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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
decided to shave off a few protruders to ensure flatability
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
trying to look all official and shiet
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
just some scrap piece with a "speed hole" in it
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
one of many, many, trial fitments (FYI, if frame rail hurdles ever become an Olympic event, I will bring home both the Gold and Silver medals for team USA)
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
Westward HO! The bracket looks good, and the cable seems to have healed up.
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
I need one of them 90° drill extensions to drill out this one and single hole in the frame cause the firewall is in the way even with the cab unbolted and slid further back, and I don't feel like unbolting the bed of the truck
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
another day another template (and one dull razor)
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
not my favorite tool, still trying to learn how to use it as sometimes I am a surgeon with it, but most of the time a Barbarian
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top tip on fillin in them holes, anything bigger than tiny I like to use some backing plate on it, this is a flattened out piece of copper pipe you can source at your local plumbing supply, works great as the filer rod won't stick to it
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
A Note On The Side:
if you are good with working with wood, or simply enjoy working with it, you will be really good with working with metal as it is more forgiving, you can bend it and you can straighten it, you can also cut it as many times as you like and it will still be long enuff, ha ha (if you get my meaning, unlike wood) |
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Top Tip: on punching holes, lay a piece of paper or card stock over the holes and with a ball peen hammer gently tap tap tap the holes perimeter and it will punch out the perfect hole for you to transfer over, also great for making paper gaskets, works around edges as well for that perfect border cut
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
Flatability always prevents warpability.
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and let's glue it on there
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well now for the moment of truth, will this thing come out?
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
over the last 20 years I have seen more painting products get banned in California than I care to mention, you know the good ol'
May cause California in the State of Cancer warnings! I about lost my shiet when I found out we can no longer buy Denatured Alcohol here !!! so this is the latest thing I have tried lately, works pretty OK, and it has that familiar smell like it is just rebranded Mineral Spirits or Acetone? maybe one of you Walter Whites can set me straight on the ingredients |
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
and I got it covered with primer just before the rain that night, I really like this RUST-OLEUM primer it covers well, makes me feel like a PROFESSIONAL and you can get it at Home Depot or Lowe's at half the cost of what they sell the same stuff at the Auto Parts Stores
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
out of curiosity, why are you mounting that so far back into the firewall? Seems like it would be kind of tough to get at for any maintenance you might want to do on it.
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I considered mounting it where our stock AC unit went but I did not want to attach it to the firewall as it weight over 40 pounds do you have any suggestions / ideas for a better location? I am open to any and all advice |
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
and here is Reason #197 why I chose the Lexus GS450 transmission as my electric power plant, essentially so I won't have to do this:
In this The Grey Goose : Nismo Electric E46 Touring video Damien Maguire shows us what it takes to attach a first gen Nissan Leaf electric motor to a BMW E46 five speed transmission.
Don't get me wrong we loved our 2013 Nissan Leaf which we leased for three years, and of course I love Damien, everything I know about EVs I learned from his videos. but please take a looksie and anjoy oh by the way 197 is also the horse power of the bigger electric motor inside of our Lexus transmission, yes there are two electric motors inside of it, the other one is a bit smaller |
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
I am not sure if this is in the works or not, but the two vertical square tubes for your trans crossmember should have caps welded on them so water does not get in the tubes and rust out. Just flat squares welded below the mounting bolts should do it.
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
so when the combustion engine goes away, so does vacuum or the source of vacuum, this means that we loose power brakes, as the brake booster is vacuum operated, here I am starting to work with a replacement electronic booster called an iBooster from a 2018 Honda CRV (there were two generations of this animal, and I believe mine is still Gen 1)
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
My combustion is showing, is there an electric power steering unit as well?
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