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Old 03-10-2013, 12:27 PM   #26
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Looks great Jon. When bench bleeding a mc I toss the hoses that come with it, clamp the mc in a vise, plug the holes and bleed (very slowly) until I see no bubbles rising. No mess...if you push very slow. Hope to see you on the 23rd at Chevy Metal in Vancouver.
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All I have to say is, one thing leads to another.

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Old 05-12-2013, 01:17 AM   #28
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I noticed your exhaust is outward of the rails. I'm pondering a similar installation. How is yours transitioned from the manifolds to the outside? Dropped below, or some other way; like through the inner fenders? I won't be laying frame, but close enough that under the rails is a concern.
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Hi Jake,

It crosses under the frame rails at the rear of the front wheel wells. A couple of pics in post #11 show it a little bit. The only problem is has caused so far is that when I installed the new brake hard lines, the line that crosses from driver to pass side and connects to the rear line was designed to transition from the back side of the front cross member to the inside of the pass frame rail. In that location the brake line would be laying against the exhaust pipe because of the exhaust routing. I had to do some rework to re-route that brake line to keep it away from the exhaust.

I don't expect clearance problems with my setup, because the truck was dropped before (cut coil springs), and the drop spindles/drop coils are not going to drop it that much more. (although, I could be wrong!)

This pic shows ground clearance before I started this current drop project.


Let me know if you want to see more pics of that area.

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Old 05-12-2013, 02:30 AM   #30
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I got this idea on the forum here, but wanted to share a pic of my bed lift setup. I put short 2"x2" pieces under the bed rails for the 2x4's to rest against. After I got the 4x4 perfectly centered, I added clamps to hold the 4x4 to the 2x4 on each side. Probably not necessary, but I was really paranoid about dropping the bed, especially since I moved it across my driveway to another spot in the shop.

I recommend lifting the bed just a little at first, and watch whether the front and rear bed mounts are coming up at the same time, so you don't get it too far in the air before you realize it isn't centered. I took the tailgate and bumper off, and my 4x4 was 35" back from the inside front of the bed. The 2x4 under the 4x4 was just there to rest the 4x4 on while I got everything hooked up.
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Old 05-14-2013, 02:11 PM   #31
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Old 05-19-2013, 09:44 PM   #32
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The best part of a painting job is being finished.

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Old 05-19-2013, 10:10 PM   #33
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Stuff is starting to go back together finally. Almost had forgotten what that is like!
One snag, the driveline appeared to be about 3/8" too long. Only two things changed from before, I replaced the trailing arms with ECE aftermarket arms, and I installed the ECE drop kit (drop springs, shocks, shock relocators, adjustable trackbar).
I loosened the carrier bearing bracket bolts and was able to get 3/8" of play in order to squeeze the driveline in. I'm a little worried because it's a tight fit. I haven't seen others talk about this problem with the drop kit, anyone seen this?
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Old 07-13-2013, 05:25 PM   #35
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Drop kit, suspension and brakes are nearly done, time to finish up the underside of the bed. Getting the bed stood on end was not trivial.





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Old 07-21-2013, 11:30 PM   #36
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2 steps forward, 1 step back. All the brake stuff is in and working. Thanks to my bro-in-law and good buddy Wayne for spending a good part of his July 4th holiday long weekend working on it with me.
Almost every length of 'pre-bent' brake line from Inline Tube had to be re-bent, some of it substantially. Last time I ever use pre-bent lines. Next time I'll buy straight pipe and bend myself, since I have to do so much re-bending with pre-bent lines anyway.
We were almost finished bleeding the brakes when the passenger side front caliper bleeder wouldn't seal. After trying 3 different bleeder screws, I looked into the bleeding cavity with a bright light, it looked like someone chewed up the bleeder seat with a drill bit, probably before the caliper was rebuilt. So, had to order another caliper, and get it powder coated. The good news is that the bad powder coated caliper looks really nice sitting in my scrap metal pile.
Ready to drop it back onto the floor once the new intermediate parking brake cable arrives tomorrow, that is a whole separate story.
Painting the underside of the bed, about 50% done.
I'm shooting to take the truck (and my Chevelle) to a car show in Cedar Mill on August 3 that I help organize. It's going to come down to the wire as usual.

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Old 07-28-2013, 01:12 PM   #37
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Underside of bed is painted. Went to re-run the rear wiring harness along the frame, and found it to be really brittle. Every time I tried to strip the wires it cracked and broke, so I ran new wiring from under the hood to the rear of the frame. The truck hit the ground for the first time in too long, and after a quick and dirty wheel alignment, I got to drive it around a little. Was great to finally drive it again!




If you have to remove/install a bed, I highly recommend buying two sheets of that foam insulation at Home Deport or wherever. It works great to protect the cab and bed when you swing the bed into position. Not sure what its called, but about 1" thick, silver on one side, white on the other.
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Old 07-28-2013, 01:35 PM   #38
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I wanted to share info on my intermediate parking brake cable, it turned out to be a much bigger hassle than it should have been. The cable that was on the truck was 95" long. I replaced the 2 rear cables and dropped the rear end (6" drop kit, but the truck was already dropped some to start with, so the net drop was less than 6"). The old intermediate parking brake cable was too short by about 4". That doesn't make any sense to me. If it makes sense to someone else, please fill me in, I'm confused.
I called Classic Parts to see if they could tell me the actual length of their intermediate cables. They couldn't.
So, I bought all of them and measured them. Here are the measurements of their cables, hoping it helps someone someday:

Classic Parts Part #, Manufacturer Part #, Overall Length:
#71-761 (66-2596-1) - 95.5"
#71-762 (66-2596-2) - 120"
#71-763 (Dorman C92425) - 92.5"
#71-764 (92426) - 116.5"

These measurements are overall lengths, including the stops at the ends.
After all that, none of them fit, I had to cut down the 116.5" cable and move the stop. (99.5") It would have been quicker to have a custom cable made.
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:28 PM   #39
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The truck is back on the road! We took it and our Chevelle to the Cedar Mill Car show yesterday. It's a blast to be able to drive it again. The brakes work great, and it handles better now, despite my inadequate (temporary) DIY wheel alignment. I'll take some measurements soon to see what the net drop was.






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Looks killer. Nice work taking an already nice truck to the next level.
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Cool old store outside of Roseburg Oregon, on the route of the fun run, part of Graffiti Weekend 2014.
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Old 03-04-2015, 05:31 PM   #42
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I have all similar photos of my build, but your's are so much more clearer. Lol nice truck!! Thanks for the photos. I stumbled on on your post for drop pics. Looks good!
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I was asked by ShortHaul why its been so long since I updated my build thread. Good point. Not a lot of changes, but here's a recent update. I replaced the shift arm and turn signal lever, both of mine were pretty pitted and starting to show rust. While doing so I noticed a crack in the turn signal switch, so replaced that with a new switch from GMC Paul's. I also found the fiber optic cable for the shift indicator sitting unused inside the column, so put that back the way its supposed to be.

After getting the switch and steering wheel hub installed, I decided to test the horn because of all the stories I've seen on here about horn problems after messing with the column. I was getting frustrated because the horn wouldn't work at all. I finally decided to walk away from it for a bit. That's when I remembered those steering column harness wires dangling (disconnected) under the dash.



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I was asked by ShortHaul why its been so long since I updated my build thread. Good point. Not a lot of changes, but here's a recent update. I replaced the shift arm and turn signal lever, both of mine were pretty pitted and starting to show rust. While doing so I noticed a crack in the turn signal switch, so replaced that with a new switch from GMC Paul's. I also found the fiber optic cable for the shift indicator sitting unused inside the column, so put that back the way its supposed to be.

After getting the switch and steering wheel hub installed, I decided to test the horn because of all the stories I've seen on here about horn problems after messing with the column. I was getting frustrated because the horn wouldn't work at all. I finally decided to walk away from it for a bit. That's when I remembered those steering column harness wires dangling (disconnected) under the dash.



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haha glad I could inspire you to post an update, and thank you for doing the same over in my thread!
So what are the specs on your current wheels? they look pretty wide?
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15x7 with 3 5/8" Backspace (255/60-15) in the front, 15x8 with 4 1/4" Backspace (275/60-15) in the rear. I like the way the fronts fit, they fill the opening and have never had them rub. I may order the 62 series with the exact same specs for the front. The rear is what I want to fix.

Current thinking is that I'd paint or powder coat the WV wheels charcoal gray (similar color to the centers of a Boss 338), for good contrast against the white. I need to do something about all that white!

Always open to ideas/inputs!
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One of my winter projects is to replace the body mount and core support bushings. I peeled the driver side carpet back today to get a look at the front body mount bolt. Looks like they glued the carpet/pad to the floor with spray adhesive (of course they did). #NeverEasy

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Nice looking truck!
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TBONE1964 made me a white faced voltmeter to replace my ammeter. I think he said that I got the first white faced volt gauge that he has built. I think it looks great, haven't tested it yet - but took the opportunity to replace all the bulbs, and clean all the contacts on the back of the cluster. Bench tested all the lights so that hopefully I only have to reinstall the cluster one time.

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Looong time with no updates on my thread. Going to post a couple of "catch-up" updates...
Last winter I painted the underside of my cab. Mostly because I lack good sense. I was able to paint the underside of the bed last time I had it off, and it bothered me that the underside of the cab still had a good coating of grease and road crud on it, and I couldn't really tell how well sealed up the metal was. Degreasing, prepping, and painting the underside of a cab while it's on the truck (on your back with the truck on jack stands) really isn't fun, but this is one of those things that happens when you buy a truck that someone else has restored. Mostly happy with the outcome though, and also made a new wiring harness that runs the full length of the truck to the rear lights while I was at it. I used good GXL wire this time, which was nice stuff to work with.
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Last winter I also replaced the cab mount bushings and the core support bushings. It mostly went pretty well, except for the fact that the carpet was glued to the cab floor with spray adhesive, which made it tougher to get to the front cab mount bolts. Also, the spacers/sleeves in the core support bushings were WELDED to the upper washer, and dropped in from the TOP SIDE. Huh? All was well once I cut the spacer with a sawzall and saw what I was dealing with. No idea whether this is how these are meant to be (the new parts weren't welded together).
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