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Re: Restoring Rusty
Cool bud, is it getting cold where you are at, the weather here in Norther California went from 95*F to 55*F in one day, and for us fair weather wimps that is freezing
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Are you kidding me?
Did LMC Truck just really send me mcgauphys front coil springs? The exact same part number ones and everything!!! I even called them and asked if they could tell me what brand their coil springs were and the lady said she did not have that information!!! I even emailed McGauphys and asked them why their leaf spring hangers cost more than LMC Truck ones and was told because LMC Truck does not sell McGauphys parts!!! Not cool man!!! |
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Dude, what was in the other box?
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Have fun with those rivets for the old hangars! I used cut off wheels and a grinding pad for the fronts. Then just knocked them through the frame.
Still a ton of work though. |
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Did you have to remove the side mounted fuel tank from the passenger side to get to that hanger, or can it be done with 16 gallons of fuel strapped to the truck? |
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I drilled out the rivets with a 1/2" step bit on a cordless impact driver. Was faster than grinding and hammering out.
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alright so returned the second set of the MCGauphys coil springs to LMC Truck today, the US Post Office wanted $68 bucks to ship them back in the original box, so I said I have a bettter idea lets see if they fit in your large Flat Rate Box, which they did, so that only cost me $17 dollars
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Never heard of MCGauphys coil springs. Are they a crap brand??
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well what do we have here, Christmas in November?
why its our $6 dollar 4x10 speaker grill complements The eBay, I recon this will do us just fine, it's amazing what you can find On The Line these days, ha ha (movie reference anybody?) |
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let me give you some updates, I am still all over the place juggling about 5 different things, hoping to wrap them all up soom
picked up another side mirror today from a local truck shop for $14 bucks this one is an aftermaket product from a company called K Source and model # 1001, its better than the junk yard ones because it needs no drilling of new holes as it has a universal bracket, but I will probably return it, as it is a car mirror and not a truck mirror, they also make a black truck mirror so we may try that a reminder why we are doing this, simple I want black square mirrors, why not paint the ones I got? cause painting chrome sux Last edited by Gregski; 09-22-2018 at 10:18 AM. |
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Painting chrome is easy. The problem is that you have to sand it VERY VERY well to get the chrome and shinyness gone. Once that happens it'll paint like anything else.
Also anything that high up on the door is going to either block your window or be a pain in the ass to see out. This is why most mirrors were mounted further down the door or behind the vent window like the power windows. |
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and here's what the K Source 1001 looks like on the truck, still a bit too small, still the quarter window pillar gets in the way, I was hoping I could slide it forward more with that universal bracket but as you can see above it's all the way forward already,
trial and error baby, trial and error |
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ok, on to the dash, I must admit I am getting a bit frustrated here, what was supposed to be a cheap fix and take couple hours to prime and paint is taking days, days I tell you
first of all J-B Weld is NOT body filler this stuff is hard to work with, it runs down like molasis instead of drying where you want / need it too second sanding it off is a bear and in my case I am sanding 90% of the product so I might as well stand in the driveway and burn twenty dollar bills |
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picked up some 150 and 220 sand paper discs on the way home today from Harbor Freight (about the only thing that store is good for is disposable consumables, ie one time use products)
and went to town with my orbital sander using the 150 grit and haven't even graduated to the 220 cause this stuff is that hard to cut fellas if I am doing something wrong let me know, cause this is no picnic |
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couple hours later this is what we have to show for, a right hand which I can't even feeellllll aaaannnnyyyy mmmoooorrreeee and a horrible looking dash with holes that you can still see
oh and more sanding still to come Fun Level = 0 |
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To get JB weld to flatten down you need at least 60 or 80g to break down the bulk then you can use 120 or 220.
You would be doing this either you would have gone with bondo or welding unfortunately its just that jb weld is better than bondo but not as good as welding. |
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i recommend flap disc on grinder to do initial knock down work
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-in-60...isc-69628.html i'm half way planned to pull the same thing you are but use jb kwik weld as it sets and cures faster and grinder for clean up then depending on finished product maybe fiberglass or some kind of bedliner,rubberized coating/plasticoat,or recover with thinner padding and vinyl. not really sure lol
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The trick to JB Weld is not to put any on that you don't want there. You need the surface horizontal, and put on less than you need to fill the hole. It will spread out, flatten, and cure overnight. Now you can build up in very thin layers to get the height up to the top of the hole. In a thin enough layer, it will not flow.
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I tried working with JB Weld on my control arms before having them powder coated and it wasn't easy. Hang in there Gregski, you'll get it!
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The problem with any thing like this... bondo, jb weld, fibreglass, or even welding is people have a tendency to overdo it and then wonder why it takes so long to clean up.
A wise man once told me if you weld something and spend more time grinding your a grinder not a welder. |
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