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10-25-2010, 10:15 AM | #1 |
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
That's the truth! Nothing against painters, but it does seem to be that way.
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I usually double the time they tell me when it be done that way i never get disappointed But am sure it look perfect like the other body part. Last edited by v502; 10-25-2010 at 10:52 AM. |
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10-27-2010, 01:00 AM | #3 |
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I blame the chemicals.
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10-27-2010, 07:37 AM | #4 |
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
I blame the cars owners whos rides im painting at the time for dragging it out and changing their minds all the time
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10-27-2010, 09:14 AM | #6 |
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10-27-2010, 09:59 AM | #7 |
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Wow... I just spent the last few days slowly going through your thread and if your gonna do it, you might as well do it right! Congrats on your swap. Your swap has me excited about my swap! 6.0 in an s10 blazer.
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10-30-2010, 07:04 AM | #8 |
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
well not much of a picture update but i did manage to get the stainless brake lines installed and i got the brakes bled... sorta. spent 5-6 hours bleeding the damn things yesterday. tried every trick i know. even used the vacuum pump. there is still some air in the lines but i do have a pedal though! i also fired her up and put er in reverse and then drive! hopefully next weekend i'll have the battery tray from the painter so i can mount the battery and maybe roll her down the street.
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Have you tried a pressure pot approach yet? I built my own after seeing a mechanic friends setup. Pretty simple and it works great. Pressurize a container with brake fluid in it and feed the pressurized fluid into the master cylinder. Clamp a plate to the top of the MC and put a hose barb fitting into the plate. Connect the tank to the plate with some hose coming out of the bottom of the pressurized fluid container. It won't take much pressure at all, maybe 10 psi at the most. Start low and wrap the MC with rags so if the plate leaks you won't get fluid everywhere and be ready to shut off the air supply to the pressure tank in a hurry. I put a ball valve on mine and use it to control the air flow into the pressure tank. I have seen a different approach to this method of actually feeding the pressurized fluid through each brake bleeder and it pushes the air out the MC. Seems like a good idea but I have never tried it.
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10-30-2010, 07:12 AM | #10 |
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Rock on Dennis!!! That is great news! Hopefully you will post a vid of that first trip down the street.
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You mean that first burnout down the street right loo
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thanks guys! it just depends how she feels... if i feel comfortable i'll roast'em all the way down the street!!
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Hell yeah that's what I'm talking about. At least we'll get to see some kinda burnout.
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You better wait till I get back to do that!
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Do it man, roast 'em off!
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Did you adjust the rear calipers? They do use the actuated style rear parking brake caliper...right? If they do, the parking brake has to be adjusted, or you will have a terrible feeling pedal. Try pinching off the "drop line" from the frame to the rearend and see if the pedal isn't better. If it gets firm, then the rear calipers still need adjustment. This was the issue I ran into with the McGaughy rear brake kit...
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thanks guys! it wont be anything as incredible as v502's but it will be something! i'll wait for ya bro! i took a weeks vaca starting nov. 7th just for you!!
Ed.. i have the non parking brake calipers. they are same as the front thanks for that tip though!
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Hey even though it may have been inches she moved under her own power!!!!!
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that true John!!!! tonight i jacked up the rear and ran her through the gears and did some more brake bleeding. i'm getting real antsy now!
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You're not the only one man!
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yea me too! seems like nothings been easy lately
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So that's why all my projects go like they do.....
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so just when are we gonna smell the sweet smell of paint in the air?
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