71 C30 dually restoration

[MrBeast]

What are your plans for a bed on it?

[UncleMatt]

Originally Posted by MrBeast

What are your plans for a bed on it?

It'll be a low profile flat bed where the wheels stick up through.

[502ms]

Thanks for the info...definitely subscribed
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[70chev383]

looks sweet man!!

[moose1008]

Awesome build! Can't wait to see it finished. Have a similar build going on myself and i am really diggin the 4 link set up!

[moose1008]

Hey unclematt, I was wondering how long are the 4 link bars?
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[UncleMatt]

Originally Posted by moose1008

Hey unclematt, I was wondering how long are the 4 link bars?
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I made the bars 30 inches. But that's not including the ends so they're quite long. I'll have to take a measurement to be sure of the length.

[moose1008]

Originally Posted by UncleMatt

I made the bars 30 inches. But that's not including the ends so they're quite long. I'll have to take a measurement to be sure of the length.

Hey thanks man!
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[UncleMatt]

Originally Posted by moose1008

Hey thanks man!
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I measured the bars tonight. They are 35" long from center bolt holes.

[UncleMatt]

Went to Harry's U Pull it last week and picked up an Astro van hydra booster, all the power steering lines, and a drive shaft for only $50 bucks. Best part is after extending my wheel base the drive shaft I found is exactly the right length. I also picked up a disc/disc master cylinder from a 75 corvette. Can't wait to start putting my brakes together this week. I'm also working on my watts link to finish up the rear end. Pics to come soon!

[SCHRUMGMC]

Subscribed !!!

[502ms]

Looking good. BTW, if you need a rendering, check the fb page for this site. There is a gentleman named Chad that makes awesome 3d renderings and they are spectacular.
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[mr mike]

Work day





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[mr mike]

Hey Matt I think he wants to buy your truck lol
And just a hunch tells me he'll pay with an overseas cashier's check and he will send his delivery people to pick it up because he's too busy on the movie set making a movie right now To pick it up himself. Lol
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[gwars1306]

What's up uncle Mike are there any new pics or updates on your dually build
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[UncleMatt]

Ok, got some new updates coming your way. I've been working like a mad man on the truck lately. Oh how I love progress!!

Here's how the watts link came together. I stared at my diff cover for a while until I figured out how I was going to attach my center pivot.

Here are my center arm pieces before welding them together to make the center bar.

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I'm using a $10 s10 upper ball joint as the center pivot.

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I didn't have a tapered reamer but this step drill bit worked great for drilling the taper in the center pivot. (Ignore the ugly tack welds, my mig was out of gas)


Frame mount arm pivot brackets. I made them square and then decided to get fancy with the grinder and round the edges. By the time I'm done with this project I'm gonna be a grinder artist! I'll be at the fair beside the chainsaw guy carving bears.

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Here it is installed!


I'm super impressed with how we'll it works. It goes up and down with the full range of my bags and there is zero lateral movement in my axel. The best part is I built the whole thing for less than $100 bucks.

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[gwars1306]

Mike excuse my last comment I read this thread wrong and thought it was uncle matts thread.
What your doing to this truck is awesome, In the thread about my 71dually I wasn't sure on my front tire size until I had read your thread and so I used the same size so thanks for that.
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[UncleMatt]

Originally Posted by gwars1306

Mike excuse my last comment I read this thread wrong and thought it was uncle matts thread.
What your doing to this truck is awesome, In the thread about my 71dually I wasn't sure on my front tire size until I had read your thread and so I used the same size so thanks for that.
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No problem, it is UncleMatt's thread. But Mike is my brother and on here a lot. We work on each others projects together along with a few other buddies all the time.
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[Rusbuilt]

Sweet work friend!
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[cAlvis165]

Very nice

[UncleMatt]

Here's another update for you. Mounted my hydrobooster and ran into a few problems along the way. This is what I did.

Here is my Booster, notice the position of the hole in the plate where the pushrod comes through.


Now notice the hole on my firewall and how they don't line up together.


So I decided to take of the plate from the booster and move the hole.




New hole lines up good.

[UncleMatt]

I then took the slug and placed it into the plate to complete the circle.


All welded up.


some flat black.


I had to round out the hole in the firewall a little larger to make the large nut fit through on the back of the plate. I also had to drill 2 holes into the plate to make the bottom 2 studs fit. But it's in and works great!


Now to hook up my lines. Thanks to my local Parker store for making me some lines that adapt from the standard fittings on my power steering pump and steering hear to the metric fittings on the booster.

[cAlvis165]

Originally Posted by farmall

Have you run into any Standard/Metric thread match problems on the plumbing yet?

Originally Posted by UncleMatt

Now to hook up my lines. Thanks to my local Parker store for making me some lines that adapt from the standard fittings on my power steering pump and steering hear to the metric fittings on the booster.

Looks like he conquered the standard to metric problem to me. Project looks awesome!

[farmall]

You have to read the fine print

[cAlvis165]

Originally Posted by farmall

You have to read the fine print

At least you knew such a problem existed. I didn't know until I read his remedy.