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Awfully quiet over here??? lol

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Hello First C10
It's been raining here in California at least in my area most week ends and I can't work on the truck in my garage no room to move around. I have to move my truck out side to do anything. I did buy electric fan set up last week and Monday was a holiday so I was able to drop off some part at my powder coater.

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I totally understand that's a big truck and that garage. Yeah it's been raining a lot on the side of the hill also. I just thought I check in on you see how you were doing. I'm going to be Ordering my vintage air so I can get the holes and any mounting brackets added to the cab before I send it off to get the body work done. Glad to hear you're getting some stuff done.

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I have my cab set up for the Vintage Air kit. you have to cut 2 round holes and 1 square hole in the dash for the vents. the kit comes with a plate to cover the heater box hole. I welded up the heater box holes on my cab. The coil that goes in front of the radiator fit like factory one for me. I added a second grommet for the lines that go through the core support. you can get an extra grommet from any of the suppliers for the factory set up works good. I also got the factory bracket to support the line under the battery box.

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How did you mount the evaporator and fan assembly on the inside?

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awesome build, can't wait to see more!

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I worked on getting the wiring harness out of my 2004 Suburban I bought about year ago. The city sent me a letter to get my trucks off the dirt by Thursday last week or they will fine me $100. So I did get 2 of them off the dirt but the Suburban is mostly gutted just need the wiring and brake parts and then I can drop it off at the wrecking yard. Ho and I did get the seat out of the Suburban and in my 71 they fit real good. just have to bolt them in place.

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Evaporator coil mounts in front of the radiator and the electric fans mount behind the radiator using the 4 bolt hole from the stock fan shroud.

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I think it's the condenser coil that mounts in front of radiator. The evaporator is the inside the cab piece. How does the vintage air blower assembly and evaporator mount inside the cab? Where you had to drill the holes in the firewall for.
Thanks Scott

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I have not installed anything in the cab yet. I do know that we loose most of the glove box. The kit comes with a new glove box that is about 3" deep.

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Oh ok. Was there a pattern or template to identify the location for the holes in the firewall?

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Yes the kit comes with templates to drill the holes in the fire wall.

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WHere did you get those larger radiator holders?

Nice build.

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A buddy of mine used the filler piece that vintage air sent with the kit. He said that the bolts that hold the inside piece are the ones that go through the firewall filler piece and firewall. I plan to try and install studs to the inside of the cabs firewall.

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I got them from LMC truck they are for a 4 row radiator.

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This thing is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see it done.

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Hello steelhorse
thanks for checking o0ut my build.

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Some pictures of work avot the last 3 week. got the seat out of 2004 Suburban. installed my ORD diff cover and pinion guard. and found some speed nuts today at Lowes so I can install my electric fans.

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I'm have a issue with the wiring that plugs into the oil pan and the slave cylinder for my clutch. has anybody seen this issue with other builds. the engine is out of 2004 truck and the NV4500 transmission is out of a 1995 truck with 95 factory bell housing. I think the plug fitting on the side of the oil pan is for oil level.

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Those seats look to be very comfy!

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Hello 7dee2
yes they are comfy. full power adjustable and heated. they do need to be recovered as the leather is cracking and damaged they came out of a truck that has 245, 000.00 miles on it.

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Hey are those seats the right height? They look close just the way you have them.
the rest is looking great!!!

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I almost got the duel electric fans installed. the shroud fits the radiator like they were made for each other. I was able to use the old shroud bolt locations using the brackets that came with the fan set up. just have to finish up the bottom bolts.

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Looks really good Dave!

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Sweet Power pack, kinda makes me wonder if i could ever get up to temp with my 350 if i ran a dual power pack like that LOL!

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The 2 fans are set at different temps and controlled by 1 control box each fan is on separate relay. I bought it from Summit for about $360.00 I think.

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Hey DW, Looking good!
I wired my sons truck so it would operate both fans at the same time Low speed and then High speed. it needs 3 relays to do it and controlled by the PCM. His truck will get to the low speed temp but hardly ever does it get to the high temp setting. I also wired in a switch for the AC to turn on low when the AC is turned on.
Keep up the great work.
Scott

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The last 3 weeks I have been dealing with back injury. I have not had so much trouble sense 2009. good news is I found a body shop to paint my truck close to my house. they charge $80.00 an hour Ron thinks they can paint it for about 5 to 7 grand I buy the paint. I have had quotes as high as 15 + thousand. Ron said they will be able to start in about 4 to 5 weeks.

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Glad to hear you found a place to paint it and good luck on you back! Back injuries are no fun at all!

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Sorry to hear about the back, i hope ya get over it soon! I know from experience injury's really suck! Maybe one of these days I'll post a pic of my little bag of hardware. :)

All i can say is 15 g's??? Wow! Hope the deal pans out for you!

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Thanks Guys. I'm getting better the company I work for is giving me 2 more weeks then they want me back at work. today is the first day not taking pain med's. So that's a good thing.

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Hey D sorry to hear about the injury...hope you heal up soon!

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Nice work:metal:

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Sorry to hear about the back trouble hoping that your starting to feel better D!

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awesome build, just looked at the entire thing. Im late to the party, but here to watch now

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Thanks for checking in on my thread. just waiting for the body shop to make time to paint the sheet metal. it's been about 2 months now. At least my truck is at my house and not in paint jail.

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We seem to be of the same mind on the trans/TC bit. I'm working on a 96 NV4500, Duffy range box and round pattern NP205 w/ the short 32 spline input setup. I think this pretty much duplicates the Atlas setup but is heavier, cheaper and less cool. I think the ratio is 1.96*2.6 or 2.7 which is in the 5.x range.

Not exactly turnkey like the Atlas, but more of a puzzle locating used (parted a truck), or new parts (pirate).

With the parting of the truck, I wound up w/ an AA BH so I can run mechanical or external hydraulic clutch.

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Hello franken
That will be a nice set up in your truck. I was going to use my stock 4 speed and 205 with the LS engine. while looking at bell housings to adapt to the engine. I came across the NV4500 and things went out of control from their buying the Atlas TC. I think I end up with a low range of 10 to 1.

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I found another painter about 3 weeks ago and Ricky stopped by my house 2 weeks ago to look at my truck. He called me yesterday and said he can paint my truck in about 3 to 4 mouths. The other body shop still has not completed the 2 projects they have. I have not done much on the truck other than complete the radiator installation. Now I have to find some hoses.

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Suckie on the paint delay but maybe the new guy will make good.