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#26 |
454 club
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Oklahoma
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Great Job. They always look better when all the work is done.
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Location: NH
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Wow, that's a lot of progress. I think you should do this for a living. If you can do 2 trucks a day and charge a flat rate for labor, I can see 6 figure income in your future. Just stay away from our rust-belt trucks. It takes the "heat and beat" method just to turn a nut which really eats into the time required.
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#28 |
Watch out for your cornhole !
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Location: Azle, Texas
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CPNE.....
I have been an ASE Master mechanic for 12 years and an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic for 9 years. I earned my fair share of money turning wrenches. I changed careers 2 years ago. Now I work 24 hrs on and get 48 hrs off. It works out to either 2 or 3 days a week. Best schedule in the world. I get lots of free time to work on the side.
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Happy to be here
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Location: Cypress, TX
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Awesome job buddy. The green stepper is going to look good when it's done.
It sounds to me like you need to find another tire shop. I buy enough from my local shop that they never charge me for anything extra. They mount, balance, rotate, and repair flats for free....
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IT'S DONE
Well, it's sitting back in the street again.
All done except for 2 items- 1) I still need to swap Mas cyl and prop valve 2) I need to run over to the dealer and get a sway bar clamp. One was bent. That's gonna cost 2.66. Only problem I ran into was I forgot to buy 1/2 inch lugnuts. I scrounged through the garage and found 20 mismatched ones. If the front springs don't settle any more, I'm going to have to put in a 3 inch drop spring to take it a total of 5 1/2 front 6 back. Pictures tonight after the wifey gets home with the camera. Kevin
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Location: Concord NC
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Make sure you get good pics of the rear end seutp. Looking forward to seeing that. Did you install one that needed new saddles or find a good direct replacement?
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#32 |
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Benbrook, TX
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Do you need that valve. ASAP?
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Canada
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hey TX Firefighter
get yourself one of the old style manual tire changing machines. I have one bolted to the floor in my garage and it works fine. Cost was about $50. It is a made in the far east replica of what the local garages had back in the 50's. Might want to be careful with aluminum wheels but it sure works good on the steel wheels.
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THE FINISHED PRODUCT
Here it sits. If the front doesn't settle in a week or two, I'm going to lower it another inch.
Lock- tell me what pictures you want to see and I'll go take them.
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That ride hight looks pretty sweet. Id jsut like to see you rear end suspension setup that you put in. Mainly the panhard bar.
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#36 |
faster, faster, faster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA
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It should drop another inch or two when it all settles down. You'll hear a little pop when the springs seat all the way. It'll scare the hell out of ya if your not expecting it.
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Look's pretty damn good...
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#38 |
Progress = 0%
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Looks great! Much better.
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COMING SOON...
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ft Worth TX
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TX Firefighter--if I read correctly, you're temporarily still using the stock drum master cylinder/prop valve? This might be a dumb question, but does it stop well enough to drive?
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Benbrook, TX
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You need a 454 in there to pull down the front. That 6 is way to light. LOL
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Quote:
Pic of left side of super track bar. Notice it mount to stock bracket
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Right side of super track bar. It mounts to a bracket between the axle saddle and trailing arm. The bolt is still loose because I haven't adjusted the rearend to center yet.
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#43 |
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Comparison between the stock upper shock mount and the ECE mount kit. Notice it moves the hole rearward which places the shock more straight up and down. The ride improves the more vertical the shock is.
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#44 |
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A close up of installed upper shock mount. Removing the rivets on the stock mounts was the hardest part of this job.
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#45 |
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Location: Cecilia, Louisiana
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Looking sweet ! How much clearance do you have between the axle tubes and the frame? How about clearance between the bed floor and top of the differential housing? I'd like to squeeze a 7" drop out of the back if i could . Looking at yours, does it look like you could get another inch out of it even if you had to c-notch the frame? And for the final question, how much did your pinion angle change ?
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#46 |
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I think you could get another inch drop if you wanted to. If you c-notch the frame, I know you could.
I'll measure the clearance tomorrow exactly. I have to work 24hrs today. I didn't measure the pinion angle before or after the job. I've dropped them 6 inches before with no pinion angle issues, so I didn't even worry about it. Kevin
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#47 |
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Nice pics Tx. Thanks!
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#48 |
I hate trannys
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Bakersfield,CA
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If you dont mind me asking how much was your total on parts for the job?
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#49 |
Life is Good !
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Hollister, Ca.
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Dam that did make a big differance !
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#50 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Des Moines WA. (Kent, area)
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looks great; It should settle down more with the small block in it.
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