Author Topic: SquareD Part 4: Paint, topper, Roof rack, and continued change! (Read 206573 times)

Flyin6 · « **Reply #800 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:16:34 PM »

The springs are resting on the box containing the new turbo and the injectors.

I am now waiting for some fasteners to arrive to bolt that turbo on. So for now the box is just a work bench and welding table!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #801 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:17:42 PM »

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Originally Posted by EL TATE View Post
Lookin' good there buddy. I wish I had the shackle options when I did my jeep, but cutting and moving the spring perches back got me close to similar results.

I know...as time passes and the smart guys get to looking at things, they eventually come up with mo-better ideas. Jungle is definitely one of those people.

I just finished assembling the springs...
Back out to the salt mine...90F and 80-90% humidity
I'd prefer the total heat of the stan to this wet stuff...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #802 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:18:24 PM »

On to work stuff, got the springs in primer and paint:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #803 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:19:01 PM »

My favorite J Deere Blitz black with hardener

Flyin6 · « **Reply #804 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:19:45 PM »

John Deere also provided the spray graphite that I used to liberally coat the leaves

Flyin6 · « **Reply #805 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:20:30 PM »

The stuff gives the steel a cast iron appearance

Flyin6 · « **Reply #806 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:21:10 PM »

Then the anti-friction discs were installed

Flyin6 · « **Reply #807 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:21:59 PM »

Using a new spring pack bolt with liberal amounts of anti seize applied first, one by one the leaves were assembled into a spring pack

Flyin6 · « **Reply #808 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:44:46 PM »

Starting to look like a spring!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #809 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:45:29 PM »

No room to use the old spring clip bolt, so in the fashion of many of the clips I have seen in the past, I hammered the ends around the top leaf

Flyin6 · « **Reply #810 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:46:32 PM »

Then came the poly bushings and just like that, the springs were done!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #811 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:50:41 PM »

Of course, I'll trim the bolts after I determine the pack is the proper thickness.

On to project next: Fixin' up an old intercooler

If you remember I was going to scrap this one because of some holes I found in one tube. After thinking about it and thoroughly checking the thing over I decided to repair it.

First the cleaning:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #812 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:52:14 PM »

I used several layers of JB Weld Epoxy to address the holes and the corroded seam

Flyin6 · « **Reply #813 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:54:49 PM »

I top coated the cleaned and repaired unit with gray epoxy sealer

Flyin6 · « **Reply #814 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:56:19 PM »

The repaired side looks just as good

Flyin6 · « **Reply #815 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:03:45 PM »

That thing is going to get mounted in a soon to be "Way-mo modified" core support

Flyin6 · « **Reply #816 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:04:57 PM »

I started removing things in preparation to pull the engine/transmission/transfer case

First was the down pipe, then the driveshaft

It got wrapped up and stored in the bed

Flyin6 · « **Reply #817 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:06:19 PM »

Then I started pulling the wiring harness off the engine, and marking every lead for reference.

That took some time

Flyin6 · « **Reply #818 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:07:14 PM »

The sled dog lent a hand!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #819 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:08:42 PM »

Not wanting to get too much farther into the really heavy lifting today, I painted up some suspension parts, the shackles, and removed, sanded and painted the modified steering shaft

Flyin6 · « **Reply #820 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:14:43 PM »

While I was sandin' and paintin' I started getting all creative.
Not like creating life, creative, but messin' with stuff, garden variety creative

Witness the valve cover.
The gray was only the first of several layers of stuff I planned to dress things up. Ya-ya-ya...Don doesn't do that, I know, but today, I must have been feelin' it or something

Flyin6 · « **Reply #821 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:15:59 PM »

That's OD green...
I think I'll sand off the letters, leaving the outside ones aluminum and paint the "DODGE" red in keeping with the factory colors

So, that was it for a pretty good day at the races!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #822 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:17:09 PM »

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Originally Posted by KensAuto View Post
Big D, you think wrapping the spring bracket is a good way to lose articulation?

I do.

Wait, I have more....epoxy on a system that holds 40ish pounds of pressure, that when lost, will cause the supercummins to have the power of 4 cylinder fiat ,billowing clouds of un-concealing smoke? I would ditch it now instead of later.....more poking
Everything else looks top notch!

Special K...

I've owned a bunch of springs wrapped just like that. I don't see anything wrong with it at all.
You don't want the leaves pulling apart and that is all the clamp really prevents.
I don't see the spring losing any articulation because of that clamp

Epoxy on the 40 psi intercooler bad.
Again good buddy, don't agree. CHeck with Ashley. He seals oil well blowouts with epoxy. THe military uses it for all sorts of things. Some radiator shops have repaired IC's with epoxy as well. Not to be taken lightly, the grip of properly installed epoxy nearly equals the parent metal.
Now let's say those small holes blew out during an emergency. That's one tube of over a hundred that is partially compromised. You could lose what 1/4 of 1 percent pressure? or volume. Remember the big ole' 65mm wheel pumping half the air in the county every minute.

Nossir, I think that is a good repair and it will hold.

Guess we just can't agree today, maybe tomorrow

Flyin6 · « **Reply #823 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:17:54 PM »

More worky today.
I started the matra during the morning exercise
"On the ground, on the ground, on the ground"
I was refereeing to the transfer case and hopefully the transmission

So here's the scene underneath before all the fun and action:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #824 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:18:41 PM »

Sled dog was helping again today

Parts coming off

Flyin6 · « **Reply #825 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:19:23 PM »

That driveshaft fought me a lot. Surprising since it was off recently

It will probably get replaced with a stronger unit

Flyin6 · « **Reply #826 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:19:59 PM »

All that was holding the transfer case in was it's linkage and these nuts

Flyin6 · « **Reply #827 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:21:03 PM »

The nuts were simple enough. albeit loosened with difficulty, but about then was when the lack of height of the transmission/motorcycle jack became apparent

Flyin6 · « **Reply #828 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:22:39 PM »

Well, this next series on jack modification cost me the time I would have had to unbolt the transmission

But I decided to make the jack taller to work with Square D

Flyin6 · « **Reply #829 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:23:20 PM »

Well, this next series on jack modification cost me the time I would have had to unbolt the transmission

But I decided to make the jack taller to work with Square D

Flyin6 · « **Reply #830 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:24:12 PM »

So I cut it apart, made up some 8" legs to extend it's height and applied fire and smoke to the assemblage

Flyin6 · « **Reply #831 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:28:24 PM »

More firey smoke and sparks, then this happened

Flyin6 · « **Reply #832 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:29:11 PM »

And it fit!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #833 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:30:19 PM »

With some coaxing I achieved seperation

Flyin6 · « **Reply #834 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:31:44 PM »

Lets play "Tools" a bit longer
Since the trans and the crossmember is next on the removal scene, it was time to support the engine for removal

Picked up this engine tilter thing ah ma gig over at the Chinese tool store otherwise known as harbor freight

Flyin6 · « **Reply #835 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:32:57 PM »

Fitted to Duane's engine hoist. You can see it's in about the same shape as the rusted out frame on his jap Suv!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #836 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:33:45 PM »

I just hope it doesn't rust in half before I get that fine chunk of American made iron out of that unrusted 75 year old American truck frame!

Messing around the engine got me to lookin' at things

Every time I start lookin' at things, I either 1. Buy them or 2. take them all apart and modify them.

I noticed this block heater cable hanging there so I removed it and set it a vat of that purple degreaser and jap car dissolver stuff

Flyin6 · « **Reply #837 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:34:26 PM »

Messin' with that caused my brain to look at other wiry things to take apart, so I started to strip the wiring harness away

Flyin6 · « **Reply #838 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:35:01 PM »

Then I got the idea, why don't I just remove it altogether?

Here's where it disconnects:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #839 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:35:54 PM »

And sure enough, it comes right out!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #840 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:36:25 PM »

Starting to clear things up nicely!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #841 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:37:32 PM »

The parts I painted up yestertag turned out nice!

I was so into working and sucking down water like the intakes of the grand coulee dam, that I forgot to eat. I was snacking all day on almonds and wondering why I was so hungry!

And that is all the KY Kid had time for today, off to find some pizza

Flyin6 · « **Reply #842 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:39:18 PM »

Wow, you people are afflicted!

Red dog, alien abductions...Those are some potent theories

Naw nothing as cool as all that

Just mandatory family reunion fun time

I did launch out in the family camper thing. Had an electrical failure and pulled my back out trying to unhook that monstrosity!

We did manage to run through 1400 of my rounds and probably 1000+ of other peoples.

I tested out that Canik 9mm and have to say: Not impressed!
Trigger pull is in feet. Even reset is super long...

Ran the new bump-fire M4 I built. WHOA!!!!!!!! That thing pours out the lead

Cousin filmed me doing a 60 round mag dump. Only took seconds while I blasted huge rents into the once thriving Kintucky blue grass. Turned into blew grass!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #843 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:40:05 PM »

Well, I got the motor and trans out today.
My back went out yestertag, so pumped up on aspirin, I got it done.

Here's the situation as aspirin #1 and #2 are starting to loosen things up somewhat

Flyin6 · « **Reply #844 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:41:14 PM »

I figured the easiest way to get it out would be to lift the engine, then slide the truck aft until clearance was all around the motor in a uniform manner!

So I mounted up the tires, then realized this is the first time the wheels have been on all four corners!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #845 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:42:06 PM »

The thing suddenly looks short, like a stretched blazer or Ramcharger...

So again beneath the bolts and nuts were a flyin'

Here's the cross member which is out for the very first time

Flyin6 · « **Reply #846 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:42:56 PM »

Tilt motor and watch trans fluid run all over

Hmmm, forgot to drain trans fluid--Check!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #847 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:44:00 PM »

Despite all that cleaning earlier, things were still plenty dirty

This step will complete the cleaning and rejuvenation process. From this point on everything will get completely renewed and I'll be working with fresh everything

Flyin6 · « **Reply #848 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:45:06 PM »

Grease! Dirt!

Gonna be gone PDQ

Flyin6 · « **Reply #849 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:45:56 PM »

And it's out