Green Power
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- LS R4047H, Kubota L33400 JD: 5075E 6150M 9230 and 8520
You have some great work Diesel Crawler, Looking forward to see you stretch your personal pickup. 
F250 rust repairs
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dieselcrawler
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Here's some views you are not likely to see under normal ownership conditions. Cutaway view of cab corner assembly, driver side.
Both inner rockers welded in and heat damaged paint spots re-coated.
Both inner rockers welded in and heat damaged paint spots re-coated.
CAT97
Member
Just, wwwwwoooooowwwww. Greg, your work is just amazing. What talent.Guess I will have to join ps.org to see
more and also since I have a 97 350 psd. Thanks for all the fotos
more and also since I have a 97 350 psd. Thanks for all the fotos
CAT97
Member
Just, wwwwwoooooowwwww. Greg, your work is just amazing. What talent.Guess I will have to join ps.org to see
more and also since I have a 97 350 psd. Thanks for all the fotos
more and also since I have a 97 350 psd. Thanks for all the fotos
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dieselcrawler
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Worked on cab corners today. Started on the passenger side, as it needed a small filler strip between the orig metal and the re-pop part.
Passenger side welded in...
Inner cab corners welded in, primed, and painted.
Right cab corner welded in... after this, I ground down the welds and primed the bare metal.
Passenger side welded in...
Inner cab corners welded in, primed, and painted.
Right cab corner welded in... after this, I ground down the welds and primed the bare metal.
KubotainNH
Veteran Member
Looking good. I don't recall if this was asked, are you going to cleanup the frame and treat it with something? I ask because my son's Ranger needs frame repair in the back end, it looked good last year. Seems common on Fords of this vintage. There's tons on CL with frame issues. Another common issue is the radiator support disintegrating. We replaced it in the spring, they had the whole piece on Ebay.
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dieselcrawler
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Frame under the cab was cleaned with grinder/wire wheel, then rusty metal primer covered with flat black paint. Back of the frame is so bad that we plan to buy a rust free southern frame and replace it from the cab back.
Cab corner welds will likely only get painted. Personally, I would like to smooth them out and a thin coat of bondo would do it... but this is a work truck that lives on a dirt/gravel road. A few trips home and you won't see the seams when covered in mud. As long as its solid metal and not rust holes boss is happy.
Cab corner welds will likely only get painted. Personally, I would like to smooth them out and a thin coat of bondo would do it... but this is a work truck that lives on a dirt/gravel road. A few trips home and you won't see the seams when covered in mud. As long as its solid metal and not rust holes boss is happy.
KubotainNH
Veteran Member
Ah, that will be interesting to see on here. Did you check out the radiator support piece?
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dieselcrawler
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Here is how I left the passenger side the day before. I am not at all happy with the 'pock marks' in the seams, I should have made sure they were filled with weld before I moved on to painting. I will have to spend a few hours on this at some point, boss doesn't care, but when he's not looking, thoes holes are gettin filled!
Today I moved on to the driver side cab corner.
Welding in... I would weld some, grind down, weld more, grind, etc.
Ground down the seams. Used a little spot filler in the 'pock marks' left from welding, but after how the other side turned out, I was much more careful to fill them in as I went, with weld. So there was very little to fill.
Driver side complete. Much more pleased with how this one turned out than the passenger side.
Today I moved on to the driver side cab corner.
Welding in... I would weld some, grind down, weld more, grind, etc.
Ground down the seams. Used a little spot filler in the 'pock marks' left from welding, but after how the other side turned out, I was much more careful to fill them in as I went, with weld. So there was very little to fill.
Driver side complete. Much more pleased with how this one turned out than the passenger side.
