What was that bolt on top of the tranny from? I bet someone looked long and hard for it...Mark

 

 

Must have been some really strong chili dogs Ollie.........

 

I actually left several of the bolts for the transmission cross member mount / assembly on top of the crossmember. I am hoping I find them waiting still when I get there.

 

More like really CHILL dogs.

 

Your Mastiffs lounge around a lot? Our Mastiff/St. Bernard is a sofa/couch dog for sure, she might have 15-20 of play in her a day the rest is just lounging around....but toss a bear around the area and she will patrol the acreage for hours to make sure it doesn't get close to the house.

 

Smushy looking dogs.....


Holding your air line in place for ya !

 

They are great dogs, Mastiffs. I have had several since '92. They are a great read of what is an actual problem.
The girls will happily lounge around as I work all day. They will follow me from one spot to the next.
If there is something out of the ordinary going on they are all fired up, be it the car load of older lady Jehovahs Witnesses last week, or a pack of coyotes in the woods behind the house last night.

 

I play with the local coyote pack with the Crimson Trace on my 1911. They yip and howl and carry on then I shine the area where I hear them with the laser and they simmer down for a bit. Then we do it all over again... Hehehe

 

I wish I'd have thought to grease the floors in the Tan Turd (1982 D150 /6 727) when I put the vinyl floor in. I might have to go back and do that. I definitely left the jute floor rotting sponge out of it though.

Ollie how is the mini torch working out for you?

 

Tim, I am really liking welding with the mini torch.
If you get the pieces to butt up smoothly, you can melt them together without the rod even. The control with the tiny tip and the low 4 PSI I have the tanks set is cool.

I got some more rusty bits of floorboard I am finding cut out yesterday late afternoon. I am trying to take out just what I need to and leave the rest of the original metal there. I have a gallon of Evapo-Rust to use on the surface rust that is on some of the floorboard parts I am keeping when I finish welding. I will then hit it all with some primer and paint.

Walter stopped by about 7PM after his first week at school getting ready for the kids to come back next Monday. He told me that his big sow, about 400#s, had died unexpectedly the night before and wondered it he could borrow my Come-along to help drag it into the woods for the coyotes. I grabbed some boots, beer and hopped in Poncho to go help. After a good session of pig dragging through the woods, we headed back to the shop and tinkered with metal.
We got a couple more patch panels cut out of 16 Gauge sheetmetal, shaped just right and mostly welded in. We ended up hanging out in the shop until about 2 AM. There were a lot of empty IPA cans among the metal filings on my welding table this morning. It was a good Mopar Friday night in the shop.

 

I have been doing some welding on the cowl cracks with my MIG welder this past week when I get a hour here or there. I have the cowl all welded up after drilling out the end of the cracks.
I cut out a patch panel out of a rusted out cab's cowl and shaped that into the right shape and welded that one over the original cowl to tie it all together really well. I also shaped a piece of 16 gauge steel to cover the location that cracks just under the windshield gasket. I drilled some 1/4 inch holes in the patch panel and plug welded it up last night.

I wish the cowl crack patch panels where still sold by Dodge, It would have saved me some time cutting, grinding and hammering things into the right shape.

T-man sent me back an auto transmission switch, I had sent him, that didn't help out his O/D issue on his Brick and included a $20 tip. THANKS T-man!

That bought a rack of All-Day IPA's for Walter and me to enjoy last night. Walter used the new mini torch to weld up the floor boards some more while I dialed in the last of the welding on the drivers side cowl with the MIG. We made some good progress and had a few beers for two hours before it was dinner time.

 

Sounds like you and Walter are getting some seat time with the new welder. Good for u. You can help me out when I make my purchase of the same welder.

The extra $ went to a good cause.... Beer.


Glad you guys are having fun, and drinking.

 

You may have already covered this, but I am running this setup to make my trans shift in my 70
https://transmissioncenter.net/shop/...iring-diagram/

 

That looks like a cool option.

I picked up a CompuSHIFT mini for my build.
It looks like a great set up, but it will be a bit till I get to test it out.

I am still welding up floorboards and cowl cracks, when I get spare time.