Wildfire
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Equipment
Kubota L5740 HSTC3 and a Kubota ZG222Z, 2013 BX25D,Custom Toyota fork lift.
When I worked for GM they had the Pontiac Transport van back then and all their bodies were a plastic like composite material and we would use a special glue/sealer to replace the panels. After it set you couldn't tear it apart. Good stuff.Paul when we rebuilt my nephews GMC we used something very similar to that, on the cab corners and lower door panels, we laid out the work and drilled two holes for pop rivets to hold the panel in place while the glue cured. I have never seen anything like before either and to be honest I was rather skeptical about it working. 3 years of abuse off road salt and winters and the panels are still inplace and the paint hasn't even cracked where the joints are,,, SO it works really well,, who da thunk it
Your video's are always a welcome addition
Thank you Steve. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hey. If it's worth doing then its worth doing well and I bet you think along those lines.I used to think I was a perfectionist, at least that's what I attributed my taking a long time to complete a project to... Wildfire you are wizard! Thank you for the adhesive advice.
That looks like a great product, epoxies have been around for years but they keep getting perfected to do different jobs.
I really like the fact that you brought up NOT drilling the ROPS that would ruin it's integrity.
I see it's still in stores. I've used it in the past for a temporary repair such as a float bowl in a carburetor but that was about it. I'm sure it had many more uses.Nobody uses JB Weld anymore?? LOL
Well that makes two of us thinking about the same question. I was wondering how good the hold would be on the paint but I decided to go to the bare metal to do it right.While i was watching i started thinking about how much the paint would hold, about 30 seconds later you got out the grinder.lol
I still would like to know how much force it would take to pull off a tab on properly applied paint,any idea?
I "welded" a trans cooler on a Iveco truck with JB and it was still holding 3 years later when i sold it.
Looking forward to the reveal!
I just finished a new cool mod on the BX. Don't think it's been done with the BX25-D before. The vid will be up tomorrow.
Cool. I got the video all done and edited but we had a power failure and it took out our internet so the computer geek will be here in the AM and I'll just do the upload when we get back up. I'm on 3G right now.Looking forward to the reveal!
I just don't trust paint for things like this. Some paint is only powder coat nowadays and I've seen powder coating peel off like a banana skin.Paint just might have as much grip as any epoxy unless the epoxy has some ability to etch into the base metal.
I need to design a left side brake pedal for my B series, whoever put the brakes and hst on the same side must have never driven a tractor.
I got a chance to play in the snow (the storm you should be getting later today) and really needed the split brakes , sitting side saddle got old real quick.