Builds Work In Progress aka: Badass (6 Viewers)

[Jaric00n]

nice work....

now weld it onto the front of the truck and you are set

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

nice work....

now weld it onto the front of the truck and you are set

Yes Sir!

 

[cruisermatt]

Awesome

Now you need to check Craigslist everyday for a 180 or 210 and some gas bottles so you can do custom suspension work, engine swap motor mounts etc

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

I would but my garage outlet only has a 110 in it. I just can’t afford running a bigger box out there.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

If you have a dryer outlet close by, it's often a good source of 240v, and you can make an adapter to fit your welder.

But I would just get comfortable with your flux core for awhile and worry about more powerful welders later.

If you get good with flux core, MIG welding will be easy.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Adding this here mostly for me. I like the simple way this guy explains flux core how tos. I kept finding myself getting confused “pull/drag or push?!” I’m gonna add an arrow on the end of the gun pointing toward the machine as a visual reminder.
‘If it has slag, you must drag.’

 

[Seth_O]

Nice job, congrat's on your first bit of welding. The first arc is the scariest

For me the trick has always been getting the metal good and hot so that it pools nicely, but not so hot that it warps. I had an experience welder tell me I could tell if I was doing it right by the sound - a flux-cored MIG should sound like bacon cooking in a pan.

I've been welding with a cheap-o HF flux cored 110v MIG welder for years and my junk holds up just fine. I just recognize there is a fairly limited range of thickness I can weld with it and I stick to that.

Keep after it!

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Nice job, congrat's on your first bit of welding. The first arc is the scariest

For me the trick has always been getting the metal good and hot so that it pools nicely, but not so hot that it warps. I had an experience welder tell me I could tell if I was doing it right by the sound - a flux-cored MIG should sound like bacon cooking in a pan.

I've been welding with a cheap-o HF flux cored 110v MIG welder for years and my junk holds up just fine. I just recognize there is a fairly limited range of thickness I can weld with it and I stick to that.

Keep after it!

No gas in mine... basic flux and that’s it.
And yes that first spark was the scariest. Once I’d done it I was over it. Like I said I shed my zipup hoodie and was simply wearing long cuffed gloves. No sweat.
Funny now how I’m eyeballing scrap metal now w/ projects in mind. They’re replacing all the light fixtures in the building and the old ones are made of a metal backing. Not sure what the gauge is, maybe 22/24 (higher number is thicker right? In medical that’s opposite often times), they said they’re just tossing them if I want any. There’s also a Big Y going indiwn the street from me so I might stop on my way home if I see anyone still on site just to see if they’re ditching anything good.

 

[Jaric00n]

Behold new Sculptures going up in F's yard....

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Right you are! I now can start laying out all the funky metal parts I’ve collected while hiking and weld them together. My neighbors will love me!

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Pays to have boobs. I just got the open door invite to go to a local welding shop Sat AM to get some time and guidance on their machines AND scrap metal. Both the guys were drooling over my truck.

 

[Jaric00n]

Ahahahhaahah

They didn't see the front bumper before you removed it >.>

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

So last few days truck has stunk of oil while driving. No smoke.
Checked dipstick and fluid level correct, no need to add. Pulled plugs just for curiosity and all appear how they should, vastly better than before rebuild. 2 & 5 possibly a smidge more carbon around tip of threads and a bit more fluffy.
So because why not, I decided to pull my pan and see how she looked from underneath. I have a spare pan so what’s stopping me?

Could not have been easier. Drain oil, place jack w/ block of wood under pan, remove screws (most barely more than hand tight) , lower jack and HELLO under belly. No prying or pounding necessary.
Gasket peeled off. Some bit of metal noted although I HAD installed an aftermarket fuel pump that was a smidge wrongly snapped and it’s arm got torn off so.... are the bits just from it? They appear like s***ty junk metal. Bearing caps must be thinner and a different shade, not so whiteish silver (kinda like a nickel mix).

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Her belly looks pretty nondescript.

 

[Prairie Swamp]

I'm so envious how clean that motor is inside. Mine is absolutely crusty.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

I'm so envious how clean that motor is inside. Mine is absolutely crusty.

Yeah huh! I’m pretty amazed it’s so clean too! Thank you!

 

[Jaric00n]

Must be all that detergent liquid she adds at each oil change......

Palmolive was it?



but yes, it looks really clean

 

[Comet]

F, I belly laughed at another post somewhere on MUD that I paraphrased that said "You have achieved Mud Nirvana, you fixed it until it broke"

Great job on the welding, I am in pursuit of a welding table because of your mad skills. Really! Great job.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

So this happened today basically on a whim.... was questioned by OCD Ryan, @CaptClose if I was going to paint the new used oil pan. That got me thinking how I’d met a local powder coater while at the welding shop... next thing I know I’m at a local sand blasters house in town, pan is done almost before I got home and will be a brilliant shade of red in at minimum two days time.

All said and done for under $60.

Also this pan was meant for my old truck which was an 84. There is ZERO difference other than the plug size from my 87 pan but what’s w/ the funky corrugated rear end?

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

This was pretty funny... @cps432. this is all of us in some way shape or form.