Pumpkin spice..

[J Mack]

A friend asked me to help him get his Pig squared away so he can move forward, as some of you know I just finished a Diamond T project that failed to meet the owner’s expectations after he took possession from the shop performing the work and we made something pretty cool, I’m hopeful this little orange Pig is going to be something special as well and I’m honored he asked me to help.

I’m starting a new thread so we don’t shine a negative light on the build or builder. I wasn’t there, I don’t know the whole story and I’m not going to make assumptions publicly. I would encourage everyone to do the same so we don’t turn this into a 52 page poo flinging contest without any build content.

I’m starting out with some minor cosmetic issues while I wait for parts to start showing up. The rear bumper paint was bulging around all the bolt heads and the Pigeater asked me to address it.

I had originally thought the paint was applied a little thick and the bolts tighten a little too tight and this was going to be an easy fix….

But upon further inspection the bumper had been repaired with 1/4" of Bondo around the bolt holes and I was going to have to come up with a way to reduce the amount of compressible material at the holes or it was going to do the exact same thing to me.

You can see it already started rusting under the Bodno.

 

[J Mack]

I made a simple tool out of a carriage bolt by grinding a bevel on the underside of the bolt head to “cone” the metal outward around the holes, I then flattened them down on a little anvil.

I then ground all that down so we’ll have minimal filler under the bolt heads now. I will also use a locking nut so we can tighten everything up just enough without over tightening to prevent the standard nuts from backing off.

I'm a bit further along and parts are starting to trickle in, I will update as I have time.

 

[onemanarmy]

pics of the full rig?!

 

[bobm]

I made a simple tool out of a carriage bolt by grinding a bevel on the underside of the bolt head to “cone” the metal outward around the holes, I then flattened them down on a little anvil.

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I then ground all that down so we’ll have minimal filler under the bolt heads now. I will also use a locking nut so we can tighten everything up just enough without over tightening to prevent the standard nuts from backing off.

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I'm a bit further along and parts are starting to trickle in, I will update as I have time.

They picked the right guy for this build

 

[bobm]

Pumpkin "n" Spice make everything nice

 

[greenbeast]

Dang, was hoping for @Pigeaten it was nothing more than tying up some loose ends.

Hope that’s worst of it.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Yep, it's going to be alright now.

 

[RUSH55]

J Mack, if anyone can do it,

 

[RUSH55]

“What about me, huh?”

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Nice work on the rear fender. I assume those are the chrome bolts that are still available (that went with the chrome bumper)? Sometimes it's hard to tell from photos.

 

[J Mack]

“What about me, huh?”

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Ha yeah I will definitely recruit the shop dog when we get into some of the heavy lifting..

Right now I have a bunch of fiddly things keeping me busy.
Don asked if we could give the appearance of a high-end vehicle, I felt like that was a reasonable request based on the amount of money he spent to get here.

Every door had two screws holding the latch in..

So I'm spending my time removing the latch, soaking in lacquer thinner to remove the bulk of the overspray then adding three matching screws.

Lots of this everywhere and it's kinda boring content but I'll have a week of this still to do

 

[J Mack]

In the interest of not wanting to burn my shop down I've disconnected these batteries until further notice..

Yes the cables are sandwiched between the metal battery box frame.

Lots of cables directly to the battery clamp.

We did have a fuse that you can't get to buried behind the battery but it's after the sandwich cables so it was unlikely to blow anyway.

I will still have several things to research like that random unplugged what looks like something for the headlights hanging in there..

 

[scrapdaddy]

All in the details.

 

[bobm]

NO until 53rd page

 

[J Mack]

NO until 53rd page

It's actually mostly good, I have some work to do to make it what the Pigeater wants but it's a much better start than the Diamond T..

 

[RUSH55]

Man, that is just a whole lot of WTF.
That’s the kind of work I’ve seen coming off of South American rigs, sold on BAT -
a never ending list of janky BS to get fixed correct and neatly.
Good to see the “before” pics so the class can compare to the “after” pics and see what it SHOULD, or OUGHT to look like.

 

[J Mack]

Seat belt day, Don asked if I could track down some belts for the rear ( none got installed on the original build) and do something about the front belts that did get installed on the original build..

Missing covers on both sides and dry rotted...
So I ordered some belts from Summit Racing and I think they fit well and look good.

I still have a bit of work on the rear seat but I'll get some pictures when I get there.

 

[bobm]

Man, that is just a whole lot of WTF.
That’s the kind of work I’ve seen coming off of South American rigs, sold on BAT -
a never ending list of janky BS to get fixed correct and neatly.
Good to see the “before” pics so the class can compare to the “after” pics and see what it SHOULD, or OUGHT to look like.

Ya guts to squeeze da untul page fify3 . Den you can have da Rea .

 

[Pigeaten]

Your work is much appreciated, but don't really like the pumpkin spice thread title, but it probably your way of saying, WHAT?!!

 

[J Mack]

Anybody recognize this little black box with the two three prong headlight plugs coming out of it?

Disregard all of the patch together broken wiring around it, that all get cut out and replaced but I need to figure out if I need those little black boxes, I have one on each side and neither appears to be attached to anything.

Your work is much appreciated, but don't really like the pumpkin spice thread title, but it probably your way of saying, WHAT?!!

Don't make me do it....