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Here are some pics of the lower flange holes that have gotten filled so far.
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After grinding flush bolted on the hangers and drilled the remaining 3/8” pilots in the lower flange.
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Made the final fit adjustments and drilled to 7/16” re-bolting one at a time. All the spring hangers have been drilled on the frame except for the front shackle frame brackets those were drilled over using a drill press. Really need to fix the spring bushings!
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"Yes sir, how may I help you?" Brett: "I'll take about a couple thousand 7/16 grade 8 bolts, nuts and washers please" ![]() ![]() ![]() Looking good there Brett. Keep up the good work. Looks like a roller soon ![]() Take care, Thomas |
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![]() ![]() We’re pretty lucky in that I’ve got a nut a bolt supplier just a few miles away that will sell to me. All this shiny new hardware ran me less than $10 for mockup compared to the big box store specialty bins with the little packages and the 400-500% markup. Working the rear hangers, pretty sure this is the setup on the rear position but want to see it flipped over with springs and axle before punching all the holes.
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Looking good.
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Thanks Tom.
And we have some rear springs!
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Flipped over with the rear axle in place ain’t that a looker? Ha!
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That first photo brings back terrible memories of trying to work on the brake lines around those spring packs
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Thanks Jim, It does look pretty dang tight in there and I'm sure the
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Decided to move forward with the generation correct engine cross member first instead of the K35 stuff. Pretty sure it’ll do the job and I’ve got the correct oil pan to make it work. Not 100% sure on the front sway bar mount and the trans mount we will see what fits the best.
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Nice work on the frame! It's really coming along nicely!
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Looking good keep up the work. I think it took me about a year to get it back on the wheels.
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So I borrowed an early style motor mount from a friend who only had one. A block of wood was subbed for the other side this is some high tech stuff here! With the K35 trans mount just set inside the frame rails and no TC mounts we got pretty close to carb level just messing around. Left exhaust manifold is touching the cross member but I think the new poly mounts are thicker.
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Do you have SBC or BBC motor mount stands?
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If the poly mount isn't tall enough, you could always shim the engine up if you had to to clear the cross member.
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Both the 73 K5 and the 84 K35 stands we have are for a small block, the motor mount take 3 bolts to mount to the stands not 4 like the big block version. I'm thinking ours are the short/wide you describe and have noticed that our later K35 version does seem to be a little heavier duty with extra mounting provisions to the frame and cross member but are still pretty much the same overall dimensions. Quote:
While waiting for the new motor mounts to show up we’ll get the crossmember mounted and start to figure out how we will mount the sway bar. Really want to run the original front cross member if possible and these later sway mounts are not helping that goal as much as I’d like. So, so close but no cigar! ![]()
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Great minds do think alike Jim, I saw that thread and thought wow!
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That is a good idea for mounting the sway bar. I just might have to do something like that.
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That is a great idea. I may have to alter the tube a lot due to my front cross members being modified for inline 6's.
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Here's another reason I wanted to stick with the original front cross member. I’ll tell you what these blazer steering box supports don’t fit the 133” or 157” frames real great. But with a little trimming it’s going to work out just fine, still need to add an upper shim to complete the fitting but you get the idea.
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