LockDoc's "Low Budget", "Low Maintenance" Project Thread

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

That's going to be a nice setup. I hope your son is doing good. I've done a lot of cancer treatments, not fun but the new technology works well.

Thanks Dale.

Son was supposed to have his second Chemo session Wednesday but he was so nervous about it Tuesday, it made him sick, so they couldn't do it. He had a lot of trouble after the first one. They postponed it until next week. He is continually dehydrated enough that they have to administer fluids through his Chemo port. Thanks for your thoughts.

LockDoc

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Thanks Dale.

Son was supposed to have his second Chemo session Wednesday but he was so nervous about it Tuesday, it made him sick, so they couldn't do it. He had a lot of trouble after the first one. They postponed it until next week. He is continually dehydrated enough that they have to administer fluids through his Chemo port. Thanks for your thoughts.

LockDoc

Leon, I understand his nervous feelings. PM me and I'll give you my number. That way he or you can talk to me. I'll try to help his nerves a bit.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Leon, I understand his nervous feelings. PM me and I'll give you my number. That way he or you can talk to me. I'll try to help his nerves a bit.

PM sent.

LockDoc

[LockDoc]

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I had a chance to work on the truck a little yesterday.

I removed the bolts from the square mounting plate by screwing the nuts on so they were flush with the end of the bolt and tapped them out with a small ball peen hammer. They came out really easy. After I removed the bolts I was able to get a pipe wrench on the large nut that holds the plate to the booster unit and remove it. The square plate does have a little angle to it in the area where the unit fits against it. I measured out where the holes needed to be for the plate to fit on the original lower master/booster studs on the firewall, and drilled them out. I test fit it and the hole on the bottom right almost lines up with the bolt that holds the column bracket on. I opened the hole up enough so I can use that bolt to secure the plate on the lower corner.

Next I mounted the plate back on the booster and test fit the whole assembly. I wanted to see how the rod that bolts to the brake pedal fit as far as length. I had to enlarge the hole in the firewall about an 1/8th inch all the way around. I used a carbide cutter in my air die grinder to do that. Worked out good. The pedal rod is still too short by about an inch, so I will still have to lengthen it.

LockDoc

[LockDoc]

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And again today.

You can mount the hydroboost unit with the lines coming off the top or the bottom. From what I read it doesn't seem to matter. If you will notice in the picture of the square mounting plate there is a locating tab on the inside of the hole. That tab fits into the slot you can see on the side of the hydroboost "snout" in the first picture in my last post. All you would have to do is grind this tab off and tack a spot weld on the opposite side, and clean it up so it would slide into the slot on the side of the "snout", so the unit can't rotate.

The whole unit angles down a little bit because of the angle of the mounting plate. When I take it back off I think I will rotate the plate 180º. That way it will be level, because the firewall actually angles back at the bottom a little bit. The power steering hoses off of the '03 2500 truck will work great as long as I use an adapter on the pressure hose that goes to the steering box, or I might be able to cut the "O" ring end off of it and put a flare fitting on it. I will see if I have enough room to do that.

LockDoc