Mtntopper
SILVER Star
I've had bad luck with that aluminum tape de-laminating from its sticky backing when it gets hot.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (59 Viewers)
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I've had bad luck with that aluminum tape de-laminating from its sticky backing when it gets hot.
I just bought some of this. After reading about the tape losing its adhesion, maybe I will try some JB Weld and see if I can get a good install.
Perhaps a small bead of silicone? Wouldn't give away like the tape...(?)
- Finished pluming the F/R diffs, Transfer case transmission breathers.
- installed front SLEE DC shaft.
- Had the front DS wheel off and for some reason decided to do the wit's end PHH kit, sucked but done. Cut the middle mount off and pulled the bolt after. It's staying off.... broke the heater valve while removing the upper hose. ordered a new one. Was pretty crispy and brittle.
- Installed a wit's end triple spray nozzle kit. Wiper motors really need to be next. spray pattern much better but I think it empties half a gallon before one pass of the sloooooow blades now LOL.
- flushed the coolant.
- drained the engine oil. Still waiting for the Rotella to show...
- scraped and scrubbed more crud on the underside working my way back.
Front underside about done, hope to have the steering back on next weekend. @Delta VS any chance to get some newly added steering box reinforcement brackets out to a customer to trial way before the July release date? I seems to always pull the trigger just before you launch something...
Freight company's SUCK....2-3 days looking like 8-9...
waiting on this^^^^
And decided to remove the old Delta to install the new Delta
Had a new front grill I was going to paint and decided to give the chrome a try, minus the sombrero. Hate chrome. 1 of 3 collectors edition upgrades no more, at least it's not pitted.
- installed front SLEE DC shaft.
- Had the front DS wheel off and for some reason decided to do the wit's end PHH kit, sucked but done. Cut the middle mount off and pulled the bolt after. It's staying off.... broke the heater valve while removing the upper hose. ordered a new one. Was pretty crispy and brittle.
- Installed a wit's end triple spray nozzle kit. Wiper motors really need to be next. spray pattern much better but I think it empties half a gallon before one pass of the sloooooow blades now LOL.
- flushed the coolant.
- drained the engine oil. Still waiting for the Rotella to show...
- scraped and scrubbed more crud on the underside working my way back.
Front underside about done, hope to have the steering back on next weekend. @Delta VS any chance to get some newly added steering box reinforcement brackets out to a customer to trial way before the July release date? I seems to always pull the trigger just before you launch something...
Freight company's SUCK....2-3 days looking like 8-9...
waiting on this^^^^
And decided to remove the old Delta to install the new Delta
Had a new front grill I was going to paint and decided to give the chrome a try, minus the sombrero. Hate chrome. 1 of 3 collectors edition upgrades no more, at least it's not pitted.
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- Finished pluming the F/R diffs, Transfer case transmission breathers.
- installed front SLEE DC shaft.
- Had the front DS wheel off and for some reason decided to do the wit's end PHH kit, sucked but done. Cut the muddle mount off and pulled the bolt after. It's staying off.... broke the heater valve while removing the upper hose. ordered a new one. Was pretty crispy and brittle.
- Installed a wit's end triple spray nozzle kit. Wiper motors really need to be next. spray pattern much better but I think it empties half a gallon before one pass of the sloooooow blades now LOL.
- flushed the coolant.
- drained the engine oil. Still waiting for the Rotella to show...
- scraped and scrubbed more crud on the underside working my way back.
Front underside about done, hope to have the steering back on next weekend. @Delta VS any chance to get some newly added steering box reinforcement brackets out to a customer to trial way before the July release date? I seems to always pull the trigger just before you launch something...
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Freight company's SUCK....2-3 days looking like 8-9...
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waiting on this^^^^
And decided to remove the old Delta to install the new Delta
Had a front grill I was going to paint and decided to give the chrome a try, minus the sombrero.. Hate chrome. 1 of 3 collectors edition upgrades no more.
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That is the cleanest upskirt shot of an 80 series I have ever seen......
I am not sure how that is even possible but it is quite sexy!!!!
I might cry when I hit the mud but after all this work it's not staying in the garage. I'm going to get it out and use the shiat out of it and enjoy it another 20 years. Being a high desert truck its not too bad cleaning up. Give it 20 years and crawl under yours and scrape all that dirt off and it will be like brand new lol. I will certainly hit it with the rattle can SEM paint more often from here out tho.
Been eyeing that sub for a while what do you think of it?
Mtntopper
SILVER Star
Maybe epoxy, or even solder?
Delta VS
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Happy send out some basic plasma cut ones, they will need more edge prep (of the brackets) before welding, but shouldn’t be too difficult.- Finished pluming the F/R diffs, Transfer case transmission breathers.
- installed front SLEE DC shaft.
- Had the front DS wheel off and for some reason decided to do the wit's end PHH kit, sucked but done. Cut the middle mount off and pulled the bolt after. It's staying off.... broke the heater valve while removing the upper hose. ordered a new one. Was pretty crispy and brittle.
- Installed a wit's end triple spray nozzle kit. Wiper motors really need to be next. spray pattern much better but I think it empties half a gallon before one pass of the sloooooow blades now LOL.
- flushed the coolant.
- drained the engine oil. Still waiting for the Rotella to show...
- scraped and scrubbed more crud on the underside working my way back.
Front underside about done, hope to have the steering back on next weekend. @Delta VS any chance to get some newly added steering box reinforcement brackets out to a customer to trial way before the July release date? I seems to always pull the trigger just before you launch something...
View attachment 2696598
Freight company's SUCK....2-3 days looking like 8-9...
View attachment 2696599
waiting on this^^^^
And decided to remove the old Delta to install the new Delta
Had a new front grill I was going to paint and decided to give the chrome a try, minus the sombrero. Hate chrome. 1 of 3 collectors edition upgrades no more, at least it's not pitted.
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Super happy. Much bang for the buck. And I’ve got it turned all the way down for the “break in”. Moves the front seats. It takes up very little space and has extra wire so I can move it around instead of hard mounting. You can stand and jump on the box. No problemo. I’ll set it on top of the drawer system when I get that put in. In the perfect world I’d have gotten the little Alpine amp that mounts behind the head unit to run the thing. Wasn’t available when I needed it and the kicker amp wouldn’t fit into the CD changer slot like I was hoping.
Azca
If there is a harder way - I will find it...
Try seam sealer. Will hold well and be a bit flexible.
Had the new driver's seat bottom leather installed from mosleymotors.com on Saturday! The front panel had a larger cut from a knife accident by the previous owner that was poorly repaired. The new leather looks amazing.
Been working on the rear wheel carry jig-thingy again. Added som curves and found a solition to hold the wheel
Now i need to work on the carrier for the jerry cans and i need to find a solution for the licenseplate and rear lights (they are being covered up by the tire, which is not legal here in Denmark...)
Now i need to work on the carrier for the jerry cans and i need to find a solution for the licenseplate and rear lights (they are being covered up by the tire, which is not legal here in Denmark...)
Installed some auxiliary reverse lights on the back bumper. Some rock lights from Harbor Freight. Had some spare wire from an old harness, so I ran that through the grommet under the rear driver side quarter panel and tapped into the reverse wires. Each light puts out about 320 lumens
DUDE! That is an even better idea. And I happen to have some, since I am repairing my front outer and inner fender panels.
First wheeling trip for my spotter-in-training
Damn my truck needs some WD40!
Damn my truck needs some WD40!
Finally gave the 80 some love and replaced the front Icon Stage 1 shocks. Driver has been leaking for a while. I recalled it being a nightmare but I'm sure I remembered it wrong and was being silly....after I put the grinder down, I think maybe I did remember it correctly. Whoever the ass hat is that designed a smooth shaft with a nut on the end needs to be smacked repeatedly and sent to the corner with the flat blade screw inventor. Honestly. I used the same aluminum blocks (made to hold the smooth steel shaft without damaging it) and C-Clamp as I did for the original install but installing with them is sooooo much different than removing one. I even tried using slices of inner tubes to help get a grip and shredded those, then added a big, sharp toothed vice grip and just watched the shaft spin and spin with the impact. Had to use a cheater box wrench to tighten the c-clamp handle and now it looks like a noodle.
Finally, the grinder made all my problems go away in a shower of sparks and I installed the new one with little trouble...not looking forward to replacing these PITAs later. Oh, and I finally leveled out my crooked steering wheel. Rear shocks are next weekend!
Finally, the grinder made all my problems go away in a shower of sparks and I installed the new one with little trouble...not looking forward to replacing these PITAs later. Oh, and I finally leveled out my crooked steering wheel. Rear shocks are next weekend!
