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Started lengthening the sliders today...
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My front shackle hangers have seemed strained from all the suspension movement. So I bought some creeper joints-a type of Johnny joint. So out with the old. I put some shielding in place for torching off the passenger side so I didn't die. Also I've taken many steps to get rid of death wobble, I still get the shakes once in a while, hoping this will fix that.
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Nice. The welds are much better looking on the new hangers 
In the future I'd grind back the paint a bit more and it would most liely prevent those black soot looking spots in the weld from happening.
In the future I'd grind back the paint a bit more and it would most liely prevent those black soot looking spots in the weld from happening.
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Does the soot affect weld integrity? In my defense, unfortunately when I do fabrication on my rig it's always at someone else's shop, using someone else's equipment, and depending who used the equipment last can be in great working order or not so much. While I'm grateful for the use of the equipment, I'm always under the gun to get it done and get my rig out of the way. Sometimes after work I'll run to a shop to do fab work and I'm pretty wore out and my hand eye coordination is not at maximum efficiency. Today I had more time, so I sat down with the welder, messed with the settings, did some test beads, and I think I got some nice welds and pretty good penetration. Anyway, I just seem to have days where I weld terribly. Today the auto darkening helmet I was borrowing died, so I grabbed a normal flip helmet which had a crazy dark shade on it. That made it a little more challenging.Nice. The welds are much better looking on the new hangers
Really dig your truck man, nice job @White Stripe
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Thanks man. Is your rig on the road yet? I remember you were getting close.
Been driving it some I still need to pull the tank back out and fix the suction, its stopped up. Using the return side and keeping it full. still need to adj. the front end properly and get some tires. Engine needs some miles put on it yet to get broke in, runs really well though.
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It looks fine for your application. I wouldn’t be concerned enough to grind it out and re-weld it.
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Cool. Sounds like your on the home stretch.
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jim land
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Is your frame boxed ?
jim land
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Ok I found the answer on page 13
Did you saw less mouvement since the boxing was done
Did you saw less mouvement since the boxing was done
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I don't know if the hood flexes less or not, I didn't measure b4 and after. It still flexes quite a bit though.
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All back together...
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One slider is done. One more to finish...
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Haven't done a lot to my 40 lately. Added some rubber matting to my floor mat. Also got one slider partially mounted. I've mostly been working on my new 80 series and cleaning up the v8 swap from the previous owner.
Any side shots of the sliders with the new plate welded in?
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No not yet. I focused mostly on getting the hood sliders done. That's the only pic I took. The other slider is off and ready to work on.
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For some time my optima battery has been dying. So looking into changing the battery. Found this interesting video on saving a battery...
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Installed a 31series optima. It's huge. I'm thinking of relocating it to under the floor somewhere just because it takes up so much engine compartment real estate. Starter really cranks though which is great.
