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Took a break from the truck yesterday so this evening I went out after work and worked on one of the last patches on the cab. The passenger side crossmember wasn't as bad as the drivers side so I was able to make small patch panels and still had good metal to weld to.
Made each one and then welded it in taking my time to make sure they fit nicely before welding.
So now the last spot on the cab is the rear passenger side inside corner patch. I'll have to do the same thing as the drivers side and try to make a outside panel fit but that will have to wait until tomorrow.
Nice work on the patches. Have you thought about maybe adding a clean out hole so you can eliminate the rust in that area? What mig welder are you using?
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Nice work on the patches. Have you thought about maybe adding a clean out hole so you can eliminate the rust in that area? What mig welder are you using?
yeah I've been thinking about drilling drain holes on each side and will probably do so just haven't gotten that far yet .
My new welder is a Eastwood MP140i Multi-process welder that can Mig, Tig, and Stick weld. I'm happy with it so far.
finished up the passenger side rear inside patch today. basically the same prosses that was on the other side. Cut out the patch and pound it into shape. Not going to win any beauty contest but with some more body work it will pass for what I need.
I also started prepping the drivers side for the cab support replacement. drilled out all the spot welds and removed the old mount. Then I cleaned up the sheet metal and sprayed it with weld through primer. I marked where it's supposed to sit so I can line it up when the new ones show up.
With the cab laying on it's back it makes it a bit easier to work on the roof as well. There are enough dings and a dent that are causing a lot of "oil canning" of the roof sheet metal so I sanded down most of the roof and started marking them all.
Got my pin welder out and started tacking them all with pins and then slide hammered them out.
It's hard to get this to show up in the pictures but it really helped tighten up the roof and stopped all of the bad "oil canning". So one more step done.
I decided it was time to start the flatbed modifications and I'm not a fan of the big square bed so I'm going to give it a little shape and hopefully help the way it looks. I started by cutting off the corner up by the cab and then welding a new sloped back plate in it's place.
Simple modification but just the start for the flatbed, I have a number of things I'm planning for it so this should be fun.
Started on the headache rack. I had leftover square tube from a shelving system my work got rid of so I figured it would make a nice heavy duty headache rack. I cut out all the shapes for the drivers side and tacked them into place to see if I liked the lay out.
Cut them free and used them as patterns for the passenger side.
cut the post at a 45 degrees and welded a top cap on it
lined up all the parts and welded them together but not to the bed so I could still flip it over and easily weld everything and then grind all the welds smooth.
With everything lining up, I went ahead and welded it to the bed.
Made a pattern for the space behind the cab and started boxing it in.
So that is my start to the headache rack. I'll jump over to the passenger side and build the same over on that side and then put in cross bars to tie it all together.
Started on the passenger side headache rack but the cab that I'm using as a mock up was giving me issues as it's front cab supports are rotted and collapsing. The front passenger side is much worse and was throwing my eye off and measurements weren't helping so I had to spend a bit of time leveling the cab back up so I could line up the second post. Finally got everything sitting good so I welded the post on but that's all I got done before I had to clean up.
I'm really happy with the corners knocked off and the angle going to the cab. With this wide of a bed it defiantly helps it look better and fit the truck.
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