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Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:29 am
by Tramp
Sounds like a plan, it would be great to make it to an event and meet all the faces from this forum, not having a road worthy truck has put me off until now, but I'll have no excuse now!

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:50 pm
by zook123
Keep up the good work!!!

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:45 pm
by Tramp
More patching,

In the passenger side inner sill,

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Passenger side rear wheel arch

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& the patch should I put a drain hole in here? Or is it ok?

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And I painted the inside of the sill, chucked some filler on the flare behind the rear wheel and found another hole......

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Behind the passenger seat, that's the chassis I can see under there, is this something I can repair with the body in situ on the chassis or will I need to separate them?

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:53 pm
by Tramp
So carrying on from last time,

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Heres the inside of the sill, painted and ready for the new box section,

So today box section prepared and capped

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Then the outer edge welded in

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I've still got the inside to weld but it's on!

Then whilst I was under I was looking at that big rust hole,

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Any idea how to tackle it?

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:51 pm
by Tramp
So another day,

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The sill fully welded in, the rear wheel arch (passenger side) completely patched up - it doesn't look much but it took me most of the day,

So what's left?

Flat the filler on the rear passenger 'rot' trap and paint,
I have to refit the bumper/tow bar
Buy and make some brackets to hang my sill plastics on (and paint)
Address the hole in the floor behind the seats
Remove the rear half shaft, paint the drum backing plate, and change the bearing
Fit new copper brake lines cylinder and components

Drive,

Not much left now!

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:50 am
by ROBBIE
Nice work Tramp, the box takes me back to when I did mine and will probably out live the truck :lol:

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:43 pm
by Anton
We like stuff that's built to last, we does. :salute:

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:08 pm
by ScottieJ
Looking good! Bet you can't wait t have it back on the road.

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:08 pm
by Tramp
Yeah I seriously can't wait to be blasting about in it again! Looking back at this thread makes me realise I've spent nearly a year on it now, Good progress considering it took 5/6 years to work myself up to starting it!

Anyway I had a little time on it today

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I just need to blast and paint the bits, I did find an issue though

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The threads in this nut are shagged, anyone know the thread size so I can get a replacement? Also the studs on the half shaft. The threads are acceptable at a push but it would be nice to replace them, has anyone had the studs out before? And where can I get replacements?

Thanks

Re: Tramps Truck,

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:29 pm
by ScottieJ
M12x1.25 I think same as wheel nuts. Muddyzook used to sell them new.