rumblefish's Duster project
OK, making progress as slow a a snail mail letter in a blizzard. But foward I'm going.
Below is some ugly welding, butt ugly, no wait, fido's ..no whats the greek gods name, she turns people into stone...OK. The weld looks bad, but being that I was on my back and cramped up close to it...well. I know I got a good burn there. The floor is missing so I could look inside and see the metal change colors for good penatration. (SP?!?!)
A little POR-15, since it's easy to get local....Another coat tomorrow i think. The inside was done as well. No picture of it yet.
1st shot, I sand blasted the area and used primer to prevent rusting. Days later, I got back to it. Yep, it rained too. Another quick blasting and it's good to go.
Heres 2 shots of Auto Rust Tech's frame cap. This thing could probably knock someone out. Thicker than the factory frame, I didn't need all of it. I didn't like the idea of a total capping, just a patching.
Rear of frame rail was givin a die grinder to rid the thin metal. The a shot of the front side where I had not yet done that work.
Noticed the rot around the T-Bar anchor. Nice huh?
Chop chop, cut cut just what I need. Place it, weld it (Ouch! My eyes my eyes!!!!) Notice the color change in the netal. Thats where I started to weld on the inside of the frame. The color change the metal was welded good.
And then the first coat of POR-15. I'll be back for a second coat to get it all well done. Then I'll get the inside.
I also drilled out 2 small holes inside the frame rail for water to escape. Since thats not the case when the factory did it and lead me to this project.......:walk: still truckin on........
Next time I have time...LOL...I'll be working with the new grinding wheel to reduce fido's...rrr... the ugly welds and possibly fix what I missed.
OK, making progress as slow a a snail mail letter in a blizzard. But foward I'm going.
Below is some ugly welding, butt ugly, no wait, fido's ..no whats the greek gods name, she turns people into stone...OK. The weld looks bad, but being that I was on my back and cramped up close to it...well. I know I got a good burn there. The floor is missing so I could look inside and see the metal change colors for good penatration. (SP?!?!)
A little POR-15, since it's easy to get local....Another coat tomorrow i think. The inside was done as well. No picture of it yet.
1st shot, I sand blasted the area and used primer to prevent rusting. Days later, I got back to it. Yep, it rained too. Another quick blasting and it's good to go.
Heres 2 shots of Auto Rust Tech's frame cap. This thing could probably knock someone out. Thicker than the factory frame, I didn't need all of it. I didn't like the idea of a total capping, just a patching.
Rear of frame rail was givin a die grinder to rid the thin metal. The a shot of the front side where I had not yet done that work.
Noticed the rot around the T-Bar anchor. Nice huh?
Chop chop, cut cut just what I need. Place it, weld it (Ouch! My eyes my eyes!!!!) Notice the color change in the netal. Thats where I started to weld on the inside of the frame. The color change the metal was welded good.
And then the first coat of POR-15. I'll be back for a second coat to get it all well done. Then I'll get the inside.
I also drilled out 2 small holes inside the frame rail for water to escape. Since thats not the case when the factory did it and lead me to this project.......:walk: still truckin on........
Next time I have time...LOL...I'll be working with the new grinding wheel to reduce fido's...rrr... the ugly welds and possibly fix what I missed.