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Glorified Grocery Getter Build- WARN Premiums and Dual Battery Mock Up and Boxes

I applied the filler this afternoon. The first puddle I mixed I put to much hardener, and it cured almost immediately. The next one I just did a drop and it worked out better. I'm waiting for it to harden to the green stage, then I'll go to town with the sand paper.

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if your ever do something like this again, pick up a cheesegrater... makes life so much easier... once the filler flashes off, you can cheesegrate it down to a much more managable surface for sanding once hard...

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Hmm, if I forgot to put hardener in part of the filler, how long will it take to set up enough to be grated or sanded?
 
it wont.... did you just not mix it well enough? if it's not dry in an hr, it wont dry ever...

On that note, here's a tip... mix your mud with a wood paint stick completely, instead of using the spreader.. just use the spreader for a final scrape and fold-over, to make sure the stuff at the bottom is mixed in.. stays neater and the spreader doesn't get all gooped up...

if you have mud that isn't going to dry, you'll need to scrape that off and clean the area with lacquer thinner, rerough it up and reapply...
 
mini_mull said:
Dang it.
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yeah from that pic, there doesn't appear to be enough hardener.. it wont "turn" green.. it'll dry the color it goes on.. And whats on the box looks like it came straight from the can.. you should have been about 1/2 way in color between that kicked batch on the right and whats on the box..

a "drop" of hardener is about enough for a golfball size of mud... if you put out a mound about 6" across, you generally need about an inch long ribbon of hardener...

Of course this is all temp related... I generally kick my stuff pretty hot, but know to work quickly... I'm usually cheesegrating within 10 minutes...
 
Fixed it, I think. Thanks for the save. I'm glad I'm practicing fiberglassing with these boxes where function is more important than form. Trying to make something pretty the first time would be much more frustrating. Hopefully by the time I do my lower door panels and center console I'll have more know how and skill. I need to pick up more sandpaper, so no more updates on this project until Monday.
 
Your buildup looks great... Wish I still had all my tools in my garage:(
Anyhow good work and can't wait to see some more pics:D
 
new viewer to the board just today.

and i gotta say....


AWESOME!

i love the color of your truck. mine was the same color before i sanded it and painted it. i would of loved to have kept that color but alas, the PO did a really bad bondo job and it had a lot of surface rust. what a shame.

i really like your dual batt setup. i think i'm going to do the same thing (once i fix my steering etc etc)

i'll PM you if i come across any problems
 
:haha: Sorry, I haven't had a chance to work on the dual battery setup. I have some pics I'll post of pulling my rotors and installing the WARN locking hubs from Monday later tonight. I had to pull the rotors to be turned on Monday because I was getting a shake whenever I'd brake. The driver's side was a piece of cake and went off without a hitch, but on the passenger side I couldn't get the locking spindle nut off, not even with a 600ft/lbs reverse impact wrench. So I still have shakey brakes and now it pulls to one side when I brake thanks to having different pads on each side. I'm taking it over to my mechanic on Saturday. It's still safe to drive, just annoying and bad long term, obviously. I also noticed some stray tranny fluid on one of the lines to the tranny cooler. I'm hoping it's coming from the rubber line, but I'll have to check it out. I'm hoping with fall break being next week I can get a teenage sitter for the little ones while I get some work done on the burb at least one whole day, we'll see.
 
Anybody a little green around the gills, who hasn't repacked their bearings, took off their hubs and rotors, or installed manual hubs, might find this next post interesting. If you haven't gotten your fingernails dirty and hands and clothes greasy yet, this can be a great way to get your "feet wet." Hopefully this will inspire you by showing how simple it really is to dig into your rig mechanically. If this is all elementary, skip on through. Stay tuned photobucket is taking an eternity to load up.
 
Had to redo the bearings on the driver front myse;f yesterday. Did something wrong last time and the got contaminated and dried up. Much better now with the new Timkens in and Mobil synthetic grease. Hope you had fun with yours.
 
Loads of fun. Just wish my dsl didn't hate my computer and I'd load up some pics of my nice "new to me" WARN hubs and everything else, oh well.
 
OK, I know I went AWOL, but here's some pics of opening day of quail season.

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Can any AZ guys tell where I am from the mountains in the distance?
 
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