yellow submarine build - Page 3

**ScottD16** · 05-15-2012, 07:37 PM

Picked up a ford 8.8 for around 150$. It was pretty complete everything their and in good condition except e brake lines that where cut.

The 8.8 will be getting a new limited slip unless I can find a electric locker for a fair price or I get a big pay check. Also I'll be ordering nitro 4.56 gears and a master install kit, going to try to find a friend to do this for cheap instead of paying 300+ but so far no luck finding anyone who can. Should be getting my master brake kit from east coast gear supply by Thursday. My install kit from ruffstuff came in the other day.
its a pretty beefy kit.

**ScottD16** · 05-18-2012, 10:42 AM

Spent yesterday taking all the stuff off the axle brakes lines all that crap and today I'm gonna clean it up maybe sandblast a little.
Oh and today I got my complete brake kit and my drive shaft flange adapter from east coast gear supply.

**ScottD16** · 05-19-2012, 08:09 PM

Did some sandblasting

**ScottD16** · 05-22-2012, 07:43 PM

Today was pretty productive.
Got all the brackets cut off and cleaned it up.

Then put together my new tool

Started putting together a stand for it, going to finish it tomorrow.

Not to bad for second time welding.

Also got some concrete anchors Im going to set up in the garage for the bender.

dukie564 · 05-23-2012, 07:04 AM

tube fenders tube fenders tube fenders tube fenders

**ScottD16** · 05-25-2012, 10:54 AM

Today working on finishing up tube bender got the stand all put together and welded up and about to put some concrete anchors un the floor.
Making my own degree wheel trying to save some money.

Here is cardboard cut out, making the final one with some plexi glass hope it holds up infer the pressure.

**ScottD16** · 05-25-2012, 12:50 PM

All mounted up buying a dye tomorrow and hopefully finishing degree wheel tomorrow as well.

**ScottD16** · 06-06-2012, 09:01 AM

Put some ruff stuff stifiners on yesterday and ordered a lot of steel

**ScottD16** · 06-06-2012, 08:37 PM

here are the stiffeners by ruffstuff.

crappy cell pic but il have others up eventually. install went well just had to cut the ends off since im not going long arm at least not yet. my jcr skid isnt going to work with these sliders so I think il be fabing a new cross member and have tube bend around it to cover the tcase. Hopefully work on that towards end of month. ordered steel yesterday, friday il be picking up 60ft of 1.5"x.120 wall DOM, 12ft of 2x6x.188 rectangular tube for sliders, and 4' of 2" square tube.

dukie564 · 06-07-2012, 07:08 AM

yessss progress

02crewcab · 06-07-2012, 03:20 PM

looks good! i cant wait to get my own tube bender

**ScottD16** · 06-07-2012, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 02crewcab

looks good! i cant wait to get my own tube bender

Thanks! I just got the die today and finished putting it together it's real confusing but can't wait to get bending!

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukie564

yessss progress

Heck yes! Hopefully Sunday il be cutting those rear corners off similar to how yours are and mocking up some sliders.
I think I'm gonna weld the sliders to the stiffeners at three of 4 points, think that's a good idea? I'd hate to drill through that thick a** steel and the uni body.

dukie564 · 06-08-2012, 08:10 AM

i think it's a great idea. I don't like the idea of bolted sliders anyways...

**ScottD16** · 06-12-2012, 11:03 AM

Got my steel

**ScottD16** · 06-13-2012, 08:01 PM

made my degree wheel and pointer for the bender oh and the handle. First i tried without the extended handle and that pipe was going nowhere!
here is the degree wheel and pointer. Made the degree wheel out of a degree wheel from summit, my dad had it around for something but we made a scan of it and taped it to some plexi glass and then screwed a clear cut out on top if the degree paper.

Here is the handle i made out of 3 pieces of 4.5" plate and 40" of 1.5DOM tube.

Then i calibrated my die!
I did a 90* bend to calibrate the clr, the die list has the clr as 6.00 and mine came out to 6.25 so not to far off.
then my uncle came over and decided to try it out and made a 45* bend.

Bend-tech is still pretty confusing to me starting to figure it out more and more but if anyone is reading this and uses bendtech how exactly do you use it? I dont get the locations, is that the center of the bend? Also when you fill out lengths is A1 the length you will be sticking out of the bender like your mark location when you calibrate the die?