Project-Atlas

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Bed shortening continues along with cutting the frame. Although I don't have pictures I cut behind the cab and moved the crosmember ahead without ever taking the cab off but it was a nightmare I wouldn't suggest it. My only justification was not having to cut airlines and wiring going into the cab.

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Now it was all going back together but I felt the need to upgrade the compressors to air zenith along with box in my c notches which I'd never done for some reason. Everything was going well until I tried to reuse my old exhaust only to realize there was not a chance of stuffing it in there without having heat issues on the accuair sensors along with the batteries so plan b was in order. The exhaust would have to exit the side of the frame before the crossmember but only on the drivers side due to all the wiring and plumbing on the passenger side

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Now that I had exhaust through the frame I decided to take a page out of tootsies book and had these exhaust bezels made with a v band flange on the backside to keep everything nice and secure

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Now that the exhaust was finished I needed to shorten the existing wood floor which hadn't held up Well at all so it was refinished with dark walnut stain and satin spar varnish

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I had also decided the accuair remote wouldn't be on the seat anymore after a near incident while driving so I made a little form to fit in in.there was a little trial and error but the piece turned out great and modifying the ashtray was pretty straightforward

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Next on the list was a heater which I had ditched in favor of a clean look but found out I needed for this climate. I went with a vintage air gen 2 heater and built a tray and new shallow glove box to keep it out of sight. I also used a heater bypass with the stock cable so the heater is controlled entirely with the factory sliders

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Now back to that motor. I had wired the entire engine and located the ecm and tac module under the seat along with all the accuair components for a factory look. Everything went smoothly and the truck even fired right up first try! But I had issues with the factory abuse mode kicking in which took me a while to figure out. Now that I was finally running I decided to tear the front of the engine off to address the terrible alternator mount and failing paint on the accessory drive