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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 8th 2014, 6:21 pm | |
| well guys, not much work done today, had to get up at 6 and go help my brother figure out what was wrong with his truck, after figureing out it was the fuel pump, we had 2 choices, drop the full tank or move the bed, we moved the bed, then got the pump out, then we spent a hour trying to find the pump in a store in town, we finally found it, and got it put in and the bed put back on, then his wife called and they hgad busted pipes, so then i had to go help repair pipes in 18 degree weather under a house......then i got home and he asked me to fabricate a heat shield for his fourwheeler, took me half a hour to get it made, then i decided to say screw it and came in and drank a pot of coffee,....and then the mower started callin my name so i went to work on her, i got the front axle cut out, and i went on and cut out a 5" gap to remove the previous owners "repairs" and filled it in with metal, i got one side done, then decided to come in cause the temp. started dropping again and im wore out lol as you can see, i got it patched nice and clean, and this side is straight now and here is a pic of what i cut out i will get the other side done tomorrow, and then i can finally start on stretching the front out | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 9th 2014, 8:23 pm | |
| ive got 2 more braces to do on the front end from where i stretched it, then im going to put sheet metal in it to have it closed up, i will do that and get pics tomorrow, and working with this new metal it spoiling me, its the first time ive really worked with new steel and not scrap and it welds soooooo good | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 10th 2014, 7:14 pm | |
| - Thunderdivine wrote:
- Looks great, Is that like a 20" stretch?
18" thunder, and red, yes, it is quite the bumper | |
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 10th 2014, 7:19 pm | |
| - richie thomas wrote:
- Thunderdivine wrote:
- Looks great, Is that like a 20" stretch?
18" thunder, and red, yes, it is quite the bumper
I was close lol, and yeah I bet that shiny metal was a blast to weld. will be interesting to see how this evolve | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 10th 2014, 7:26 pm | |
| - Thunderdivine wrote:
- richie thomas wrote:
- Thunderdivine wrote:
- Looks great, Is that like a 20" stretch?
18" thunder, and red, yes, it is quite the bumper
I was close lol, and yeah I bet that shiny metal was a blast to weld. will be interesting to see how this evolve it welds so clean and easy lol, im going to get the pan mounted on it tomorrow, and ima see about mountin the front axle | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 11th 2014, 1:01 pm | |
| someone want to tell me why everytime i start a build that needs lots of fab. work, it rains every other day? | |
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Lawren Wimberly Established Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 11th 2014, 4:02 pm | |
| It's in the rules.... you didn't read the fine print | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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Lawren Wimberly Established Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 12th 2014, 1:19 pm | |
| Lookin good Richie... I'm glad I aint the only one biting off a big chunk of metal fabbin pie | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 12th 2014, 9:22 pm | |
| - Lawren Wimberly wrote:
- Lookin good Richie... I'm glad I aint the only one biting off a big chunk of metal fabbin pie
of course you aint, this is a build off, the best work wins ,ive still got lotsa metal work to do | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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Lawren Wimberly Established Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 16th 2014, 2:17 am | |
| I'd put some triangular gussets behind the axle support pillars. they will help keep flexing and cracking from happening around the bottoms of your axle supports. (where your 1/1 uprights weld on to the frame)
Great work so far man! | |
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 16th 2014, 6:38 am | |
| I agree with lawren. I woulda suggested some axle caster so it turns a little better but you already welded it lol. | |
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Lawren Wimberly Established Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 16th 2014, 10:38 am | |
| I'm sure... I tend to pop off as things occur to me Richie knows his stuff | |
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richie thomas Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Richies Mud buggy January 16th 2014, 10:55 am | |
| thanks for the input guys lol great minds think alike, i have the brace's cut for the axle mount's but i ran out of wire the axle is tilted back a little so when i turn the wheels will angle some, but not much | |
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| Subject: Richies dragster January 16th 2014, 1:27 pm | |
| have to stay on paved roads........... | |
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