Sounds like a plan, the interior can wait a bit anyway. The main focus is getting the replicated outside.
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OFFICIAL* Dante's Peak Suburban Build *
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mrwilliamsburg33
1/2 ton status
Look`n good!! 
Good luck with the rest...and the trip!
Good luck with the rest...and the trip!
Only thing I got done today was getting the lighter to work, mounting the 5th tire and picked up the heat gun. So a wasted day.
Looks like Wednesday after noon I will leave for Wallace. Plan is drive till I am tired then sleep. Get up drive on in to Wallace. Check in to hotel for one night(Friday). Do car show Saturday might not get pictures of the benchmark award to town or any pictures of getting an award. After the movie crash in truck for few hours and then head back.
Looks like Wednesday after noon I will leave for Wallace. Plan is drive till I am tired then sleep. Get up drive on in to Wallace. Check in to hotel for one night(Friday). Do car show Saturday might not get pictures of the benchmark award to town or any pictures of getting an award. After the movie crash in truck for few hours and then head back.
So after a couple trips to the mercantile to get a couple of metric bolts I got the snorkel bolted to the fender. How ever not sure how to or where to heat it to bend it in.
As you can see no where near where it should be and with the top on it will be way off! Took most of the time to get the bolts and nuts on.
As you can see no where near where it should be and with the top on it will be way off! Took most of the time to get the bolts and nuts on.
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
I would heat it on the outside, near the bottom of the wing window, and push it towards the body. This would hopefully stretch that outside plastic. Start with that and see how it goes. Obviously, I would heat with a heat gun and very slowly, but you will have to soak enough heat into it to get it to bend easily.
Dante's Peak Suburban Build ^ Snorkel help advise please!
I have done a snorkel bend with a heat gun before and learned a little trick from the guys on a FJ forum that if you fill the snorkel up with play sand and then start to heat it up with the heat gun it allows a larger area to get warm and the sand keep the original shape of the molded plastic. I did one with out and when I was able to get it hot enough to bend the plastic started to cave in and deform. I'd did one with the silly and heavy sand trick and it worked great. The plastic stayed in shape as I heated it up and bent it slowly
Just remember to go slow with the heat gun it will burn the plastic
May or may not help you but I thought I would throw that out there for you
I have done a snorkel bend with a heat gun before and learned a little trick from the guys on a FJ forum that if you fill the snorkel up with play sand and then start to heat it up with the heat gun it allows a larger area to get warm and the sand keep the original shape of the molded plastic. I did one with out and when I was able to get it hot enough to bend the plastic started to cave in and deform. I'd did one with the silly and heavy sand trick and it worked great. The plastic stayed in shape as I heated it up and bent it slowly
Just remember to go slow with the heat gun it will burn the plastic
May or may not help you but I thought I would throw that out there for you
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The sand trick seems like a good idea to keep it from buckling instead of bending .
It might be good to connect a ratchet strap between the top of the snorkel and the light bar and apply gentle persuasion with it as you go. Heat for a while, then go 1 click tighter on the strap. Heat again... Another click, etc.
That way you'd have both hands free to work the heat.
Good luck!
-G
It might be good to connect a ratchet strap between the top of the snorkel and the light bar and apply gentle persuasion with it as you go. Heat for a while, then go 1 click tighter on the strap. Heat again... Another click, etc.
That way you'd have both hands free to work the heat.
Good luck!
-G
The sand trick seems like a good idea to keep it from buckling instead of bending .
It might be good to connect a ratchet strap between the top of the snorkel and the light bar and apply gentle persuasion with it as you go. Heat for a while, then go 1 click tighter on the strap. Heat again... Another click, etc.
That way you'd have both hands free to work the heat.
Good luck!
-G
It might be good to connect a ratchet strap between the top of the snorkel and the light bar and apply gentle persuasion with it as you go. Heat for a while, then go 1 click tighter on the strap. Heat again... Another click, etc.
That way you'd have both hands free to work the heat.
Good luck!
-G
The sand trick seems like a good idea to keep it from buckling instead of bending .
It might be good to connect a ratchet strap between the top of the snorkel and the light bar and apply gentle persuasion with it as you go. Heat for a while, then go 1 click tighter on the strap. Heat again... Another click, etc.
That way you'd have both hands free to work the heat.
Good luck!
-G
Yup I agree. I know guys that filled regular pipe with sand and water to help prevent kinking using the hf kinker
Snorkel is Done! Did not get every thing done and it is D-day. Only about four hours behind schedule.
Well just finished the snorkel install and it is SNOWING here again. Here are the pictures to much to type to explain what we did so please check the build thread on coloradok5.com next week when we return.
Now that the snorkel is right I feel better. I told a doc friend last night I felt more comfortable doing a Tracheotomy than doing the snorkel bending. Might be because I have done one and not the other.
All in all it turned out perfect.
Well just finished the snorkel install and it is SNOWING here again. Here are the pictures to much to type to explain what we did so please check the build thread on coloradok5.com next week when we return.
Now that the snorkel is right I feel better. I told a doc friend last night I felt more comfortable doing a Tracheotomy than doing the snorkel bending. Might be because I have done one and not the other.
All in all it turned out perfect.
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Fubeca
1/2 ton status
Looks great!
Lookin' SHARP!
Just beautiful Lawrence, you deserve to be quite proud of this achievement!!
Looks good. Keep us updated during the trip and be safe.
Well this build would not of been possible if it weren't for the brotherhood. Many nameless people helped in making all the parts come together. From large to small they all are part of this build some are known and others wished to remain in the shadows.
They all are tied together in their love for old square bodies. So as I present the number two bench mark to the people of Wallace, Idaho their are many Ck5ers standing there too. If a people's choice award comes back or any press articles they are because of CK5 and the great people who we have here. Even the creepy weird swamp creatures.
They all are tied together in their love for old square bodies. So as I present the number two bench mark to the people of Wallace, Idaho their are many Ck5ers standing there too. If a people's choice award comes back or any press articles they are because of CK5 and the great people who we have here. Even the creepy weird swamp creatures.
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VERY COOL LAWRENCE...A job well done my friend...did you find a place to sackout along the route to and from Wallace?
have a safe trip, take plenty of pics of the road trip and the show!
have a safe trip, take plenty of pics of the road trip and the show!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Good work! Super glad it worked out for you!
ekajkrats
1/2 ton status
Man, that snorkel couldn't look any better! Superb work.
Well done Lawrence! that looks fantastic! Like has been said before, you deserve to be proud of that rig. The problem with being the owner and builder of such an awesome ride is that you know all its faults, but to everyone else, it's just an awesome ride. Drive proud brother!
that looks fantastic! Like has been said before, you deserve to be proud of that rig. The problem with being the owner and builder of such an awesome ride is that you know all its faults, but to everyone else, it's just an awesome ride. Drive proud brother!
