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So I got a heck of a deal on an 89RC from a member on here. ALL the parts came with it but it needs to be put back together. I told him he needs to tell me when he's ready to get things started. SO he did just that this weekend.  It's a 2wd body on an 84 4x4 frame. So the steering column was too short for the 4x4 box. That's fixed, I cut out 2 3/8" of old steering rod I had laying around, split the stock rod in 2 and put the small filler in the middle then welded.  The proportioning valve has been changed also and the brake lines hooked up. They all came loose and went back on with no problems. (that never happens on my trucks) So here's the pics this will be a long process since he will be doing 90% of the work. |
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This is so Cool that a father & son can work on RCs together!!
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2010, 06:52:10 PM » |
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This is so Cool that a father & son can work on RCs together!!
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2010, 09:31:51 PM » |
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this is the same thing with me my dad has had ramchargers and dodges all his life and when i was born he had an 85 ramcharger and i loved it it was the first vehicle i drove at 10 years old and my dad always took me wheeling in it. and ive been hooked ever since and now my red and white 84 is my second one |
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2010, 04:19:39 PM » |
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OK well he got some more done today.  He took the seats out, stripped the paint off the floors sprayed it with rust converter since there was surface rust, and painted it with POR-15. |
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2010, 05:06:27 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2010, 06:33:13 PM » |
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awesome lookin good
Yes he's doing a good job. he just got done patching in the "4 speed hole" that was cut in the floor. YES he did the welding too. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2010, 08:29:08 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2010, 09:11:38 PM » |
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those welds look pretty good.is that gasless welding
Yes it's just a wire feed for now till I get the gas bottle. Yes he did a great job for 15 mins of training. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2010, 11:19:17 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2010, 12:18:07 AM » |
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I hope you are a good welder, I wouldnt recommend making a steering rod out of welding three pieces together, should be one piece. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Some things you dont mess with, like steering components. You should get a proper one, cant be more than $50 at a wrecker. Remember your son is gonna be driving this vehicle.
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2010, 05:03:49 AM » |
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I hope you are a good welder
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2010, 08:38:24 AM » |
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Floor looks good, his welds beat mine and I'm almost 2x his age! Cool project with your stepson, I can only hope mine cares about something like that when he is 15. (my boy is 6 now, got a few years before he can do too much)
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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2010, 04:58:58 PM » |
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Floor looks good, his welds beat mine and I'm almost 2x his age! Cool project with your stepson, I can only hope mine cares about something like that when he is 15. (my boy is 6 now, got a few years before he can do too much)
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2010, 09:02:16 PM » |
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Well Monday he cleaned the front carpet, tues he put it back in and put "my" seats in it.  They are reclining van seats I was going to use in my 77RC but they are the same color as his interior so......... |
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« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2010, 10:22:00 PM » |
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Your stepson should really appreciate his truck, after doing the work on it. Good for him! Good donation of the van seats (too bad for you though!). They look really good in his truck... good match!  |
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2010, 10:30:20 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2010, 11:22:52 PM » |
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that carpet turned out really good/ i wish mine was like that or even atleast in one piece lol
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2010, 05:04:12 PM » |
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Your stepson should really appreciate his truck, after doing the work on it. Good for him! Good donation of the van seats (too bad for you though!). They look really good in his truck... good match! Yes they look very good in there. They need a good cleaning too. but Yes that is the point, for him to be able to say he put it together and did the work on it. lookin good !!!! so cool you guys get to do a project like this together At this point it's just me telling him what to do and him doing it while I'm at work. When the motor and trans work starts I'll be there with him. that carpet turned out really good/ i wish mine was like that or even atleast in one piece lol
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It's my stepson But I've been the only "father" he's had since he was 6 so........ Dang. Poor little feller. |
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Dang. Poor little feller. Little did you see the pic of him cleaning the rug? He's 5'9" at 15 years old! His real dad is 6'3" so he's gonna be big.  Wisenhiemer! |
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« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2010, 11:21:54 PM » |
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Very cool build! Stepson or not! He will never forget this build. Building a RC & memories.... They were supposed to go swimming with the cousin's Sun BUT he told his Mom he wants to stay home and work on the RC............ I guess he's on a mission now........... |
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sounds like you brought him over to the darkside Dark side, no no no we have Yoda and the force on our side. I picked up an 87 parts RC today, good bumpers, grill, bezels, and some other stuff that can be used on his RC. |
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if u plan to put the 86 and up front grille on it ull have to changhe the rad cradle cuz the 86+ grille wont fit right on a 81-85 rad cradle for some reason the headlights are about and inch higher and the bezels wont fit right cuz i thought about putting the newer grille on my 84 and i got it on and it didnt fit.
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if u plan to put the 86 and up front grille on it ull have to changhe the rad cradle cuz the 86+ grille wont fit right on a 81-85 rad cradle for some reason the headlights are about and inch higher and the bezels wont fit right cuz i thought about putting the newer grille on my 84 and i got it on and it didnt fit.
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oo well then thats perfect it looked like an 81-85 grille on it.. my bad
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I guess this after noon we'll work on getting the gas tank and fuel lines in. Maybe we'll work on cutting out the ONE spot of rust, that's right, yes, I said ONE spot of rust on the whole truck. |
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Dark side, no no no we have Yoda and the force on our side. I picked up an 87 parts RC today, good bumpers, grill, bezels, and some other stuff that can be used on his RC. Tony from the looks of the front bumper and the side mirrors that looks to be an 88' RC....maybe a late 87' build for the 88' model year....the 87' had the "tripod" mirror mounts....with the "pod" mounts coming out in 88'....not that it will make too much difference....cool deal that you guys can do this.... |
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Tony from the looks of the front bumper and the side mirrors that looks to be an 88' RC....maybe a late 87' build for the 88' model year....the 87' had the "tripod" mirror mounts....with the "pod" mounts coming out in 88'....not that it will make too much difference....cool deal that you guys can do this.... I'm just going off what the vin sticker says. |
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OK so the ONE rust spot on the truck is now fixed. All I did is show him how and what to do, and flanged the top of the patch area on the body so he could weld it. He sprayed rust converter inside the rocker area, then shot it flat black. He cut the piece out of an old truck bed I saved, cut the hole out of the body, then welded and ground it down. Tomorrow is the putty! |
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looks good ... you wanna send him up here he could get lots of practice on my truck Sure I can hire him out. I get 20% due to the teaching I have given him......... Maybe I should bring my truck back up there to have the job done by a professional LMBO! yeah anyway. lookin good lookin good
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