HanksDeuce: 8" Lift, Bobbed, External Cage, A/C and more Project!

HanksDeuce · Oct 16, 2015

Here are a few pictures of the preparation and completion of the 2 Lizard Skin coating systems inside the cab. This was completed before the Vintage Air A/C was finished. I will upload all of the final A/C pictures tomorrow.

Comments:
- Lizard Skin Sound Control was put down first. Then 24 hour cure.
- Lizard Skin Ceramic Insulation was put down next. Then 24 hour cure.
- Air pressure was regulated at the gun to 60psi when the trigger was pulled.
- Make sure you adjust the gun tip to a wide spray pattern. Small circle will take forever to empty the gun pot.
- I did not use the 90 degree tip. That's mainly for inside fender wells. I only sprayed the inside of the cab.

Another Ahab · Oct 17, 2015

HanksDeuce said:
Here are a few pictures of the preparation and completion of the 2 Lizard Skin coating systems inside the cab. This was completed before the Vintage Air A/C was finished. I will upload all of the final A/C pictures tomorrow.

I like your photo record; that's good stuff.

Do you put the product down just like it is out of the bucket, or do you have to thin it or anything?

HanksDeuce · Oct 17, 2015

No thinning. Mix it with paddle for a few mins.

HanksDeuce · Oct 18, 2015

Below are pictures of the completed Vintage Air A/C + heat + defrost install. I also took time to touch-up the tan paint in places where the Lizard Skin 2 coating system overspray landed.

The last thing to do in the cab is to paint the dash. You can see that some of the dash plates were removed already in preparation for paint.

Comments:
-Both air ride seats were lowered so you could see more of the dash.
-Driver side loom contains all 12v/24v wiring to the auxiliary fuse boxes on the back of the cab.
-Passenger side loom contains all grounds to the fuse boxes.
-How about those tan floor vent covers? Nice touch, eh? My buddy told me they would look good like that. Glad I trusted him!
-Drove her tonight to the local mexican restaurant to watch LSU beat Florida. Had to turn the A/C down with this cold front!

HanksDeuce · Oct 18, 2015

My transfer case started leaking a small puddle wherever I parked. I figured the vent was clogged. Yesterday afternoon before the LSU game I removed the floor plate between the 2 air ride seats. Although the vent wasn't clogged I don't like the design. Not sure what pressure it takes to raise the little pinched cap, but I ain't doing this job again. I replaced the cap with a barbed fitting in the inspection cover, length of transmission hose with 2 hose clamps, and a fuel filter mounted inside the cab on the back wall. I tested the fuel filter by blowing into it. To my amazement I pressurized the transfer case with my own lungs. I removed my mouth and could hear and feel air escaping.

Took a Sunday drive to my mom's house. After some good old home cooking I used the deuce as a ladder to trim the low hanging branches on my mom's gravel road (1000 ft or so long). Took a minute to pose the deuce on a ground down stump. Left the tailgate down to empty the bed on the drive home.

Got home and no more transfer case leaks!

Comments:
-Air distribution manifold (left to right in the photos below = air ride passenger seat, front axle engagement cylinder, air chuck, Autometer air gauge in the dash, air ride driver seat)

UPFINN · Oct 18, 2015

HanksDeuce said:
Here are a few pictures of the preparation and completion of the 2 Lizard Skin coating systems inside the cab. This was completed before the Vintage Air A/C was finished. I will upload all of the final A/C pictures tomorrow.

Comments:
- Lizard Skin Sound Control was put down first. Then 24 hour cure.
- Lizard Skin Ceramic Insulation was put down next. Then 24 hour cure.
- Air pressure was regulated at the gun to 60psi when the trigger was pulled.
- Make sure you adjust the gun tip to a wide spray pattern. Small circle will take forever to empty the gun pot.
- I did not use the 90 degree tip. That's mainly for inside fender wells. I only sprayed the inside of the cab.

I am currently doing a similar project. Spraying a heat and noise reducer in the cab and top coating with bed liner. How much did the Lizard Skin reduce the sound?

HanksDeuce · Oct 18, 2015

Well, I still have to wear ear plugs. Free iPhone app says max 97 dB while driving with the windows/floor vents closed. My windows need to be adjusted to seal better, and I have a few firewall holes to plug. I can attest to the insulation working really well, but my hopes of ditching ear plugs for driving are dead. I doubt it's the exhaust contributing the most dB either. This Cummins engine is loud. The Allison AT545 doesn't help either! :shock:

UPFINN · Oct 18, 2015

HanksDeuce said:
Well, I still have to wear ear plugs. Free iPhone app says max 97 dB while driving with the windows/floor vents closed. My windows need to be adjusted to seal better, and I have a few firewall holes to plug. I can attest to the insulation working really well, but my hopes of ditching ear plugs for driving are dead. I doubt it's the exhaust contributing the most dB either. This Cummins engine is loud. The Allison AT545 doesn't help either!

It looks like all together you put 4 gallons in the cab?

I have 1 gallon in the cab of the sound insulation, and 1 gallon of bed liner to go on top. On my truck I also sprayed the underside of the hood and engine bay sheet metal. I am hoping that will help. I have yet to drive it.

HanksDeuce · Oct 19, 2015

I didn't use all of the sound deadener (maybe a little over a gallon). I did take time to shoot every single bit of the ceramic insulation 2 gallon bucket.

robson1015 · Oct 19, 2015

Hank - That is one Bad-ass rig !! Excellent work and fabrications. Now all you need is a top shelf music system to listen to instead of the diesel. Great job all around, thanx for sharing - I really enjoyed this thread.

Another Ahab · Oct 19, 2015

HanksDeuce said:
Below are pictures of the completed Vintage Air A/C + heat + defrost install.
-How about those tan floor vent covers? Nice touch, eh? My buddy told me they would look good like that. Glad I trusted him!/QUOTE]

Brother, I'm telling you, for sure, that the whole ENTIRE rig is a "Nice Touch".

I mean you really set the bar high with your project here, HanksDeuce. She's a Beauty.

Trailboss · Oct 19, 2015

Having fun playing catch up following the progress. Great job, Hank!

HanksDeuce · Oct 29, 2015

I'm typically grinning ear to ear the entire time I am behind the wheel of my bobbed deuce because she's so fun to drive. Well, today I grinned just a little more...

As I was driving to work this morning I rolled over the 1,000 mile mark on the odometer of my Autometer GPS speedometer since the Cummins 12 valve + Allison AT545 swap. The only repair I've had to complete so far was replacement of the electric Horton fan clutch on 07/19/15. The only true consumable so far has been the diesel sucked out of the fuel tank and burned in the engine. No oil change yet. Tranny fluid & coolant are good to go for a while.

I look forward to many more thousands of miles and grins to go along with more seat time. Now that I have air conditioning and heat maybe more people can enjoy my deuce alongside me? :naner:

robson1015 · Oct 29, 2015

That is a fine machine you built Hank. Please don't forget to share pics of the painted cab inside.

Hoefler · Oct 30, 2015

This is what the A3 should have been.
Pete

Another Ahab · Oct 30, 2015

Congratulations, Brother; that's a big milestone.

It's important to celebrate those special moments. :beer:

HanksDeuce · Oct 31, 2015

I got tired of feeling hot air rushing past my right side sometimes as I drove down the highway with the air conditioning running in my deuce. A brief search of the interwebz led me to BunkerofDoom.com where fellow Steel Soldier moderator OPCOM provided pics and a part number for a Mr. Gasket shifter boot kit. No real fabbing details here because it's a no brainer. I didn't have to read a TM or nuthin'. Don't forget the sweet tea during assembly!

Comments:
- Mr. Gasket Shifter Boot (O'Reilly's part #9649) was $25
- No sealer required
- Totally eliminated hot air gusts from the floor
- OPCOM's last forum activity was January 2015?

robson1015 · Oct 31, 2015

Looks great Hank. That dash needs painted ...lol

HanksDeuce · Oct 31, 2015

robson1015 said:
Looks great Hank. That dash needs painted ...lol

It's been raining too bleeping much. :shrugs:

Hottrodd789 · Oct 31, 2015

Hank what did you use for break lines never saw pics of them?

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