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It's a PITA. Depending on what the line is made out of. Seems like nothing looks as good as factory flares. Bottom line it must seal.

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yep i think we all know what you mean

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I'm not at a stand still. I have been sitting in a stand. Went hunting 30 days and did'nt shoot anything. Had a great time though. It's good to get back into the woods for awhile. Recharges the batts. :ito: Saw a lot of elk just not the right one. It's good to get back to my garage. It's even better when you have parts to work with.:lol:

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Had a couple hours to kill. Thought I'd would see if I could figure things out a bit.;) Put my mirriors on.:smoke:

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Mirrors look sweet! Well....at least the drivers side does, I think you should probably just take the one off your passenger side and send it to me.:haha:

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What is that concrete area around the base of your truck? I haven't seen one of those in my garage in a helluva long time. Is that a floor?:lol:

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Looks good spud. Does the upper link weld to the pumpkin on do you have to build an arch and weld it to the axle tubes?

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:lol: That is a concrete floor. Good for beating stuff on, dirt is probably better for soaking up oil though.

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Be careful where you weld those super notches. You want to get the full benefits, and not have the axle hit the sides of the notch. Especially since the links are not adjustable. Measure twice, weld once.

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Welds to the tubes

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I was kinda wondering at what angle to weld the brackets on the tube. I guess it's call pinion angle? I did run a string line to see how much things change when the axle moves up and down. It was more than I thought.

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:bann: HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL - that's one beautiful chassis! :metal:

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Ya I know thanks.:lol::lol::rolleyes:

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:haha:

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:haha: So, when are you planning on getting this museum piece on the road? ;)

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This is what it looked like this morning brrrrrr. Makes me glad I have a heated garage.:devil:

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Maybe 2 years from now.:waah:

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;)

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Considering it took me 18 months to do the little I did - that seems like nothing.

:smoke:

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That's if goes as planned.:lol: If I can have a rolling chassis by spring I'll be happy. I still need to buy all the front end stuff. Seems like things go fast as long as you can keep dumping money into it. I don't really want to get done to fast then I'll be bored again. I like having somthing to work on. I'm glad I bought my other truck. I love having somthing old to drive.

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Did some grinding. Worked better to saws all first then grind the rest off.:metal:

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thats a realy nice setup looks like its eazy to install it

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So far so good.;) No instructions though.:waah: Guess they expect you to know alittle. I'm screwed.:lol:

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been looking at the sd site for it seems it specially made for the older type truck i got a squarebody , theres some universal stuff on there though that could be usefull

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You really do need a different truck.:lol: Then you could buy the cool 4 link kit.

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whell i have this one ...... if i would go older i prolly go for a 57 pickup i realy like those

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I like that style. I'm still looking for one.:waah: All the ones I've seen so far were really bad.:waah: Guy wanted 300 for this one. No engine or trans

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theres one on this forum thats finished recently (think about a year or so ago) might be a 55 though and its beautiful
i followed it all though the buildup its prowler orange and it became my favorite colour orange for this type of truck has a nice looking engine with a dual quad manifold in it too these trucks have a high enough hood to hide just about anything you can bolt on top of the motor

if you think youre having trouble finding one .... i live in europe there arent any to be found here exept perhabs a fire engine or sumtin like that and if there are there even less worth saving from rust than where you live in we live near the sea and its raining often and it realy eats the metal
there are a couple of people over here that imported a truck from arizona or cali and there some pretty good ones among them

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That's the way to do it. With a string that is.
Your pinion angle should be 2 degrees neg angle of the transmission tail shaft where the seal is. But 3 degrees with a 4 link.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...kWS6/Pinon.jpg

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So I want it like the third picture right. Just confussed on the -neg 2 part?

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Wow, Dennis - that graph's cool - a keeper.

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Maybe I better hold off working on my truck and work on my sled.:lol: Nah.

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:smoke: Gee - global warming.........;)

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Depends on your horse power. Negative is down.
Here's the link where I found the information.

http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16319

Search Google and type in "Setting Pinion Angles" Lots of information.

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Thanks Strodder

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:metal:I can hear metal on concrete.:metal::smoke:

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holey crap! that is one hell of a c-notch! looks awsome! yeah i would say you will for sure will be throwin sparks!

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man dave your kickin ass and takin names

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Any ideas on how to run my exhaust?