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  1. Deuced Up!
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    Check this little FREE baby out. Getting ready to shoot some Viking blue paint soon!

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  2. seb fontana
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    Ah those adapters are nothing special, any parts store should have them..They would be labeled as 3/8-24 Flare nut to 1/8-27 NPT.. Most likely in brass and you are right they should supply them but that will add to the cost that they saved by doing the cheaper to machine NPT..Another note is some times those through frame fittings can trap air if too much of the through hole is drilled big..
     
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  3. saltflats
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    What are you going to use for brake tubing?
     
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  4. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
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    PAINT! PAINT! WE WANT PAINT! lol Hi Randall , This thing gets cooler by the minute. Lucky your Dad doesn't charge you by the hour, You would have a Gold Chainer build on your hands lol Can't wait to see her finished. Larry
     
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  5. saltflats
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    Bet you will be as stoked as Chris was yesterday and today.
     
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  6. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
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    Wait, Buy fancy stainless 37 degree flared end bulkhead fittings and then put cheap ass brass adapters in the ends?o_Oo_Oo_O I know I am slow , but that's not right. I get my stainless from Pure Choice, it has been a few years but I know I got the bulk head fittings with the 37 degree flairs on both ends. And an fittings have been around since before WW2 so they are TRADITIONAL! Love this build no matter what:):) Larry
     
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  7. saltflats
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    I would use that nicad with 45 flare. KISS.
     
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  8. Deuced Up!
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    I am going to see what shows up from Pete&Jakes. He said one three way and one elbow. NPT straight into the fitting then screw double flared lines right to them. Very clean was his exact quote. We shall see.

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  10. Deuced Up!
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    I really like EZ100 Brake Line Tubing. I have used it on the last couple of cars. Not only is it shapeable by hand but it really makes a nice double flare. From the Chassis fittings to the calipers I have stainless braided. Normally I do a hard line on the rear end with flex hose of some kind from the chassis but since I have 4 of the through chassis, I am going to set up the rears the same as the front. ....AND I am known for creating an absolutely perfect brake line right down to the double flare and then realizing either the stupid fitting is not on it or it is has fallen south of a 90 degree bend. LMAO!
     
  11. Deuced Up!
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    I am headed to the driveline shop today. Looks like about 12 inches. Of course that is what all us guys say right?! LOL
     
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  12. enloe
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    it is really probably only 4:)
     
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  14. rooman
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    I would guess that it is done that way so that you have the option of running double flare or 37 degree hard lines from the master cylinder.

    Roo
     
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  15. Deuced Up!
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    Well here they are. Looks to be a pretty tidy way to go....
    "T" off the driver's side front and rear and then shoot around
    to the passenger side with a simple elbow. Just a few bends
    and couple of double flares and we are in like Flinn!
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  16. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
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    We have drawers full of those " custom made " fittings at the NAPA I work at on Sundays . Randall your a better man than me, I would want to slap someone silly over that. It will all work great, but I would have expected better of Pete and Jakes. Now when are we going to see PAINT! lol Larry
     
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    Better yet, when are we gonna hear it run?
     
  18. wrenchbender
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    I’ve been asking that for a good long while and we are still waiting lol
     
  19. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
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    Running AND paint! Oh yeah that would be even better ! :) Larry
     
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    So we broke out the old flaring tool this weekend and promptly broke it. Lol

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    But we got it fixed and went about the business of plumbing the front brakes.

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    Which as you can see, included the line lock. We hit a small snag when I went to tighten everything up. The calipers all came with 3/8" standard thread banjo bolts and copper washers. I ordered the braided brake lines with that in mind. However when I stared to tighten them it was clear they were not correct. I got down to look at them and they were fine thread and obviously larger than 3/8.

    Ended up being a 7/16 which means I get to toss the brake lines on the do over shelf. LOL

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    We all have shelf of mistakes that we don't throw away, or your not doing anything
     
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  22. Deuced Up!
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    Since the brake job came to a grinding halt (no pun intended) I jumped back to the wiring harness. Actually the brakes was supposed to be a distraction from this monstrosity...lol

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    I decided to tackle the main harness today. And after changing my mind on where I was going to mount it, I got started.

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    I am not sure what came with foam lined plywood lid but I thought it would make a nice mounting structure.

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    So I mounted the fuse box to it and then mounted the entire thing in the upper outside area of the drivers side foot box. Easy access but just out of sight behind the dash.

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    Then I put a grommet in the upper firewall area of the foot box and fed all the front lights, radiator fan and sensor wires for the gauges through.

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    Later I will put them in mesh wrap and the cool part is they will run right down the engine compartment down tube, totally up and out of sight.

    I got both the front and rear wires all ran and in place and a few of the gauges wired. Then I took a brake to play with the steering wheel and the line lock button.

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    It was going to be a fun proposition to drill a 5/8 hole in that slot!
    But I got it done without destroying it...lol Fits perfect I can't wait for the opportunity to mash that button and run through a few gears in the water box!

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  24. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
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    ^^^ Me to! Larry
     
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  25. Deuced Up!
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    I went back out after dinner and built the plug wires. I really hate doing them but it paid off. I took my time and really thought out their paths etc. I am very happy with them: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 right. LMAO!

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  26. saltflats
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    Nice job, should have used black boots. :D
     
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  27. seb fontana
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    RED!!
     
  28. Deuced Up!
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    Man I started to install this thing yesterday and after reading about it online figured it was likely way past time to change out the beads in it. So I emptied them out and then started looking for some replacements. It looks like it is going to cost about $100 to change them. I started to complain a bit about that but then I saw this price of this unit. $1250 to $1500!!!

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    I will just happily pay the the price since I got this unit for FREE. Long story but it came off one of our printers that has to have really clean and dry air to operate. It was sitting in a storage building about to be scrapped. Dad was in there with me picking up some shelving units and noticed it. He said hey we need that thing for our air compressor! The crazy sad thing is I simply had not noticed them. We have scrapped 4 of those printers. That means about $5 grand worth of drying equipment simply went to the scrap yard!
     
  29. saltflats
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    Look at a receiver dryer for a A/C system that you could cut open and get the desiccant out of.
    Maybe cheaper?
     
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  30. 64 DODGE 440
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    Take the beads out and bake them in the oven (above the temperature that water boils at) and dry them out and use them over. A company I worked for built a large scale system like that for an air conveying system for unloading rail cars that had a burner built into the unit to dry the beads. Research it online, not rocket surgery.
     
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