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Hello all, thanks for checking in and following along.

I had another good day in the shop. It started out shaky as when I went to start up the main shop compressor it ran for a bit and then shut down. When I went to see what the issue was, the compressor room was smoky and I could tell that something was not right.
I figured with the main compressor out, the day would be a write off. As I contemplated jobs that I could do without air, I got started cleaning out some dried up edge sealant and such on the cab interior.
Tim, one of the full-time guys, came in to work on his 1949 5 window GMC sitting on a S-10 chassis. Anyways, he knew how to switch over to the backup compressor so we were off to the races.
The original plan for the day was to get the rear cab mounts repaired. I didn’t get it all done, but I got the original mounts welded up. The passenger side was in better shape, I drilled out the end of the cracks to stop further propagation and then zip cut the previous repairs and cracks so I could then re-weld them. Once I moved over to the drivers side all my momentum was lost. Inspecting the mount and building my repair plan, I discovered that the center part of the mount was missing and a new piece was welded to the bottom. Seeing the terrible state of the mount overall I decided that I needed to replace the cab mount. Breaking out the template paper I built a new mount. I used so 14ga sheet to fab it up and the cut it in and tacked it up. Double checking my measurements and checking the underside reinforcing plate still fit. Once satisfied all was good I welded it up. Lucky you guys the backup compressor doesn’t have the same CFM so the air tools were not as powerful as normal so you get a picture of an unground weld...
To finish up I need to flip the cab so I can grind and paint the underside where the reinforcing plate fits. I need to fabricate a 2nd reinforcement plate for the cab interior and once all that is ready I will look at how I want to secure them all together. I am leaning towards the epoxy so that all the voids are filled and I don’t have to worry that crud can get in there and corrode.

So, and please forgive the bad pun, but it turned out to be a fab..ulous day!
Heh heh,
Stay safe,
Steve