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Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

thanks i am just trying to catch up to you

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

mine started out with a static drop too, then bags, then dropmember, it never ends! What are you gonna do for A/C? I can't decide which company I want to go with. I can't buy anything any time soon anyway.

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

i posted on the forum about a company a friend of mine is using (Southern Rods and Parts) they have a complete kit for $799, one guy said he used them and they werent any good, my friend has used one and he loves it ???

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

in that last pic i posted my truck looks like a long bed....

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 3822353)

in that last pic i posted my truck looks like a long bed....

nothing wrong with that ;) Looks good!

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

Watts up ?? this is a pun, here are pics to go with it

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

Mike-

You want the link bars parallel to the ground at ride height (raise the one on the pass. side) and also the pivot in the middle (the crank that rotates) will need to be perpindicular to the ground.

Lookin' good!!!:ito:

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

thanks Nate i was going to ask someone today i just have it clamped in place

Re: Raising the bed floor 67cheby

im using a 14 bolt when im building mine (going to be a dually )
was planning on buying on of those rockcrawling reardiffcovers and weld the watts to that

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

TRuck is looking good, some nice fab work there.

One comment though. I always see people using levels. A level doesn't do much good unless the truck is sitting on perfectly level ground or you level it before you use a level. If the truck is sitting a degree or two off then the piece you have the level on will be off.

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

Sorry to jump in here but how do you guys get the frame level if the garage floor isn't level.. Would you level out the jack stands by putting shims etc under them?

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

with the frame flat on the ground if the pinch welds are setting even on both sides its close enough for me, if someone wants to measure it and tell me i am 1/16 off from side to side , more power to them... if i had endless amounts of money to spend i would have went to a high dollar shop with all of the right frame jigs and all of the cool equipment.... but i dont , so this will work for me , The truck has been in my family for about 30 years it will never get sold so if i do something that is a little off i only have myself to beat up about it

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

in the next pics i will hide my levels so it wont bother anyone

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

I just ordered that same watts link how do you like it and how long did it take to arrive?

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

4-5 day, i thought that was quick, my only complaint is the heim joints were so hard to thread into the arms that i totally messed up the finish on them, other than that it was simple

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 3839961)

in the next pics i will hide my levels so it wont bother anyone

It wasn't bothering me. I was just making a comment, asking a question. Just wanted to make sure you weren't spending all that time to have to go back and spend more time fixing something. I would agree a 1/16 would probably be negligible, but you would be surprised what a degree or two adds up to over a 4-6 foot distance.

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

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Originally Posted by Wild83C10 (Post 3839721)

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Originally Posted by meltmetal (Post 3839922)

Sorry to jump in here but how do you guys get the frame level if the garage floor isn't level.. Would you level out the jack stands by putting shims etc under them?

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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 3839955)

Well having been a relatively poor guy all my life but also one that is a stickler for level,plumb, etc I can give away one of my on the cheap methods that I use for getting a good level surface to work on. Every time I found a good scissor jack in the trunk of a car at the salvage I always grabbed it. Yeah I'm the one that everyone is cursing when they can't find a jack. The scissors are great for setting up at the 4 corners of a frame and adjusting the screw until it sits level seven ways to Sunday. For Z's and clips I have used as many as 8 plus scissor jacks to dial things in just right. I have even gone so far as to temporarily weld them to the frame at times to be sure things aren't likely to move around.
They're free, infinately adjustable, and plenty just laying around. That's my kind of low-buck solution.

Josh

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

^^^ thats a good idea to use scissor jacks. i may have to start doing that lol. i work outside too, in the grass. good thing i havent been doing anything that really requires a level lol

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

To borrow a line from an old painter I once met "He ain't takin' it to the World Fair". Give it a rest lets get back to this cool build.

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

Thanks Leevon, and by the way i put the 6 ft level on the floor on all sides of the truck and i know you probably wont believe but the floor is dead on level !!

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

What color you gonna paint your truck Cheby?

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

it will be a bright metallic silver, i havent found the exact color yet

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

Are you gonna chop the top?

Shave the moldings?

Re: 67cheby DM 3.2 install, W/PB 4link, PB hood hinges

No ,i plan on running all moldings, handles , emblems, pretty stock looking, all bumpers and all