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Grizzly Trucks

diamondtguy

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This pic was sent to me a few days ago on FB. This is truck #5 his name is Art and I spoke to him aprox 5 years ago. Truck is in Prince George and if I remember correctly his father in law bought it new. Don't know how old the pic is. This truck was for sale a few years ago. It is kept in running order..

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diamondtguy

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Yesterday I went to clean the bottom plate of the manifold and found these marks. Done with a carbide cutter to vent the purging gas. Not happy. I can think of other ways to do it. Its a under pressure gasket surface and I will need to fix it...One is about 10 thou deep and the other 15 thou.
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Welder Dave

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Don't really like your post but glad you discovered the grooves. I agree there are better ways it could have been done. Do they have to be welded up and ground flat/smooth to repair?
 
diamondtguy

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Thats a Idea. Going to change the gasket material as well. The gaskets i have are graphite. Designed for the grid heater which i am deleting..
 
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The damaged plate is now at my friends shop. Plan is to clamp it down on the mill and and use a 3/4 end mill. Only the gasket surface will get cleaned up. Should be pretty straight forward.. I will get it back early Jan.
 

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diamondtguy

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I have been battling Pneumonia for the last 3 weeks but started tinkering again today. I got the stainless mudflap brackets off the truck and got the 3/16 x 1 stainless mudflap clamping bars cut to length. The right rear fender has had a unknown repair so the brkt is some what different, I also have all the hardware to install the intake. Sorry about the pic I have the shakes a bit.

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diamondtguy

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The reason I have pulled the flap brkts back off is because the truck was built with 24"W flaps. They knotched them to clear the frame. I have some very nice 20"w flaps and the bolt pattern is different. I need to re drill the stainless brkts so the flaps are mounted correctly.

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John Shipp

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Will you use standard hss drill bit, or something else for drilling through that stainless steel?
 
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