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Also installed my NOS flywheel pan i bought off our board, used studs as i m rather attached to them (pun intended) just have to use some goo be gone on the masking tape

Waiting on in line tube to return one section of brake line, they sent it to me with the wrong fitting on it, thought i could just reflare, but no such luck. Broke my flaring mandrel, now i have to somehow replace that as well. Oh well, just another day in the shop, glad to be back!

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Jim
Let me take a look in the daylight tomorrow I might have an extra vent cap out on the yard.

Richard

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Thanks Richard, you have come to my aid more then once in this build

How are you doing, health wise? Anything i can do for you?

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Jim,
I took a look at what I had sitting outside and they are all gone. Sorry if I held you up.
Busy as a one arm paper hanger here "finally" so everything is good.

Richard

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No problem, thanks for taking the time. I ll post a WTB in the classifieds, gotta be one out there

Glad things are good for you, you stole my line about a paper hanger

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ok, I think I figured out pics again, so I can keep you guys up to date

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You can do it! Knock it out and get it on the road.

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Thanks for the encouragement J, i just keep thinking about the days, weeks, months you spent sanding your truck, only to sweep it up off the shop floor and reapply

Got the bilsteins today, one on, no pics since my battery is dead, soooo you ll just have to take my word for it today. I don t need 20 posts saying this thread is worthless, without pics.LOL

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HA! I had just about blocked all that from memory, lol. I'd like to put a new set of Bilsteins on my K5 and....... improve the steering and....... braking, lol. Brother I'm tellin ya now, when you get it done, its still not done, :lol:. Oh the drama, it never ends.

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Gotta cut rivets for other shock mount, which means I have to take a section of bed floor up, might be awhile for an update, been to cold to leave shop door open for ventilation

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Lots of good progress and hitting a wall always is rough.

Quick question regarding your hubs. The round retainer with the holes did you line up the hole with the nub on the first locking nut?

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Thanks.....and yes the slot in the hub has to line up, but you can flip ring 180 to get it to line up better on a tang, so you don t change your torque setting, ok did nt answer question let me think about, my head hurts. Just spent 5 hours on the phone with microsofts head geek

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If you look at this image http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...BM3z1auHcQ.jpg you'll see on the left ring at 12 o'clock is a bump. This bump has to line up with a hole in the middle ring for it to be seated and locked properly.

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Yes, i did that....

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OK, all the surgeries are done, vascular system was a bit of a problem, had to insert needle, then push a wire through needle to unblock it. Three stints later, and procedure is done. Seems I ve ignored it to long, the price I paid for being a Dad, ya still have to work come Monday morn, no matter what ails ya
100% blockage on right leg, 70% blockage on left leg

Now that I m all fixed up, I can get back to my build.... emergency brake cables first up

Wow...Glad things are all fixed up!!!!
And Happy Fathers day!!!
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thanks bud, and happy fathers day to you too, hope all is well with the boys

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Ditto, glad things are fixed up and looking up.

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Thanks, enjoying your build, very entertaining. Just ordered two new drums from Rock Auto, we ll see how the quality is(raybestis). Now to find some quality high temp. Paint and figure out color. Not sure if color should standout or blend in thru the slots of my wheels... opinions? I ll let the masses rule

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Black..

I think my thread would be more entertaining if i was to make some progress LOL!

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progress is just a thought process, with your success and failures we learn what does and doesn t work, so by you attempting something, you speed up our builds by learning what not to do. Keep up the good work, I think youre doing fine on your build

thanks for watching, you guys keep ME going

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I would go with satin black on the drums.

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sorry Richard, I value your opinion, but I just bought Hi Temp off white.... we ll see what it looks like

good luck with your sales of the console cable

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Oh I see you just want to draw attention to yourself :haha: like that beauty wont draw enough drools as it is

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Richard, you re a funny guy, but you re right, I want to see clean brake drums, if I can pull it off

Can you explain you re avatar to me, its not Caitlin Jenner is it?

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Jim,
Its just a random pic I found but it may very well be it, her , him, whatever in a few years. One never knows.

I will be curious to see how the white turns out since I have the slots saved for the panel truck. I just figured since the inside edges of the holes on the slots were black (at least on mine) it would be the right way to go( for me anyway) but always open to different ideas. I guess I have seen to many of the rice burners lately with the brite colors showing through the wheels.

Richard

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yeah, I know what ya mean, red on brembos, porshe and Ferrari look good, but, this is neither, so I hope off white is enough accent

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Amen! Glad your doing well. With all that extra flow you have now you should have it on the road in week or two:lol: Seriously though, glad your up and going.

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Yeah, amazing, i can go up steps w/o stopping at first floor.
Thanks for checking in J

New brake drums arrived from rock auto, just waiting on paint

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So glad to hear you're up and running again Jim, both you and the project :lol:

I'm looking forward to the progress, and curious to see how the off white on the drums turns out.

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/294/18...e2ca3e3c_z.jpgWIN_20150626_105028 by James Jaros, on Flickr

Test, now I can upload

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Question regarding your Bilstein install. I just installed a set on my Jimmy. I installed them with the black boots facing down since the Bilstein sticker would be upside down otherwise. No install info came with the shocks. I had my previous shocks mounted like yours with the boot up. I've seen shocks installed either way so don't know if their is a right or wrong. Do you know of any advantage/disadvantage to either way of installing them?

Thanks

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Good question, dunno, but I will call Bilstein come Monday. Just think they look better with the boot up

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Ok, just talked to Bilstein, you re right, shock should be installed with correct orientation to the sticker. Guess I have to change mine and ty for bringing it to my attention

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Pic

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/525/19...8568e3a3_z.jpgWIN_20150626_114951 by James Jaros, on Flickr

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are the Bilsteins gas charged? My Fox shocks are and they mount with the body up.

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Just went and looked, shocks are mounted correct with sticker readable in the down position, boot up.

May have run into another problem, as one of the brake drums seems to have a crack running all the way around it

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Just gotta say rock autos return policy is second to none... called them with complaint, they emailed a shipping label, dropped the part off at FedEx, new part is on the way. They paid postage both ways, what a company, will buy from them again

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Did you notice the crack before you painted it? That probably would not make me happy if I saw it afterwards