearing down the motor. The thing runs like a swiss watch with no manifold leaks!! I am from the school of thought, if ain't broke......don't fix it. But, I want a clean, fresh looking motor. Thinking of degreasing the hell out of it and then going after it with the blaster. Just don't want to use silica sand around the motor...sodium bi-carbonate wouldn't hurt anything if a little got in there. I still plan on taking off some of the steel stuff and using sand, painting and re-installing, like the air cleaner, etc.....
Anyway, pics.
Edit: Some of that dark black crap in the photos is that undercoating that was sprayed on. Blaster doesn't take it off very well so I left it in most places.
Matt
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