With my wife and kid's off to the family reunion this weekend I might actually get something done. Last night my wife was giving me the gear's about buying the truck and in her next breath she's telling me what color to paint it and get the engine in quick It'll be a beer and clam weekend, got to get my 2 serving's of vegetable's to go with my carb intake

 

Hey guys,

Sure sounds like some of you are getting some project work done!

I bought a couple of cheap quads and have been working on them, fixed one up and sold it, and kept one cause I kinda grew attached to it.

Gonna be bringing my "project S" project up from the dead pretty soon too as I would like to start on my 51 in the winter, but gotta get this project done first.

 

Yeah I'm considering it because the neighbour has a welder. I would love to get some serious welding done on my truck, but I've got zero supplies.

It wouldn't be hard to use something like a downlight cutter and take out the old cab mount location on my driver side (screwed-up side).

Then I'd have to use the same size to cut out a new piece of steel, as well as use the same diameter downlight cutter as the cab mount hole location...

After that, it'd just be to weld everything up... assuming that a downlight cutter is strong enough to cut through 1) new steel and 2) my cab mount...

What do ya think? I think I might have the wrong tool in mind... but a great idea...

Thanks for the encouragement! Trying not to let it slow me up, but I need to figure out the proper tool to use to get my old cab mount out and cutting up a new piece of steel... downlight cutter miiiiight work but I'd destory it in the process of cutting through steel.

Need ideas for what tool to use...

I want to cut out the location of the old one and replace it with the new one... I'd rather not just weld over top.

 

I`ve never heard of a downlight cutter so I have no idea if it`ll work or not. I have a plasma I use for this type of repairs.
I`d simply use the proper thickness of a steel plate over the rusted area to make it as strong as original patch.

 

Well my car came out of the garage on her own power last night around 9:45. Everything has been set within spec. Unbelievable the difference a gear change makes. I still have a slight whine on decel, but I'm thinking that it must be the nature of the beast or it will go away after a few hundred kms of break-in... Now to fix my brakes...

 

Good morning FTE, have a great day....

 

Good to hear you got it back together Sherm

 

Happy Hump Day guy's, have a great day!

 

Same to you Grant

 

Aaron, a holesaw (that is a downlight cutter right???) would work. I was sorta leaning with what Morris had in mind, take all the rusty area out, and weld a plate on top with the hole in the proper place.

It doesnt look like it would be hard to fab a new one up wither, if you have a way to heat and bend, cut and weld.

Good job Sherm, I would think there is a little bit of break in, but I know from experience, if that whine doesnt go away, then yank er apart!

I was driving a friends car one time and it had been whining on decel for about a week, and my buddy kept putting it off. Well wouldnt ya know but a day before he was gonna bring it in to get it looked at, kaboom!

 

Yup, Holesaw and Downlight cutter are the same thing. I just couldn't find the proper name for the tool, so I called it by its company name. Kind of like Kleenex and Tissue paper. Same thing, different name.

Anywho, I'd love to have a plasma cutter, but I don't have the cashflow for it at all. I don't even own a welder, so owning a plasma cutter would be pointless (automotive wise) for me.

I've thought about what you said to make a patch over top of the original hole and it's a much better idea than mine.

I'd like to have my truck look factory on the frame... but then again... whose going to see it?

Good to know that a holesaw would work because that was the route I was going to go. I thought maybe holesaws were only for wood/ceramics though... which would destory the ones I intend to use.

Now that I think about Morris' and your idea of putting a patch overtop... it sounds like a better idea.

The only issue I have with it is that the drivers front corner of the cab will sit slightly higher than the rest of the body lines... not exactly what I want to deal with... But I guess I could just shim the rest of my body parts with 8-grade washers and call it a day once I get it all welded up.

Now just to find some steel and ask my neighbour about his welder

 

Sheldon is right, gear whines dont go away on their own........

 

With careful welding and grinding the body mount could look like new.
Check all the body mount rubbers, one may have collapsed or is worn out.

 

Good Thursday morning everyone, we got some much needed rain here last night, have a good day.....

 

Happy Thursady mornin all, one more sleep. Cloudy and spitting a little, could use a good soaking of rain.