King Cab Conversion Advice ??

NRS91 said:

my local fabricator that does all of my work is more agricultral
my gearbox and engine mounts are made of 5-8mm plate haha

mig welding ali? isnt that some sort of dark art? haha

and well my TIG work is just horrendous lol

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My tigs not too bad now, not great but neat enough to look good, been practicing when I get the chance, will be tig welding my series tree sliders together or at least the welds that are on show, the others will just get a blast from the big butters mig

mig welding ali google it

your gearbox is a bit beefy though isn't it ? or are you running a normal LR one with the 6BT ?

NRS91 said:

my local fabricator that does all of my work is more agricultral
my gearbox and engine mounts are made of 5-8mm plate haha

mig welding ali? isnt that some sort of dark art? haha

and well my TIG work is just horrendous lol

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Mig on ali no not at all how do you think they weld plate aluminum???

And Doc when you tig your cab it can warp very easy

Dr_evil said:

My tigs not too bad now, not great but neat enough to look good, been practicing when I get the chance, will be tig welding my series tree sliders together or at least the welds that are on show, the others will just get a blast from the big butters mig

mig welding ali google it

your gearbox is a bit beefy though isn't it ? or are you running a normal LR one with the 6BT ?

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look good and strength are not the same. I can lay the prettiest weld you have ever seen but wont hold a thing, just be careful you are sounding rather cocky with your lack of welding skills.

Mig your tree sliders, use the right tool for the right job

the first pi you posted(the off white one) i have seen up close and personal.

It is, or was owned by the guy who owns wolverhampton trees i think. i collected some springs from him a couple of years ago. he has a lot of defenders.

I went to look at the king cab conversion and it is done extremely well.

I like the look of a king cab if its done well.

I think pressbrake had done one before, maybe PM him and ask.

Steggel this is you. It won't be neat

Thor1950 said:

Mig on ali no not at all how do you think they weld plate aluminum???

And Doc when you tig your cab it can warp very easy

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You'd have to go about it very carefully and do small parts letting it cool but would be do able, a cab isn't too much thinner than fuel tank material IIRC, roof is 1mm is it not ?

Thor1950 said:

look good and strength are not the same. I can lay the prettiest weld you have ever seen but wont hold a thing, just be careful you are sounding rather cocky with your lack of welding skills.

Mig your tree sliders, use the right tool for the right job

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Considering the lincoln we use has some serious power I would think that the top weld that can be seen would be ok to TIG, I have to chamfer and root it anyway for the MIG given that I'm welding 4mm 2.6" tube to 5.5mm box so with a few passes would have thought it would be fine with power ramped up for full penetration.

I cant lay down a pretty weld with the butters, strong yes as I've tested them on the denison machine but not pretty

200tdi ayre said:

Steggel this is you. It won't be neat

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lol :lol:

Those king cabs look hideous!

running a ZF S5-42 gearbox from a DAF45 with a 1:1.003 LT230 behind it... right royal pain in the arse to do...

will now google MIG Ali haha

Ayresy suck my left bollock i have a cunning plan! it WILL look neat and smart when im done...

(for the millionth time) this aint a thread for arguing why to do it or the looks of it this is for arguing HOW to do it

this is my mates one

wiltshire landyman said:

this is my mates one

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Thats exactly what im aiming for!

NRS91 said:

Thats exactly what im aiming for!

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cool they do look gd..but the silly sod went and sold it

I just went to sort mine out for pics removed the old bulkhead to put it back in in its new place about a 3/4 of a foot further back and I ran out of cutting discs to finish the job

Will have to wait for fully completed pics, but essentially heres how I've done it so far

This was from last week, measured and cut the sides about 1" longer than needed as its better to have some excess (fresh pic from today, lovely spring weather )



Just to give you an idea, this is how much of the panel is left over waste




Bulkhead out, one side is cut to allow more storage space hence a deeper cut as I've also chopped out some of the seat box thanks to the last owner having a 3 inch hole in it for some reason



Other side isn't chopped because of the fuel filer

Needs tidying, was doing it until I ran out of slitting discs



And this is what you're left with on the inside




All ready for a tidying up and riveting back together once I get a few more blades to trim the box and rear panel to its final length for riveting together, you can also see the movement on the cappings for the king cab, will get a close up on them when I put it back together

NRS91 said:

(for the millionth time) this aint a thread for arguing why to do it or the looks of it this is for arguing HOW to do it

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FFS :doh: Your not new You must know that nothing stays on topic on LZ

:lol:

I will be keeping an eye on this, if its as dedicated as the cummins build it should turn out well.

Good luck.

so doc you just posted them pics and you said last week you was done with it??????????? you **** talking little fooker were is my money.

The cutting was last week, just took the bulkhead out today now #### off back to trolling someone else

wiltshire landyman said:

this is my mates one

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that actually looks quite good


must be the feckin hooooooge tyres that makes the difference

Freelaner said:

that actually looks quite good


must be the feckin hooooooge tyres that makes the difference

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ill be allright then... im running 37x12.5x17

NRS91 said:

ill be allright then... im running 37x12.5x17

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oooooooooooooooooo

Dr_evil said:

Increased cab space for dry storage whilst keeping part of the pickup bed for mucky stuff

I've spaced mine so I can still get a running engine in the back should I want to, at some point I may modify the rear to a hi-cap style i.e. no seat boxes

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