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Old 04-07-2012, 08:30 PM   #1026
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installed the poly cab mounts too....
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Old 04-08-2012, 04:31 PM   #1027
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mounted the pcm under the dash today....
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Old 04-08-2012, 05:06 PM   #1028
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Man looking sweet. What fittings/hoses did you use on your power steering pump to hook to factory box?
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Old 04-08-2012, 05:23 PM   #1029
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Man looking sweet. What fittings/hoses did you use on your power steering pump to hook to factory box?
the stock ones!....from the 86 pump..direct fit..
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:22 PM   #1030
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the stock ones!....from the 86 pump..direct fit..
Oh nice, I wonder if the ones from a 73 are similar.
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Old 04-08-2012, 08:57 PM   #1031
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chances are.....
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Old 04-09-2012, 05:03 PM   #1032
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moose, i love checking your build out and seeing all the detailed posts. keep it coming....that's a bad machine!
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:06 PM   #1033
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hey thanks man!.....gonna order up some more parts this week, to keep ya interested.....
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Old 04-10-2012, 01:06 PM   #1034
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Wow your makin great progress , keep on it , its lookin great !
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Old 04-10-2012, 01:08 PM   #1035
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Wow your makin great progress , keep on it , its lookin great !
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Old 04-10-2012, 01:09 PM   #1036
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bought a water pump off e-bay.....
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Old 04-11-2012, 07:49 PM   #1037
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got some more stuff today....
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got some more stuff today....
what series flowmasters are those? should sound sweet
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Old 04-11-2012, 09:34 PM   #1039
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what series flowmasters are those? should sound sweet
44's..
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Old 04-11-2012, 10:19 PM   #1040
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still waiting on a few more things.....
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Old 04-12-2012, 01:46 AM   #1041
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very nice, should have a nice deep tone
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Old 04-12-2012, 05:29 AM   #1042
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very nice, should have a nice deep tone
hope so.....trying to fit one of their scavenger x-overs in there too...
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Old 04-13-2012, 10:56 PM   #1043
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picked up the tranny cooler today.....
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Old 04-14-2012, 04:29 PM   #1044
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With that dash pad did u use bondo after u layed down the matt and reasen?
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Old 04-14-2012, 05:16 PM   #1045
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picked up the tranny cooler today.....

Now that's a great idea!

I would have never thought of putting a fan with a switch on the tranny cooler like that.

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Old 04-14-2012, 05:54 PM   #1046
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Old 04-14-2012, 06:28 PM   #1047
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today I moved the battery box to the rear and ran the cable to the starter...
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Old 04-14-2012, 06:29 PM   #1048
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also finnished plumbing up the fuel pump and filter....
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Old 04-14-2012, 06:31 PM   #1049
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started building the trans tunnel, got the front of the hump welded in....may finnish it up tomorrow.....
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Old 04-15-2012, 07:49 AM   #1050
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Now that's a great idea!

I would have never thought of putting a fan with a switch on the tranny cooler like that.

Is this fan controlled by a manual switch or the tranny temp sensor?
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