is the LOVE BOAT allowed here?

[billy]

I adjusted my brakes and the result is that i can lock up the tires now
So i dont need a booster.
I will run new steel lines.
But I am going full speed ahead on the power steering upgrade

 

[billy]

Originality is cool but.
A modern engine was the best thing that could have happened to the truck

 

[billy]

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[billy]

Now i think the small metal fuel on the electric fuel pump is partially clogged.
I guess i can try and park it on a steep hill and drain a ton of gas out of the tank before i try to change it.
I am for sure putting a shut off valve before the filter.
This is a freakin stupid setup.
Fuel pouring all over you the entire time you are changing the filter.

 

[billy]

Well slap me silly and call me suprised.
The bone stock brakes will after careful adjustment .
Skid all 4 tires.
Takes some leg strength but
Those brakes work fine.
My drums have never been turned and the previous owner installed new master and wheel cylinders.

 

[endicott_jb]

I stand by my beliefs, and training, that drum brakes can be just as good as discs. As long as they are properly adjusted. From what I have been taught, at a tech school, the only reasons manufacturers have switched from drums to discs is to install ABS and make maintenance lower. Takes 15 minutes per side to do brakes on a disc brake setup whereas drums takes between 30-45 minutes per wheel.

 

[billy]

Yep it took about 2+ hours

 

[akatao]

exactly why do big rigs still run drum ? I like discs easy maintenance, but if you keep drums adjusted there good

 

[billy]

Just ordered all the parts needed for the power steering upgrade.
$470

 

[billy]

Getting off easy i think.
Its a heluva upgrade as far as drivability goes.
Maybe my wife will like it?

 

[billy]

For reference the power steering upgrade calls for a reversed saginaw box.
And the man at snake river told me there are two different input shaft diameters.
.802
And
.732
Also a helpful tip if the shaft fit is super tight .
Sand blast the splines and you will lose 1 or 2 thousandths.

 

[billy]

For reference the power steering upgrade calls for a reversed saginaw box
I got the box
Pump
Hoses from rock auto
And the
U joint kit
Steeringbox bracket
Steering column bearing kit from
Snake River 4x4
Everything totaled
$470

 

[billy]

Going to install a left and right receiver hitch in the front bumper of the ambulance. Then I can mount the hitch winch where I need to.

 

[billy]

The more powerful engine doesnt make me go any faster since i still have the low gears.
But what it does mean is that I can go up grades on the highway at 50mph.
No downshifting.

 

[billy]

The LARS 997 box has a input shaft diameter of. 732

 

[billy]

Starting on the power steering upgrade tomorrow

 

[billy]

Snake river 4x4 threw the instructions in with the parts i bought.
We will probably need them

 

[billy]

I found the numbers on the hood
Hood numbers
USMC 323204

 

[billy]

I forgot about the fact that I need a two or three groove pulley and a steering pump bracket.

 

[Bamamav]

I forgot about the fact that I need a two or three groove pulley and a steering pump bracket.

It's the little details that'll get ya....