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Re: 72 k20 project
Ok then.
But i must tell you,I was trained by John Rambo in street fighting. ![]() Motor is looking good.
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Re: 72 k20 project
Looking good . Soon it will be ready for a coat of detroit green to blend in with the orriginal colours on the rest of the truck !
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Ryanroo love the build so far. Took me a few days at work to read your thread. You have crazy good skills at fabricating. Excellent choice of truck and engine. Love the color! I'd like to see a video of you truck driving by this summer!
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Todays work The gear housing and cam are back on/in as well. phone died before i could take the end of the session pic. ![]() i grabbed this box, as we are getting close to needing it. i didn't realize that the pedestals required machine work... i guess i know what i am doing tomorrow. ![]() i also started another garage furniture project. despite the fact that my garage is already to small, i really want a heavy table to work on. here is the pile of steel, ready to be glued together. 3'x4'x.75" plate top. 3" tubular legs and assorted sizes of angle iron(GASP!) to construct the frame. ![]() |
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That cab looks sweet, and the engine is coming along nicely too! That fab table sure will come in handy!
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Slightly jealous.
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Looks great. Have you decide on if the stock pan will work, or is it still going to be a custom aluminum one? (I hope aluminum one because that will be BA.)
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Looking good Riley!
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Nice. That was a quick rebuild !
And trained by McClaine huh ? Lets do this ! ![]() (This will sound very random,but my mother actually went to HS with him.No BS. Said he was very quite.) And take care of that cab.Or i will show up with a viking and take it. ![]()
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I am very happy, if not a little broke. rings and bearings with gaskets, all OEM is a little more on a 6bt than your average GM v8... haha
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Haha, park a high dollar SUV in your drive way and now you're camoflaged?
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you got it. i can tell the neighbors are confused. i dont think they know how to process it. haha
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made a little headway on the fuel filter silliness.
![]() this involved a little creativity. or stupidity... the line gets a little fuzzy. i wanted the filters up as high as possible, hopefully out of the way. this was about as far up as i could go without hitting the cab. its still going to be close, but ill hope my measuring is good. i need to get a few fittings for the heads before i nail it down for good. i used the pipe nipples to help with alignment when i tacked the bracket. the plan right now involves some double ferrule compression fittings and stainless hard line in the center part of the frame where hopefully you wont ever need to be removing anything, and transition to braided soft lines closer to the front of the truck and the area near the lift pump/tank at the rear. i've been debating on using PTFE braided line and fittings vs the conventional braided over rubber hose. ![]() |
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Ryan your truck is looking SWEEEET! I'm gonna have to sign up for some lesson from CHUCK NORRIS.
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Is the fuel particularly terrible in your area that you need that much filter?? Maybe it's just the angle of the picture, but that seems ridiculously long??
As far as Teflon vs. rubber in the braided line debate, there is no comparison between the two. Teflon liner or nothing--that is unless you really like making hose assemblies, if so, then you should go with the rubber liner. Over the past five years, I have slowly been removing all the rubber lined braided hose from service in my fleet. Teflon costs more, but it's service life is infinite.
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i knew i could rely on you to argue the teflon hose. i do think i will use it for my fuel and oil lines. i think the air system will get regular rubber though. i guess we'll see when i get to the point of ordering it. |
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Man that's a lot of work for the fuel filters, but if anybody has the fab skills its you.
I am kinda surprised your putting the batteries on the inside of the rails, hard to reach the terminals of you ever need to jump someone. Actually my first thought was is there any chance of a driveline breaking loose from a U-joint failure and hitting the batteries? Safety cage for the shaft or batteries?
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that is a possibility. i don't plan on running a battery with liquid solution in it. so if it does blow up and ruin my batteries and exhaust, i will deal with that then. with the above average number of things to hang off this truck, i have to use what space i can. i still have to find space for a reasonable amount of air storage, plumbing and associated items. and all the stuff i am sure i have forgotten about. oh yeah, oil filters and air horns... |
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Nice mount Mr.Roo. The only thing I'd add to your list is a battery disconnect switch just in case. That way if there's ever a need to disconnect battery power if your starter stays engaged, you aren't left with a big pile of molten metal because you couldn't get under there in time to get your cable ends off. Those big filters restrict less at the rate of fuel you will be pushing through them too. Not what a stock diaphram lift pump puts out.
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I have toyed with the idea of a disconnect and isolation set up. i have even been secretly thinking about stashing a third battery for the winch and isolating it from the two chassis batteries. i do plan on running 200 amp circuit breakers to protect the cables, but i dont know if that will do me any good in the event of the starter sticking. id really like to have a disconnect but id have to figure out where it would be reasonable to inject in the circuit and still be accessible. one hurdle at a time i suppose. i am not particularly looking forward to the investment in copper. i have a top of the line taste when it comes to battery cable, and i need a lot of it.
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that would probably work, so long as the solenoid could handle the load. i havent looked, but i am sure there is something that would work. |
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Re: 72 k20 project
In the effort of getting the frame rail fab as complete as possible before the cab is on, i finished the welding on the link brackets both front and rear. slathered them in paint and did the links as well.
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