Better get a plan together Josh, sounds like you are hosting a wrenching session/ training on cage building. 
Back to the shop we go.
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I second the motion
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Better get a plan together Josh, sounds like you are hosting a wrenching session/ training on cage building.
Sounds good but I have projects coming out my ears right now, and untill I get some income again I hate to start spending money on pipe. the individuals I am working for are not giving me much confidence. Going to give them till Wednesday to come u with something then I am going job hunting.
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I am a firm believer that there is a tool for every job. The correct tool for removing the rear section of a 4runner's body is NOT a high speed cutting wheel.
If it had like a 9 inch disk it might be ok but the little one i have can't cut deep enough to get through all the layers in one pass I am having to take it apart in sections. I am tempted to for up the hot wrench but my luck I am going to cut a fuel line and burn down my shed.
If it had like a 9 inch disk it might be ok but the little one i have can't cut deep enough to get through all the layers in one pass I am having to take it apart in sections. I am tempted to for up the hot wrench but my luck I am going to cut a fuel line and burn down my shed.
You tried the grinder with cutting wheel? I double the blades up so they last longer or a sawzall with some good milwaukee or Dwalt metal blades.
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Have not tried on a grinder.
This is where i planned to make my cut, the more i look at it though if i cut right aftrr the bodymout behind the seats there is alot less metal to cut. It will mean loosing the top though... Well i was planning on ditching it eventually anyway.
This is where i planned to make my cut, the more i look at it though if i cut right aftrr the bodymout behind the seats there is alot less metal to cut. It will mean loosing the top though... Well i was planning on ditching it eventually anyway.
if that's where you planned on cutting it, where did you actually cutit.
Looking good. One way to assure that you don't cut a fuel line is to remove them.
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No i cut it where it is shown cut in the picture and that is where I had planned to do out so I could keep the stock filler. Thinking I may just go with the fuel cell I have been planning on and cutting the cab all the way to the firewall. Kind of been toying with some other things in my head to make it more than just a toy for the trails so that I can use it more than 4-5 days a year. normal Joshua pipe dreams.
The truck parked next to me has a home made brush guard and headache rack. I surer hope my fab skills are superior to his. The headache rack actually loss fairly cleanly made but made out of half inch round stock and the brushguard is all miter cut and looks like it is not square in any dimension.
I think my Dually needs a headache rank now....
Just realized since my shift changed...AGAIN... I am missing SCC.
The truck parked next to me has a home made brush guard and headache rack. I surer hope my fab skills are superior to his. The headache rack actually loss fairly cleanly made but made out of half inch round stock and the brushguard is all miter cut and looks like it is not square in any dimension.
I think my Dually needs a headache rank now....
Just realized since my shift changed...AGAIN... I am missing SCC.
not to worry Josh . the way your work is going bet it will change again!
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That would be good if it happens but I am getting along with my crew well so far. My guy I am running the loop with is kinda crazy though. Was watching about Neil Armstrong funeral and they of course mentioned him going to the moon.
"Man, we never really went to the moon. That was all fake"
Earlier today
"Man I was watching some videos on YouTube about how people evolved. We were aliens that came to earth. Yeah, the pyramids in Egypt, people still don't know how they were built because they started at the top first and built their way to the ground. They were able to make things with their minds, anything they wanted at all. And we were all female, there were no men until they came from Mars because they had ruined it so it was no longer liveable. The men from mars came and inter bred with our ancestors and made us loose our powers and now we are ruining the planet."
Yesterday
"Man, college aught to be free for everyone. The government has enough money that everyone should get a free education."
But all the money the government has they have because of people having to pay taxes.
"Naw man the government makes the money, all they have to do is print more and everyone could be rich"
Earlier yesterday
"Man, you ever seen that movie Contagion? That really happened, no one I knew died but up north so many people died they really are a bunch of mass graves and s***. No one will ever really know how many died because the government is covering it up."
Funniest thing? He thinks I am funny and have crazy ideas about things.
"Man, we never really went to the moon. That was all fake"
Earlier today
"Man I was watching some videos on YouTube about how people evolved. We were aliens that came to earth. Yeah, the pyramids in Egypt, people still don't know how they were built because they started at the top first and built their way to the ground. They were able to make things with their minds, anything they wanted at all. And we were all female, there were no men until they came from Mars because they had ruined it so it was no longer liveable. The men from mars came and inter bred with our ancestors and made us loose our powers and now we are ruining the planet."
Yesterday
"Man, college aught to be free for everyone. The government has enough money that everyone should get a free education."
But all the money the government has they have because of people having to pay taxes.
"Naw man the government makes the money, all they have to do is print more and everyone could be rich"
Earlier yesterday
"Man, you ever seen that movie Contagion? That really happened, no one I knew died but up north so many people died they really are a bunch of mass graves and s***. No one will ever really know how many died because the government is covering it up."
Funniest thing? He thinks I am funny and have crazy ideas about things.
if any of this rubs off on ya I am goma plant u & c what cones up
Looking good Josh. I hope that you can make it to SCC so that I can grill you about that body work. I plan on bobbing my runner in the future, but have my reservations. However, that's mostly because my rear springs are so long and I'm not sure if I'll have room for them.
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Well, got the old seats out. For as crap a job as I did putting then in they sure fought coming out.
Started bending up what will be my dash panel. I figured I was a big guy and would be able to handle the manual Bender no problem. What a fool I am. And to to it of I realized where I mounted my Bender I can only bend half a stick at a time. Going to measure and see if I can rotate the base 90 degrees in the morning. at any rate I am going to be buff by the time I finish this.
Started bending up what will be my dash panel. I figured I was a big guy and would be able to handle the manual Bender no problem. What a fool I am. And to to it of I realized where I mounted my Bender I can only bend half a stick at a time. Going to measure and see if I can rotate the base 90 degrees in the morning. at any rate I am going to be buff by the time I finish this.
BikerTrash said:
Looks forward to seeing the progress bud
Must be a 4Runner thing for raccoon to show up while working on these trucks ;p This little guy was helping me get my red truck running.
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Age is a state of mind.
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Awwww... They are so cute when they are not angry.
