what damage?

I'm almost done with the setup on this little guy... just waiting on the Razorweld Razorcut 45 Amp part now. it should make doing things a lot easier around my place. totally overkill for what I need but I figured having more robots in like is a solid way to run things.

after some messing around I was able to get the passenger side perfect. The driver side is a different story... I took it apart and noticed I had a huge epoxy glob on the bottom interferring with the frame rail position, also need to take some more body off... so I think it's just a matter of me noticing the obvious stuff I need to take care of before it's going to fit.



I also think the body might be a bit off-center and the bend was messed up a bit during shipping so... stuff to figure out before more holes can be drilled.

do you have access to a 3d printer (or is your Langmuir table up and running)? I can send a file with the profile of the large radius bend to use as template for repositioning it if that's helpful.

Passenger side looks great, btw.

still waiting on the razor weld torch, they have been on order since March

I think I have things about as good as they are going to get. thinking I'm ready to take everything apart and sand blast it and then start tacking it. I should maybe look @ the receiver and recovery points as well I suppose before doing a full on burn on the entire thing.

passenger fit looks great


driver fit you can see the mismatch but I think I can fix that with clamps and tac's


the wings were not any trouble at all really. once I knew what went where.



I do have one favor to ask? I would promise to keep it private of course. would save me some time.

I'm not as concerned with 1.5" of extra ground clearance with the fuel tank. I would rather drop it down and then fabricate a skid plate. it will work well from what I can see so far. I could also skip chopping up the floor brace.


but here in lies the favor
the front tank strap mounts are a bit of a problem, I would like to move them down an 1" or 1.5" also need to test to make sure they don't get hit by the track bar?


I only have these mounts tack'ed into placed right now and I could just modify them, but if you would be ok sharing those models? I use autodesk fusion so I'm guessing I can import just about any type of file. I would keep that transaction private of course. Langmuir is telling me I should have the torch by the end of the month. and of course I would share that design if it works out back with you.

oh and one other thing, I decided to use some 60mm m12 to connect the bumper on the frame. yes the bolts stick down and I might whack them but it seems fine for my parking lot wheeling.


I'm a weird metric nut and bold hoarder I have bags of stuff on hand. I have it in my last will and testament that I will be buried with my metric nuts and bolts. you can never be sure when you will need them.

Most of my metic bolts and nuts I salvaged off of parts mobiles if they were decent . Sadly, my environment is extremely hard on them. So lots of times on repairs I end up replacing the bolts and nuts doing a project.

My saving grace is that most of the time. Toyota hardware are fairly reasonable and close to standard hardware bolts pricing.



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I did get everything tack'ed up and then did some more substantial welds. being careful to not get any part too hot and jumped around quite a bit. after re-fitting after that... no real issues she lines back up. yea! now I will drop it or something and tweak, yea probably.

I still need to do the front seams but after some more welds and a couple more grinder parties she should be ready for final blasting and a couple coat of epoxy.

Are you using a 120v mig or a larger 240v.


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wow.. epic build! lovin' it so far!

gotta have 240

I pretty much hate sheet metal work but... it needed to be done



hmmm yea maybe?


yep fried that bacon right onto that spot


put on the DTM epoxy primer sauce


finally finished off with some bush on stinky stuff



and I assumed they would go in from the outside? yea not hmmm


yep the included hardware is not going to work.. sigh



trip to home depot to the rescue


ok all ready to hang? maybe?


ok now to address the front addicted off-road bumper spruce up project.

sheet metal work looks good!

I feel like I'm building a drug submarine for Pablo Escobar.

Started by disassembling the Toyota tank to harvest the good bits, I picked up a nibbler a while back and until now I had only used it for small projects. it paid it's dues on this one. wow it makes life easy.



I decided to make a couple of baffles since the ford tank had zero, I have no idea if it's really needed but it makes sense it should help reduce "the slosh". Also notice the weight reducing speed holes I added, these are a critical design for all race trucks.





got the fill hole, and evap all melted into place but this big hole still needs more bacon fry.


and yea that needs to be addressed

You my friend are a perfectionist haha.. Looks amazing! Just tested my f150 setup on Saturday for the first time, worked great.. One thing that was kind of odd though was on initial startup the fuel gauge worked for a second then went to empty with fuel light on. Then when I turned the truck off then on again it worked perfect, almost like it was calibrating itself maybe? Excited to see how you set up your pump bracket/sending unit.

nice rig