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No matter what people tell you, there's no such thing as a perfect paint job.
This is very true
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No matter what people tell you, there's no such thing as a perfect paint job.
I've never heard anyone say this and certainly not apologizing, just acknowledging it's got a few flaws, we are aware of them all, I personally could care less, I'm beyond grateful and happy with how it is all turning out, it is much more than just a truck, I've spent more time with my brother and others than I would have otherwise, you can't buy those things and we haven't even started having fun and sharing this thing yet. I'm sure I'll have better words and something to say upon completion.No matter what people tell you, there's no such thing as a perfect paint job.
If you preheat the spots where you want to drill holes, it drills fine. The hardness doesn’t take a ton of heat to remove. A MAPP gas torch is probably enough.I made myself a new scraper blade for my tractor bucket out of some AR 500 plate that I got for free from my buddy who's work replaced the blade on their 10-ft snow plow.
This AR 500 stuff is so hard it took two cutoff wheels just to cut it in half down to 7 ft.
And after wasting three expensive cobalt drill bits.... out came the gas axe. I'm really pretty terrible at beveling with a torch... But this stuff IS like 5/8" thick.
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If you preheat the spots where you want to drill holes, it drills fine. The hardness doesn’t take a ton of heat to remove. A MAPP gas torch is probably enough.
This is cool Mike. My 5.9 Cummins is at 135k, so given the 150k requirement you mention, I'll have to adjust valves in a couple years. Probably gonna need to refer back to this and a little Youtube U.
Need to do this on my CAT. I can watch your YouTube, but out of curiousity, how much were the valve clearances out of spec?
That would be helpful! Thank you. At least then I can go directly to your channel and check it out, and likely subscribe since you do pretty cool stuff.I will have a video posted to my YouTube channel once the job is completed. I will post a link to it here if you'd like.
Thank you