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Re: 72 Swb starting from the bottom
No problem. Like he said when you lower these trucks because of the arc of the trailing arms it moves the wheel forward in the wheel opening. Some people move the whole crossmember back but I chose spacers that way if I need to mill them down more after everything is back together I can do that. Right now they are 3/4” thick.
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Re: 72 Swb starting from the bottom
Got the inside about ready to prime. Going to have to push it outside to sandblast a few tight places. Also bolted up the trailing arms for the time being and thought I was finally going to finish up the air system today but ordered the wrong fitting
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Got the inside of the cab painted and had to throw the turbo back on just for some inspiration
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Re: 72 Swb starting from the bottom
Looking good. How close was the low mount AC to the frame?
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Okay, thanks. I need to go look those motor mounts over again.
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Got the frame pushed back over and set back on the quick jacks and started putting the front suspension back together and realized my bag plates that I set up for use with the factory lower control arms aren’t lining up at all with the ridetech control arms. I never paid attention closely before when I had them on. I called up ridetech and ordered their plates and the front shock brackets too.
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Got the ridetech upper bag plates in and that solved my issue. Also got the ridetech upper shock brackets and started getting those put on. And finally got to see the brakes all installed!
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For the first time today I got to play with the airlift air management! That was a treat considering it’s been sitting in a box for a year.
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Cool!
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Cool build. Tagging in to watch the updates.
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Re: 72 Swb starting from the bottom
Brakes look awesome. What did you end up doing with them as far as rotors and hubs? I have the same spindles on my truck and those calipers on the shelf for future use.
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For the hubs I used factory c10 rotors and machine off the rotor part and then turned down the OD to fit into the rotor. |
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Just got back from a week in Vegas at sema. It’s a love hate week. Love all the ideas but hate that all these ideas will cost more money
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Got the engine and trans set into the frame mainly to get them out of the way but it does look good in there
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Haven’t accomplished a lot lately. I did get most of the brake lines ran. And after trying to attack in a couple different ways I got the bulkhead in for the heater and ac lines. Will have to do some reconstruction of that area but I was planning on sealing off the fresh air vents anyways. And I lucked out and got a 3D printer for Christmas so I’ve been playing with that a lot.
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Got the bulkhead area all patched and painted and got the skin welded back. Really happy with how this turned out.
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I did test fit all fittings and was able to get to everything. it is snug in there but it will work. I was considering making an access panel for the side to easily access everything with the fender off and then make a gasket to seal it back up after everything is done.
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Yea thinking more I added that to my list to make that access hole and cover. |
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Re: 72 Swb starting from the bottom
This is where I want to run my ac/heater hoses. What bulkhead adapter did you use? Looks great.
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