Boss gets a “makeunder.”

[Ethansdad73]

Are you running full width axles?

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[Boss Hugg]

Are you running full width axles?

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No. EB width.


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[Skiddy]

I figured out I had 5/16 ps pressure hose and I don’t think it’s following well enough. So I went to town and picked up some hoses really cheap sort of thru a new connection I made last week out at the dirt track. He was telling me about a sweet bronco in the parking lot. I grinned real big and he put it together. Funny moment. I digress. I Rerouted the return lines just a bit, increased pressure hose ID, added a little shim in the pressure regulator spring and now it works pretty dern good. However, I had a pressure gauge on a t on the pump and I believe the pressure is lower with the shims. Maybe it’s higher than it would’ve been with the 5/16 hose. At the moment I’m not inclined to pull the pump to remove the shins. So we’ll drive it this weekend like it is.

I CAN hear some whirring in the pump, but I don’t hear the pulley squealing anymore. Not sure how to explain all that.

I twisted it up in a road ditch last night and even with the swaybars, it got some pretty good flex.


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nice, glad you got it working better

 

[ptwist]

Looking great. What filler material did you use to weld?

 

[Boss Hugg]

Standard ol' E70S-6 bought at tractor supply. There's a lot of it distributed throughout this bronco!

 

[Yeller]

Standard ol' E70S-6 bought at tractor supply. There's a lot of it distributed throughout this bronco!

Most common filler wire sold in the US. Just cut a PO for 10 tons of it...

 

[Boss Hugg]

I said 10 lbs! NOT 10 tons!
;D

 

[Rustytruck]

I guess his Bronco was rustier than yours. Rebuilding his sheet metal row by row. Or building a battle ship.;D

 

[Boss Hugg]

I guess his Bronco was rustier than yours. Rebuilding his sheet metal row by row. Or building a battle ship.;D

I'll refrain from posting the pic of the battleship we've all seen. he's gonna call it "stitch."

 

[ptwist]

Haha, Its like 3D printing by hand.

 

[Boss Hugg]

Haha, Its like 3D printing by hand.

HAHAHAHA!

I guess you'd have to start on a sheet of copper?? Or several sheets...

 

[Yeller]

Haha gets run on machines like this and comes in 500# drums

Uggg another sideways pic....

 

[Boss Hugg]

Haha gets run on machines like this and comes in 500# drums

That is INSANE! I wanna come hang out with you at work one day!



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[Yeller]

I'll give you a shout next time I'm in town for a tour

 

[Rustytruck]

What do you make on a machine like that?

 

[Yeller]

What do you make on a machine like that?

Does a pretty simple job cuts a hole and welds outlets on pipe for fire sprinkler systems. We do a little bit of that work, across the country we have approximately 80 of those machines and employ over 1000 people

 

[Skiddy]

I was going to say, something like bugomatic but I see it's a little different

 

[Yeller]

I was going to say, something like bugomatic but I see it's a little different

We have a bunch of buggo/cypress/circle welding equipment too, but they are too slow and cumbersome. These are over twice as productive and the operator works 1/4 as hard. It also takes a year to train an experienced welder to be proficient vs 2-3 weeks.

I really need to stop hijacking Boss Huggs thread. this is about his build not my crazyness about work...LOL

 

[Boss Hugg]

Well, since Yeller's hijack is over....;D;D

I just ran across: http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1861378&postcount=1

I think I'm gonna ask ol' admin to delete this thread.

 

[Boss Hugg]

So I made one last change to my power steering setup. I thought my steering wheel was a 15”. Not so. So I pulled one from a 78 bronco....

Now I’m not complaining of steering being slow sitting still. I’ve got POWER power steering!


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