Sunbeam Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Discussion thread for Sunbeam’s farm truck Quote
Valiant Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 G'day I'm quite a fan of LPG, got a pic of the old tank? There will be a valve where the fuel line meets the tank. Shut it off and crack the line, there will be some hissing but it just the gas still in the line, it won't hiss for long. You can take the tank out from there. 1 Quote
Sunbeam Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 Cheers. I’ll crawl under the deck and take a look. The mixer etc is up for grabs if someone has a use for it, free to a good home etc. Quote
tortron Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Sunbeam said: I took the dash off yesterday too. Pretty straightforward really, though some of the screws are in awkward places. Also, slotted screws are of the devil, and should not be allowed in any automotive application. The lower dash panel obviously contained a lot of detritus, so I shook it out on the workshop floor... Actually a bit comical really. More live ammo too. .22, .22 magnum, and 12 gauge shot gun. Scabine would be a great name for the truck Quote
Sunbeam Posted April 14, 2020 Author Posted April 14, 2020 Just now, tortron said: Scabine would be a great name for the truck LOL. I think it’s a sheep remedy. I’ll keep it in mind, but the kids may veto. Quote
ThePog Posted May 13, 2020 Posted May 13, 2020 Go with the sanding discs for sure, I mostly use 36 grit, they take a lot of material off for the first 5 mins then settle down sweet. For fine stuff 60 grit, but once it blunts it takes too long to do anything. I almost never use a grinding disc nowadays. 1 Quote
ben-jamminn Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Sorry, poste din the wrong bit before. But Yeah, when you re mount your flat deck, don't weld brackets to the chassis or you'll have to get a LVV cert. I did that on the last 109" flat deck I built and it was a pain! Make brackets that pick up on existing fixtures, or make a clamp arrangement 1 1 Quote
Sunbeam Posted January 6, 2021 Author Posted January 6, 2021 Good to know. Sounds like a ballache. How did the re-vin people know the deck wasn’t always mounted like that? Quote
ben-jamminn Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 13:38, Sunbeam said: Good to know. Sounds like a ballache. How did the re-vin people know the deck wasn’t always mounted like that? They didn't care. It clearly wasn't from factory so they weren't happy. The LVV cert guy even thought it was a bit over kill, but was happy to cert it and collect his $600 Quote
flyingbrick Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 hey old comment now but you said you wanted to get some flap discs. They are good, but for clean up after welding like that, Rolok discs are heaps better because they let you put a flat rotating face down onto the flat panel. Seen tons of bits fucked by people with flap discs when they remove/gouge the original steel! Cool project overall, looks like you are doing a bloody great job. 1 Quote
Valiant Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Weld/panel beat that plate or get a personalised plate with those letters and numbers then paint it black. Quote
tortron Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Looks good enough to save. plus it only has to look good in the photos so you could get away with putting a backing on it to mount using other holes and bogging and painting the rest. New plates have a different font 1 Quote
Vk304 Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Weld it up and sand it back, it's not too hard 1 Quote
Sunbeam Posted April 21, 2021 Author Posted April 21, 2021 4 hours ago, tortron said: Looks good enough to save. plus it only has to look good in the photos so you could get away with putting a backing on it to mount using other holes and bogging and painting the rest. New plates have a different font Oh, if it only has to look good in a photo, that makes me feel better. 1 1 Quote
moparmuppet Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 Sorry Sunbeam. Glacial internet at sea. I clicked the discuss link but the satellite said no 1 Quote
tortron Posted April 29, 2021 Posted April 29, 2021 they are like little sandpaper disks, you use them on a die grinder its spelt roloc for your googling needs keep in mind tho you can get different grits of flap disk and a fine grit one isnt going to gouge the steel in the hands of someone without penis fingers i usually use a finger sander to dress just the weld area, then blend it in with a flap disc 1 Quote
flyingbrick Posted April 30, 2021 Posted April 30, 2021 23 hours ago, Kerry-TGI said: Sorry to sneak in here but could you elaborate on these rolok discs and what tool you use them with? Yeah so you buy a backing pad to fit either your standard grinder (has a nut on the back) OR a die grinder (has a little shaft on the back) Grinder one looks like this. Then you buy either sanding discs like this Or softer abrasive discs like this. The benefit is that there is no center boss to get in the way so the pad can be put flat on the surface. Very good and much better than flap discs for keeping anything flat. 2 Quote
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