My nephew has a 3rd generation Taco that he's been building out for a little while now. He wanted some protection and also the ability to remove the sliders.
We started with 1/4" x 5" flat bar and a template of the existing (slotted ) holes on the frame as well as the required clearance holes for the frame rivets.
An iron worker was used to punch 1/2" mounting holes. Since my slotted punches were too large, I just punched the three times for any adjustment that might be required later.
Also sheared and punched some nut plate washers with welded capture nuts. 16 in total (eight per side). 1/4"x2" flat bar was used.
Here you can see the nut plates doing what they need to do. These will come in handy with the front transmission cross member as the frame transitions in to a box with limited access. The module hanging down (drivers side) was rescued with two tabs welded to the bottom frame flange. The original hardware was reused since the module bracket has welded mounting studs.
The opposite side.
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We started with 1/4" x 5" flat bar and a template of the existing (slotted ) holes on the frame as well as the required clearance holes for the frame rivets.
An iron worker was used to punch 1/2" mounting holes. Since my slotted punches were too large, I just punched the three times for any adjustment that might be required later.
Also sheared and punched some nut plate washers with welded capture nuts. 16 in total (eight per side). 1/4"x2" flat bar was used.
Here you can see the nut plates doing what they need to do. These will come in handy with the front transmission cross member as the frame transitions in to a box with limited access. The module hanging down (drivers side) was rescued with two tabs welded to the bottom frame flange. The original hardware was reused since the module bracket has welded mounting studs.
The opposite side.
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