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and now lets do the weigh in

first the Old Gate weighed in at 47.8 pounds

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this was a surprise

the New Gate weighed in at 51.4 pounds

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^ That's a good thing. I recall seeing where one can't sit on some aftermarket tailgates for fear of bending them. If that weight is from extra metal, that's even better.

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I totally agree and now want their bed sides for my short bed fleetside, but it does throw a monkey wrench in my aftermarket parts shaming

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I know how you guys like these derustation pics

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meanwhile in the organic free range climate uncontrolled powder coating facility

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yes I am boring you with all this powderizing detail because we are still waiting on the new master cylinder

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Speaking of the master cylinder and I may have missed it but what is the red piece in the one line between it and the proportioning valve?

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that's an excellent question, it is called a residual valve and it is needed for when you are using a disc front disc rear master cylinder with a truck that has drum rear brakes

Master brake cylinders for cars with (rear) drum brakes have an internal residual valve. Master brake cylinders for cars with four discs don’t or one with less pressure. Therefore adding an inline 10 lb residual valve is recommended. It prevents the drum brake springs from retracting the brake shoes all the way back and thus reduces pedal travel and improves brake pedal response feel


https://www.wilwood.com/MasterCylind...CylinderValves

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Ok, I thought so. I also thought those were only needed when the master cylinder is below the calipers/wheel cylinders to keep "residual" pressure on them so the brake pads/shoes didn't back off the rotors/drums too far. 2# for discs and 10# for drums. I could be wrong tho and someone else could chime in as well.

Cool and unique build - keep it up!

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a little shipping update on that master cylinder

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so lessons learned by doing any project any "build" the devil's in the details and you can get 80% of the big stuff done in 3 weeks and then spend months chasing the small stuff, so here we go, lets get it

I think it's a good idea to have a brake and an emergency brake before taking Electron for a spin around the block just in case things get exciting

so the new transmission seems to be longer than the TH350 or at least that's how it sits under the cab, so The Greg needs to extend the parking brake linkage 6"

on my '69 the driver side has the adjustable fine threaded rod like so

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the other side the texter's side has a fixed length mushroom double headed rod which I decided to cut off one end and welder on a 6" grade 8 bolt with a standard hex head (this head has to be small enuff to fit through the hole / slot in the frame rail)

I think I used the belt and suspenders method on this, where first I weldered up the bolt to the rod, then ground that flat(ish) then slipped the steel sleeve over it and bugger welded that as well

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The curse of the if I touch it and remove it I better clean it, inspect it, MEDIA BLAST it, and POWDER COAT it continues...

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got the new tailgate on, fit great, good quality piece, only trouble was the left (driver side) round hinge thingie had a bit of a slight imperfection in it that we gently persuaded with a punch to get the lower hinge to go smoothly inside it

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getting the fiberglass rear rollpan to fit was a bit of a stretch

Note To Self: get new bedsides

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Ebrake setup should work well. Like the tailgate

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Time to put disc brakes in the rear with Tesla electric parking brakes?

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thanks mate I hope so

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ha ha, don't temp me, you know a complete tesla rear wheel drive unit would totally eliminate all my drive shaft woes

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managed to perfectly align the brand new fiber glass roll pan to the bad body lines of the bed sides and luv the roll pan look, whacha all think?

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I’m a fan of the pan…….:)

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My son is a commercial electrician, he has this sticker on his hard hat.

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:lol: I laughed at the sticker 'til I cried!

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so this could explain the soft 2018 Honda CR-V brake pedal

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more detail in this video EV Update Honda CRV Bad Brake Master Cylinder

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My understanding is that brake fluid is hygroscopic so perhaps that vehicle had been in a flood or sumpin.

buddy

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All the blasting and coating you do makes me want to get a cabinet and an old oven. Blasting and powder is something you can do all winter without worrying if your shop is warm enough to paint in. Or maybe move in next door to you =)

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ha ha, it will change your life, but it is not a cheap sport, I would say minimum $2k to enter the arena, and yes guys will argue that till they are blue in the face, but I've done this for months so I know what I am talking about, lol

anyway I keep my media blasting cabinet outside so in my case media blasting is not an all year round sport as the media gets moist/wet

as far as oven advice see if you can land a larger commercial pizza oven or one of them stackable double deckers that you can start off by using just one half and then join them together to bake longer items

as far as moving next door, two words for you: H.O.A.

Media Blasting Advice: Replace The Glass

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the good news is the new used $80 dollar Honda CR-V master cylinder showed up last night and appears to be much more better

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I'm still curious to see if you'll have enough bore and stroke to operate the C-10 brakes effectively

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yeah, me too, my friend Patrick, our friend Patrick inputed all the measurements and lengths of both the Honda CRV and the C10 into his wrist watch calculator and it spit out that the stroke or piston travel is almost identical, it was identical to the thousandths of an inch

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The amount that the piston moves compared to the amount the pedal foot pad moves is the same between the Chevy and Honda brake pedal assemblies. We haven't measured the stroke or bore of the Honda master cylinder yet. It would be good to measure the stroke and bore of both the Honda and Chevy master cylinders for comparison.

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I cried after I saw what a two month bill was! :lol:

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got some numbers:

SOME HONDA CRV MASTER CYLINDER SPECS

the 2018(ish) Honda CRV master brake cylinder piston is 1" in diameter (aka bore) and travels 1.5" (aka stroke) in and out of the tube thingie

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meanwhile on this Two Steps Forward One Step Back update, we afixed the new used Honda CR-V master cylinder to the BOSCH iBooster and attempted to bench bleed it on the truck

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LOL, Exactly very MC Escher

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so here's the general idea and you is supposed to do this in a vice, with American style master cylinders, anyway that's where that clear line red fitting kit is from

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so learned that it's best to reroute the front brake lines to the front of the crossmember when you pull of a disc brake conversion so spent a few evening fandangling with that

nothing like cutting up brand new parts straight away