P1000 Delton's painfully slow build

[Delton]

Front section is tacked and ready to be removed for bracing and welding.

 

[GlockMeister]

Front section is tacked and ready to be removed for bracing and welding.
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Looking good man...you gonna have a different cage for each day of the week by the time you're done.

 

[Delton]

Looking good man...you gonna have a different cage for each day of the week by the time you're done.

By golly I just might lol.

 

[Delton]

Got sent home early from work due to weather so I thought I'd get some work done. It no, ram on my bender decided to take a crap. Guess I'll slip/slide to HF tomorrow to get another one. Should've gotten the extended warranty.
I did get windshield braces notched and tacked.

Piece of crap didn't last a year.

 

[Delton]

Just playing around with a scrap piece. Yay or nay??

 

[snuffnwhisky]

Got sent home early from work due to weather so I thought I'd get some work done. It no, ram on my bender decided to take a crap. Guess I'll slip/slide to HF tomorrow to get another one. Should've gotten the extended warranty.
I did get windshield braces notched and tacked.
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Piece of crap didn't last a year.
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What broke on it.

 

[ToddACimer]

Just playing around with a scrap piece. Yay or nay??
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I like it but I don't like the high point at the b-pillar. I think the roof line should be flat and sloped to the front or have a more pronounced curve from the top of the A-pillar to the rear of the roof

 

[Delton]

What broke on it.

The air motor. Has yours ever give you trouble?

 

[Delton]

What broke on it.

It just hisses out the exhaust

 

[snuffnwhisky]

The air motor. Has yours ever give you trouble?

Not yet. Oil it maybe?

 

[snuffnwhisky]

I did have to put a bunch of Hyd oil in it to work on its side.

 

[Delton]

Not yet. Oil it maybe?

Ram has plenty of oil. And I always add a few drops of tool oil before using it. Motor will cycle a couple times then die.

 

[Delton]

I like it but I don't like the high point at the b-pillar. I think the roof line should be flat and sloped to the front or have a more pronounced curve from the top of the A-pillar to the rear of the roof

Ive talked myself out of that rear section. The front doesn't look very curved mainly cause it's so short. I did one tube from front to back but it twisted. It's very hard to keep tube straight while operating roller.

 

[snuffnwhisky]

Haven't took one apart like this but did have a nitrous fill pump do the same thing. There was a valve that reversed the air when the piston bottomed out to push it the other way. It stuck and got out of time and blew air out the exhaust. Lubed it and slid it to the other side and still working after 5 years.

 

[Delton]

Haven't took one apart like this but did have a nitrous fill pump do the same thing. There was a valve that reversed the air when the piston bottomed out to push it the other way. It stuck and got out of time and blew air out the exhaust. Lubed it and slid it to the other side and still working after 5 years.

Ill take it apart and see if I can find something. Never fooled with one of these but have done air motors on diaphragm pumps. Ain't got time for that crap now so I'll just grab another one.

 

[500]

Just playing around with a scrap piece. Yay or nay??
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Looks good.
Follows the line of the door panel sloping up to the pillar, and I have always liked Brick City Fab's rear cage section they built which is similar to the temp you tacked up. To each his own, but I like the concept.

 

[pct]

Hey Delton I have had trouble in the past with tool oil when it was real cold try using wd-40 or pb blaster to see if it will shift usally it will get it working hope this helps

 

[Neohio]

Marvel mystery oil is a great air tool oil as well. it helps free up stuck valves.

 

[Delton]

Thanks for those tips guys. My problems did start when temps took a nosedive. I have 2 1gal jugs of marvel mystery oil lol. I swear by that stuff for freeing stuck motors. I'll let it warm up then give it a try.

 

[Delton]

Just got back from picking up another ram. Even if old one is still good, never hurts to have a spare. That bender HAS to be in working order. Can't live without it.