Author Topic: SquareD Part 5: The build continues and gets more aggressive (Read 421065 times)

Nate · « **Reply #1000 on:** February 14, 2015, 08:46:13 AM »

excellent work, and the lines are looking really clean.

I got post 1000

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1001 on:** February 14, 2015, 09:45:01 AM »

Quote from: nmeyer414 on February 14, 2015, 08:46:13 AM

excellent work, and the lines are looking really clean.

I got post 1000

We have a winner!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1002 on:** February 19, 2015, 10:34:56 AM »

Sorry for the lack of posts in the past few days.

I went to a conference for a few days and now it is something like -15F outside and the garage heater is not quite able to get that to the upper 40's where if enjoy the slight chill as a motivator to get work done.

I guess I'll go do something else today to contribute to the site...

Armalite · « **Reply #1003 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:17:30 AM »

A lot of great progress. Keep it up when you thaw out a bit! ;D

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1004 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:38:08 PM »

Quote from: Armalite on February 20, 2015, 11:17:30 AM

A lot of great progress. Keep it up when you thaw out a bit! ;D

Wilco!

BobbyB · « **Reply #1005 on:** February 20, 2015, 02:51:35 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on February 20, 2015, 12:38:08 PM

Quote from: Armalite on February 20, 2015, 11:17:30 AM
A lot of great progress. Keep it up when you thaw out a bit! ;D
Wilco!

It's negatives here, WITHOUT the windchill factored in! Dig deep and drive on..

JR · « **Reply #1006 on:** February 20, 2015, 09:48:45 PM »

It was 72 here today,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Changing the tranny in the elky.

cudakidd53 · « **Reply #1007 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:20:32 PM »

It was 71 here today ...........in my HOUSE! 78 degrees colder outside! :(

JR · « **Reply #1008 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:23:20 PM »

Quote from: cudakidd53 on February 20, 2015, 10:20:32 PM

It was 71 here today ...........in my HOUSE! 78 degrees colder outside! :(

Sounds like global warming 8)

Sammconn · « **Reply #1009 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:27:32 PM »

Well Mike, I've got you beat today. -27 with wind chill in at -49. Just back from a northern lights photo shoot.
Having a hard time with the global warming theory. I'd say the folks in Florida would also agree with the past few days they've seen as well.

Sammconn · « **Reply #1010 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:29:04 PM »

Just thought of something.
Wasn't it Ash's thread we junked up with weather reports on DF? ???

cudakidd53 · « **Reply #1011 on:** February 21, 2015, 06:17:58 AM »

I think so; eventually, we were all Ash-shamed of ourselves and stopped....... ;)

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1012 on:** February 21, 2015, 09:32:14 AM »

I see there's no shortage of DOT activity on my build thread. Some things just go on and on and on.

Junkin', screwin' up the place

Don's thread turns to, such a disgrace!

Weather here, chit chat there

Oh what the heck, I just don't care!

The man he writes and builds this truck

And do we help? Oh no-such luck

Although it's others he tries to teach

And by the scriptures sometimes, preach

We gotta talk, we gotta chat

About mindless things, just this and that

Along we march, no goal in sight

Worried not so much, about our plight

For we have no purpose, we have no plan

Just throw Don's work in the trash can!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1013 on:** February 21, 2015, 09:34:39 AM »

Quote from: cudakidd53 on February 21, 2015, 06:17:58 AM

I think so; eventually, we were all Ash-shamed of ourselves and stopped....... ;)

Appearances would seem to controvert that statement

JR · « **Reply #1014 on:** February 21, 2015, 01:57:39 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on February 21, 2015, 09:32:14 AM

I see there's no shortage of DOT activity on my build thread. Some things just go on and on and on.

Well, golly gee Don. If you would post something on the build we could DOT it properly ::)

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1015 on:** February 21, 2015, 02:10:57 PM »

Quote from: JR on February 21, 2015, 01:57:39 PM

Quote from: Flyin6 on February 21, 2015, 09:32:14 AM
I see there's no shortage of DOT activity on my build thread. Some things just go on and on and on.

Well, golly gee Don. If you would post something on the build we could DOT it properly ::)

What, didn't like my poetry?

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1016 on:** February 21, 2015, 02:23:36 PM »

Ya, I'm at one of those points where the TAH (Task at hand) exceeds both my WTW (Will to work) and the LOMBP (Limit of my brain power)
AC Stuff

Yep, I don't do no AC stuff.

All I ever did is once drill through the condenser core in my Corvette causing me to have to take that thing all apart and replace it.

AC fixin' is right up there with GPI (Gear putting in) in my skill-set.

So I'm looking at this thing and I'm thinking, "Don, you know anything about this?" And I continue, "No, pretty much jest takin' out an puttin' bak en." "Hmmm, I's continues to think and ponder on...I don't even know where I can mount that condenser, I sez to meself." "So's knot knowin' whichin sizes all them fittin's is or how they screw or glue together (Soins they makes up one big long part) I jest keep on ponderin."

And that's where I parked this bus for the moment...pulled off the highway to getting it done and parked in the "Ponderin park" where I seem to be sittin' for a spell whilst I cipher all this tecknology out.

wilsonphil · « **Reply #1017 on:** February 23, 2015, 03:44:00 PM »

Great build, doing something very similar to my 1990 Ramcharger. Since it was pouring rain Sunday I spent the day reading thru your build. I don't know if you are still looking for them but Quad4x4 sells the rotor dust shields for the Dodge D60, they are very pricey so don't be too shocked!! Keep up the great work.

EL TATE · « **Reply #1018 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:29:32 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on February 21, 2015, 09:32:14 AM

I see there's no shortage of DOT activity on my build thread. Some things just go on and on and on.

Junkin', screwin' up the place

Don's thread turns to, such a disgrace!

Weather here, chit chat there

Oh what the heck, I just don't care!

The man he writes and builds this truck

And do we help? Oh no-such luck

Although it's others he tries to teach

And by the scriptures sometimes, preach

We gotta talk, we gotta chat

About mindless things, just this and that

Along we march, no goal in sight

Worried not so much, about our plight

For we have no purpose, we have no plan

Just throw Don's work in the trash can!

Got a little Run "Don" MC there. nice work

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1019 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:09:06 PM »

Quote from: wilsonphil on February 23, 2015, 03:44:00 PM

Great build, doing something very similar to my 1990 Ramcharger. Since it was pouring rain Sunday I spent the day reading thru your build. I don't know if you are still looking for them but Quad4x4 sells the rotor dust shields for the Dodge D60, they are very pricey so don't be too shocked!! Keep up the great work.

Thanks!

Yea, I'll check that out...my dust shields are in poor shape where they bolt into the brake adapter. Lots of rust I had to remove...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1020 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:13:26 PM »

Well, spent the entire morning running down parts. Had to get a new bottle of welding gas, pick up some wire brushes, a battery, try to find a filter for that weird manual priming filter head and a few other things. I was about 50% for the day.

So getting back into this mess, I picked up the new Interstate battery, this one a full up starting one, whereas the other one is a deep cycle. I ordered a battery isolation kit from Summit so I can control all that from the cab

Wanting to mount Mr. Interstate ricky-tick, I had to brace up that factory battery box. I never was impressed with how the factory had it in there. That battery is a lot of weight. If you get to slamming the truck about I believe with the factory setup it might start to bend things

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1021 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:14:13 PM »

I made up this simple brace from 1" square tubing and some angle

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1022 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:15:14 PM »

Which fits like this

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1023 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:16:25 PM »

After sanding and cleaning it got a coat of acid etching primer, then some rubberized undercoating

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1024 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:17:44 PM »

While that was setting up, I wrapped that transmission dipstick in something I could see. Can't say I'm all that thrilled about how that fits in there...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1025 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:19:32 PM »

Then I got on the wheel well pans. They are going to get painted and coated and that is coming right up so "Let the sanding begin!"

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1026 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:21:25 PM »

The brace dried enough by this point to mount it, so I screwed in into place with several 5/16" bolts. I used this stainless sheet metal screw on the top so as not to interfere with the bottom of el' batterie'

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1027 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:22:23 PM »

And that all went right together like it was supposed to!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1028 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:23:56 PM »

Cummins Performance Parts supplied a new factory throttle spring which is a double and a new injection pump linkage

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1029 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:26:27 PM »

It made for a much tighter linkage removing all the slop the ancient linkage had accumulated

Installing that pretty much ran the clock out...have to go be a house mom for awhile, but I'll be back at it in the morrow!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1030 on:** February 23, 2015, 08:34:01 PM »

Quote from: wilsonphil on February 23, 2015, 03:44:00 PM

Great build, doing something very similar to my 1990 Ramcharger. Since it was pouring rain Sunday I spent the day reading thru your build. I don't know if you are still looking for them but Quad4x4 sells the rotor dust shields for the Dodge D60, they are very pricey so don't be too shocked!! Keep up the great work.

I just looked up those dust shields...

You were right...Pricey

$200 each side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I checked and they are formed from solid gold! Helps with corrosion! Works well behind 22" dubs

KensAuto · « **Reply #1031 on:** February 23, 2015, 08:55:46 PM »

200 for a dust shield? what the heck?

wilsonphil · « **Reply #1032 on:** February 23, 2015, 08:59:10 PM »

I tried to warn you! That company is very high price wise on almost everything but they have GOOD USA made parts and they have almost every part for a Dodge Dana! Even the Ford units are close to that price at other places on the web.

OldKooT · « **Reply #1033 on:** February 23, 2015, 11:09:08 PM »

Just take them off and toss them in the scrap pile. *dust shields* I have close to a million miles I'd wager on assorted Dana 60 fronts. Most of those miles on rock/dirt roads. The lack of dust shields has never been a issue, and actually helps with preventing mud build up behind them in off road sloppy situations.

JR · « **Reply #1034 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:12:07 AM »

Don, not knowing if you found your fuel filter, here is what I did.

Fleetfilter will let you search for a filter by thread and application. Then you pick the quality and order as you may.

Norm, I got a set of hubs for $200 with free shipping,,,,,,,,,,,,now I need ppump fuel lines.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1035 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:04:39 AM »

Dust shields: If they were like $40 ea, I'd put on a new set, but like Norm, I have run over a lot of terra firma with no dust shields at all. Only down side I noted was decreased braking when it was raining. Perhaps the shields "Shielded" some of the rain spray.

I flew lots of jets in my time. They do not have dust shields and those brakes get so hot that we actually have a brake temp monitoring system. On the jet I was flying, after doing a landing, the soaring temps reached maximum maybe 10 minutes after landing and we could not taxi or takeoff again for perhaps 20 minutes waiting for them to cool.

Enough of the brake class for muddin guyz...

On the filter head, here's the issue. I purchased a fuel filter head, industrial truck variety. Fuel filters cannot be used to filter hydraulic oil. Hydraulic filters use a different thread, so they are not used on fuel filters by mistake...see where I'm going with this?

Problem will be solved today when the brown truck stops by, is invaded by the sled and red dog, then after the guy inside gets coated with skunk, he will come out and hand me a box from summit with a new oil filter mount which I will incorporate into the system...problem all solved. I'll be happy, so will the sled and red dog and the UPS guy will finally have to launder those coveralls!

It's all good!

Armalite · « **Reply #1036 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:21:00 PM »

Sounds like a plan... May have a different brown truck driver on the next delivery...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1037 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:29:03 PM »

Quote from: Armalite on February 24, 2015, 04:21:00 PM

Sounds like a plan... May have a different brown truck driver on the next delivery...

Yep, especially if he is a city boy...Those boys don't do skunks or any critters really!

OK, for tonight's update, I got some pieces parts in on the brown truck as predicted. I also got the wheel wells sprayed with Raptor Urethane bed liner, both sides, so those things are out in the garage at the moment poisoning the air and causing the cat to get all loopy, but, hey. as long as it doesn't camp on those purdy things and give them a coating of cat hair!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1038 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:02:42 AM »

I got the "Painless" battery isolation (or not) switch in from Summit and mounted the positive battery post since I might not be reusing the factory battery cable

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1039 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:04:33 AM »

Back to the wheel wells, I sanded, well used a rotary wire brush on them to roughen them up, then washed them several times with solvent

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1040 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:05:47 AM »

We're going to be using the Raptor bed liner again since these wells are potentially a high corrosion potential part

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1041 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:08:06 AM »

That stuff is a two part urethane and what I believe is about the best product that you can spray yourself. I got sick from the fumes, even wearing a good mask, so I advise caution spraying this stuff in closed in spaces during winter months.

But the finish is remarkable...Just what I hoped for!

BobbyB · « **Reply #1042 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:12:47 AM »

With the extra switches you've added, plan on adding are you adding something like you did on the TacGator? An alternate fuse block/whatever you wanna call it. Something to keep your stock normal fuse box from looking like a tangled mass of wiring. I can't think at the moment, coffee hasn't kicked in.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1043 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:14:20 AM »

Better than new...Really!

I let them dry for 2 days, going on to other projects.

Everything sort of comes together at this point of the build. Wiring requires switches, and body parts for mounts, and electrical power. Adding body panels means you need to get all the inside stuff buttoned up because access is about to get a lot more difficult. And so it goes.

Wire bone is connected to the fender bone. Fender bone is connected to the power steering bone, and on and on...I am in the "Bones" stage now, more than ever.

So, back to the power steering/brakes system. Last we visited that thing I was running some lines. Well the "System" is more than just a couple more connections. I want to run a filter and a cooler since at low speeds, steering big tires is a high demand (And heat producing) operation.

The super duper fuel filter I retasked as a hydraulic filter was a fail. There is no hydraulic filter that fits the threads nor base, so that purdy filter head is unusable!

So a quick check at Summit and I got this unit out of the brown truck

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1044 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:16:35 AM »

Quote from: BobbyB on February 28, 2015, 09:12:47 AM

With the extra switches you've added, plan on adding are you adding something like you did on the TacGator? An alternate fuse block/whatever you wanna call it. Something to keep your stock normal fuse box from looking like a tangled mass of wiring. I can't think at the moment, coffee hasn't kicked in.

Get your quoffee man...what are you thinkin'!!!

Morning Bobby...

Yep, I am going to make it all neat and easily accessible in the overhead shelf I installed last year. I plan to have the CB radio, switches galore, and maybe the GPS up there. That is coming right up...I almost got into that yesterday.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1045 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:18:03 AM »

This is what I was working with:

Red dog scored my wire brush...ERRRRRRRRR

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1046 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:19:31 AM »

This is the factory transmission oil cooler.

It is a stacked plate high quality unit, so I'll retask it as the new power steering oil cooler

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1047 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:22:52 AM »

First thing I need to do is to add proper JICS fittings to the thing by starting with a 1/2" compression fitting to a #8 flare. Then screw a #8 female to #6 barb over that to complete the assembly. By doing this all I need to do is slide on the hose and the thing is finished...just like that!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1048 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:27:01 AM »

I found a nifty place to mount that cooler, tucked up inside of the left fender, inside the battery tray. It will be out of sight, but I might have to create a hole in the fender for ventilation...???

The wheel wells were dry and had hardened, so in keeping with the CMFSI (Clear more floor space initiative) I mounted those suckers up so I could throw things at the red dog if it came after a tasty screwdriver or pair of pliers!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #1049 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:28:07 AM »

I used some prudy gold washed bolts to hang it...goes perfectly with ma' dubs, eh?

Author Topic: SquareD Part 5: The build continues and gets more aggressive (Read 421065 times)

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