NJTman

I'm forever floored by the "cleanliness" of the western trucks.

That truck is going to be a show stopper when it's done.


Any thoughts on height of the truck ? Lift kit ? Stock springs ?


Big tires ? Little tires, big rims ? Small wiener, big truck ?


Well, at least that's what I hear, anyways...

thrashingcows

You and your over engineering....

mknittle

That is a habit of mine. You should see my GMC frame there is only one stock crossmember.

mknittle

For this round it is going to be stock height. I have some built in provisions for 52" GM rear springs up front. That should give me about 4" of lift and a better ride in front. For the rear I am planning a shackle flip using four new spring hangers. at that time I can match the lift the front gets. I probably will keep D250 rear springs as they ride better than the W 250s. But I may have to do something about wheel hop. We will see about that.


How did you know about my small wiener And she used to ride in the Peterbilt. she would lay on the floor on the passenger side and look out the window in the bottom of the door.

mknittle

I welded up the firewall patch. It came out pretty good. I was happy to see my local tool store had the 2" screw on sanding discs. That made my day and the job 100X easier.

oliver foster

Nice looking welds, like you said, spaced out little welds that end up look like organized sea gull poo when your done.

mknittle

Thanks Oliver,
It does look sorta crappy when you are in the middle of the job.
I had a little trouble with a breeze blowing my gas away in most cases that would be what you want ,but with a mig welder not so

thrashingcows

I love those little 2" disc, on my wee little 90* air grinder. One of my favorite little grinders to use.

I had to wait weeks to weld up the cowl cracks on the crewcab...waiting for an almost calm day. Of course the days that there was little wind usually brought rain...

mknittle

That's par for the course. It worked ok using my hand as a wind guard. but that was only short bursts of a couple seconds longer beads would be a different story.

I will be glad to move on to another thing for a nice change.

NJTman

I have Dog ESP....





Extra stinky poopies....My old shep releases gas all the time.....



Just like her daddy...



Nice welding job, BTW.... but I already expect that of you.

mknittle

LOL I have a Chihuahua with ESP. She is like a little stink bomb.
And thanks for the compliment.

MrFusion

Lookin' good Mark!

mknittle

Thanks Tim,

mknittle

I did a little sanding on the floor today.

mknittle

and a wee bit more.