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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
35 Pages and my eyes hurt.... Subscribed!!
Looks awesome Al... I have a question for you... Why did you go with the Custom Auto Air and not the Vintage Air?
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
anytime!!!!
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Thank's!! Thank's!!! I hope so too!!
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
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Hey Brian.. I went with custom auto air for a couple of reasons my brother in law had already installed one in his 69 camaro and my best friend installed one in his 72 camaro they have not had any issues so i figured it would be a good choice the other reason was that they are located in Tampa florida which is roughly 3 1/2 hours from where I live so in case of any issues it is cose enough to deal with in person if i had to. Thanks for your comments and for reading my diary.. ![]()
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
I have all the fittings, brake lines and tools ready to change the proportioning valve and my manual master cylinder. Couple of issues I am already running into first one the truck is so high since it is on jack stands I cant reach comfortably the inner bolt of the old master, the other one is trying to do it by my self with my truck being finished in the engine compartment I do not feel comfortable climbing all over the engine compartment and scratching something specialy the inner fenders. So I decided to just stop and I will have one of my techs come to the house tomorrow and hopefuly we can change the necessary parts, make new lines and bleed the system.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Just be careful with the brake fluid.
It loves to eat your paint. I would cover everything that you don't want damaged. DOT 5 Silicone brake fluid won't harm your paint.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
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Keith after seeing your awesome clean job on your install I wish we lived near each other so maybe you could help the big guy out.. ![]()
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Just take your time.
Have plenty of extra tubing. And yes,... I wish I lived in Florida!
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
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Come on down real state is really cheap right now and we could use some more truck fellows here Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Been there done that and unfortunately didn't know Al when I lived a couple miles from him! I donated big time to the cheap real estate so Keith you would also make me happy if you bought in!
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Clean build love it.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Well tonight one of my techs and I decided to swap out the master cilynder and make two new brake lines. Taking off the master took maybe 15 minutes not bad at all. Now making the new lines that consumed a couple of hours it is kind of a pain but we managed to make them. Here are a few picts of the progress I still have the proportioning valve to install in the frame then bleeding all four corners.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Thanks eric no where near as nice as yours but I am trying....
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Looks good! Now you need to polish those lines (or paint them black so they disappear)
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
looks good bro , almost there , sorry i could not come over last nite , you were in good hands with johny
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That flaring kit you loaned me worked awesome. I bend the lines the best I could and ran them. Johnny tied them all up it is time consuming and between some trips to the auto parts for fittings was not too bad. Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
looking really good!
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
How does that master work for you? I cave power brakes in the burb an was actually thinking of going this route to clean up the firewall some more. I just think my truck would be too big and heavy for manual brakes.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
What clamps are you going to use?
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
I really like the look of just the MC w/o the booster, really cleans up the firewall. I have almost talked myself into this also. Looks great!
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Looks good. Get your wheels yet?
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Looking Good Al! Ready to see those new wheels too.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
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The company is called made for you here is a link for them https://www.made4uproducts.com/cart/...hp?prod=20-288. Lolife Keith used them in his build and they really clean up the lnes and hold them in place nicely. Quote:
Thanks!!!! No wheels yet.... ![]() ![]()
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
Thanks Mike!!!
Even if I cant drive the truck I just want to see it on the ground already with some wheels on there.
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
this morning I spent a little time recleaning everything that I could not see last night and as VA72C10 suggested I painted the lines and I must say they definetly look better..
tonight I am going to retighten all the fittings as I saw some brake fluid by the crossmember and I am sure that I am going to have some leaks here and there. So I guess let the real fun begin chasing leaks. ![]()
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