On the welding, try to keep a short stick-out so you're not losing as much gas coverage and so that the wire doesn't preheat too much before hitting the metal. Also strip the zinc from any galvanized parts like those washers so that you don't give yourself metal fume fever.
@@oldshovelwhen you go for your 1” lift plan, will you fully weld those plates top and bottom? I love your attention to detail. I remember a video where you made brackets for disc brakes and welded them to a frame, that was a great job!
His is a 2013 also - apparently this is a common problem, the EGR cooler gets clogged with carbon buildup causing it to fail. It started causing some knocking in his engine. He's following this video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d2j7T22WXoY.html
If you made 10-15 big tacks via MIG welder, it would be much better than applying that JB-“welds”. From my experience, such non-flexible composites crack and fall off, because moisture is getting into cracks and bare metal starts rusting, exposing even more bare metal, as such materials keep on detaching overtime real quick. The only composite glue I would recommend (not sponsored) for exterior bodywork is Wurth Powerbond. I have good experience using it on the exterior panels, but I haven’t used it on structural pieces, especially on body mounts of pickup trucks. So I would only recommend good real welds on the mounts with reinforcement panels like you did. I’ve been doing this for 10 years.
So when JB-“welds” fall off, just weld the plates to the body. You’ve done 80% of the job already. Use a good mask and long sleeve gloves not to burn your skin much.
Great video, whoever installed that lift kit is a clown, clearly a very poor design to start with. You’re much better returning it to stock. It’ll ride like the factory meant it to. The problem with these body lift kits and also suspension lift kits is you can’t do it on the cheap it’s got to be done properly or not at all. I come from the Land Rover world and I can assure you I’ve seen some howler’s over the years 😂.
love Your work; great restoration on so many vintage beauties that come back to shine…👏👏👏 doing restoration on a M800, beast of the east, 93, Y now where to get indigo red paint spray? no success so far, thanks
Nice job and huge improvement. I'm wondering about these trucks tho... Is it really just a number of bolts that hold the cab and tub to the chassis of the vehicle ?
I want to point out a safety point here. Jacking up the side of the body with the floor jack and using boards to lift the body of truck is risky. Yes most times you will get away away with it and just be fine. But it only takes that one time for something to go wrong. Especially when your putting your hands and other body parts were thet can get crushed. As someone that has been a mechanic for a long time I've seen people put hands, fingers, eyes and other parts cut off, injured. The fire departments that I get to talk to tell.me stories like this all the time about someone working on cars at home amd getting crushed. So maybe next time some jack stands with some 4x4 boards to take the weight of the body. I would hate to see something go wrong and happen to you.
It's looks like you sandwiched the metal places between the body and then covered with jbweld. That is not a solid connection. Shockingly bad imo. Imagine the stress as the body wants to rock forward/backward whilst driving/braking.
I have to say I don’t think this repair was up to Old Shovel standards. I’m a little disappointed. But it’s your truck, your rules! Still great to get this great truck on the road.
I totally get it. When it comes to welding, I’m not up to my standards either. I’m sharing things a little more raw with these truck videos. I’m not an expert in this area. This also will be a much longer term project, little things take a lot longer on a truck.
I think I'd have given them a coat of paint to stop them rusting up so fast, but as they're only temporary fixes it won't really matter as much... It's a cool project though!
I actually do plan on painting them and your comment made me realize I cut that explanation out. I plan on swapping in a 1” body lift, taking out the 3” lift and plan on painting it then while also evaluating the JB Weld.
@@oldshovel maybe popping the outer ones back out and giving them a coat of weld through primer would be a good idea, means they're protected for now but can still be welded later on without having to strip off whatever else you put on em?
