With the growing success and popularity of the Bar's Leaks Eliminator, Rislone (sister company to Bar's Leaks) has decided to come step up and sponsor a new truck for 2009:  The Rislone Defender.  While the Bar's Leaks Eliminator will contine to promote Bar's Leaks' Rear Main Seal Repair product line, the Rislone Defender will be introducing fans nationwide to Rislone's new, highly-advanced Fuel Injector Cleaner.

Read on to follow the buildup process of the Truk Wurks' latest creation, the Rislone Defender!”

           

The team's plan was to build almost an exact replica of the Bar's Leaks Eliminator chassis for the sake of parts interchangability.  At the same time, new ideas and minor improvements were to be incorporated into the new chassis.

After the basic framework had been cut, bent and welded, the frame was mocked up with a 2008-09 Ford F-350 body, which will give the truck an appearance that differs from the Eliminator, yet sticks true to the team's Ford heritage.   The "Insurance Company" decals were from a (you guessed it) insurance-related commercial that Greg filmed with the Eliminator in the summer of 2008.

A look at some of Zach Adams' expert welding at the rear of the rollcage.

Here the new truck sits in early December of 2008, a rolling chassis with a dummy motor installed for mounting purposes. Note the transfer case, transmission, nearly completed axles.

The installation of tabs and mounting brackets continued.   Here you can see the dummy motor, the fuel tank, and radiator.

In between events over the course of January 2009,   Zach Adams completed the task of finish welding the chassis, spending hours upon hours crawling over every nook and cranny making sure all joints were welded fully.   The team then joined in to clean and sand the chassis in preparation for primer and paint.

A shot of Zach burning some final welds before the chassis recieved its first coat of primer.

With all of the welding complete, Greg Adams stepped in to lay down a few coats of self-etching primer.  The chassis is laid on its side first, to make spraying the bottom of the chassis a bit easier.  After that coat had dried, the chassis is placed upright again, and the final coats of primer are laid down.