- Location
- West Haven, UT
General Tech What did you work on Today?
- Thread starter Gravy
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- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Thank you sir. I didn't show the screwed up welds. 😆
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Wheee, sprinklers
They’ll be worth it?
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Shit just got real...
BEERS AND BEADS!
BEERS AND BEADS!
- Location
- West Jordan
I'm quite happy to see that you're talking about welding beads.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Bro. Bro. BRO....
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
What the plan for this beauty? LS swap? Commuter? Wheelie car?
Pile of parts
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- Location
- South Jordan
Man, I remember thinking that was the best ride they had. I could drive and crash into the guy ahead of me or break check the guy behind me and get whiplash. I used to get yelled all the time driving those.
NYCEGUY01
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- Location
- Willard, UT
Finally found something that smells worse than used gear oil...lol
Apparently my 10 year old 5 gallon bucket of Chemdip only needed to be moved out from under the bench for the rusted bucket to turn into a sprinkler. That was a nice panic run around the yard to get a plastic bucket and dump it in.
There was only a couple gallons left but I lost about half on the garage floor before I got it dumped in a new bucket and got kitty litter covering the mess.
Got the carb soaking and I went to bed.
I left the fan on in the garage all night with the doors all cracked open and it still reeks in there...
On the plus side, that part of the garage floor has never been cleaner..lol
Apparently my 10 year old 5 gallon bucket of Chemdip only needed to be moved out from under the bench for the rusted bucket to turn into a sprinkler. That was a nice panic run around the yard to get a plastic bucket and dump it in.
There was only a couple gallons left but I lost about half on the garage floor before I got it dumped in a new bucket and got kitty litter covering the mess.
Got the carb soaking and I went to bed.
I left the fan on in the garage all night with the doors all cracked open and it still reeks in there...
On the plus side, that part of the garage floor has never been cleaner..lol
Tonkaman
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- Location
- West Jordan
What is the process to get it that clean? How did you get the paint to look so good?
I first carefully used a wire brush. Then, I used aircraft paint stripper (this stuff melted the brush I applied it with). I wiped it off and cleaned it with dish soap and a scrub brush. Finally, I put on my magnification glasses and hand pained the letters and border with a sharpie paint pen. The kind you have to shake up. I used them to highlight the numbers in all my wrenches and it is so much easier to identify the size. Paint the the number and then wife off the extra with a solvent like acetone. The stuff in the indent stays.
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My buddy is just doing body work and paint, it's actually pretty small fiberglass body, he said the owner is gonna show it with one of his actual cars, has a go kart chassis? Briggs and Stratton I think. Also the guy has at least one more.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Some more bumper work. I've spent a lot of time on the latest details I added. Special thanks to Carl for super quick service when I screwed up the first dimple die'ed panels.
This last image caused me a lot of irritation. That bulbous weld on the bottom right was because of my welder birdnesting about 6 times before I figured out the issue.
This last image caused me a lot of irritation. That bulbous weld on the bottom right was because of my welder birdnesting about 6 times before I figured out the issue.
- Location
- Eagle Mountain, Utah
You know what makes a good welder? A good grinder. 😬
4x4_Welder
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- Location
- Twin Falls, ID
Shhhhh-
4x4_Welder
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- Location
- Twin Falls, ID
I got rid of the Edelbrock carb on my box van and got a Motorcraft 4350 spreadbore instead. I was looking for either a vacuum secondary Holley or a Q jet to drop in this, in the hopes it would help driveability and fuel mileage. Of course the only spreadbore adapter I could find was for a Q jet, but I did find some 1/2" aluminum, so I made a thing:
Lighting's a bit funky so it looks lopsided, but I'm pretty sure it's not.
Lighting's a bit funky so it looks lopsided, but I'm pretty sure it's not.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
And maybe some better contact tips that don't cause bird nesting every time you swap a new one in.
4x4_Welder
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- Location
- Twin Falls, ID
Your conduit may be worn out, or clogged with metal dust. Whenever I change a wire spool, I like to take the whip off and blow shop air through it both ways. If you have a kink right by the machine, then the conduit is likely broken. It can usually be replaced by itself, but if the whip is bent too badly you won't be able to feed the new one through.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Added a hitch. Might delete later.
