Build #2 Crusader!

[Car'n'Guitars]

Nice work on all the truck so far cant wait to see it around town.

[blakeduren]

Thanks for the info on the 14b FF hub bearing/seal stuff!

[thirdstreettito]

Subscribed!

[owner 84]

how much does it cost you to convert the rear break to disk?

I hope you list every part and price!

well done until now, I feel crazy waiting the end of your project !!!!!

keep up

[owner 84]

u deserve 5 stars

[mrhino]

thank you.

I was curios myself what I had into it. Since I bought items from different places, and with other parts for the truck, I didn't know the complete total for just the rear disc conversion. I have gotten pretty good at finding great deals on my parts. It is not easy either it takes lots of time, diligence and patience, plus a little heat from the wife. ("I think you like that computer more than me") I probably have twice as much time in finding the best price per item, then I have putting them on the truck. for the rear conversion the parts came from Rockauto and Advance Auto (online). I use discount codes when buying online. they literally save hundreds of dollars when your spending hundreds of dollars.

here is a itemized list of what you need and the cost. (your pricing may vary)

1976 K20 front rotors $35.10 each

76 K20 calipers $13.59 each plus $20 each for core's if you dont have any

76 K20 Pads $18.55

you can use 76 K20 brake hoses, but they are to long for my taste so I got some hoses from a 77 caprice $14.62 (pair)

14 bolt rear disc bracket $47.95

$218 was the total and that was including shipping and taxes. Now, I put in new bearings and seals for a additional $48.62 bringing the total to $267.12 so I guess it was a little more than just replacing the drums. If someone were to have a pair of calipers to use for cores and/or didn't need to replace the bearing & seals. it could be right around $180 for a disc conversion.

[gmech]

How do you like the rear disc brackets that you used? Doing the same thing right now myself on my 91 (79) CCSWB. I ready to order them but I figured Id get you opinion.

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by gmech

How do you like the rear disc brackets that you used? Doing the same thing right now myself on my 91 (79) CCSWB. I ready to order them but I figured Id get you opinion.

I thought they were very good quality. nice and thick. I would buy them again

[gmech]

One more thing, where did you get them for 48 bucks? Online, local or do you have incriminating pics of someone! I checked online and there $66

[mrhino]

pm sent

[VA72C10]

Nice progress on this! Just found the build and you're moving right along upgrading it nicely!

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Nice progress on this! Just found the build and you're moving right along upgrading it nicely!

Im glad you found it.


hurt my back Last week so I was down a few days, but got back on the truck yesterday. Got my brake hoses in from Good old RockAuto on friday so Ill be able to finish off the rear brakes.



I started by making some little brackets out of some flat stock to hold the brake hoses from just flopping around back there.



cleaned off the axle tube installed the brake hose clip and welded them in place.



Don't make fun of my welding, Im pretty Self-conscious about it.

The hose looks a little curled up but it should be alright. It wont be flexing anywhere its tucked up so it shouldn't get caught on anything and its not rubbing.


now that Im done with the rear assembly Im gonna get back on the floor. so I can get some seats in there. more tomorrow.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by mrhino

Im glad you found it.


hurt my back Last week so I was down a few days, but got back on the truck yesterday. Got my brake hoses in from Good old RockAuto on friday so Ill be able to finish off the rear brakes.



I started by making some little brackets out of some flat stock to hold the brake hoses from just flopping around back there.



cleaned off the axle tube installed the brake hose clip and welded them in place.



Don't make fun of my welding, Im pretty Self-conscious about it.

The hose looks a little curled up but it should be alright. It wont be flexing anywhere its tucked up so it shouldn't get caught on anything and its not rubbing.


now that Im done with the rear assembly Im gonna get back on the floor. so I can get some seats in there. more tomorrow.

Great work and progress so far, who cares what the welds look like no one see's them and do their job right so it's a win-win situation.

[85chevy383]

I like the break setup but what will you or can u run for a parking brake?
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[mrhino]

Originally Posted by 85chevy383

I like the break setup but what will you or can u run for a parking brake?
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A brick! Just kidding. Here in the rust belt most of them don't work. (unless its used all the time like with a manual shift. Usually they are rusted and when u would apply them they would not release. plus our state does not require them. however if someone was to want to put a E-brake on. All you would need to do is use rear calipers from late 70's Cadillac or Trans am.

[mrhino]

Back on the floor. I took txlowtrucks advise and cut the piece in two. Hopefully I wont cut to much out of the passenger side and we wont have this problem.
after cutting it into two pieces I burned in each side leaving about a 2" gap down the center



while welding I thought man I need to turn the heater down its gettin damn hot in here. I raised my hood to find myself on FIRE... I burnt a good size hole in one of my good shirts. I told Deb what I done and she said with no concern " that was stupid". I have a real nice welding jacket in the closet. That way it stay nice.



I could see Tyler watching me. chomping at the bits to try it out. I barley got the words out of my mouth and he was right there to give it a go. he did pretty well to.



I used the left over piece that I cut from the hump to fill in the gap down the center and across the back. Its a good thing that its under the seat and carpet because it looks like sh!t. I will weld in a couple of pieces of flat stock where the seat will bolt through the floor and then give all the seams a good coat of seam sealer



with the floor lower and flat I threw the seat up in there to get a feel for how its going to set and I think its right on the money.







I even jumped in the back seat to see what kinda room Im gonna have. although its not a lot of room I did sit comfortably and my knees were not in the back of the seat



now on to the other side.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Great work, good thing that fire wasn't a little lower, you could have had a sad day.

[txlowtrucks]

It looks good, you can take a grinder to the welds if you're not happy with the way they look. Then the seam sealer will hide everything else. Most of the new crew cabs don't have anymore knee room. Mike

[yousesteers]

Looks good I used a piece of 1/4X3 ran it across the entire floor and then bolted the seat and console through it and the floor I used bolts and put a piece of 1/4x4x4 essentially a giant washer on the bottom and bolted the seats in that way.

[spudz]

MAN great thread so far and love the truck!

[BrooKLyn]

What are you doing for the back seat?

[mrhino]

The back seats are done, I did those last summer, I was going to show pics and give some details when i got the fronts all in. hopefully I will get the fronts in and mounted up this weekend. I used the the matching rear set from the donor tahoe. They look great and are function-able. meaning they fold up or down in this case. ill get some photos and details posted up soon.

[Dieselwrencher]

Your seat/floor work is coming together nicely. I may have to do this to my 76 too.

[mrhino]

Yesterday I got the the passenger side hump knocked down.

This time I cut around the hump at the height i wanted, then I tried flatting out the top. that was a no go. So I cut some releif cuts into the corners but it still wouldn't go flat.


So I ended up cutting it all the way out.


Laid it on the garage floor and beat the sh!t out of it untill it was flat.



I then lined it up on the floor. Cut off the excess around the outside and welded it back on.








(boy! I sure made that sound easy. Too bad it wasn't)


here is a nice level shot of the floor. You can see that now the middle hump is higher than the floor. Im going out right now to mount in the seats hopefully they will be at a good ride height and will bolt in with out too much problems. Ill get you all some pics later of the finished product.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Great work so far, I wish I had a garage I could work on my truck in.