That's pimpin' dude!
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Another C to K conversion
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
Dam thats ambitious! Good work! CANT wait to see this thing done!
Impressive.
Seems like you guys over there get much more ambitious with some of your mods than we do since you have a more limited supply of vehicles to do them to.
Seems like you guys over there get much more ambitious with some of your mods than we do since you have a more limited supply of vehicles to do them to.
Any updates?
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Nope, nothing new. I haven't done anything on last three months. I quit on my previous job on April, and started on a new at 5th of May. It's much more intense and interesting than my old job, so first month I was really tired on evenings. So, I did only what was necessary. And that leads to a fact that everything I did not do on May, I had to do on June and so on... Not much time to build Suburban.
Unfortunately, as I quit my prvious job, I no longer have access to a lathe and a big bench drill, and couple of other tools. But, I heard that my club member has a lathe on his garage, so I'll probably use it.
This is my current job, to repair and maintain Scania trucks:
Unfortunately, as I quit my prvious job, I no longer have access to a lathe and a big bench drill, and couple of other tools. But, I heard that my club member has a lathe on his garage, so I'll probably use it.
This is my current job, to repair and maintain Scania trucks:
Ooooh, purty.
What's with all the flat nosed semi's over in Europe? They're pretty much a dead breed over here in the States.
What's with all the flat nosed semi's over in Europe? They're pretty much a dead breed over here in the States.
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Maximazed cargo space, and they are much more nimble than conventional semi's. Not to mention ease of service, when you tilt cab forward, you have everything on hand.
You could say that conventional cabs are dead breed in here. I've seen only two new conventional cabs, and both are on construction sites. Everyone else is using flat nose.
Huh...wonder what made us change then?
Space, and price. America is spread out enough to allow us to use long trucks with long trailers. Those Scania's are some pretty long ones, most that I've seen are single axle trucks.
kaharshs
1/2 ton status
nice
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Here in Europe semi's have max lenght, from front bumper to rear of the trailer. So you really don't want cab to rob that precious cargo space.
Last week I made small repair to conventional cab Scania, leaky hydraulic hose fitting. Man that was PITA to do. On a flat nose it would've taken what, ten minutes, but I struglled an hour to fix it!! No wonder flat nose is so popular here, on a mechanics point of view
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Ok, bact to topic.
I almost gave up with the front suspension, and was going to use rear springs from my Blazer instead. Luckily, one guy needed one rear spring to get his crashed K5 back on road. So, I sold the spring to him, that way I have to go with the original plan
I'm still poundering options with the engine. If I keep the diesel, I'll do the serpentine conversion to it, even the the York can be run with serpentine. Then I get the main stud girdle and replace the timing chain with Pete Jackson gear drive. Other than that, I'll keep the engine stock.
But, I'm tempted to go with CNG conversion (bi-fuel, 95 oct and compressed natural gas or biogas). It's cheaper than gas or diesel, and it's enviromentally better choice. I'm still looking for proper size tanks for that.
Occasionally I make some parts for my cousins 'Yota, this time it was weld-on beadlocks. Those rims were on my garage something like a year, but now that cousin bought a set of Boggers, he needed to get those 'locks.
First I used couple of magnets to set the ring on right height, and centered it with washers.
After it was tacked to place, I welded it for good. Just needs some grinding to finish.
I almost gave up with the front suspension, and was going to use rear springs from my Blazer instead. Luckily, one guy needed one rear spring to get his crashed K5 back on road. So, I sold the spring to him, that way I have to go with the original plan
I'm still poundering options with the engine. If I keep the diesel, I'll do the serpentine conversion to it, even the the York can be run with serpentine. Then I get the main stud girdle and replace the timing chain with Pete Jackson gear drive. Other than that, I'll keep the engine stock.
But, I'm tempted to go with CNG conversion (bi-fuel, 95 oct and compressed natural gas or biogas). It's cheaper than gas or diesel, and it's enviromentally better choice. I'm still looking for proper size tanks for that.
Occasionally I make some parts for my cousins 'Yota, this time it was weld-on beadlocks. Those rims were on my garage something like a year, but now that cousin bought a set of Boggers, he needed to get those 'locks.
First I used couple of magnets to set the ring on right height, and centered it with washers.
After it was tacked to place, I welded it for good. Just needs some grinding to finish.
Replying to this cuz I want to see what else is going on with it
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Unfortunately, nothing 
At least on a fabrication side. However, I've been planning on how to build numerous things. And that list is looong 
There are more important things over this build right now, like my 11 month old daughter, kitchen renovation, dogs and their house etc...
But, I'm not going to let this project rot away, I've invested so much time and effort to it already, not to mention money on all the parts.
I decided to leave body alone, and get the frame and suspension done first. They don't require as much fabrication as the body does, and when the body sits on a frame, it's much easier to figure out the rear floor and a front clip.
I got suspension control arms from Scania for free, and I'd like to build a 4-link rear suspension. Problem with those arms is that they are all equal lenght. I haven't dug deep enough to linked suspension design, but I figured that uppers need to be little shorter. I'll need to look that if I can get other set of arms, shorter or longer. Ones I have now, are 29" eye to eye.
At least on a fabrication side. However, I've been planning on how to build numerous things. And that list is looong There are more important things over this build right now, like my 11 month old daughter, kitchen renovation, dogs and their house etc...
But, I'm not going to let this project rot away, I've invested so much time and effort to it already, not to mention money on all the parts.
I decided to leave body alone, and get the frame and suspension done first. They don't require as much fabrication as the body does, and when the body sits on a frame, it's much easier to figure out the rear floor and a front clip.
I got suspension control arms from Scania for free, and I'd like to build a 4-link rear suspension. Problem with those arms is that they are all equal lenght. I haven't dug deep enough to linked suspension design, but I figured that uppers need to be little shorter. I'll need to look that if I can get other set of arms, shorter or longer. Ones I have now, are 29" eye to eye.
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4x4_76
1/2 ton status
Couple pics of the links I got:
That tyre is 37x12.5-16 Creepy on 11" wheel. Link eye is roughly 3,5" OD, about the same as the 14FF axle tube. Tube is 2" OD with 1/4" wall. I don't know about the quality of that tube, but I'd prefer little thicker wall. It's to be seen how easily it bends
Those bushings are trash, they don't flex at all. I'll have to find something better for my needs.
That tyre is 37x12.5-16 Creepy on 11" wheel. Link eye is roughly 3,5" OD, about the same as the 14FF axle tube. Tube is 2" OD with 1/4" wall. I don't know about the quality of that tube, but I'd prefer little thicker wall. It's to be seen how easily it bends
Those bushings are trash, they don't flex at all. I'll have to find something better for my needs.
Got any more pictures of the cutting off of the rear
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
I have some, but I didn't find any at the moment, there are hudreds of pics on my computer and they aren't all organized
Is there something specific you'd like to see? I'll try to find rest of the pics and put them on the same file.
I'm going to do the same thing to mine just want to see how you did it basicaly. Saw some of the pictures in here was just wondering if you had any more of the cutting on the inside and the welding it up.
4x4_76
1/2 ton status
I can go and take some pics, but not until thursday. Drivers side is a bit more work than passenger side because spare was there and sheetmetal isn't as straight than on the opposite side.
