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This truck has been a fun fix, came into it with no mechanical knowledge but I just found this huge crack, I can’t find exactly what it is on google, seems bolted on but welded too, how boned am I… definitely seems a lot of custom work on this thing wondering if the weld ruined the steel
edit: forgot to mention 94 f150 xlt 4x4
I've dealt with that on many trucks. Plan on pulling the engine, cleaning it all up, welding the seam top and bottom (you'll have to pull the beam out too) and laying some reinforcement plates across the crack wherever it doesn't interfere with hardware.. A lotta work
oh, and great, someone welded the drop bracket onto the crossmember? Plan on cutting that out too, to gain access to the crossmember
Yeah, it’s all the way up all the way through. I mean good thing I’m a fabricator. Bad part lost my job at the exact place I could do this, I have no where to be able to pull the engine safely, and a shop doing this would run me way too much huh
Well, I've yanked engines in mud, gravel, dirt, snow, and while it sucks......big time.....it's doable. For that, I'd pull the front core support also in order to make the welding easier, which also makes pulling the engine easier. If it were mine, I'd just plan on driving something else for a month or 2, but if I had to work on the truck full time, I think I could have it done in a week, and 3 days if someone was paying for me to work on it to get it done AFAP
Well, I've yanked engines in mud, gravel, dirt, snow, and while it sucks......big time.....it's doable. For that, I'd pull the front core support also in order to make the welding easier, which also makes pulling the engine easier. If it were mine, I'd just plan on driving something else for a month or 2, but if I had to work on the truck full time, I think I could have it done in a week, and 3 days if someone was paying for me to work on it to get it done AFAP
-ralph
im all for doing it and learning but I literally live on a hill, everything’s pretty damn sloped, and my truck barely fits in the drive way I would have to be kinda in the street with that crane going down hill, I just don’t see it at the moment, I’m bummed as hell!
im all for doing it and learning but I literally live on a hill, everything’s pretty damn sloped, and my truck barely fits in the drive way I would have to be kinda in the street with that crane going down hill, I just don’t see it at the moment, I’m bummed as hell!
Time to get clever. A friends house, dads house, relatives house, friends field, dads field, dads yard (sometimes a tree is nice), grandmas driveway while you drive her car, etc etc. You could just hit it with weld where it sits, wherever you can, knowing that you'll need to address it. problem is, with the temporary fix (that turns into too long) is you'll tear the metal next to the weld, and have a harder time repairing it later the right way.
If you haven't a place to work on it, or the time, weld now, fix later.
Best fix would be to replace the crossmember. The rivets can have the tops cut down, then drilled (1/4" first, then 3/8" or 1/2", only need to go the depth of the member + frame, not all the way). The parts aren't as hard as stainless, but you want bits that can deal with hard metal. The gold colored Dewalt bits actually worked better for me than carbide tips. Stopping short gives you a hole with a bottom for when you go to punch them out. Some grade 8 bolts and a tack weld will hold it all together permanently.
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