RCP57's first King...

[tc1cat]

For the amount of machining that was necessary, you are about right on the time. If you were power tapping, you might be a little slow. Machining looks great. And you even deburred the parts!! If you want to really slow down, make all of those holes 00-90 thread size without breaking any taps I had better find some real wood to knock on after that comment I have yet to break a 00-90 tap Must be really living right. Wont talk about M3X .5 though

[RCP57]

Thanks guys. I think the amount of time it took was fine, it just seems like forever. All the holes were started with a center drill, then drilled to size, then tapped. I don't tap them in my mill because I don't have a tapping head yet. The mill has a 'tapping feature' but I have used it with mixed success. I use a cordless drill and a lot of patients. I always take the time to de-bur my parts... I don't want myself or anyone else cutting themselves on a sharp edge.

I don't have any 00-90 taps and I can't imagine how careful you would have to be with them. My smallest is 0-80 and I have broken a couple...

[RCP57]

Trying a magnetic tailgate latch...no mechanism to fail at least I guess.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToorN...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eso1b...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A

[CrewCab59]

The gate works just fine , very nice

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by CrewCab59

The gate works just fine , very nice

Thanks, I think so too!

All I have been doing lately is working on boxes so I decided to take a break and get some work done on my KH. I didn't get a lot done but I made up an aluminum panel to fill in the back of the cab. I plan on scratch building an aluminum cab soon but don't have the time right now so this will do. When I bought the truck it came with two trannies....yuck, sorry I mean transmissions. One had an 85t motor with 3rd gear removed and the shaft modified to drive a PTO, and the other was stock with a 55t motor. Both had 11 tooth pinions installed so I swapped the 85t on to the stock trans and put it back in the truck. I am hoping to get some stuff in the mail this week that will get the truck up and running so I am excited! I kind of started this hobby backwards with scratch building stuff first and then buying a kit years later.






Thanks for looking!

[RCP57]

I made up a new rear bumper/cross member today. I hope to pick up some paint tomorrow for the cab.




Thanks for looking.