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Got all the epoxy sanded off today/tonight. I will check tomorrow in better light, but I think I am almost ready for epoxy primer. I think it looks great...really wasn't that many cracks. My wife took a cool photo of me sanding it...
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Thanks John...It isn't too hard, just LOTS of sanding. I probably slathered too much epoxy on, but I didn't want to have to redo any of the grooves.
I did most of the work with the dremel and a sanding disc....but I smoothed it all out by hand. I think I decided to paint the wheel green to match the original color of the truck...which means I need to repaint my steering column pieces...oh well. |
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Hey Andy....How much of that stuff did you have to buy?
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I bought the smallest jars they had at eastwood. I think they were 1/2 lb part A & B. They were $14 plus shipping.
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The steering wheel looks great!
I can't wait to see it when you get it painted.
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...I put some primer on it yesterday and it looked good but I found a crack I missed before so I am going to sand off the primer at that spot and cut a groove with the dremel and put some epoxy on it...no need in doing something 99%... |
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Ordered a new compressor tonight. Hopefully this is the last Compressor I will ever have to buy...I blame John for pushing me to the larger HP compressor.
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Dadgum, that's going to be nice!
Frankentruck has not been graced with the beauty of air tools since my dad's air compressor broke a year or so before we got the truck ![]()
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Thanks John! Yes, this is my forever compressor...and my kids compressor when I am gone. haha
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As I was putting clear coat on some carbon fiber parts today for a customer...I had some clear coat left over premixed...so I thought I would spray the cowl. Still needs to be polished, but I think it has enough patina to look good and go with the look of the truck I am doing.
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Looks Great Andy...Have your cleared the tailgate?
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Good for you to learn old school days...so one day you can say, "I remember when..." Thanks! Not yet...I need to finish getting the bed ready for clear...maybe this weekend I can get it ready. I need to go into double time to finish for my birthday! |
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nice progress and keep those update(s) coming =)
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Yes Christian exactly right...We both walked uphill both ways to school in the snow with no shoes.....LOL Glad they got your compressor on the way!!!Excited to see it run!!
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That came out looking great Andy. BTW Love the new compressor.
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Thanks Scott! I appreciate it. I can't wait to get the compressor...next week I think. I bought 6/2 wire, junction box, and a 40 amp breaker today. I will get that wired to the panel and get the compressor wired when I receive it. Then I will need to plumb the compressor in my garage and then out to my work shed...lots of fun work ahead. Can't wait!
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Thanks much appreciated!
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Kind of took this weekend off. Had to clean out the garage to make room for the new compressor....listed a whole bunch of BMW parts to help with the cleaning of the garage.
I have been sandblasting, but my old Husky 1.7HP compressor was obnoxiously loud and took forever to blast anything...so waiting on the new compressor to finish that. I did however get the new front shocks installed before the rain started. One less thing to do. So now I have all 4 shocks replaced! A wise man told me...easier to do it now than later! |
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So Very true..lol
I know we had some storms last week but today is pretty here. I believe I heard loud noises and what feels like an earthquake coming from south Georgia.....Could it be someone is excited to get his new 7.5 hp Big Dog compressor today? LOL
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Here is a picture of it...not in its final resting place, but close. I want to turn it and put it in the corner. Will have to invite some friends over for a beer then they can help me push it in place. Then I will finish wiring it up. I got the wire from the attic fished down to the panel and connected to the bottom 40 AMP breaker. I have the wire in attic over to the top of the wall I am going to drop it down, but don't want to until I know exactly where I am going to put it. I used the recommended wire... 6/2. I have never used that thick wire before...it is stout. Since both wires in the breaker are hot, I marked the white wire with black marker for anyone in the future...even though the rest of the panel wasn't done that way. Tested the breaker and it matches the rest of the 240 breakers at 244v. Can't wait to get it up and running in the next few days. |
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Haven't had time to do very much on the truck in the last week or 2. Finally had some time today to do a little something. I got back to the SW and repaired 3 cracks I missed the first time. I feel I was smarter this time repairing the cracks. I put tape next to the cracks so after I put the PC-7 on I could pull off the tape and only have the crack area to sand. Seems much smarter now that I thought of it! lol
Also got the cowl section painted today (finally). Had previously painted the firewall, but decided to paint the cowl section in the same green. I think it is going to look nice with the green under the white cowl cover. |
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