'79 K5 Build for the PNW...(Pic Heavy)

[dirtygoat]

I haven't been able to work on it for a bit...

I'll be back at it tomorrow though...


Picked up a couple of tanks for it yesterday...


This one is aluminum...

And this is steel...

 

[dirtygoat]

I put the 35 splines into the d60 today...

Here's the 35 spline hubs getting ready to go in...

 

[mudboggink5]

Great work. Its cool to see you have your family involved. keep up the good work.

 

[dirtygoat]

Thanks...



Just picked up everything for the propane set up...

Came off a running Chevy truck with a 402...

 

[dirtygoat]

Installed the propane tonight...

One little bump from the starter and it was running...:biggrin5:


It hasn't ran in awhile, it started right up and the throttle response was instant with no flat spots...

I did have to shut it off and replace a gasket in the model e because it was spitting coolant... But, that was only a couple of minutes and it was running again...

 

[StevoandaRedK5]

awesome!

 

[dirtygoat]

So, yesterday I added some more gussets and started building the wheel wells in the back...

Nothing real exciting , but stuff that has to be done...

If I remember I'll click off a few pics while I'm over there working on it today...

 

[dirtygoat]

Here's the start of the rear wheel wells...

Then decided to fix the problem with always busting out the tail lights...

 

[mr250twostroke]

Holy shiat Luey, I hadn't seen you over here... cool bro!

 

[dirtygoat]

Wow, what's up bro???

This is the first thing I ever posted on this board...

Just thought I'd share my silly little plan with the rest of the world...

You'll have to come over and hear it run on the Pane...

 

[dirtygoat]

Did some work on the tailgate area...

And started building the rear bumper...

 

[us74k5]

I need to come and watch you weld. I need a good teacher:-/

 

[desertrat67]

Are all fo your bends being done with that hydraulic pipe bender?

 

[dirtygoat]

Yep... I've had it for about 5 years...

It's bent a lot of stuff on several different K5's...

 

[desertrat67]

You have a good touch with it then. When we did the cage for my converta-crew we crimped a couple of the tighter bends.

 

[desertrat67]

Oh, and do you use the chop saw for notching or do you have a tubing notcher?

 

[dirtygoat]

Chop saw is just for straight cuts 90*-45*...

I use a harbor freight tube notcher with a rigid hole saw, works great as long as you use cutting oil...

I've got a buddy that's using a cheap delta miter saw with an abrasive metal blade that does some pretty nice notches... The pirate bible has some good tech on nothing with a saw...

 

[BGKYK5]

Are you using DOM or HREW? Any tricks to making the pipe bender work without kinking?

 

[dirtygoat]

Everything is sch40 or sch80... Yeah I know I'm gonna die...

I'll Just sit here and wait for the flaming to ensue...

 

[desertrat67]

Wow, that thing must weigh a ton(or more closely to three).