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Great progress, Mike! Im interested in the high HP road this one is taking. Are Peg's new owners happy? Can't wait for the next installment!

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Hey Mike a recommendation for a Nice Motel/Hotel close by the shop that allows dogs would be appreciated...

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Stay tuned, this one is going to be a Blast !! Porterbuilt sent me some sneak photos last night......CANT WAIT !

Me too Wes of Injected Customs is going to KILL this Powertrain build !

The Cherokee Casino is just a couple miles away and I believe it is $59 a night, I don't know about animals though ?

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CASINO???... Yeach baby... but probably no dogs...

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[QUOTE=67cheby;6915377]Stay tuned, this one is going to be a Blast !! Porterbuilt sent me some sneak photos last night......CANT WAIT !


Me too Wes of Injected Customs is going to KILL this Powertrain build !

So are you going to have Wes' guys at JCJ customs do your paint?

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[quote=bumwine;6915910]No the paint and body will be done by Gary Angel of Street Driven Customs out of Centerton Arkansas

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Anyone have any easy methods for stripping the undercoating off the bottom of the cab ?

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lay it down belly up poor gas over it and set it on fire

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LOL....well that's one method !

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I seen that coating taken off with a propane torch and a metal scraper...

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That is actually what I was thinking about doing

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i seen that done the same way , it gets realy sticky and still can catch fire or drip and stick to youre skin burning you , its realy tedious work too

its an oil product basicly bitumen so gas petroleum ir sumtin like that will desolve the final bit sticking to the metal once you stripped all you can with the torch

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Best Thing Being Useing butane torch metal Scraper and. Good Mask Don't no what Chemical Are in Coating Been Doing it this way forever

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Sand blast... works great as long as you have someone that knows what they are doing....

Second best is a torch and scrapper...

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allways figured the sandblasting would just mud up the undercoating not remove it , maibe they need to heat it up with the blast to get it to let go
maibe they use a waterjet with sand that might work

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I don't know about using a torch...Seems to me like you would warp the sheet-metal badly.
If you look back to page #1 of my thread, I used a twisted wire wheel in a small Dewalt grinder, and it didn't go too bad, it seemed to take it right off if you leaned into it a bit....In the tight corners I used a twisted wire brush made for a die-grinder that had the wires sticking out from the face of it, but put it in a 90-grinder....Don't skimp on the face/eye protection though, because after a while the wires start letting go! As far as I can remember I and/or my son did it in 4-5 hours, and if you look later in the build thread when it is painted, it looks stellar!

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i use an air chisel and finish up with 36 grit on a DA. by now most of the stuff gets rock hard and it was easier to chisel and sand. but i bet a wire wheel would work for the cleanup around the rolls and edges. .02

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This the pic I have seen with the huge watts link?

Jake

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I poked around and seems the oscillating multitool works best. I used one on a job to cut aluminum panels and such.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ating-removal/

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This.....just have to be sensible with how much heat you put into the surface. A good heat gun would likely work as well. Aircraft stripper works too, but it is nasty and messy.

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Ive tried believe it or not. easy off oven cleaner. let it sit over night then scrape it off. dosent get all of it but does get a lot. used this method on a Camaro a few years back. when I did it suggestions were to use only easy off. good luck. worth a try.

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I was just thinking using a hand held butane torch to soften it (not get it to hot)
considering this !

Its going to Media blast next week, just wanting to get the big stuff off first !

Maybe so !
We will try a few different techniques this week
Hmmmm.....
yes sir !
ok I will check that out !
I will try !
I will try it !

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There's pics on the first Yeller thread of me rockin' the wire wheel on ours- worked pretty good.

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Thanks man, I will check it out !

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Well me and my friend Brian busted out tear down day #2 while my wife and daughter took funny pictures of us ! LOL

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I wanted to make sure the cab floor would cover the 4L80 so I found part of the trans hump here local (in the states) but the forward firewall piece came all the way from our friend Patrick Koch in Germany !! Patrick you ROCK MAN !!

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Man it is really amazing how clean this cab is ! rockers and a backing plate on the drivers side and I think it will be good .....we will see after media blasting next week !

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and the end result of our 4 hours of work a pile of parts ready to be Media Blasted and a cab ready for some extra hands to help lift it off the frame !

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Clem, I will have a chassis and a bunch of other parts ready for you on Sunday if you are headed this way ! Bring your trailer !

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Mike, cool update, now it's moving along, can't wait for more...Jim

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some assembly required see manual........

curious to see if they can handle the stuff on the bottom of the truck and if they add to the overal price of having it blasted

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Great progress...

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Following this one here and on I.G. Can't wait to see the progress! If you need a spare set of hands one weekend let me know, be glad to come down and help some!

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I used a 4000 psi pressure washer on the bottom of my 66 chevy II - peeled it like a champ

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ahhh man, looks like you guys had a big day, lots done... wish i could have been there.

my dually is down right now but as soon as i get my silverado wired for the trailer, i will be over there.

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Thanks we are trying !
I cleaned about 85 % of the undercoating off the bottom of the cab
Thanks !
Awesome, thanks !
hmmmmm....I need to try that on the bottom of my hood !
Your parts pile is building ! LOL

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Great progress this weekend, Got the longbed frame stripped and ready for Clem !

Cab off the frame and wire wheeled the whole bottom of the cab to get ready to be glass bead blasted, of course you then expose all the extra rust. Still not bad

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here is the other rust shots....for some reason the pictures came out crappy !

I never like the way the aftermarket rockers fit in the back of the door and my factory ones are good in that area thinking of doing it this way ......Any input ? good or bad idea ?

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Surgically removed all the short bed cross members for Clem , they will live again in another build !

Getting this SWB frame ready for all the Porterbuilt goodies !!!! CANT WAIT !

Pile of sheet metal ready for media blasting !

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What ended up working best for you on stripping the bottom of the cab? Twisted Wire, flap disc, wire brush or propane torch and a scraper.
I'm always looking for better ways to do stuff.
Its looking awesome and that Clem is using the extras is a plus!