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Also for you, others and ptc (maybe) I once found someone who used ordinary metal desk type locks on the leading edge of his hood to provide a secondary lock/protection against the hood flying open at speed. Up until I saw yours, I was planning to do this too but only after all final adjustments to the hood fitment because there’s little room or error. No cable release, but I can live with that if I can be certain my hood is secure. I’ll see if I can find the old pic and will post it here.
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I didn't realize 12lbs of boost would create so much pressure, now I understand why it's hard to keep a hose in place.
Mudman.
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Ok guys well here it is.... for now...
https://www.facebook.com/paul.christ...4885428631793/ Took the old man for a ride down to the gas station just to give him a little thrill!!!! --- Not that he hasnt had a few in his 94 years of life so far.... ![]() He was pretty happy with what the "kid" put together! ![]()
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Looks and sounds great. Nice work
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Sweeeet...Jim
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You and your Dad's big grins are contagious! And the video sounded grin inducing too. Awesome!
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Nice video, just a beauty. I like the "kid" part, always be the kid hey. Really nice to have your dad around still and take him out, pretty special.
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Get her tuned up and remember tires are cheap fun
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ptc
great sound, but......oh yeah "needs more cow bell" ![]() NC
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Very nice.
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As long as someone on earth still thinks of you as a kid, you’re good to go! ![]()
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wow, what cam and what mufflers are you running. sounds REAL good
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Thanks everybody appreciate the kind words - its still a little rough but its an old truck and thats it for now. The old man really had a good time, I had him out in the flat-bottom boat last year for new years, he is a sailboat guy so speedboating seems a little crazy to him. But he enjoyed it.
I try an answer some of your questions separately, but thanks ALL! ![]()
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Lift is .6885 INT and .6630 EXH - 1.7 ratio Duration @.050" is 260 INT and 275 EXH Separation is 112 Its a big lift cam! ![]() Muffs are just some Dynojet bullet mufflers from Summit. I need to add more MUFF...
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saw your hood latch thread where you mentioned that you had put the 58-59 hood on the 57, very nice mod and done well
![]() i could have used this back when i was a teenager and rolled my first 58 those front S-pillars fold like a bad poker hand when a tf truck goes on it's roof ![]()
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what a fortunate father and a thoughtful son! hope you guys have a wonderful holiday
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![]() Amazing what a difference a year or so can make in the look of an interior!!!! ![]() ![]()
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Thank you Joe! --- To you and yours also - Merry Christmas!
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Ok so i finally got around to fixing my brake pedal design problem and redid the whole thing... somewhat. I left the hydroboost inplace and all that part, but just deleted the cab floor pedal design I had come up with. Originally I wanted the pedal to be part of the cab so that if it was separated the pedal assembly would go with the cab and not the chassis. That didn't work so well due to assembly "issues".
Heres all my parts I had to play with in getting this all together ![]() ![]() So now I took a brake pedal arm that was on the bracket and I cut it up to fit the frame and chassis where I wanted it on the other side of the steering column where the clutch would be. The pedal side is welded onto the shaft end and can be totally removed with everything around it in-place. ![]() ![]() ![]() Using the "clutch" assembly idea I drilled and put two flange bearings into the frame rail on either side and ran a 1/2" shaft thru it. ![]() ![]() The other end I re-used the same billet alum lever I previously machined that is keyed onto the shaft end and just re-drilled a new hole in it. I made a new rod to connect to the hydro plunger. It has male and female rod ends to make adjust easy. ![]() The pedal on the interior side of the cab was made of flat steel and rounded and then I welded a 5" long 1/2"-13 bolt to the back of it. It screws into the pedal arm on the other side of the firewall. Then I found these billet pedal covers to put on both the pedals to make them match. ![]() ![]() Yippe Kay YEA!!!
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Been a long week of holidays and truck de-bugging.... had a couple issues spring up after doing the brake pedal remake, brakes didnt work at all afterwards! - great remake right?
Well after chasing my tail with the hydroboost thinking it was all messed up I found a leaking residual valve, this brake line fitting was not tighting down enough to stop the leak so I just had to remove it. ![]() Bleed out both front brakes for awhile to get it all working again and its all good. Had to lengthen the brake pedal rod into the cab as it was too short. ![]() Then took it on a little shakedown cruise and just had a little fun with it. This truck is insane..... it has so much 'unnecessary power' (is there such a thing?) that it is just crazy trying to keep the power down on the asphalt and keep it going straight down the road. It is crazy torqey and just wants to run wild when you stab that throttle down and it gets going fast REAL quick... Boost is immediate! - you nail it and 10-15 lbs right now on the gauge!. Its reading direct at the hat. I cant wait to see what its pulling on the chassis dyno. Ive never had this much power before on the street. My speedo aint exactly working right, its just doing a bouncing thing but it is counting off miles, So i dont know how fast Im going, but it cranks up before you know whats happening. I need to go on a little longer cruise, stay off the pedal and get everything dialed in. The speedo is an elect-digital and I think it has to be programmed? Need to do that, not sure if the fuel gauge is working correctly either... maybe it just really goes down that fast! ![]() Ive got a few little leaky places I need to get figured out too. Just annoying little things.
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Nice way to spend the new year!
Good to see you driving the truck. It looks good too. I'm working at driving mine by spring. . |
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Your truck sounds like it would be so much fun!! Glad your enjoying it. When it brakes loose driving down the road is it easy to control?
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