93M6Formula
OBS Enthusiast
Got a good amount of stuff done this weekend, started working on getting the frame stripped down. This thing being a quintessential farm rig, it had some pretty janky brackets welded on the rear frame rails along with that ultra sketchy gooseneck plate, so those were the first to go. Guessing this thing was overloaded constantly judging by that bent 1" plate the springs sag lol.
Can't find that I posted it but this is what it looked like. MINT....
Cut that heavy plate off, and the rest of the brackets I took my sledge and just knocked them off, not very good welds lol. Started grinding down the welds and smoothing things out. The frame does have some pitting but luckily nothing major. My plan is to go over the whole frame and smooth out the smaller ones with my flap disc and cheek poker so it doesn't show up in the powdercoat, plus that will help out the sand blaster a little.
Some of the larger pits i'm probably not going to worry about as they are kind of unseen, i'm just cleaning them up a little. I could get nuts and do some spot welds but that's a little over kill. So far, 90% of it is pretty clean or is smoothing out. I did order new rear spring hangers though, they're just ugly looking and I figured why not, they're easy to replace.
Was absolutely stunned... every leaf spring bolt came loose and tapped out... no fire wrench here! Most of the ones I pull apart need a torch. Infact, every bolt came out on this this frame. Not something I could say with the cab... Also removed all bolt on brackets.
All said and done, I got all the lines and wiring out of the frame, gas tank is out, just sitting there, all brackets removed, shocks, front diff, brake cables, clips etc. For now i'm leaving the suspension in so I can roll it out side and finish the grinding and cleaning up. Making way too much of a mess in the garage with that rust flying around. Also I want to set the motor and trans in yet to double check the trans mount location. Then i'll strip it down from there. Also don't judge stuff sitting on my T/A, it needs paint. Actually going to use the T/A paint code for this truck and repaint that when this is done.
Can't find that I posted it but this is what it looked like. MINT....
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Cut that heavy plate off, and the rest of the brackets I took my sledge and just knocked them off, not very good welds lol. Started grinding down the welds and smoothing things out. The frame does have some pitting but luckily nothing major. My plan is to go over the whole frame and smooth out the smaller ones with my flap disc and cheek poker so it doesn't show up in the powdercoat, plus that will help out the sand blaster a little.
Some of the larger pits i'm probably not going to worry about as they are kind of unseen, i'm just cleaning them up a little. I could get nuts and do some spot welds but that's a little over kill. So far, 90% of it is pretty clean or is smoothing out. I did order new rear spring hangers though, they're just ugly looking and I figured why not, they're easy to replace.
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Was absolutely stunned... every leaf spring bolt came loose and tapped out... no fire wrench here! Most of the ones I pull apart need a torch. Infact, every bolt came out on this this frame. Not something I could say with the cab... Also removed all bolt on brackets.
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All said and done, I got all the lines and wiring out of the frame, gas tank is out, just sitting there, all brackets removed, shocks, front diff, brake cables, clips etc. For now i'm leaving the suspension in so I can roll it out side and finish the grinding and cleaning up. Making way too much of a mess in the garage with that rust flying around. Also I want to set the motor and trans in yet to double check the trans mount location. Then i'll strip it down from there. Also don't judge stuff sitting on my T/A, it needs paint. Actually going to use the T/A paint code for this truck and repaint that when this is done.
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