1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

[Greg72]

Some of my bird chit welding.


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The pointiness of the weld usually indicates that the gun angle is too large. Get the gun more vertical and the welds will get more round. Also, the overlap on those beads are too far apart which means your travel speed is too fast. Slow it down and work the puddle a little longer before moving forward.

...then you will probably get a trophy.

-G

 

[Bent77]

That will hold a tranny in.
Maybe slow your drag speed a tad

My old man once told me that you stitch back and forth at about the speed of a waltz. But I don't listen to that

So if you can split time in your mind and still weld, I listen to metal while I weld. Nothing more appropriate while melting metal

 

[mrk5]

I rarely get what I feel is a "pretty" weld but I've cut and ground enough of them apart (due to fabrication error ) to know they are plenty functional.

 

[ClassicStyle]

Better than "professionals" I've seen.

Slow down, I like a push pull. Angle the gun forward slightly push forward, pull back into the puddle, push forward, pull back etc.
these were done using a push pull

 

[Babaganoosh]

I wish I could weld like that.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Right now I have maybe 3/16 between the steering shaft and the air bump, how mich is enough?

 

[jekquistk5]

Should be enough. Crazy that your bump will mount that high.

 

[Babaganoosh]

I'll take some close up pictures of how it all fits, it literally is maybe the width of my fingers from the oil pan and less then that for the axle tube to the frane.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Here are the pics on my way to work.

 

[jekquistk5]

Whats up with that brake line?

 

[Babaganoosh]

Whats up with that brake line?

Was welded to the bottom of the rail, didn't allow more bump clearance.


Cause race truck.....

 

[miniwally]

Put the air bump in straight up and down not angled forward like that. In theory the relationship between the bump and the steering shaft can't move so 3/16" is great. You need to clearance grind something on that shock mount, the shock eye looks all sorts of scared up on the side. That kind of contact will break shock shafts or eyes.

We set the clearance from the front axle to harmonic balancer on my buggy at 1/4" in bump. Anything fails more than that and I loose the engine. knocking on wood it's been like that for like 14 years now.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Thanks for the tips, I kind of just set the can in like that. To use the jeep steering shaft I had to drill new holes in the link bracket, I will grind away to clearance it.

I think I'm about half inch between the balancer and the panhard. I had longer motor mounts made to put the engine up higher so it wouldn't contact the pan.

 

[Babaganoosh]

To give perspective I'm using a Ord small block cross member, most ls swaps use the big block cross member and even then it's hit our miss on configuration of mounts.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Plan is this weekend have the air bumps on, limit straps and re plumb the trans cooler.

 

[Bent77]

Plan is this weekend have the air bumps on, limit straps and re plumb the trans cooler.

That's only half a day worth of work. What else?

 

[Babaganoosh]

That's only half a day worth of work. What else?

I'm slow and can't fab myself out of a cardboard box.

 

[blazinzuk]

I'm slow and can't fab myself out of a cardboard box.

Good thing your building a truck then!

 

[Babaganoosh]

Good thing your building a truck then!

I know right? Good thing I have zero stuff planned for fab.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Needed stuff for the trans cooler, needed the 15 dollar -8 90 to put the trans cooler line below the radiator support.