Loadmaster '47 COE

[ptc]

Originally Posted by 47 Fasttoys

WOW, PTC you should go buy a lottery ticket. Total weight without driver 5120#, 2600# on the front axle and 2520# on the rear. Let's see here: put some large sway bars on it, some sticky tires, a posi. rear end, section the body about 10 inches, chop the top 6 inches= autocross rocket....or not. OK, I'll stop LOL
Rob

Im just kinda "CRAZY" that way when it comes to 'numbers'..... if you get my drift.... lol

[47 Fasttoys]

Got the air tank mounted tonight. AD to answer your question, yes, I will use the speaker grill, add a hinge and a latch of some sort. I'm also looking at adding a flat plate with some cup holders on the inside. It's starting to get a little bit crowded on the fire wall. I'm also not sure what to do about the wiper switch, as you can see it's mounted in one of the delete plate holes. It will not fit in the original hole due to the size of the delay switch. It works well where it is, it just looks out of place. Ideas?
Rob

[99 to Life]

it wont' fit in the hole because of the diameter or your switch is bumping into something? If it wont' go up in stock location, I mounted my switch under the dash kinda right were your "heat" switch is.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

Glad I'm not the only one that feels the same way on the little things taking much longer than you think. Well said. can't wait to see it laid out.

I'll second that.

[47 Fasttoys]

It's both an issue of side clearance and depth. I have a delay/washer controller addition to my wipers and because of it's size it interferes with the 12V conversion motor. I'm thinking of trying to put it in the "C" cable location adapting the "C" knob to control the wipers. The "T" is used to control my heater flap.
Rob

[sparkydog]

Originally Posted by 47 Fasttoys

Ideas?
Rob

Consolidate all the switches in a row here. There's 8 stations/sections there. If the guts/mechanisms behind the switches are too big for the spacing then modify or replace them with stuff that will fit!

[47 Fasttoys]

OK, so I now have a working front air bag system...kinda, all the controls work fine it just that the tank does not hold a large enough volume of air to bring the truck back to ride height. So I can drop it to the ground and only come up about 3" on a full tank. It takes about 90 PSI to put the truck bumper 8" off the flat ground. I think I see a 250 PSI compressor in my near future. I did take it for a ride and it rides fine with no real change. A few pics of the finished product. The bottom pic is a crappy video.
Rob

[Advanced Design]

Drops that bumper to the ground!

[Chance48]

Looks great Rob!

How many gallons is your tank?

[47 Fasttoys]

5 gallons

[Chance48]

Ah, I'll be running two 5's. Will be interesting to see how long it takes for the 480's to recover after airing out all four bags.

[99 to Life]

I have 2 450's filling a 5g tank (technically 5 gal tanks aren't 5 gal) it takes 4-5min to fill zero to 150 psi. It seems like an eternity at times. Always run two comps and 5g tank if you can, if you can fit 1 8gallon tank, might be a good option or yah 2 fives, but to fill two fives is going to take close to ten min from zero to full. I get not even two air down/up until the comps kick on.

[lower50's]

I'm running 2X 480's 250psi and 2X 4gal. So far I can lift to 5"@120psi with the compressors just kicking on when I am letting go of the air sw and it recovers in 1-1.5 min.

[47 Fasttoys]

I've been making some progress on the wiring for the control panel. I've also added 2 more switches to the system: one for future rear lighting (reverse and bed/cargo) and one for the trailer mode control. All the connections are both soldered and heat shrunk. The complete wiring will be on a single connector for a little more ease of maintenance if needed.
I also received my new ignition switch, it's smaller then the standard aftermarket universal units which have an interference at the lower part of the dash.
Rob

[Bad Apache]

Love your attention to detail!

Lon

[Nut Case]

Fast Toys looking good. " Soldered & Heat Shurnk " I know about heat shrunk insulators, please how you hold the wire while you solder. Also why solder, when all aircraft manufactures only crimp & heat shrink? Thanks in advance. Nut Case

[47 Fasttoys]

I just lay some pliers on the wire and let it hang over the bench. I crimp them first then solder, why? I don't have the correct tool for the perfect crimp, I just got used to this method and it works for me.
Rob

[Palf70Step]

I do the same thing Rob. Overkill, I guess, is my name.

[rusty76]

Did my eyes deceive me when I saw your truck in Street Trucks mag.

[47 Fasttoys]

Your eyes did not. Yes, it's in the readers rides section of the magazine.
Rob

[Chance48]

I've gotta get plugs and multi colored wire. Or, maybe I'll just get a kit. Where can a fella find sealed plug ins and such like used in automotive?

Looking good Rob, and soldering is a good thing. Nothin wrong with good solid connections.


Chance

[rusty76]

I thought so. Looks just as good there as it does here. Congrats..

[garmar]

This has been an awesome build to follow. Amazing job and thanks for sharing it with us.

[47 Fasttoys]

Thanks all, Chance for the wire I keep all the left overs from projects I've done in the past. I've done 3 rewires and 4 EFI set ups so I've built a little stash. For connectors Weatherpac brand makes a nice kit with sealed connectors. I also buy stuff from All Electronics .com and Summit/Jegs etc.. Some of the good stuff is not in the catalog but can be found online with some searching. Both the 15 pin connector set and the new ignition switch came from Summit. They are both name brands and known quality products.
OK, so now I have a question; How in the heck do I get a picture to load into my sidebar? I have tried following the instructions but always get the message blocked by administrator or something like that. I know it's truck porn but my wife says it's OK.
Rob

[99 to Life]

rob, you want an avatar pic? they have to be very small and low res. so your pic is prolly too big and its not letting it load. I think they tell you the specs that image needs to be. If you need help resizing, you can email it to me and I can resize it for you.