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Old 04-18-2013, 07:48 PM   #776
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Today I repainted the fire wall on the truck. I strached it a little when I pulled the motor. Next I'am going to run the front brake lines before I reinstall the motor. It still has shadows so I will repaint it again. Do it again untill I am satified.
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Old 04-18-2013, 08:07 PM   #777
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Don't give me the credit for knowing about perch difference. I learned some stuff from that one, too. I just knew I had the extra set of what turned out to be small block perches.

Glad the court thing turned out.
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Old 04-19-2013, 02:08 PM   #778
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Don't give me the credit for knowing about perch difference. I learned some stuff from that one, too. I just knew I had the extra set of what turned out to be small block perches.

Glad the court thing turned out.
thanks a lot man stay in the right lane. Let life go on it way. Don't be in a hurry.
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Old 04-20-2013, 04:46 PM   #779
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Today, It rained off and on all day long. So I didn't get anything done on the old girl. I did take the speed gage apart and paint the litter arm orange. So I got together all my brake line parts that I will be ordering from speedway. Hope to finish the brake lines from front to rear this week. That is if the parts come in.
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Old 04-21-2013, 09:20 PM   #780
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Today, is Sunday. Did nothing on the truck. I did walk out and looked at it if that counts. Rested again and spent time with the family. I try and not work on Sunday for that is Church day and God's day. Well I hope to install the new fuel pump and lines tomorrow or Tuesday. Guys I have parted four trucks out for my build and have some parts that are to good to through away. So If anyone needs anything fell free to ask.
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Old 04-21-2013, 09:24 PM   #781
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Here's a couple more. Definitely different (shorter, and fit the holes) than the ones you have. Uglier, but they fit, and you already know what to do about the ugly.
well that makes you 43 right. and I do know what to do about ugly.
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Old 04-22-2013, 01:29 AM   #782
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Yep, 43. Two years older than my truck (although 1 year younger than the doors, 3 years younger than the bed I removed from it, about the same age as the "new" frame....)

Sorry for the delay in shipping the perches. They're going out tomorrow. My wife is the shipping expert in the family, and she was too busy last week to get them out before the weekend.

You wouldn't happen to have a black dash pad, would you? Or maybe a 72 door pull (fort he inside of the door, screws to the panel)?
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Old 04-22-2013, 08:52 PM   #783
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Today I installed the brake booster and master cly. and port. valve. My port valve bracket was wrong so I built one. Don't look like a pro but it will work and also installed the vent door handles with the knob type. I like these better.
In one of the pictures You can see how the PO had it to work. I don't think Gemeral Motors design it that way. I know they didn't. What can I do except for replaceing the booster? I thought about threading the booster rod and attaching a buckle type to hook to the rod buckle. Which comes out from under the dash. which attaches to the brake pedal. What do you guys think? Looking for ideas.........
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Old 04-22-2013, 09:21 PM   #784
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Hey gdavis;
Is the original bracket that's attached to the vacuum booster removable, if so unbolt it and set it aside, then bolt the booster to the new truck bracket directly.
If it doesnt bolt up to the stock truck style bracket then it's the wrong booster for this truck.
What happened to the connecting rod it looks like it was cut off.
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Old 04-22-2013, 10:52 PM   #785
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I agree. You shouldn't need both mounting brackets. Here's a picture of the setup on Mustard before I took it all apart. I thought I had some better pics of it, but apparently not.
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Old 04-22-2013, 10:56 PM   #786
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Oops. Here's the pic.
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Old 04-23-2013, 07:25 PM   #787
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gdavis;
In the lower LH position of the brake booster bracket there is supposed to be a special raised section where your steering column firewall bracket fits under it then you put a bolt through it to hold it securely in place.
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Old 04-23-2013, 08:29 PM   #788
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Today, I removed the second bracket and mounted it to the fire wall. I went to the welding shop today and they are making me a set of brackets. Whickis really not brackets. They are a wedge or a tri angle out of alumium. 1/2 inch thick by 3/4 wide and 4 1/4 inches tall. When I am done it will set level and against the fire wall. New booster 59.95, set of alumium angles 10.00. I only have a spacer for now. It gave me the distances to measure. The angles will be done in a day or two. Then I welded my rod out of the booster with the rodunder the dash. It fits great. I will post pictures of the end result maybe Wednesday or Thursday.
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Old 04-23-2013, 08:39 PM   #789
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In picture number four on this post is the brake pedal with two holes in it. Does the rod fit into the top hole or the bottom. I also ran my small lines to the p-valve. The small lines are made out of nickle, bronze and steel. Which makes bending a snap.
Since this truck did not come with a 350 what fuel pump do I use? I have a two line pumo and a three line pump. But I don't like the slip on lines. On both pumps. Do they make a pump that has threads for all lines? I think it would be better than the slip hose and do away with a future leaking problem.
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Looking great!
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Old 04-24-2013, 08:48 AM   #791
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Coming along nice. When I went to get a fuel pump for my blazer at o'reillys they didn't have the one with 3 lines. On their system the 3 line is listed for auto trans trucks and 2 line is listed for manual trans. I used the 2 line as that is what was on mine already. The 3rd port is a return line to the tank to relieve excess pressure. Dustin
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If you plan to run without emissions then the 2 line pump is what you need, as far as plumbing the return line I would use metal fuel line for the majority and the best quality 5/16" hose you can get for sections that need connections.
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Old 04-24-2013, 08:44 PM   #793
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If you plan to run without emissions then the 2 line pump is what you need, as far as plumbing the return line I would use metal fuel line for the majority and the best quality 5/16" hose you can get for sections that need connections.
I have them both. A three line and a two line. Just wanted to know what would be better?
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Today, I worked on the dry fit of the steering colum. I am not going to use the one I have in the truck. I am not totally concerned with this one. I will be getting a tilt in the future. Going to get it running and then I'll see. I did clean and paint the colum. This was a person want get all dirty working on it.

Hey guys how do a person get the fire wall boot over the colum shifter????? I tried and riped it so now I have to get another one. There got to be something I am doing wrong. Like holding my mouth wrong or bitting my lower lip.??????????????????????????????????????

Here it is Tuesday and I am no furter alone than I was last week. I did figure out the brake booster though.
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If you plan to run without emissions then the 2 line pump is what you need, as far as plumbing the return line I would use metal fuel line for the majority and the best quality 5/16" hose you can get for sections that need connections.
I'll go to the parts depot tomorrow. Or what we locals call advance auto. A real small place. if I need some parts changes are they will have to order them. But that is one of the draw backs of living in a small town.
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:28 PM   #796
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gdavis;
It's time to suck it up and buy a tilt column from CPP, besides $350 isn't that much money and you will be a lot happier anyway, call and ask for Jeff Norton at CPP for a 10% discount, tell him you are a member of 67-72chevytrucks.com that will knock $35 off the cost of the column.
To answer your question you will need to remove the splined steering shaft to get the new boot on.
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Today, I sand blasted the new perches that Rick sent me. Thanks so much Rick. I primed and painted them black. So tomorrow I will mount them on the engine. I also mounted the new E-brake off of the 72 on the 68 cab. I like the foot brake style better. The only thing is I need to know where the E brake cable come thru the fire wall. Will I have to drill a hole for the E-brake cable and how about the gromit. What does it look like. Rick can you take a picture of yours and where it comes thru the fire wall and post in on my site.
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Good job, George. Those look a lot nicer than the greasy blobs I put in the mail.

Here's the best pic of the drivers side of the firewall area I took before disassembling Mustard. I believe that's the parking brake cable coming through the firewall to the right of the electrical plug block. It drops down onto the inner fender and runs down to the frame rails under the brake booster.

If you have your parking brake pedal assembly together inside the cab, it basically goes straight through the firewall from the connection point from the pedal assembly. Here's a pic of that, too.
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My firewall is clear I will try to get some pictures for you providing it doesn't rain all day.
Did you get both cable brackets with the assembly or are they missing?
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