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Sorry about the big pictures!
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No problem, its all great information. Thats what i have to do also, my lower door insides are terrible. Its a shame new body parts on these trucks are expensive. 300 to 500 dollars for fenders and inner fenders plus shipping.
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Wow this is completely embarrassing. I have been working on this truck every day for a couple hours a day after work till late at night. I've become addicted and forgot to post anything for a while. My apologies for anybody interested.
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Then was the tailgate
[IMG] ![]() Had to cut just the letters out and ad new metal above and below it. I hate rust. [IMG] ![]() Welded a piece of galvanized pipe to tubing and had to heat up and beat the metal with a sledgehammer to get it to roll into a c. More difficult then i assumed! [IMG] ![]() Still a work in progress! [IMG] ![]() My homemade sand blasting booth in the background.(wood box) That thing comes in handy. |
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Nice! I thought you were screwing with us in the first turbo pic. That's pretty awesome when it's done. Certainly not your average turbo LS build. Keep up the good work.
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Thank you. I wanted to try something different and had this crazy idea in mind. Maybe one day ill chuck the turbos and go with 2 big singles. I only bought them for a couple hundred bucks so if they don't work its not a big loss i suppose.
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![]() i ran the fuel and fuel return lines. Bought a bunch of those AN fittings that are way overpriced lol. Bought a 10 micron filter, a 380lph aem pump, and an 100 micron filter for the fuel line. Went from 3/8 pipe to AN fittings with a couple male to male fittings and couplings. I bought that fuel pump bracket for like 3 dollars off of eBay. works great and is tight for the money. It is pretty thick aluminum with a rubber insert clamping the pump. Last edited by Erics51chevy; 11-06-2016 at 11:05 AM. |
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![]() I did end up buying a brake kit for this. I actually ended up swapping the front axle for a 3100 axle that i found some guy trying to get rid of for cheap on craigslist. I was very lucky to find that. I told the guy putting the brake kit together that i wanted a 5 lug 5x114 to match the explorer rear. Ironically enough it is the same bolt person as my 350z. so i had extra wheels laying around i threw on there [IMG] ![]() |
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that's a good idea using the label maker to identify circuits
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Yeah it definitely makes things a lot easier. My handwriting is terrible and I had one laying around so I lucked out. I'll be running a separate small fuse box for all the interior electronics and lights. Hopefully one for an air conditioner when I get one .
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![]() 99 percent done the harness. i took out all of the wires in the box. New fuse box compared to old one. I will be adding to the fuse block but you can physically attach one fuse block to another and connect more relays right to it. I wired in a OBD2 port, 2 fan wires, brake switch wire, check engine light, wire for tach and speedo, and fuel pump power. |
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