07-04-2016, 03:59 PM | #161 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Quote:
I'll put it in my crawler first to get used to it a little, but it will be in the boat and the 'Jockey soon. I can't wait to ride around the pond and for the wheelie / hole-shot ride. And Thanks | |
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07-09-2016, 06:25 PM | #162 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
I've been driving my crawler truck with the Fat Shark set-up this past week, but I have made a little progress on the "Jockey too. Got a roll-bar bent up out of the small aluminum rod left over from the bumper, and got it drilled and polished. I also got the dash mounted solid. I used more of the neo' magnets to hold it in, I took the race-tech of the removable steering wheel a step further and made the whole dash removable to facilitate a driver. Miku still hasn't shown up yet, but I figured I'd make it easier to get "someone" in and out of the seat. Now I can pop the interior in and out as I wish, like for pic's ..... ... and still pull the dash to finish more details and such too. I still need to mount the steering wheel (it's just taped in right now) but now I can fine tune it's position first. In the daylight you can see the dash-lights without the cam' over-brightenin' them. Now it needs a shifter and turn-sig' switch .... and heat controls .... etc ..... |
07-09-2016, 09:10 PM | #163 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Absolutely awesome interior - the carpet, Steve's harness's, all of it.....just perfect - and again, a very creative build.
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07-10-2016, 08:39 AM | #164 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
That interior came out awesome. I like the idea of the irremovable dash for easier access.
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07-10-2016, 09:44 PM | #165 | ||
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Thanks for the infection. Now, on with the insanity. | ||
07-14-2016, 09:40 PM | #166 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Well, I spent the last 2 days circling .... well actually zigg ... zagg ... ziiigg , flip (AAAaaaargh) .... ANYway, I was doing some speed runs with the interior in, and it was doin' a snake-dance (zig-zags) while slowing down. Upping the gyro just seemed to make it worse, and one zig right at a small bump in the highway and it was "wheels-up". So after flipping it again, I decided to look into it more. Turns out my original steering set-up put the inner tie-rod ends (servo end) about 3/4 in. higher than the outer, knuckle ends causing bump-steer that was toeing the wheels in a few degrees when the front suspension (a whole 1/4in.) was compressed (bump-toe?). The interior's added weight amplified the issue. So, after scarring the back edge of the roof .... and tailgate pretty badly, I reworked the steering. I made a bracket and stood the servo on end, which leveled up the tie-rods .... ..... and eliminated the bump-steer all together. But, along with starting to repair the roof, I got my shifter lever made. I cut a piece off of some 1/8 X 1 1/2in. alum' flat-stock and started filing and shaping .... .... and used a piece of stainless wire for the lock-out lever. I went with a B&M style shifter. Now to make more test-runs and more parts. |
07-15-2016, 03:46 AM | #167 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Digg'n that shift handle, well done. Scratches do suck. I have seen some repair jobs where light sanding and a few coats of clear covered them up pretty well.
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07-15-2016, 12:36 PM | #168 | |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Quote:
And, yep, that's just where I'm at now. I just got the second coat on, may do a third (but the humidity is almost too high today ). Not perfect, but a lot better than a butt-load of scratches. | |
07-15-2016, 02:42 PM | #169 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Well, I got the roof and tailgate patched up. You can see the before pic' above, the 'gate top was about the same. So I sanded it all up with 320 and got it ready for clear. And here she is with 2 coats of clear lacquer, sanded in between with 800 wet. Not perfect, but much better now. I can always sand it again and shoot another coat, but heck I'll prolly scar it all up again before that, and I'm happy for now. Now back to the shifter and such .... |
07-16-2016, 08:52 PM | #170 | |
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I actually spun a rear hub this afternoon, doing hole-shots, seeing if she'll still wheelie with the interior. Well, the added weight pushed it past the stress limit for the epoxy holding the rear wheel-hub/diff adapter together (can't use pins with the ball-diff set-up ). SOOooo, now I'm re-engineering the rear hubs, using the other aluminum brake rotor/hexes (leftover from when I did the front "brakes") to replace the plastic hexes. I have to get some aluminum solder (and flux) so I can solder/sweat all the alum' and brass together to make some hubs tough enough to wheelie with the extra 10 or 11 oz. of interior. Oh well, that's how it goes .... a day at the racetrack .... a week in the garage. stay tuned .... | |
07-16-2016, 08:56 PM | #171 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: In West Monroe,LA...yes,where Duck Dynasty is filmed
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
This thing has some unbelievable styrene work . This is a TOP build IMO !!!
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07-16-2016, 09:05 PM | #172 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Quote:
I'm a rookie with the styrene, but I try to take my time and give her what she needs. Thanks again to everyone for the likes and good words. jim | |
07-19-2016, 10:51 PM | #173 |
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07-20-2016, 07:00 PM | #174 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Well, the aluminum solder and flux got here today, everyone cross your fingers. Hopefully I can get the brass and alum' parts soldered together without melting anything important. In the mean time I got the shifter finished and mounted into the interior. It's slowly coming along. I'll try the soldering tomorrow, I've made up a couple of trial assemblies to practice on. I'm ready to get my hole-shots back. |
07-20-2016, 08:38 PM | #175 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
That B&M shifter turned out great! The details are just awesome - very cool hot rod truck!
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07-21-2016, 03:35 PM | #176 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Quote:
I wish I could've built something like this with my old '68 Shorty 1:1. Well, AAAaaOOOoooo the solder-surgery was a big success!! I used this kit from UniWeld (P4KD9) .... .... made for joining aluminum to brass, copper, SS ... most ferrous and non-ferrous metals. IT WORKED GREAT With it and a butane mini-torch I was able to solder my original hubs ... .... together with the thin-walled aluminum tubing, a brass hose-fitting for "beef" and the new alum' rotors/hexes, into strong hub/diff-adapters. Instead of the first versions, epoxied together with plastic hexes .... .... now I have these. Not the prettiest "weld", but solid and strong. And with a little clean-up with a file and some paint .... ...and thru-the-wheel. The rotors punched truer than the plastic hexes, so it spins smoother than ever. Now to test drive her and see if I can get the front wheels up with the interior in. | |
07-25-2016, 08:50 PM | #177 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Still haven't carried her down to the highway yet, went from 100 degrees to rainin'. Did a little test inside on the rug with promising results, I think the wheelie-bars will be draggin' again. And, I did get a little done on the interior. Got the heater controls made up .... .... just 2 slides, no a/c. And I took the Axial steering column and slid a plastic bushing on, behind the steering wheel, and formed a cone with green putty. Then I chucked it up in the drill-press and sanded it into a nice rounded cone shape, then drilled a small hole for a "putty-on-a-pin" turn signal lever. Made the little cowl for the base of the column, kind of a signature piece of these dashes. Got some interior door handles too. Here's the sig' lever. Still need the 'chute release, and some pedals .... fire extinguisher .... etc. Last edited by dr frankenstyle; 07-25-2016 at 08:53 PM. |
07-26-2016, 08:15 AM | #178 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Petaluma, Ca
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Your detail work just amazes me every time I see what you come up with. Another outstanding interior.
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07-26-2016, 03:38 PM | #179 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Thanks, I have fun figuring out the little parts and scroungin' up stuff to use. I need a mini wire "surfin' skeleton" (like in your "cool pic") to go on the dash. |
07-30-2016, 03:40 PM | #180 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
I had a "day at the track" today. It was cloudy, but no rain. I've been wanting to get some real test-runs with the interior in, and test the new hubs. I AM HAPPY. I'll let the pic's do most of the talking ..... let's say .... yellow .... yellow .... yellow .... GREEN! ..... Green ... .... well, you know ..... I ended up putting 8oz of lead in the tail to balance the interior weight and get a bit more "bite". But it was worth it, for ..... The "Trophy" Shot .... .... and I just ordered a 4-pole 3300kv motor for her, so that should improve the low-end and brakes. Last edited by dr frankenstyle; 07-30-2016 at 07:29 PM. |
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