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PROJECT - "Truck No More"
- Thread starter aweber
- Start date
For doing the wheel well, I started with a piece of 1" flat bar, bent in the shape I wanted:
Made a cardboard template:
Traced onto steel:
For cutting it out, I clamp a straight edge onto the steel and follow it with a cut off wheel:
You can get most of it that way, for the little things like the curve at the top in this pic:
I use the bench grinder, just grind off all the white paint:
Made a cardboard template:
Traced onto steel:
For cutting it out, I clamp a straight edge onto the steel and follow it with a cut off wheel:
You can get most of it that way, for the little things like the curve at the top in this pic:
I use the bench grinder, just grind off all the white paint:
Tack welded in:
on to the next piece!
For the sides that you can't hit with paint after, just paint the back - any you burn off with the welder is still better than nothing:
Tacked in:
Now just hit it with the flappy wheel on your grinder and get out your favorite tube of seam sealer before paint. :beer:
on to the next piece!
For the sides that you can't hit with paint after, just paint the back - any you burn off with the welder is still better than nothing:
Tacked in:
Now just hit it with the flappy wheel on your grinder and get out your favorite tube of seam sealer before paint. :beer:
Good old fashioned hand power :beer:
Cool stuff - I love the step by step pics. I'm itching to get in the garage!! Damn house renos! Mind you, the port and cigarillos would still go well with the work I'm doing.......hmmmmmmm
My son will die when he sees the sword. He wanted to make one this year out of foam modeled after a game he is into (Xenoblade). He's 15.
My son will die when he sees the sword. He wanted to make one this year out of foam modeled after a game he is into (Xenoblade). He's 15.
Finished the tunnel:
Cut the old bikini top rail off and started welding the attachment points onto the roof for the aluminum roof:
But my welder died on me. If your welder blows breakers when pulling the trigger, it is one of the 4 diodes, just unbolt them one at a time to see which:
Luckily, this time it was the easiest to access - last time was the worst LOL
Cut the old bikini top rail off and started welding the attachment points onto the roof for the aluminum roof:
But my welder died on me. If your welder blows breakers when pulling the trigger, it is one of the 4 diodes, just unbolt them one at a time to see which:
Luckily, this time it was the easiest to access - last time was the worst LOL
Nice work!
Found this article for replacement parts for the welder:
http://www.projectsbyzac.com/tag/ir-m9661-40ru-substitute
About $15.00 each diode.
http://www.projectsbyzac.com/tag/ir-m9661-40ru-substitute
About $15.00 each diode.
Took apart the controller for the rear suck down winch and mounted the innards into the extra hole in the console - rewiring everything the way it should have been when I put it in in the first place 
Been repainting everything. All the back and sides done including replacing one of the broken rear brake lights. Also the floor, etc... (took all the panels off, sanded and painted both sides and re-attached)
I have gone through about $150 in gun metal duplicolour spray cans LOL
Tomorrow is to do the same thing to the front and start addressing some minor mechanical issues.
Been repainting everything. All the back and sides done including replacing one of the broken rear brake lights. Also the floor, etc... (took all the panels off, sanded and painted both sides and re-attached)
I have gone through about $150 in gun metal duplicolour spray cans LOL
Tomorrow is to do the same thing to the front and start addressing some minor mechanical issues.
