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[Josh P]

I only have a 110v MIG, no TIG, and I prefer stick welding. Could I just preheat and stick it? Anybody know what kind of stick? If you're just using MIG, I could probably use 6011 or 6013. Thoughts?

Not related, but what about spring plates and U-bolts for the 8.8? Is there an easy junkyard option?

You need something with a high nickel content to weld the cast iron. A MIG weld will look good then crack under stress. Drilling and tapping the hole for a bolt will keep the tubes from spinning.

 

[Teds Shed]

I think it was an 07 F150. It's the body style after the 97-03ish ones.

Josh, I thought the center was cast steel, not iron.

Anybody know for sure which it is?

 

[Josh P]

Cast steel, that's my bad.

 

[410Fortune]

Bingo

 

[Josh P]

Understand what I mean, not what I say.
-Josh P

 

[fordpickupman]

I'd preheat the pumpkin on the bbq and weld it up and then bbq it again and close the lid and turn it off.

 

[fordpickupman]

I thought we were making new long perches Ted?

 

[Teds Shed]

Sure

Here's today's update. Honestly, I was having analysis paralysis about welding the tubes. It seems that there's a thousand ways, and everyone else thinks they are wrong.

Well, I realized that I have a practice axle-Lloyd's broken Sterling. I decided to use Stain weld 308-16. Clean really well. Pre heat. 1" welds. Get frisky peening it.On my welder, I used 114A. I'm not Bacon Creek Metal, but I did manage to glue it together. No cracks

 

[Josh P]

Im not one to think another way is wrong, if it works. I'm usually good at figuring out the ways not to do it by trial and error.

 

[Teds Shed]

Haha, me too! I squirted some paint on it. Sure makes my welds look better

 

[Teds Shed]

Last one for the night

 

[fordpickupman]

Nice work sparky!

 

[410Fortune]

What are we looking at here? Why is the tube Mia? Are we lengthening this side? Replace the tube? I’m lost

Good work!
Pumpkins on a bbq now I’m hungry

Is that a practice diff?

 

[Teds Shed]

That's Lloyd's broken Sterling. I had to cut the tubes to get the broken shafts out. I wanted it for the gears. I'm glad I kept it.

I just kept fiddling with technique and amperage until it welded like I like. Even still, the Sterling welded a little different than the 8.8

 

[fordpickupman]

More B2 body pics.....

 

[Teds Shed]

Here's some body pics, but probably not what you meant. I cleaned the firewall, buffed it and waxed it. I pulled the clutch stuff and the master cylinder so it was easier to clean. I also made a clutch hole cover out of aluminum diamond plate

 

[fordpickupman]

Great job on the cover.

 

[Teds Shed]

Thanks! I find stuff like that fun, as aluminum is kind of like working with wood, and it's fairly quick and easy. It was an old piece I had laying out in the weeds, so I'm pleased how well all the corrosion and rust staining came out of it.

 

[410Fortune]

So you are stuffing a v8 in here

Will it have a body lift?
If not then you will be folding that firewall to floor panel seem over with a bfh

 

[Teds Shed]

Yes, I'm planning a small body lift in order to help clear the drivetrain