Project Big Red

[laserjock]

Yeah I'm going to pull the plate and drill it to size as soon as I see what my oil pressure is.

 

[crash-harris]

I know my rig runs at max about 50-60 psi I'd is cold (until engine warms up), then maxes out at about 40 psi warm at cruise/WOT and about 20 psi at idle. Just curious, do they list a minimum pressure for the turbo?

 

[laserjock]

Not that I'm aware of other than the 45 at full rpm.

 

[laserjock]

With the debacle of the rear seatbelts, time to move on. I pulled the cloth off the headliner and started cleaning the foam off. 30 min in....

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Another 30 mins later...

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Wire brush works as good as anything I've seen. My arm is tired though. I fixed a couple pealing places around the edge of the board with the adhesive for the headliner. This is going to be interesting. Been a long time since I've done one. Off to YouTube I go.

 

[F350camper]

I'll be paying close attention to this bit, Mine will need doing soon enough.

 

[laserjock]

If you need maroon headliner material, I'm your man.

I have two extra rolls that were the wrong color. Just a little darker than I wanted. Company screwed up... twice ...

I watched a couple videos. I think I can do it myself but with a little help from the wife I think it's no sweat.

 

[F350camper]

I've not heard you mention your truck bed, or the condition it is in. But this popped up on my morning CL cruise. Thought I would pass it along.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/pts/6128841679.html

 

[laserjock]

My truck bed is decent. I don't think it's as good as that one though. I've got a little rust repair to do to it. Man... I suppose that's payback for dropping the camper in your lap.

 

[pelky350]

That's over 4x what A truck bed was going for here I was looking at and it came with lights bumper and tailgate, no rust and bedlined already! I see them daily go for 300$. 900$ I could buy a whole clean parts truck

 

[laserjock]

Well you are in the land of clean sheet metal. We are not.

 

[laserjock]

Round 1.

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[shawn deere]

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Like this....


Heath

I love the slap sound also!! Lol

 

[laserjock]

Round 2....

Here are the mounts for the overhead. I did 1.25" angle and cut it and bent it to the contour of the headliner roughly.

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I wrapped it with headliner material and glue.

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The mounts go into the internal brace in the cab roof with 1.25" long # 14 sheet metal screws. 4 of them. The console bolts to the brackets via 3 10-32 screws tapped into the al angle. You can see the tapped holes through the reliefs in the fabric.

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Here they are mounted. You can see how much headliner I had to take out for switch clearance.

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Pig tail is a molex connector on the end and the ground is under one of the mount screws.

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Did it like this so it's easy to remove for service.

Here it is installed. I used black screws so it looks like trim. The brackets are hidden nicely and it looks great to me.

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Headliner shots. Hard to see in the dark.

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So that's that. Now to finish the rest of the trim. I glued one piece back together.

I also jacked the truck up and worked the wheel back and forth. I still think it's heavy to the left even off the ground but it puked fluid all over the floor (it was a little over full in anticipation of burping a little air and that's when I decided I'd had enough.

 

[F350camper]

that overhead gauge / switch mount / console is really top shelf. Nice work, and nice design Mike.

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

That is very well done.