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04-01-2014, 10:42 AM
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Name: NakeDiesel
Title: Smoke'n in the Mud
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Well, it was going to be plum crazy purple, but the wife didn't like the color. Then I wanted it to be bright yellow. The kids didn't like that, so we spent an hour at the paint place looking through colors and 75% of us agreed on the glow orange....
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
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04-01-2014, 11:02 AM
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Name: CorneliusRox
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Solid! I like that better personally.
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04-01-2014, 02:39 PM
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#463
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Last coat of primer has been shot and just finished wet sanding it with 600 grit paper. Going to go out in a little bit and start cleaning the cab so I can start getting it painted this evening after I pick my son up from the votech bus.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-01-2014, 06:45 PM
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#464
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Name: NakeDiesel
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-01-2014, 08:44 PM
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#465
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Name: NakeDiesel
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-02-2014, 09:17 PM
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#466
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Tonight, I spent most of my time cleaning up the big mess I had created over the last couple of weeks and hauled off the trash cans to our dumpster. But I did get the old shock brackets cut off with the cutting torch and the new tabs welded onto the axle and the cage cross bar. It's going to be a ***** getting those shocks compressed to fit in there.
I'm planning on getting the floor of the cab and the outside part of the roll bar coated in POR 15 tomorrow and work on the passenger side door as well. Tomorrow is the last day of work, then I'm on vacation through the 13th.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-03-2014, 09:52 PM
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#467
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Name: NakeDiesel
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-04-2014, 10:49 PM
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#468
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Today was spent running errands with just a little bit of time working on the truck. Tried putting one shock on by myself and that didn't work. Will have to get my son to help tomorrow evening. I worked on both doors, beat out the dent on the drivers side and started in with the filler on it. Passenger side is starting to look better, but still needs some work on it.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-05-2014, 08:50 PM
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#469
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Spent most of the day working out in the shop when I wasn't watching all the fires around us. I will be really glad when we get some rain and puts all these fires out.
So today, while out there, I drilled the holes for the gauges in the dash. Then taped off the floor and touched up the dash where I drilled the holes and some spots I missed from when I painted the cab.
While I was waiting on that to dry, I worked on the doors, sanding them down and then added more filler to them. So I alternated between working on the doors and working on the truck.
Put the gauges in the dash, they still need to be wired. Installed the rear shocks (those were a pain to get compressed and the bolt inserted with the misalignment washers).
Installed the seat belts and the seat. As well as the floor pans for the truck.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-06-2014, 09:18 PM
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#470
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Name: NakeDiesel
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-06-2014, 11:10 PM
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Name: Nootch
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this project is starting to look less and less like a mud truck and more like a knobby tire cruiser.
Too clean to beat up!
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04-07-2014, 12:02 AM
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Name: NakeDiesel
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It's one of the most photographed trucks that races in this part of the country. It's the only diesel which makes it unique and then it surprised people what the old fat pig can do. There are some guys that run total pieces of crap and you wonder how many parts they left in the pit after they went through it.
I just like trying to do things right and make a nice looking truck with weight kept in mind. That's why I went with 1/16th inch Aluminum diamond plate flooring for the bed. That was the lightest thing I could think of to put a floor in the bed with as I had to have one.
I just like building ****
The paint is single stage machinery paint.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-07-2014, 10:28 AM
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Name: ENafziger
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Looking great! Is there a tach available with a more "diesel" like range? It seems like it'd be a little hard to quickly see rpm on a 10k rpm gauge.
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04-07-2014, 01:05 PM
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Name: NakeDiesel
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There are tach's that have a smaller range, but they don't have shift lights either. My shift light will be mounted on the top of the dash where I can see it without looking down. I use my go pro to record the gauges during a race to help see what's going on during a run as a post analysis. I've also used the video's to determine I had a boost leak getting gradually worse over time.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-07-2014, 10:03 PM
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#475
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Spent the day sanding and painting the doors and a few other odds and end while I was at it. My paint gun has been driving me nuts with the drips it was causing on what I'm painting. Think I have finally gotten that taken care of finally. I spent most of the day sanding out the drips that were on the doors and then putting two coats of epoxy on them and then two coats of orange on the top side tonight. After they dry and harden over night, I will flip them over and shoot a coat on the inside tomorrow morning.
Also started bending my brake lines to connect my master cylinder to the lower connections down on the frame to get the brakes working. Should get those finished up tomorrow.
Installed the molding around the front of the cab today, when I was in town picking up the brake lines, I picked up some small screws and used those to install the molding instead of those split nails.
I have the rear fenders primed and ready for the black once I wet sand them. The emblems are primed as well and ready for paint too.
Once I get the doors done and on the truck then I can get started on the rear bed sides. Hoping they won't take a long time, but the way everything else has gone, I'm not betting on it. I have to pick up another gallon of epoxy tomorrow, I've almost used the gallon I had.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-08-2014, 08:59 PM
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Name: NakeDiesel
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-09-2014, 10:21 PM
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#477
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Name: NakeDiesel
Title: Smoke'n in the Mud
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Spent the whole day just sanding on the bed sides. Finally finished both of them and was able to get the back sides primed tonight. Picked up some steel balls where my dad works rebuilding oil pumps and grabbed 4 old ones while visiting him and welded them on the ends of the rolled tops of the bed sides so that they don't fill up with mud.
Tomorrow I plan on getting the outside of the bedsides primed, wet sanded and in color. While waiting on each of those steps, I'm going to work on running the water lines and start working on the front frill section for body work. It won't take a hole lot on it to get it ready. Then all I will like is the hood and the front fenders to do body work on.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-12-2014, 07:35 PM
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#478
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Name: NakeDiesel
Title: Smoke'n in the Mud
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Been a busy two days here at the shop. Where to start...
The bedsides have been painted and put on the truck.
Radiator is installed and the water lines all hooked up and ready for water.
Trans coolers are mounted but need to get some 90's for them.
Fuel cell and fuel pump are mounted. Just need to drill the holes in the floor to run the lines under the bed.
Rear portion of the diamond plate is cut and put as well as the spaces to fill the gap between the shocks.
Shut off switch is mounted in the rear.
Brake booster rod has been cut off and shortened 1 1/2 inches
Brake pedal installed
Wiring run for everything in the engine bay
Hose clamps installed on hydraulic return lines
Grill primed inside and out
Hood primed inside and out (needs bodywork on some dings)
Battery support bars primed and painted
Rear bed braces primed and painted
Rear fenders painted
Rear fenders braces installed
Tomorrow I plan to do the body work on the hood so I can get it and the grill painted, finish figuring out the throttle and do some more wiring on the truck.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-13-2014, 08:03 PM
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#479
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Name: NakeDiesel
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Managed to get quite a bit done to the truck today:
Mounted both rear fenders
Mounted support bars in back for the batteries
Mounted the battery boxes
Installed the batteries and hooked them up to the truck
Finished all the body work on the hood and it's ready to be primed tomorrow evening
Installed my switch panel
Drilled the holes for the battery cables to come through the floor
Drilled the holes for the fuel lines to go through the floor
Mounted the inside relay block for the switches
Mounted the negative distribution block in the cab
Installed rear bedside support braces
Need to pickup some larger grommets for the bed of the truck for the battery cables, fuel lines, water lines and transmission cooler lines. Also need to pick up some 90's for the AN fittings on the transmission coolers to better route the lines.
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2005 Dodge Ram 3500 2x4 QC
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 QC
Coaltrain - 1946 Dodge Power Wagon powered by a little modified 12 valve.
Thanks to my sponsors: CP-Carrillo, Air Dog, Muldoons Diesel Performance, Power Driven Diesel, Diesel Performance Converters
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04-14-2014, 09:35 AM
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Name: CorneliusRox
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Wow... Does paint make a difference or what! Looks awesome!
And where did you get that relay block from with the fuse spot? I like it.
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