JD 3005 exhaust mods/replacement

dieselcrawler · Dec 1, 2016

Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of milk... Ready for some donuts?!?!?

Not complete without a picture of the donut press...

Note the oil can spout, mounted to the press with a hose to remote oil can... Drill no steel without lube.

dieselcrawler · Dec 3, 2016

Got the muffler assembled. Here is the inner section.

Got that inside and tacked in place.

Got all seams welded up.

sixdogs · Dec 4, 2016

Wow, I like the fabrication and thinking process. You should consider bigger projects and mods.

ovrszd · Dec 4, 2016

Excellent. Humbles me. Wish Greg was my neighbor.

dieselcrawler · Dec 4, 2016

Thanks... if the customer base was there, with really deep pockets, and I had a nicely set up huge shop, I would love to have a custom fab/truck & equipment repair shop. But around here, most people do as I do, build what they can for as few dollars possible in whatever barn/shed/garage they have...

ovrszd · Dec 4, 2016

Same here Greg. There's one successful welding shop in our county. That's where people go as a last resort for a repair or fabrication.

dieselcrawler · Dec 4, 2016

Few minutes here, few minutes there... Got a bracket to mount the exit end of the muffler cut out and welded on... Only tacked in the picture. Uses existing hole in the front frame.

Rustyiron · Dec 4, 2016

Nice work Greg, I'm eagerly waiting for the day you "shoehorn" one of your 7.3 PSD's in your tractor:laughing:

dieselcrawler · Dec 4, 2016

LOL... Rusty, I will buy a bigger tractor before I can pull that off. However, 'shoehorning' a GM 6.2L into a 1988 S10 truck I have stashed in a rental property garage is likely.

dieselcrawler · Dec 6, 2016

Made the last mounting tab/bracket, and tacked it in place. Welded in the bracket and muffler. That much is done-ish. Want to smooth up seams/welds, paint with heat resistant paint, but its on there for now.