Builds Fly By Night (7 Viewers)

[xtiaan2000]

That Glue thing is amazing!
Just finished watching that video and wish I had known about that when I built my rack!

 

[RUSH55]

Finished off the first gallon of 2k primer on the dash, inner firewall, pillars and ceiling header. Filled in the old throttle linkage hole.
Finished up painting the internal rack and new front seat pedestals with Graphite Acrolon.

 

[RUSH55]

Just finished watching that video and wish I had known about that when I built my rack!

Yes, very helpful, as well as another video I watched about weld sequencing when fabricating that help reduce warpage. Being a welder for 20 something years, you think I would have been more savvy to that kind of stuff, but no, always learning.
Anyways, wouldn’t have been much of a deal if I weren’t planning on mounting a roof rack through the roof to the internal rack. That being the case, I wanted to try and get it as flush fitting as possible.

 

[Gordobe]

So you think painting the dash area black was a final step before windshield?

Flat Black may be a more invisible reflection on the inside of the glass

 

[RUSH55]

Happy early birthday to myself

 

[bobm]

Whens B day

 

[xtiaan2000]

Oh boy!
I was looking at those drooling! You pulled the trigger! Happy bday! Yeaaaaaaaaa

 

[brisveganbj42]

Doing it right the first time! good job. I've found some of my brake flares on factory 80 series hard lines are weeping at the unions..no doubt with that kit you wont have similar issues.. I also did not anneal the hardline before flaring which likely impacted my end result too

 

[RUSH55]

Whens B day

End of October

Oh boy!
I was looking at those drooling! You pulled the trigger! Happy bday! Yeaaaaaaaaa

Wooooo!!!

I also did not anneal the hardline before flaring which likely impacted my end result too

Now that’s something I haven’t heard of. Are you supposed to anneal the ends before flaring? I’ll be using the Fed Hill copper alloy line. Don’t recall seeing the need for annealing from either them or Eastwood.

 

[scrapdaddy]

I wouldn't think so with that tubing, I never did. That Eastwood flare tool is the bomb, didn't have one leaker.

 

[Gordobe]

I never annealed any lines that I built when restoring from ground up. News to me. No dead customers came back to sue me?

 

[brisveganbj42]

I only learned about annealing it after watching this vid:

Unfortunately that was after I flared my brake lines

 

[J Mack]

Are you supposed to anneal the ends before flaring?

If you do then you're using the wrong tubing.

 

[RUSH55]

If you do then you're using the wrong tubing.

Hey thanks for chiming in, Spanky!

 

[RUSH55]

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[RUSH55]

Fired up the Eastwood flare tool and made some brake lines. Tried to make it look like I cared so maybe it’ll bring in a little more on BAT.

 

[brisveganbj42]

they came out nice, almost looks factory

 

[RUSH55]

they came out nice, almost looks factory

Thanks mate

 

[RUSH55]

M14x1.5-120

 

[RUSH55]

Fired up the Riv-Nut tool and sunk some M6’s for anchoring the rack’s wiring clamps. Having fun making it up as I go along, like an Australian DOT engineer.