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I had some power steering hoses made and hooked them up. I didn't like the way the Borgeson ones that i bought thru Porterbuilt went. They had 90s on the rack side and it just didn't fit very well with what I have. I had some made up with straight fittings coming off of the rack and it went much better.

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Those look really tight in there.....Thanks for the link.

Smitty

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Denny...did you PCS yet? This is Brady with the inline 6 70 C-10. Thanks for the steering column. I'd love to come by and see the 'Burb if you haven't left yet.

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Ya man, I'm still here. September 16th is my last day at the command. I'm making brakelines right now. I should be home all weekend. If you see my Touareg in the driveway it means I'm home. If its not there, I probably ran to the parts store and will be back soon. If the garage is shut and you hear music, just knock on the garage door. I'm air conditioning my garage now because its too damn hot.

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Wired the fans today. Unfortunately the temperature switch they sent me won't fit in anything so I need to buy another one. Doesn't surprise me. I wired all of the gauges up and made ALL new brake lines. I just need the rubber hose I ordered for the rear to come in and I'll be taking her on her maiden voyage, which will more than likely be straight to get and alignment.

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Wow that's alot of wires. Lol. Looks good man.
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I'm going to try to stop by there and check it out Saturday if you are going to be around. Was about to head over there last Saturday, then that big storm hit. Looking good dude. Can't wait to see and hear it.

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Its ALIVE!!!!!!!! I took it on its first drive today!! It goes and stops without people pushing it!!! I snapped a quick shot of the dash. I'll try to get one in better light tomorrow and I'll post a video if i get a chance. I'm going to wrap the headers tonight, brake lines are getting too hot.

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sweet.....when you leaving??

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Tools get shipped on 8/29-8/30ish. I drive to Virginia Beach on 9/16 for 2 weeks for school and then drive to San Diego on 9/30.

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nice! u need to get a pic of the dash in motion!

where u goin?

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I'm in the Navy and am currently on shore duty. I teach at the Navy's Nuclear Power School. My time on shore duty is up so i am transferring to the USS RONALD REAGAN which is stationed in San Diego so I'll be diving the Burb to San Diego.

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So THATS when we will see a test fitting on Mike's new wheelwells..........just sayin.......lol.........jim

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When did you go through Nuke school? I was an EM in class 9006.

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ah, ok...thats pretty cool


should be a fun trip in that burban...its lookin really good

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I am an MM from class 0203.

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This is one sweet burb ,you're doing an awesome job. I like every single thing you've done on it so far, keep it up.

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Thanks a ton! I really appreciate it. I've worked pretty hard on it and its nice to hear the compliments.

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Well I drove the beast for its first "longer than around the block" ride today. Everything went really well. I had a plug wire pop off but other than that, it was perfect. I brought to the carwash that our Chief selects were doing as a fundraiser and had them wash it. I put it on the ground and hung out for a little while. I had two seperate professional photographers make quick u-turns when they saw it to take pictures. That was one of the best feelings ever for me. I'll post them when they email them to me.

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COOL...congratulations !!

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can't wait to see it....how's it ride?

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It rides very nice. I need to do some work on the camber/toe in/alignment still. My friend runs the auto hobby shop on the base so I'm going to see if he can open it up for me tomorrow so I can use all of their cool equipment to do it. I'll probably put it up on the lift and check a bunch of bolts too. I just noticed a drip off of the master cylinder so i need to fix that today also. Other than the drip from the master cylinder (which is inside the cab) there are no leaks from anything...so far.

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congrats !!!! its looking sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!

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This thing has really come together man! Looks great!

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Man! Just caught up on the build. You did an awesome job. Hope to get to see before you leave. Good job!

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Wow!

Very cool Suburban.

I have a question for you....

I also bought the Scott's Hotrod indash master cylinder/booster setup. How hard was it to install and route the brake lines? Didn't see any pictures of that part in the build.

Thanks for sharing your build with us. I looks killer!

Hope to get my 4x4 body work done one of these days!

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I'll try to snap some pics tomorrow of how I did the brake lines. The best decision I made was tossing the master cylinder that he sell onto my shelf for a future project and i ordered the universal Corvette master cylinder from speedway. Its the same thing but it has ports on both sides of the master cylinder which gave me more options for what I could do with the lines. I didn't really have any room between the firewall and the master cylinder to do anything.

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Got the beast aligned today and snapped a couple pictures on the ride home. Here is a short video clip to prove it moves on its own...:lol:

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I am in love......

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love the new pics! nice job!!!

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Now I really need to see this! Awesome!!

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A couple other shots.

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I plan on being at the little downtown Summerville gathering tomorrow. You should come.

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WOW!

Thats just sick!

I love it

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Great job!

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Awesome work Chief!

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Lookin gooood! great pics

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I really wish I could but I don't think I'll make it. This week has been pretty crappy and I need to work late. Hopefully we can get together at another event before you go.

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Took the Burb to a little local car show. It was a HUGE hit! Lots of compliments and questions.

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When are you movin to Cali? Whats takin you out that way?
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