Builds "Dumpie" my new Fj45 work truck! (1 Viewer)

[whitey45]

First time using a wet sandblasting setup on a regular pressure washer, WOW! It really works! The back of the tub represents about 7 minutes! 3200psi and Home Depot #30 sand. Messy, but great results!

 

[Tank5]

I am looking for a distress blaster to connect to my power washer. Any recommendations? I am planning to clean up some parts of the 45 I picked up.

 

[whitey45]

this is what I bought, hook it to your pressure washer, stick the other end in a bucket of sand and pull the trigger! It really works well, I am actually excited to continue on and get dumpie back to nice clean metal.

 

[whitey45]

Almost done with the tub, bare metal and primer. This tub is straight! Not a spec of filler, really amazed how straight this body is.

 

[mmcinnis]

Wow, how much did you blast with P washer? How long did it take? Would you buy the system again?
Looks great.
Mike

 

[Michael B]

The tub looks great but I don’t think there is much hope for the hood. Keep up the good work Brian!

 

[tlaporte]

@whitey45 Out of curiosity, what type of primer is that?

 

[whitey45]

Another few hours with the wet sandblasting! Bed is now in primer, again remarkably in good shape, only one bad spot with some filler. Did the seat frames as well. Dumpie is now safe in the garage out of the elements, should keep me busy with winter looming.

 

[whitey45]

Got some color down, straight primer and paint, No bodywork! Pretty amazing for a 52 year old truck!

 

[JackA]

Sweet

 

[middlecalf]

Sweet x2.

Curious - how many 5gal buckets of play sand did you go through to get this far, and what’s your PW psi? (my cheapo Karcher is only 1200).

 

[whitey45]

20 5lb bags @ $5.00 so pretty cheap way to strip. I started with a 2k psi electric and it was very slow. Bumped up to my gas 3.2k psi Honda and it was night and day! I recommend at least 3k psi and keep the sand dry. I don’t think this is good for newer light gauge sheet metal, but these old cruisers are tough. I didn’t experience any warpage, the great thing is the water keeps down the heat of normal sand blasting. The biggest downfall is all the sand that gets into every nook and cranny! I spent a lot of time with the air blower and let it dry out a couple days before any primer.

 

[KT40]

When can I bring the LV over?

 

[LongHaulCruiser]

I'm blown away by how good this is starting to look. Thanks for posting updates regurlarly.

 

[whitey45]

Starting to come together!

 

[whitey45]

Almost forgot what I started with

 

[47coeman]

Ya Brian it has come a long way from these pics. I am also powering down on my as called 35 found some $ and the timing is right and I am not getting any younger, looking good my friend.

 

[whitey45]

Skip, I have been following your build, definitely need to see it when finished. You are getting close to the fun stage. Love the power plant, been a German tech for 30 years, so the Benz engine is a fun blend of German, Japanese, fusion! Keep going!

 

[47coeman]

Skip, I have been following your build, definitely need to see it when finished. You are getting close to the fun stage. Love the power plant, been a German tech for 30 years, so the Benz engine is a fun blend of German, Japanese, fusion! Keep going!

Ya those 606 engines are special, just getting ready to tear it down and fresh it up. Going to punch it out .5MM so I have a round bore, big turbo, balance, and clean up the exhaust side ports, and 603 M pump with 7.5 elements should be around 325 hp and plenty of torque with great fuel numbers. I never thought that 45 of yours would look so good with that amount of work, great job my friend.

 

[whitey45]

Been a while, haven’t really done too much. I did get the top on, headache rack, and I got new taillights in today. This is an Aussie bed, so it’s a late model 4 hinge and the valance takes later 40 taillights. I was happy not to have to source early 45 taillights! The center had wide holes for what had to be an Aussie plate. So the nsw plate came off the garage wall and bolted right up!