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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Nice work Marc. We did one Friday night. If the exhaust manifold bolt is too short, you can weld a nut to it for removal.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Hat's off to you Marc! We took the easy way out...lift and 4 guys. OK, three of us bench raced while one did most of the work.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Marc, nice job on the removal...Jim
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Good job!! It's always nice when things come apart easy. I like your jack stand blocks.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Nice job...
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Thanks man Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Well I spent more money today...Does that count for progress because if it does I have been busy as of late. I got a smokin deal on an Accuair set up. It is new and still factory sealed and has never been installed. I have always planned to run Accuair for air management but I didn't plan to buy it for a while. This is the most current kit with the newer ride height sensors.
Local score so no shipping costs either...... Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
I've enjoyed catching up on your build so far. I did something very similar for my '71 C10, in stealing the drive train out of my '98 T/A. Had enough $ sunk in between having the LS1 built to a fully balanced forged 383 and the 4L60 built to support it that I knew I'd never get it back if I sold the car as it sat, so I cannibalized the car to support the truck build and sold off the scraps. Will we kick ourselves in 20 years for doing this to otherwise decent f-bodies? Who knows, I kind of kick myself every time I see a red 4th gen bird roll by with the t-tops off already, but at least there are still clean ones out there to be had cheap.
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Thanks for following along. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
nice score, you get a manifold?
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Very nice! You must be a Craigs list Ninja....
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
No I will need to pick one up. This was too good of a deal to pass up on. I will pick one up later a long with 2 compressors and a tank or two. This works ok because I can spread out the cost this way.
It was a tip from a friend. Marc
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Nice looking kit...Jim
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Nice score!! It's on my list of upgrades.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Marc will that unit work on any airbag system? I am using the one that came with my ride-tech system.
It works and does what it is intended to do but I would like to use something else. The system I have does not self level and I know very little about what is on the market. |
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I have my garage back from the Camaro and the frame staged. I'm looking forward to cutting into the old frame for the PB goodies. More progress pics soon...I promis. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Well I started my Porterbuilt install yesterday. I talked with Nate at PB to plan the install. He would like my feed back on this install and I committed to him to document it with a lot of pictures. I measured a bunch before making the first cut. I also tooled up with a new 1/2" drill. I'm pretty happy with the progress that I made.
I overlaid the frame rail to mark the locator holes. the front does not align with any factory holes. Scary at first but once Nate explained how to positon the drop member to find my location it made perfect sense. I cut my frame using a cutting wheel on my electric grinder and I was surprised at how easy it cut the fame.
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Continued...
I separated the OE front section and set it aside while I drilled the remainder of the holes to mount the PB front section. I then reassembled the DM. My first impression of the installation is it is like a big lego set. I'm very pleased More pics
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Nice work and explanation Marc. Is this the first PB member going in on an AD frame?
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
First off let me say I love the burb! Looks like we have both been waiting a long time for these dropmembers! I almost went a different route 4.5 months ago, but Nate/Dave confirmed with an e-mail the day after saying they were taking preorders. Anyways, after seeing your build come together I'm really glad I waited. Nate confirmed my parts will be shipping next week and I sent him a message about wheel specs, but have not heard back (holiday time). Just curious if you know backspacing and wheel height specs? Sorry for the long post!
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Good luck..Oh and it is worth the wait. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Now onto the rear. Once you have located the locator hole in the front, you use this same hole and measure back to locate the placement of the rear notch...I confirmed one of my initial concerns. The rear body mounts interfere with the rear notch. I removed the mounts for now. They will be easy to reattach. Since this is a suburban that I'm building I bet PB didn't realize this would be an issue since they mocked up to truck frames. This is something that I took pictures of and I will be communicating back to them.
I cleaned both frame rails with a wire wheel, to make slipping on the rear rails easier. I later determined that I need to clearance the frame for the welded nuts on the inside of the notch. More thought/planning is needed here. I will figure it out. Again. I'm like the challenge of figuring this out. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Detail of the body mount removed and the and rear notch...
That's a wrap for the night... Marc
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