67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[67cheby]

im not sure about the gm application someone said s10 ?? i dont know

[texastrendz]

found it, thanks. looks like a good idea on the alignment issue to move stuff around.

[67cheby]

yes ... i havent drilled my arm for my brake yet but everything else has been really simple ,and looks a ton better, i used the upper 2 holes and just had to redrill the bottom 2 holes and used a 3 inch hole saw for the boot to go through , i will try to post a pic of that so you can see

[jasonhall]

That booster looks sweet.. might have to copy that idea!!

[watahyahknow]

i like the idea but i like to see if it will hold after some use , the shorter distance to the pedal lever might give the pin going intoo the booster a bit of up and down motion , im not sure if that will matter to the seal or not , if theres enough distance between booster and pedal you could make a valveguide like sleeve for the pin and some sort of cam/lifter type arangement on the pedal to prevent the pin from rocking

if you make the lift/ramp in the cam extreme at first and less so further up the travel you might be able to lessen the pedalswing and increase the feel of the braking

[Bowtie468]

Nice job on the booster. I've been eyeing mine and i think i need to do something with the stock mount. Trucks looking sweet !!

[ajgriffin]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

got my refurbished ac controls , today from TKORINEK (on the board) he did a super job they look awesome

Can you give us some details on these? Did you just remove your old A/C controls and send them to TKORINEK or did you just buy a refurb set off of him? They look awesome!

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by ajgriffin

Can you give us some details on these? Did you just remove your old A/C controls and send them to TKORINEK or did you just buy a refurb set off of him? They look awesome!

i just bought the refurbished one from him !! i think he has more, nice piece and very reasonable

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by Bowtie468

Nice job on the booster. I've been eyeing mine and i think i need to do something with the stock mount. Trucks looking sweet !!

thanks bowtie468

[67cheby]

last nights progress , stripped the underneath of the hood..... what a PAIN IN THE BUTT

[es67chevy]

You do know about soda blasting don't ya?

[67cheby]

i do know about it...my labor is free and soda blasting is very expensive, the one i checked with was like 120 an hour , it took me 2 hours to do the underneath of the hood , they could prob soda it in an hour but thats 120 i saved, i have about 20 hours in stripping the whole cab and front clip and my only cost is the sanding discs and paper, i think the soda blasting of it all would have cost me $800 ???just a guess

[es67chevy]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

i do know about it...my labor is free and soda blasting is very expensive, the one i checked with was like 120 an hour , it took me 2 hours to do the underneath of the hood , they could prob soda it in an hour but thats 120 i saved, i have about 20 hours in stripping the whole cab and front clip and my only cost is the sanding discs and paper, i think the soda blasting of it all would have cost me $800 ???just a guess

Good point and good figuring. We paid $775. You should treat yourself to something nice for saving all that money....like paint.

[67cheby]

what all did you get soda blasted for $775 ?? the whole truck ?? my buddy had his frame the inside of his bed the underneath of his bed and cab and it was 1200, that was last year, and who did you use ??

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by es67chevy

Good point and good figuring. We paid $775. You should treat yourself to something nice for saving all that money....like paint.

The shops up here are a little less expensive but not much. I paid $600 to have a whole car soda blasted inside & out and underneath on a rotisserie. They had it done in a day.

I don't count my time as free labor. There are plenty of things I can do to make money with my time away from my job so I put a number of $20 / hour on my vehicle tinkering time. If I can get a job done by someone else for less than my labor rate doing the job myself would add up to I have someone else do it. This also includes having to buy a special tool to do a job. If it doesn't add up I do the job myself.

It would have taken me at least 40 hours to do that total body strip job mechanically and probably $50 in abrasives plus all the electricity to run my compressor non-stop for a week. I figure it saved me about $250 in time & materials plus I was able to spend that 40 hours on other tasks making more progress.

I nearly bought my own soda blasting setup instead to do the job myself. I may still do that as I have several projects that could use that right now.

[67cheby]

if i would have been able to get the whole thing done for $600.... i would have hopped on that also !! great deal, and yes that is a good point about what to figure your pay at

[LEEVON]

Elbow grease is cheaper. A guy down the road does commercial soda blasting and alot of cars, trucks, jeeps on the side. He's $100/hr plus materials. Since I've seen him spend a very long day or weekend on a whole car you could figure at least $1200 plus materials at maybe $300-400. I've had him blast some stuff and usually wish I had just prepped it myself.

[67cheby]

with the auto business in its current state ... i have alot more time than money!!!!!

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by jasonhall

That booster looks sweet.. might have to copy that idea!!

i copied it from 1moretoy....the credit is all his

[es67chevy]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

what all did you get soda blasted for $775 ?? the whole truck ?? my buddy had his frame the inside of his bed the underneath of his bed and cab and it was 1200, that was last year, and who did you use ??

I had the cab, doors, and bedsides blasted. No hood, front clip, etc. they said if they were doing it again, they would have stepped up to a more abrasive media. they used walnut shells for mine. there was so much bondo though, that's what added the extra time. I can't remember what their business was called but the number is 531-7355 if you are ever curious.

Since you have the time and the energy, sounds like you went the right way for sure. I just didn't have the patience or time myself.

[superflysteiny]

1200 is cheep for a car to be blasted and sealed. Out here it is close to 2000 a car. The guy is the best in Sacramento but he is not cheep
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[67cheby]

wow.... do they do any chemical dips ??/ is that more expensive, i always thought that would be the way to go but there is not anyone around here that does it and i am sure i couldnt afford it anyway

[watahyahknow]

chemical dip is exremely iniromently unfriendly most people working the stuff dont live long
it is better for the metal though and leaves the protective zinkoxide on the surface (sanding and blasting takes it of ), it allso leaves a resideu on the metal and in the holow spaces holes need to be drilled intoo them to get the liquid to draw out after the dip
those holow spaces will be stripped but theres no posibility to get paint in there again , theres also a chance of the resideu contaminating the new paintjob

[67cheby]

oh... no wonder you dont hear to much about the chemical dips then !!

[superflysteiny]

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