W250 frame off restoration
#47
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I received my fifth order of parts from the US this week, I just keeping thinking of new things I need. The delivery and import tax is kicking my !
My rear quarter took a beating on the trip.
My rear quarter took a beating on the trip.
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edwinsmith (01-23-2020)
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Welcome to the forum! That sucks, they must have a bunch of apes loading and unloading. If you are doing a restoration/build you should start your own thread, we love watching builds take shape. We don't have too many folks from across the pond, I hear that the roads any pretty thin for the giant cummins...Mark
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Welcome to the forum! That sucks, they must have a bunch of apes loading and unloading. If you are doing a restoration/build you should start your own thread, we love watching builds take shape. We don't have too many folks from across the pond, I hear that the roads any pretty thin for the giant cummins...Mark
Great work. Love the custom exhaust work.
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My bad, I thought that it was another one, Wow! that's the first mistake I've ever made. ...Mark I guess they start running together after a while and there is one that has a very similar name...
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Thanks, I'm pretty proud of the exhaust, can't wait to finish the tip and get it all tigged up.
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I've altered the name so hopefully it stands out a bit more, yes roads aren't too wide, especially out in the country where I am. I've got my HGV licence and used to drive trucks a few years ago so the Ram shouldn't be too bad.
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maybe368 (01-23-2020)
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I sold a 66 Porsche 912, rust free Arizona car to a bloke (See I know some England lingo) from London. When he flew over to get it, I was showing him my 68 Impala SS convertible and my 90 Cummins, he wasn't too interested. I asked him why and he said that he would be crazy to drive a big car like that in London. I also asked him what he was going to do with the 912, he said sell it for triple what he paid. Good business if you can find it...Mark
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I sold a 66 Porsche 912, rust free Arizona car to a bloke (See I know some England lingo) from London. When he flew over to get it, I was showing him my 68 Impala SS convertible and my 90 Cummins, he wasn't too interested. I asked him why and he said that he would be crazy to drive a big car like that in London. I also asked him what he was going to do with the 912, he said sell it for triple what he paid. Good business if you can find it...Mark
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I am working on a '92/'93 W-250 which is getting a 2 inch lift in the front today. I also moved the front axle forward one inch, as I want to run a 35 inch tire with the smallest amount of lift as I can get away with.
It has a badly cracked steering box and the frame has a crack in the same spot as you did. It got me thinking about mounting it in the 2wd position and trying crossover steering.
How did that Offroad Design system work for you?
It has a badly cracked steering box and the frame has a crack in the same spot as you did. It got me thinking about mounting it in the 2wd position and trying crossover steering.
How did that Offroad Design system work for you?
#57
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I am working on a '92/'93 W-250 which is getting a 2 inch lift in the front today. I also moved the front axle forward one inch, as I want to run a 35 inch tire with the smallest amount of lift as I can get away with.
It has a badly cracked steering box and the frame has a crack in the same spot as you did. It got me thinking about mounting it in the 2wd position and trying crossover steering.
How did that Offroad Design system work for you?
It has a badly cracked steering box and the frame has a crack in the same spot as you did. It got me thinking about mounting it in the 2wd position and trying crossover steering.
How did that Offroad Design system work for you?
I welded the crack up after shot blasting so got really good penetration and moving the box to the 2wd position moves it further back, thus putting less stress on the area of the frame that cracks.
I still plan on making a brace that goes from the frame behind the steering box to the front cross member for added support, you can buy these but there doesn't look to be much to making one.
If you kept the box in 4wd position and welded the frame and fit a brace I would guess that you'd never have any issues and it would save you $440 on the cross over, but as I said, the general consensus is that it is well worth the money.
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I brought it into the shed to work on in July 2018 but from then until Christmas 2018 I barely touched it, removed the hood, front bumper and fenders and that was it.
Then beginning of January 2019 I properly started the work and the posts are now up to date so everything in this thread up until this post is pretty much 13 months work, it would be great if I could get that all done in 3 months!