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[1mouse3]

So have the last floor patches in place for the mount. Do have to fix one one rivet and get some 1/4in bolts for a thick spot, Im snaping #10 bolts.

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So most all is in place down here as well...

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So this is all is about ready to be set back down on the bushings.

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I also got another bag of long rivet for thick spots, that bag is empty now. Also more batches of short rivets, Im on to that last box of 50.

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This round starts by fixing this gap, that the corner one did not pull tight...

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So got them drilled out and corner bolt added, only the corner one was found to have a gap issue.

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So rivets back in...

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But the holes are now too big for the rivets...

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So a 1/4in bolt to fix the issue.

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Did drill out these three for bolts as well, and need to flip the other two over.

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There was no saving the orginal holes here, so they got new ones

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Did attempt to remove the rear cab mount bushing, did not get far with cutting it and have a dead sawzall blade now. Found these as spacer on top of it, not sure what they where trying to accomplish.

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[1mouse3]

I started by getting the rowdy dump pipe out the way...

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This made it easy for me to get up here with the saw, and still beat up my knuckles...

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The primary issue with using a saw is rubber, it dampens motion and heats up the blade. Had to dice up the rubber a bit, so that can cut the mettal. So the old bushing is now out of the way...

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So the new bushing can be in place...

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And she can get off the blocks. This leave little left to do before can get to swaping the engine.

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It is also nice to see straght lines, ignore the beat up box.

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[1mouse3]

Since playing with mount bussing, the core support gets to upgrade past the fight club tournaments.

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I delt with some more rust before it is hidden...

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Then scrubed in some acid, so paint might stick.

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[1mouse3]

I took some sand paper to the old paint, so new paint has chance to stick...

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And the clean strip phosphate acid to do a decent job, this area was applyed some time back. I also exchanged screews for rivets and was getting ready to paint...

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But got rain, so had to cover it up.

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[1mouse3]

Well started gettin more paint on the frame...

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Though had to stop with primer on this side...

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But the rain was only a tease, so got this round of paint done on the frame. Dont know if or when any more will get done.

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As for the cab, tryed to get paint in this area so can get this panel in place. These cans of engine enamel are all on the same boat, I have yet to get one that will not lay a watery mess. I have had better luck with the few year old cans of high build enamel that the frame has been gettin.

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[12pilgrim]

Soooo much work. You're doing an amazing job. Wow

 

[1mouse3]

I spent some time trying to get this panel in place and tryed to get some the top ones sent...

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Then had to make the lower edge fit...

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Then its trying again at the top ones...

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By this point a lot of rivets have been murdered...

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And a far bit ran down the lower edge...

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I have not got back here and need to resend a few...

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I using cheap 1/8in steel ones here, cause should be able to hide them easy...

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As for body line, it aint gettin any better than this.

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[1mouse3]

If that dog could hunt, it'd be a no. That dog was rabit, so old yeller was put down...

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Those 1/8in rivets, aint holding well and some have been replaced with the 3/16 ones. It will hold where it is, but dont like it and see now why it was left on the healing bench. Watching this photo for time, I see the upper line is all jacked up on the new panel. Its fine down by the bed, but up by the door its no where to be found.

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I took a strigh edge to make a level line and grond the rivets in the area of most issue...

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Then used a clamp to hold the metal still and took some these holes to #11...

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Then its driving rivets out and the #11 holes are so screews dont jam in the outer sheet, they like to snap.

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To get the area sorted, had to use a air hammer. A dead blow was not cutting it, stricking a hard straig objects...

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It sent the rear sheet back, so grabed some pliers to squeeze them together...

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Then again with planishing it out...

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By this point, Im out of the short 3/16 rivet. It is getting to a passable shape, that wont drive me up a wall...

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This is how true I go the line.

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Since there is paint around this, should not throw this back on. A simple presentation can have a complex order, to disassemble the object. This was rushed in to service, and now is the time to buff out the rust...

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So after these bracket are painted, there will be a qust not to scrach it durring reassembly.

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A issue has come to pass, the white paint I liked for use on the frame can no longer be found and out of what I had. I need need to lay another coat over what was shot on the frame, one fender has jacked up rattle can paint and dont like the engine enamels coat.

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Did find gallon batches from someone else, but no pints last I serched for high build/solid enamel. I dont intend to shoot the hole farme at this time, nor do I want to paint the body. To shoot the rest of the frame, would need to pull the tanks and dont intend to get the 38 gallon rear one at this time. I like the rattle can version 'cause I can do painting piece by piece, and not in one lump sum.

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Well did more painting with left over that seem right for the aplication, may be dry and ready to install. Issue is would like one more coat on the frame...

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Looking around for high build paint, I see sherwin-williams has a option...

https://pages.s-w.com/rs/148-TME-299/images/2021-12-SunfirePROColorSystemBrochure-AF-NA.pdf

I went though 3 sherwin stores and got me this that I dont think is right, was told it was but is'ent. First one only had house paint and they sent me to a auto one. So for the second, they had the paint but no hardner and was asked what color white. Went got a old can for example and had a new person to talk too, this person wanted to sell me latex and got told what store had the hardner. So on to the 3rd and got a person that seemed perplexed that the sunfire line was a high build, he said there was a cheaper line of enamel that could be put in cans. This was a little more than what I was using but seemed like a decent shot. Looking into this k2a paint and not finding anything on it, it shots like there is a lot of solvent in the mix laying a thin coat in a test place. So Im going to be stoping back at this place to find out what is going on.

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This is the can they used to fill.

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[Rdnck84_03]

I used some of that VHT paint on the exhaust manifolds of my 302 rebuild. It seems to hold up very good to the high temperatures, doesn't seem to hold up to abrasions very well though.

James