Recent content by Calgarymale86

Sooo I kinda got in a hurry when I was out shopping and forgot to pickup some u-bolts to attach the spring pack. I also wanted to pipe to pass through the spring perch just like my frame, butttt I might've cut one of the pipes a inch short and couldn't justify cutting into another 20 footer...

I used some 3/8" plate and cross braced it with some pipe.

Thanks skip, it's pretty easy to stock up a shop when you don't have kids yet! So today I ran into town and bought a 3/4x16 tap so I could start my 4 link setup, as well as some plumbing fittings for the tranny and fuel lines. I also worked on the front spring perch.

I also spent today shedding some weight off the engine. I took the power steering pump off, and hopefully tomorrow I'll remove the coolant heater and plug a few unnecessary lines. I also have to find a supplier around Calgary who sells heim joints and weld in bungs for my 4 link setup.

Also went and used energy suspension isolators under the engine mounts. I did some research and kept hearing how awesome these isolators are under the cummins engine. The originals on the donor truck were almost ripped in half, and if I juice the engine up the way I plan on I don't think OEM...

It's a little hard to see, but I put a gusset inside the hss under the tranny mount to prevent the hss from deforming too much from any torque or vibration.

Used a energy suspension isolator for the tranny mount. I tried using the original tranny isolator, but after 4 hours of fabbing, I scrapped it and decided to KISS it.

Finally got the engine nestled between the frame, where she'll live for the next little while

Just a picture of the repad welded to the fuel tank

Thanks for the compliments, I guess if I'm gonna charge people to weld their junk, the least I can do is make mine look decent. Thanks clamor, I also signed up to photobucket but think emailing the photos to myself is easier since I use a iPad more than my laptop.

I'd suggest Finding and putting together all the big components together on the ground using 2x4s first just so you can figure out your wheelbase and width. I spent a lot of time sourcing out parts and then finding new parts that would work better before I made a single cut. I found that the...

Ok I gotta stop here and ask, how the hell do I post more than one picture at a time!? It gives me a option to upload numerous picture in a single post, but only one picture actually gets uploaded. Is it possibly the fact I'm using a iPad?

I got the frame rails squared up and spent a lot of time going back and forth tacking in a spreader bar or cross brace and resquaring it time after time. I was told this would be near impossible without a frame jig, but I got it within 1/16 cross square and completely level within 1/32, sooo I'm...

I tig welded everything on the fuel tank with 70S then capped it using a bronze tig rod I picked up for a old shop I was working at when they were cleaning their shelves. I actually quite like the colour contrast and think it might change some of my design plans in the long run

I also back welded all the bungs inside