dat620 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 mark that will be outrageous, right on dude, can't wait to see that in person, good job..:D Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 So it's NOT going to be a Ratsun tail?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!! O I C ! ! ! Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Crazy cool MArk! Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Your welds look very cold. I know that there is a lot of hoo haw about properly welding Chromalloy, I stay away from the stuff since I don't know the ins and outs of welding it. But I wouldn't do it with a 110. And if that is all I had, I would heat the ever living piss out of it with a torch, then weld it. This is welded with a tig using ERW tube, not as strong as DOM, but these are 150 hp Mini Trucks, you can see the heat and the penetration, the welds may not be as pretty with a mig, but the penetration is my point: I know that parts and tubing is expensive, but I hope that you redo those, and practice better techniques with anything else that you weld. A preheated work piece and a 110 welder is just fine to build a mini truck with. . Edited February 6, 2009 by kaoss Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 This is going to be awesome! Looks like a scorpion tail. :D Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 After a few months of sitting i got a few things done today. Replaced the heater control valve........ old & nasty...& new & shiny.. removed the core & flushed it. Also cleaned it up before reinstalling it... years of funk..also cleaned up inside there. I found a #2 pencil & a zip lock baggie :rolleyes:.. painted all parts removed & slapped it back together including NEW hoses... Then decided to clean-paint & install the package tray I got from Lawrence last year :D... Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 years of funk..also cleaned up inside there. I found a #2 pencil & a zip lock baggie :rolleyes:.. ahh schooldaze :lol: Quote Link to comment
BRE510 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Nice package tray Mark :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Nice package tray Mark :thumbsup: I got a hell of a deal on it too ;) TY again. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Ok, got the right bolts for the lower bars & dropped it down to see how it looks. laying frame for sure now...:D Also found some kool bag mounts that are Ratsun all the way..pix of those soon... Now i can get back to the bag levers & bridge setup. I just need more tubing & $$$ ;) Quote Link to comment
dat620 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 mark that is awesome, did i say amazing, lookin good dude...:D Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hell yes MArk! Rock the Kasbah! Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 who???????? ray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 dang mark! you need a bodydrop now to lay that ass out!! i wanna see them bedside on the ground!! lol jk it looks good man! i cant wait to get my king cab down there! Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Bodydrop...next year maybe, i wanna drive it :D Got a bit more done today..... & then a mini rising sun on the helmet :cool: Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 You're a mad genius PAc!! Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 so i dont see how your gonna get any lift out of that with the way that you have it setup. im not tryin to bust your balls or nothin. it just setup a little different. maybe im not seein somethin. the way you have it there, it looks like it would put alot of stress on the pivot point and the mount for the pivot. it looks like its just gonna wanna rip the pivot mount from the frame. anyways though, i dont wanna seem like a nit picker or anything. just tryin to understand. i wish i could be that far along with my kingcab lol! keep up the good work!! Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's Kool Niel ive confident that ill get a good amount of lift the way im doing it. Ive seen a few setups done this way, i just put a Ratsun twist to it :cool: Welded on a few more bars today & ran out of tubing..doh! Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Ok got the 1st of 4 spikes made tonight. Ill use body filler to shape em.. Quote Link to comment
bagged_datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 so i dont see how your gonna get any lift out of that with the way that you have it setup. im not tryin to bust your balls or nothin. it just setup a little different. maybe im not seein somethin. the way you have it there, it looks like it would put alot of stress on the pivot point and the mount for the pivot. it looks like its just gonna wanna rip the pivot mount from the frame. anyways though, i dont wanna seem like a nit picker or anything. just tryin to understand. i wish i could be that far along with my kingcab lol! keep up the good work!! i was thinking the same thing, the way you have everything welded its going to want to make a circle not a up and down lift. if you had like 2 links welded then a free one then the other 2 welded i could seeing it work then, all i can picture it doing tho is when it fills up with air its going to want to curl and break of the axle mount.. i dont want to thread dump but yeah its just a concern. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 i was thinking the same thing, the way you have everything welded its going to want to make a circle not a up and down lift. if you had like 2 links welded then a free one then the other 2 welded i could seeing it work then, all i can picture it doing tho is when it fills up with air its going to want to curl and break of the axle mount.. No worries, i can use all the input believe me. I was looking at pics of similar setups & i now know i need to modify the chain lever so it will create lift & not rip the bottom mount from the axle. Quote Link to comment
bagged_datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 i was thinking the same thing, the way you have everything welded its going to want to make a circle not a up and down lift. if you had like 2 links welded then a free one then the other 2 welded i could seeing it work then, all i can picture it doing tho is when it fills up with air its going to want to curl and break of the axle mount..No worries, i can use all the input believe me. I was looking at pics of similar setups & i now know i need to modify the chain lever so it will create lift & not rip the bottom mount from the axle. i sat on this for a week deciding weather of not i should say anything and i finally did lol. see how he has 2 moving joints in his cantilever set up? you need something moving on there or im afraid its either not going to go up and down of catastrophic failure lol, i was also thinking you could have some kind of sliding joint on your axle, all tho you would have to make it so it doesn't bind(maybe some derlin to ride on?also you would need to put more ange on the last link so it would actually slide instead of creating a bind pint Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 im curious is that for the whole rear axle.. or are you gonna put another one on for the other side?? Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Bagged- that pic helped alot. Gonna have to stare at it awhile longer:D Lynch- the axle will have 2 bags. Im just doing the DS 1st. Quote Link to comment
bagged_datsun Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Bagged- that pic helped alot. Gonna have to stare at it awhile longer:DLynch- the axle will have 2 bags. Im just doing the DS 1st. no problem man, i like to think lol, i never stop once i start thinking about and idea....if you want to chit chat just hit me up! Quote Link to comment
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