Originally Posted by tinydb84 (Post 8928188)

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Universal coolant apparently doesnt work with dexcool. I didnt flush the engine before I hooked it all up. The rest of the system is new. I spend an hour or so flushing it with the hose. I ordered some radiator flush and will start again tomorrow. Ugh.

Originally Posted by daddyjeep (Post 8928230)

Well that's gross

Originally Posted by tinydb84 (Post 8949988)

Attempt two!
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Learned a lot (or more accurately-learned that I don't know a lot) with this little mount I made. Most importantly I am no where near as strong as I thought I was...The bracket is made out of .100 stainless. Even with the notches cut I ended up using a cut off wheel to thin out the areas that weren't notched. I didn't account for bend radius or the distortion in the areas where the bend would occur. it still came out significantly better than if I was to try to make it by hand but there is definitely a learning curve to this stuff as well. I think when I get more space I am going to invest in a finger brake.

Originally Posted by TrailerTrash (Post 8950700)

Very cool.

Keep it up!

Originally Posted by SCOTI (Post 8950734)

Did you spec the 'cut line' dimension? If so, what was it?

Originally Posted by tinydb84 (Post 8950913)

Thank you sir.



I did. The recommendation from their site is that any holes be at least 50% of the thickness size. Generally when I weld outside corner joints I shoot for a tiny bit of overlap to make lining it up easier. I figured that 50% would be a good amount as well for the notches. I put the cuts at 0.045 out of the .100 material thickness for a bit of overlap and worked out really well. I started reading after the fact and there is a ton of information out there about how to plan out relief cuts. I will probably spend a bit more time researching before the next piece I make.

Originally Posted by SCOTI (Post 8950938)

I figured 50% as a guess but was curious. We did a 'pre-cut' bracket before & it required clamping into a vice & decent size crescent wrench's for the bends (.187 steel).

Based on your comments in this thread, I tried them (SCS) out on my latest endeavor.

I e-mailed my local place on a Tues AM w/a 'file' & request for a quote.

I checked out SCS's web site that night just to get an idea of their process. One of the assorted basic layout options listed had my basic needs met. Less than 5min later (9pm @ night), I had a basic price quote.

Wednesday AM, no reply from my local guy. I checked again @ noon & still no response (last request for my steering shaft took a week before I received a reply). I went ahead & opened an account w/SCS, placed the order, & my stuff indicated it was cut by the end of that day. I received them yesterday morning.

My local guy did respond that Thursday afternoon & would have been $7 more/ea. While I would prefer to help my local place out, they're so inconsistent when I reach out. I know I'm not spending big money there. But, where I work does & has for many years. I only expect a timely reply to let me know how to proceed & don't think that's asking for too much.

I'm betting I'll be using SCS more in the future. Thanks for sharing....
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Originally Posted by tinydb84 (Post 8950944)

Glad it worked out for you. When I messed up on the other one I emailed them to see if it was their mistake or mine (I figured I made the mistake) and they responded right away and let me know what I did wrong and how to do it in the future. They even gave me a discount on cutting the new piece and looked it over for me before cutting it to be sure.

I will happily pay a higher price for good customer service.