Holy frame bat man

[stegomon]

 

[adsm08]

I think it is spelled "holey".

 

[stegomon]

I think it is spelled "holey".

well i think your right. i need to proof read my post more often

 

[Mark_88]

Shoot, I thought it was a new Dan Brown novel...

Looks not too bad...that should buff right out...

 

[Chris_North]

If not, some JB Weld should fix that up nicely haha.

Pic is a little hard to see. WTF happened?

 

[Snoranger]

Frame rotted out behind the spring/shock mount?

 

[country0001]

Happened to my b2. Rust sucks

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Frame rotted out behind the spring/shock mount?

 

[bobbywalter]

happens to ALL of them.


given a long enough time line of course.




i wrapped my rails at the cab bridge uprights just after a million miles and 23 winters in the salt belt.


easy fix

 

[johnday]

i wrapped my rails at the cab bridge uprights just after a million miles and 23 winters in the salt belt.


easy fix

Wrapped your rails? What did you do? Not trying to be smart, just wondering what you did. I'm looking at a '96, and depending on what I find, maybe I could salvage it with a few ideas.

 

[Hagan]

Just be happy you don't own a Toyota.

 

[adsm08]

Why, those guys got new frames for free.

 

[Andy D]

I used a piece of a 275 gallon heating oil tank and made a 30 inch fish plate that covers the lower flange and the web of the frame.This is centered on the LF cab support where the frame was gone behind it. The piece runs forward to the front end mounting holes and aft to good metal just past the crossmember. I replaced a few rivets with 3/8 hardware and then peened over the threads to make them tight. A welder would have been handy, but then I would have had to pull the tank. I had the truck cribbed 2 feet high and had the transmission out to replace the clutch. It was pretty good, I could sit upright and fit the piece with clamps and hammers. Its a rust belt thing, you guys outside of it just have old Ford troubles to deal with. We hafta play blacksmith too.

 

[bobbywalter]

similar to how the fishplate was made out of the tank. make a template and wrap the frame rail with some 10 gauge after you remove and or treat chemically to mitigate the primary rust concerns.


years ago i had to trim my rails for certain header selections when running the small block, and had busted things up a few times and the wrap stopped that shit cold...its heldup to quite a bit of abuse via the small block, and no sweat with the diesel so far since fall of 2008 and several hundred k miles

 

[Andy D]

The Ranger had the rear spring mounts replaced before by an unknown PO. The punk behind the cab support and piece further back are pretty much it. In doing all the work , I knocked about a half shopping bag of beach sand out of the fender flare. A beach buggy. That explains why the D 35 is flaking off a 16th" thick layer of rust. as is everything in the nose., The radiator support has been patched, also , not by me.

I worked in a shipyard for 11 yrs. I had fun with 900 ton molded shapes, the bow and the stem of the Zodiac class LNG tankers and a few other hulls. Replacing a little steel is no big deal.

Nice fitting and welding job in those pictures. My work isnt anywhere as neat.