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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
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I just left Lokar when they started making them, like 9 years ago. I wish I could have got one before I left. Suck! It's lookin good man, get some pics of the linkage install.. Trav
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Thanks guys. Slowly but surely...
Ask and ye shall receiveith... Before (excuse my anti-rust coating... ![]() ![]() Z-Bend on 4" flat stock for reference: ![]() And after: ![]() I was able to adjust it so the indicator is dead on in all gears. Plus as an added bonus, there's a whole lot less play now. Gotta rebuild the column to get it perfect... |
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Looks good Mike. Are yoiu running a digital shift gauge type thing or wehat is the box on the side of the tranny? Any progress on the 1pc project
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
![]() I was able to adjust it so the indicator is dead on in all gears. Plus as an added bonus, there's a whole lot less play now. Gotta rebuild the column to get it perfect...[/QUOTE] Well Frizzle you sold me. After about two hours of trying to modify the old bracket after I swapped out my th350 with a 700R4 I went and bought the linkage. I hope to have it in on Monday. yeah. |
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Mike, your new shop looks FANTASTIC. I'd love to come out and see it in person, I'll bring the brews too!
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
When you are done fabbing are you gonna break down the whole truck and paint and detail everything? You may have answered this before, but scanning back through 32 pages will make my eyes pop out =)
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
This is a sick truck I would never have the balls to try that
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
That's a nice clean install too. I think I'm going to have to get one of those.
It looks like it also works for all GM transmissions, and automatic columns. Sweet!!
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Did you have to make the bend to clear something? I thought it would go in as it was out of the package.
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It would have been binding the hiems with no bend on this install. I also gave it that shape to provide more exhaust clearance. If that was not a concern you could get away with a single bend. |
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Awesome Build , You got me thinking of doing it to my son's 67 now....
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I got some good shop time today. I knew the bent header extensions I picked up would only be a starting point. Here's how they looked on first install: ![]() That was no good so I did some pie-cuts and shortening: almost there... ![]() Another pie cut and we're money: ![]() Here's the routing so far: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Still need to weld in the rings but I wanted to be sure the hole positions in the TA xmember were right first. This is with the rear bags fully collapsed:
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Thanks mike.
So, you have a cnotch also right? You went OVER the trailing arms.. I thought that when you aired out all the way, the exhaust would hit.. Guess not. Thanks for the pic man... |
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That looks nice Mike! It should have a sweet rumble with the 3" pipe.
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
very nice work!!
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Looking good Mike...the master metal melter at work!!!
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Man, that's clean.
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Thanks guys
![]() lyriks, this is why I chose not to flip the TA tabs on the xmember like the ECE and CCP versions come (ECE is reversible; bolt-on, CCP is not). I do have a step notch and I will be attempting to run pipes all the way back ![]() |
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You didnt bend your own pipes, did you just buy sections of prebent and then made yours??? |
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Mike,
Do you plan on running an X-Pipe?
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
I see what you mean. A bolt in crossover in front of the transmission mount should work well.
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Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*
Mike I used the same Lokar linkage on my 71'...it works great!
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