Ken's Halfway House for Wayward Jeeps (trigger warning: rust)

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InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

Hypnolobster posted:

MIG or stick? If it's MIG, it'll probably work fine for a long time, but it's going to crack at the weld someday, depending on how much stress is on it. MIG is really terrible on hard steel.
The best method for a truck frame is a deep bevel, 7018 and sometimes even a preheat.

If you really want to go old school mickey mousin' braze over the top of the weld and let it cool itself down on a warm day. Some old folks swear that brazing cools slower and allows the metal to relax and not get all brittle. So weld it up, clean it off, and then braze over the top of your welds.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2013 05:00

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 07:10

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

Ponder this Jeepheads.

I saw what looked to be a old flatfender jeep on a trailer, until I noticed it had IRS. What the gently caress was I looking at?

# ¿ Mar 6, 2013 22:09

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Military-Shelter-Truck-Mounted-S-250-G-Used-/180431818100

Figure between you and Doccer I should send the link in both threads. God knows what you crazy fucks will do next.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2013 20:27

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

kastein posted:

So where did you want me to drop this stupid vertical mill again? I have other deliveries to make and your dock sucks...

Leaf springs with a gvwr of 39000lbs+ (each leaf is 1/2" thick and there are like 8-12 per pack) and it articulates like that because it has the best leaf spring suspension design ever.

Now that's flexin.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2013 23:35

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

EightBit posted:

For about the time it costs to drive out the first tank of fuel. The mileage in these is, well, astonishing.

I daily drive a 454 that gets worse mileage than my semi truck. I might see an improvement.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2013 05:22

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 07:10

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

kastein posted:

When I win the lottery I am putting a 100 thousand dollar bounty on any subaru engineer's head, and buying back and crushing every subaru in massachusetts.

gently caress this thing.

It is literally less serviceable, more obtusely designed, and worse in every way than a 1.8t B5 chassis audi. I know, because I have worked on one of those extensively.

I don't think I have ever been more angry at a loving car in my life. These wheel bearings and lower balljoints can suck every dick on the planet, and any others that may or may not exist in this universe. I have no words.

Good....let the hate flow through you.....

# ¿ Nov 10, 2014 10:11

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