5 ton crew build

[CrappiePoint]

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What are you building from? A2 it A1? At the risk of sounding ignorant why the trans door? Sounds like the fender bolts were in your old floor that you are re doing? They don't look familiar

Mine is an A1 and it has an automatic transmission. The dip stick door is on the passenger side in front of the seat on the floor. I made the new door 5x5 ish. There are vertical panels at the rear of the inner fenders that bolt to the welded in floor pan bolts pictured.

 

[th3v3rn]

M

Mine is an A1 and it has an automatic transmission. The dip stick door is on the passenger side in front of the seat on the floor. I made the new door 5x5 ish. There are vertical panels at the rear of the inner fenders that bolt to the welded in floor pan bolts pictured.

Gotcha, I have an A2 so different location.

I didn't think I have nearly the floor rot that you have thankfully so not sure I will have to cut out that much.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Yea I’ve been trying to learn video editing and beating that floor to pieces !!! Good thing yours is in tact!!

 

[CrappiePoint]

I have the passenger floor welded in and built the top angle piece built but not welded in. More pics tomorrow.

 

[CrappiePoint]

I finally got the pass floor completed. A week of tough sledding. I’m going to spend all day tomorrow building the last 2 floor panels. The low shifter and air brake levers will be technical but we will get it in. Then we can start to do the fun stuff like the suicide doors.

 

[th3v3rn]

I have been going back and forth on whether or not to do suicide or regular doors but have been leaning towards suicide.

For my floor frame tacked up but still need to get my steel for the stringers.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Wow!! Great work. You will have to cut the door jambs down to almost nothing and make sure that you have the correct floor to rocker heights for them to fit. Check out the pic of the cab corner. There is a 1/2 inch drop from floor to rocker and another drop for the door sill. Technical but straight forward. Reach out if you have ?s or need mor pics.

 

[th3v3rn]

Helpful for sure! I don't have a donor cab so not sure what I'll have to do as I need to fab up my own door sill. I do have about a 3/4" drop to the rocker.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Got the most technical floor pan placed yesterday. Between the gas pedal, fender bolts, air box bolts , and brake/low gear lever opening. This was a busy layout. I’ll get the last small section under the dimmer and throttle linkage knocked out this morning and that should be the floor done!

 

[CrappiePoint]

Helpful for sure! I don't have a donor cab so not sure what I'll have to do as I need to fab up my own door sill. I do have about a 3/4" drop to the rocker.

When I start on the door post I’ll get you some pics of the door adjustment plates and where they mount.

 

[CrappiePoint]

The floor is in!! Now I can actually start the crew cab project.

 

[th3v3rn]

The floor is in!! Now I can actually start the crew cab project.

Curious how to plan to do it! This floor is getting annoying hah, can't wait to go vertical.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Curious how to plan to do it! This floor is getting annoying hah, can't wait to go vertical.

I got a good plan and the ground work is done. Next weekend I’ll get the door jambs set!!!

 

[CrappiePoint]

I’ve been traveling and found this pic with the gas pedal and brake assembly scrolling through pics. Can’t wait to get back to work!!

 

[th3v3rn]

I’ve been traveling and found this pic with the gas pedal and brake assembly scrolling through pics. Can’t wait to get back to work!!

Looks good, can't wait to see the next update.

 

[th3v3rn]

Well I'm catching up. Just put the back on to see the best was to do it. Might leave a little floor on for strength but taking it all out would look cleaner. The put so much rubber back there where the floor meets the rest cab.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Great looking work!!! I got the back welded on too and cut out the C D &E posts. Got the D post built for the pass rear door. I did get my first video posted. Yes. There was a lot of sealer down there.

 

[Jbulach]

Well I'm catching up. Just put the back on to see the best was to do it. Might leave a little floor on for strength but taking it all out would look cleaner. The put so much rubber back there where the floor meets the rest cab.

Some good looking welds, but be careful welding all those seams up solid, or things will start looking like a banana! There are a lot of excellent seam sealers and panel bonding epoxies out there so you can keep the welding to a minimum.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Some good looking welds, but be careful welding all those seams up solid, or things will start looking like a banana! There are a lot of excellent seam sealers and panel bonding epoxies out there so you can keep the welding to a minimum.

Well said. Seam sealer is your friend!!!

 

[Robo McDuff]

Nice work CrappiePoint.

This thread also jutted some old memories lose.



Took some time to find some threads about it.


DaveP's sleeper cab with tanker trailer

Another one about Dave's truck

This is an adapted M820 with an old Peterbuilt sleeper, done by member DaveP. Tried to find any more information about it, but these are threads from around and well before 2010.

I was seriously thinking to do something like that here also, but a) I had an M51A2; too short for a sleeper, and b) the European rules on changes to trucks are so strong that it is close to impossible.

Rules here are basically NO to everything, and if Yes, you have to go for a special checking and bring a lot of documentation with you that this is really safe, build according to all rules etc etc.

I was lucky in 2012 with my dump to tractor conversion, both are existing trucks and I did not made serious changes to the frame. Now its even more problematic because the rebuild would be seen as a "new" vehicle and has to follow the rules for new vehicles, like double brake system, emission rules etc. .