1985 D150 "Mr. Curtis" race truck with a 2015 6.4
Spot the difference:
I had the LCA angled to the wrong side in relation to the centerline of the frame... bozo move.
No everything wanted to go where i first saw it going when i mocked up the LCA on a bucket and just shoved that under the frame...
Hearthrobbingly i began cutting the bump stop off the frame and drilling out the rivets of the original LCA mount.
These had to be drilled out to .35" and on the next metric drill size 10mm/.4" the rivet heads just sheared off.
Yay!
These have been: A - larger and B - gnarlier on my '76 W200.
And they fought harder than they did on this purdy frame. Ignore the chisel marks on the LCA mount, i thought i would have to hammer and chisel the rivet heads off until i tried the .4" drill bit.
My arms still hurt though, the position i had to hold the drill at was not really comfortable or endurable for very long...
My small 270W B&D drill, made in the 50s in England, went through the rivets really well.
My gramps had the exact same drill in his small basement shop. Good memories.
Spot the difference:
I had the LCA angled to the wrong side in relation to the centerline of the frame... bozo move.
No everything wanted to go where i first saw it going when i mocked up the LCA on a bucket and just shoved that under the frame...
Hearthrobbingly i began cutting the bump stop off the frame and drilling out the rivets of the original LCA mount.
These had to be drilled out to .35" and on the next metric drill size 10mm/.4" the rivet heads just sheared off.
Yay!
These have been: A - larger and B - gnarlier on my '76 W200.
And they fought harder than they did on this purdy frame. Ignore the chisel marks on the LCA mount, i thought i would have to hammer and chisel the rivet heads off until i tried the .4" drill bit.
My arms still hurt though, the position i had to hold the drill at was not really comfortable or endurable for very long...
My small 270W B&D drill, made in the 50s in England, went through the rivets really well.
My gramps had the exact same drill in his small basement shop. Good memories.
