53 Surburban "Family Truckster"

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Thanks Mark, will give it a shot.

Sorry for the hijack Marc.

It's all good Doug. You never know when someone reading this will find info they need.

Originally Posted by xpickup

Marc, the motor looks like a new one now. We have a hydraulic shop locally that has a bunch of fittings. They also have the in steel for faction of the cost of the russell ones. I don't know if you may have any shops like that. When I need fittingsthat is where I go first.

Shannon

Shannon I will need to look around. I have a place right next door to work that sells that kind of thing. I thought hey I need air fittings, I will do business local. Boy did that cost me...I think I over paid for what I got.

Marc

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by reaper71

This is a 3/8 -6 barbed fitting it allows you to use fuel inj. hose instead and screws onto the russell item.

I already had the russell ones on hand and just used them.
From jegs #555-110845 $2.99 each or same part diff manu. #259-98200 $3.27 ea.
Here are the fittings, blue is the russell.

Mark...

So Mark with the barbed fittings, you can use hose with no clamps or anything needed?

Marc

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Marc, block is looking good...Jim

Thanks Jim, its getting there. Still undecided on a cam swap.

Marc

[reaper71]

No, you will still need fuel inj. clamps (the down side to it but the cost is much lower) I just turn the clamps over so you dont see the ugly side.

Mark...

[reaper71]

To add to my last comment I used steel line from front to back and the rubber (INJ.) line only as needed..

Mark...

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by reaper71

No, you will still need fuel inj. clamps (the down side to it but the cost is much lower) I just turn the clamps over so you dont see the ugly side.

Mark...

Originally Posted by reaper71

To add to my last comment I used steel line from front to back and the rubber (INJ.) line only as needed..

Mark...

Thanks Mark. Now I'm leaning toward all rubber inj line front to back with fittings (not the barded ones)...I want to run it inside the rails of my rear notch and rubber line will be the way to go for this.

Marc

[youngrodder]

Ok so a little while back I asked for a scape piece of bed rail for a project. I noticed in a picture I found on line that there was this piece on someone else's suburban that looked like it belonged there behind the rear leg of the jump seat.. Mine originally did not have this piece but my floors were junk. I noticed two issues when I reinstalled my jump seat. (1) the floor (16g) was oil canning slightly when the seat was slid into position. (2) the front seat edge height of the jump seat did not line up with the main seat edge height. This piece I added keeps the seat from sliding too far back which improved the seat height and also the oil canning. It was a win win.

I hope these pictures help to explain what I did.

Marc

[youngrodder]

More pics

[Advanced Design]

Perfect fix Marc, remounting the passenger seat is on my "to do" list and this helps. Thanks!

[youngrodder]

So I spent a little time in the garage this weekend. I tore down my LS motor further. I removed intake and fuel rails. I also rearranged my garage to gain some space. I hung my doors up and my hood which gained me some space. I then fully cleaned all of the dust and dirt on the floors. It feels goof to have a little more order in my small work shop.

I ordered all of my fuel line/hose and fittings. It will be here Monday. I also ordered (2) SS 2.5 gallon storage tanks for air. I plan to get a lot of this stuff mounted this week...

I also picked up a set of 18" rollers since my last pair went with the Camaro that I sold.

Marc

[Coach529]

Looks great Marc!!

[oldman3]

Sweeeeet...Jim

[lower50's]

It's always a struggle to work in a small garage. My garage is 12X20. Rims look cool are you using them when it's done?

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Coach529

Looks great Marc!!

Thanks Coach its getting there...

Originally Posted by oldman3

Sweeeeet...Jim

Thxs Jim

Originally Posted by lower50's

It's always a struggle to work in a small garage. My garage is 12X20. Rims look cool are you using them when it's done?

No these rims are very crappy. The offset is wrong. The center caps wont fit on the front rims due to the hubs sticking out. They might look OK in pics but trust me they are junk....

Marc

[youngrodder]

OK more progress to report. My SS 2.5 gallon tanks showed up this afternoon. I picked them up off of eBay. After a couple minutes looking it over I decided I could use a factory hole in the frame for a pass through for the lead hose coming off of the compressor. The compressors are Viair twin packs that I picked up cheap a few weeks back.

I even made good use of some Accuair decals that I got for free a few weeks back and stuck them on my eBay tanks to make them look fancy..

Marc

[99 to Life]

looks like it was meant to be there.

[Coach529]

Looks great. 2 small tanks seems to be easier to place than one big one.

[Advanced Design]

Chassis and tank placement is looking really good Marc. Moving right along...

[lower50's]

Great fitment.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

looks like it was meant to be there.

Thanks 99

Originally Posted by Coach529

Looks great. 2 small tanks seems to be easier to place than one big one.

Yes, on my 48 I used 2 small tanks as well.

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Chassis and tank placement is looking really good Marc. Moving right along...

Just trying to keep pace with you..

Originally Posted by lower50's

Great fitment.

Thanks

[RockinKees]

Nice Marc!
Looks like a perfect fit!

[youngrodder]

I received all of my various fittings and fuel line from Summit Racing. The idea will be to run the black mesh/rubber hose from the fuel tank up the inside of the notch to the fuel filter. From the filter forward I will go with steel gas line and then back to rubber hose from the frame rail to the fuel rail. All fittings will be black. I purposely mounted the compressor on the passenger side a little higher to provide space for a fuel line to run under it. There is more room under it than it looks in the picture.

I can't say enough good things about the Summit hose and fittings. I have used braided SS hose before and I will never use that stuff again. It was a pain to get the hose inside the fittings and I always stuck myself with metal barbs. The stuff from Summit is not cheap (Russell makes a cheaper version blk and blue in color) but I wanted to use Summit hose with Summit fittings. I also did not but any special tools or claps to join the hose and fittings. I did use (2) line wrenches to no mark up the fittings and it went smooth.

A lot of you might be thinking "why is he screwing with fuel delivery at this point". My idea is to try to get major systems complete and checked off. Fuel delivery was one that was easy to complete.

Tomorrow I will purchase one of the last pieces to complete my air suspension. I will be ordering my Accuair valve body.

On my 48 truck I did a poor job of completing all of the fitment of everything prior to paint. Wayne (Parkwood) suggested to me long ago this was the way he does all of his builds. It was great advise. I really like the idea of doing all of this work prior to the frame being painted.

Here are some pics.

Marc

[Root2812]

Marc, I am glad you went with something similar to the Russell Proclassic line and like it. The Russel is the one I used and its really nice. Your build it coming along great.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Root2812

Marc, I am glad you went with something similar to the Russell Proclassic line and like it. The Russel is the one I used and its really nice. Your build it coming along great.

Thanks Root. I liked the look of the grey and black better than the gray and blue.....yes, I'm picky at times.

Marc

[Advanced Design]

Looks really good...and it is a good plan to fit everything now. Marc, if you have the part numbers I can just copy you...I think I am falling behind.