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I feel ya bro. :typing: Oh and the picture should work now.

Probably the same stuff, but this is the exact item I used. P.S. I like chemistry its just i got a real bad taste in my mouth when I utterly failed my last college chemistry course because my teacher was 100% chinese and engrish was his thurd langrige. :shake:

Well personally i don't think there is any substitue for sandblasting when its avaiable. I tried to figure out a way to get a hold of one, but around here its about $200 to rent one per day NOT including media. As for the stuff i used, I have to say I really like the Permetex a LOT. Just as a little test i put about a coat and a half on the top half of one of the frame rails. It turned the metal a dull kinda color, but 4 months later of baking sun, pouring rain (mind you it also pooled on the frame for days at a time) it looked exactly the same, no surface rust, flash rust, or anything, nada. the I have a major surplus of it on hand to so using it was a no brainer. To make a long story short i got close to 80 bucks worth of permetex for 8 bucks :D talk about the deal of the day. To fully answer your question permetex is a milky colored liquid that when brushed/sponged over rust converts it into an ultra hard paintable surface. I have also had great success painting this stuff over good, clean, solid metal. Even with no rust it still forms a hard protective layer. FYI one bottle will be enough to do your entire frame with one coat. Hope this answered your question :crossfingers:

Here we go. . . start. uncleaned, just after removing the bed. After a good coat of permetex, and a earlier test run of tractor paint. And final product.

I know 92s are rare as hens teeth, soooo post some pics and lets see what we are dealin with. Photobucket is your best bet to be able to post pictures. Depending on the condition you could very easily get 4k out of it, but it would have to be in more than just average condition. What other kinds of extras does it have? A/C? Power anything? Mileage? 4.0 or 2.5? 4x4?

From my minimal personal experience the bleeder valve on the slave is totally useless. We spent about 15min trying to bleed the clutch line using it with ZERO difference, popped the slave off did it the RIGHT way 1 time and worked beautifully.

electronic carb? I bet thats about as fun as a barrel of monkeys.

Just curious, does the AW4 have a higher gear set than the AX-15? For overdrive specifically

10000% :agree: external slaves are absolute cake to bleed, did it for the first time a couple of days ago at about 2:30 in the morning.

Striaght tractor paint is the route i finally choose, never occured to me to mix the two together, thats a great idea :idea: . Why didnt i think of that. The only thing I was concered about the tractor paint was rocks kicking up and gouging the paint, Remember even when this stuff is fully dry i can still scrape it up with my finger nail, takes some effort but i can do it. I will post some pictures on this thread sometime later tonight, I think everything came out alright in the end. I did an entire first coat of nothing but permetex rust destroyer, good stuff, and then probably 2-3 coats of that valspar implement/tractor paint. Probably going to take a week of good sun to dry thoroughly.

Cost me about 20 bucks, not including the welder i had to buy. 3/16 sheet steel, and some 22g (NOT EASY WELDING) for the spots where a significant amount of bending was required. In the end i really like how it came out, pretty much bullet proof floors, literally. don't know how much a shop would charge, but i would not be suprised if the bill hit the 600+ dollar mark, especially if both pans need total replacement.

Hi folks, Painting truck frame. I have a new gallon of valspar tractor paint and don't get me wrong its good stuff, but it is still just paint. For a second option i have about 3/4 of a gallon of some kind of bed liner (missing the label) I have had it in the barn for about 4 years now maybe longer. When i found it in the barn i realized it had never been opened. Either way i took it out, mixed it thoroughly and applied a liberal coating to my fuel tank skid plate and the fuel tank itself, let it sit for a day in the sun so it could cure and let me tell you brother whatever that stuff is, it is bad as hell. I mean Rock hard, tuff as nails. My problem however is that i know i will not have enough of the bed liner to do the whole frame, I will have plenty of the Tractor paint if i choose to go this route. Unfortuately this is time critical, as in tomorrow is my last day to do this. With the weather cooling off rapidly the tractor paint will most likely take weeks to cure, if at all. thanks for ya help

:drool: , someday. . . 4 door and a 5.9 :drool: :drool: Oh OH or a 7.3 :drool: :drool: :drool: back to reality, thats sweet, paint scheme looks great.

:agree: , about the first part. Renix.

Hey, we are pretty close. All though i am on the other side, Port St. Luice to be specific. Heard of it? Actually i am currently in TN, but i go down often and will be moving back in a few years, after college.

:hmm: not following you. Oh, I know why. . . :redX:

I assume your are using a carbed 350 right? If so what did you do with all the electrical under the hood and ,if you have an auto, how did you adapt the transmission harness to the engine? Would a stick be easier? thinking the v8 might push/pull the transmission so that it wouldnt line up. from what i understand all you need to do a v8 swap would be. . . engine, junkyard? dual electric fans, 2 OEM Jeep? custom motor mounts, no problem for me. a good radiator, heavy duty 2 core? and adapter for transmission, Novak? different front and rear drive shafts too right? I thought the Novak adapter would prevent this?

Thats what i'm here for. :thumbsup:

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i appreciate the offer, but i just remembered how hard it is to get at the alternator on the older trucks. Practically hits the ground. I would move it up to where the a/c compressor is but i like have air conditioning too much.

So no straight junkyard alternator upgrades?

what was it doing under his hood then? I figured this would go somewhere under the dash.

MY EYES! THEY BURN!!!

Just to give some specs on mine. It IS a Renix, but with a bunch 'o' bolt ons 90 block 7120 head, HO fuel rail, throttle bracket, and fuel lines 99+ intake 62mm Jeff Leigh Throttle body 12 counter weight crank :brows: 4.0 rods Keith Black forged pistons, .030 over injectors have yet to be sourced probably needed: Fuel pressure reg & map adjuster Can't wait for it to be done :yes: