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Simple? What's simple?
![]() Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Southeast CT
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Re: New project! The "Red Herring"
Tonight, I did a lot of sitting in the truck staring at the dash and scratching my head about what to do to fix it
![]() Made the cowl end fillers ![]() ![]() So the problem with the dash was that the steering column - firewall brace was broken, so the dash was cracked all around the gauges and the holes were torn. Since my new column doesn't fit in the recess anyway .. away it went! ![]() You can see here that I also cut out the raised section of the underdash reinforcement and fitted up a new straight piece. Here's where I'm at right now. The dash looks better in the photo than in person, I think ![]() ![]() Also, I discovered that my Pontiac column and the S10 brake bracket don't play nice - the column has the external "bowden cable" turn signal switch, which is mounted in the 10 o'clock position and is exactly where the pedal wants to be. It looks like if I make a new exit hole on the other side of the column for the cable, I can clock the switch around to 2 o'clock and solve the problem, but I've never been inside an early GM tilt column so this could get interesting ![]()
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Losser, The Netherlands
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Re: New project! The "Red Herring"
Like to read your posts, most of your posts tells me how to do mine. We have the same problem area's.
Can't wait to read future posts. The posted pictures and explanation are great, thanks from Holland, best regards Richard |
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Simple? What's simple?
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Location: Southeast CT
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Re: New project! The "Red Herring"
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![]() I told myself I wasn't quitting tonight until I had the pedal assembly mounted in the truck in a way I was happy with. As you can see, that took a bit. Trimmed down S10 bracket ![]() I didn't want to mount the bracket under the dash, so I decided to mount it above instead. To compensate for the lip on the inner edge of the dash, I laid a piece of 1/4"x1-1/4" bar in there (more on this in a minute) ![]() Once that was done, drilled the firewall and cut down the ribs so the booster would sit flat ![]() 16ga reinforcement plate added ![]() And my junk test booster mounted up ![]() Here's the modified S10 bracket. I welded the 1/4" bar stock to the ears, and then plated over the center to make it rigid again. ![]() ![]() And here it is fully mounted in the truck ![]() The two 3/8" bolts under the gauges will also carry my column drop and tie it into that 1/4" bar under the dash; this way, I could have the hardware symmetric ... I'm a little kooky like that ![]() There is an additional 5/16" bolt on the left of the gauges, which ties the end of the bar down. I will probably swap this for a cap head or carriage bolt to make it less conspicuous. I'm still not happy with how far the pedal is off the floor, so I'm probably going to extend the pedal arm down about 2" and likely shift it towards the center of the cab and inch or two as well. I have the pedal assembly out of my parts Olds to use as a donor for more metal that's the right size. I also need to make a new dash - cowl brace, because my original was broken and it probably wouldn't fit with this arrangement anyway. Most likely I'll just use some angle and tie it into the brake bracket somewhere behind the gauges. Stay tuned for more fun modifications - some of you may have noticed I removed the brake lamp switch bracket. Another thing I didn't want hanging out under the dash so I have a plan to make it hidden away ... but not yet ![]()
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CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder) |
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