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Its still in the truck in the yard, may be saveable! I can look...
1994 S10 1Ton SAS
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Idk man, alot of effort ain't it?
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Alotta shipping...
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More then willing to do it for you but shipping would kill it.
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A friend of mine Had a thought, and idk why I didn't think of it.
I can just clock the t case with a ring.
I can just clock the t case with a ring.
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For anyone that may be potentially wondering what is going on..... I just need to remove the t case and measure it all out for the clocking ring.... But the sky has been peeing on us here lately I'm talking flash flooding, and the days it hasn't been pouring on us, I've been busy doing other stuff....
So hopefully soon I can return to this
So hopefully soon I can return to this
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T case came out today... Before it rains for a WHOLE WEEK!
Took measurements, gonna draw up a clocking ring.
Took measurements, gonna draw up a clocking ring.
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Forgot to get back to this..... So my clocking ring was gonna need to be 10" in diameter almost, so I contacted a guy I know with a plasma table, see if he'll cut me out a circle.
I sit and wait for 3 days... Finally gets back to me, "I don't have any 3/8 plate sorry"
So whatever.... I just bought a clocking ring..
http://www.northwestfab.com/S10-5-Bolt-Clocking-Ring_p_1901.html
I've heard good and bad about these greasy Canadians. (Not offense to anyone from up there)
I say they're greasy because I've heard of people not getting stuff from them in a timely manner..... We shall see.... I got plenty of stuff I can do in the mean time until it arrives....
But when it does..... I can have 4x4!!!
I sit and wait for 3 days... Finally gets back to me, "I don't have any 3/8 plate sorry"
So whatever.... I just bought a clocking ring..
http://www.northwestfab.com/S10-5-Bolt-Clocking-Ring_p_1901.html
I've heard good and bad about these greasy Canadians. (Not offense to anyone from up there)
I say they're greasy because I've heard of people not getting stuff from them in a timely manner..... We shall see.... I got plenty of stuff I can do in the mean time until it arrives....
But when it does..... I can have 4x4!!!
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Folks have had trouble with Northwest Fab? I remember that Ballistic Fab pissed off a bunch of people a while back.
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I've heard/read their service was spotty, jacking around on lead times, late deliveries, promising **** was shipped and it never did....
This one I just simply couldn't justify making myself.. It's 100$ for crying out loud, even with our CNC equipment I couldn't make it cheaper than that for myself
And even if I attempted to, I would've needed 10" wide flat bar, which you can't even find... And I couldn't justify buying a sheet of 3/8 steel that I'll never use for much more again.
But I will say, whoever was once doing that must be fired... Because it just shipped today. I got a UPS quantum notification.
Was it ballistic fab that was making ****** axles that were spinning in the tubes?
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No, the parts were still good. They just stopped sending stuff out despite taking orders and payments.
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Ah. Quality people. Lol
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Wrong thread I posted in...
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So I'll be revisiting this bucket o bolts this weekend, clocking ring arrives Thursday, so I'll be working on setting up my front driveline.
The national forest opened up yesterday, which means everyday the s10 isn't done, is a day I missed abusing it on the trails.
Turns out everybody that was gonna wheel with me isn't even ready anyway.
So the last issues I have to correct :
Braking.
Pedal is still spongy asf, even with a brand new 1/2 ton cylinder... No go, I tried a 94 k3500 MC, no luck, didn't fit.
What I have learned is, a 92 c3500 mc will fit, as well as a 88 chevy caprice wagon master MC will work as well... The wagon master will evidently push the fluid alot faster to the tires... I'll figure out one or the other, move on.
Now... Onto addressing why a brand new 1/2 ton mc just falls to the floor, and barely stops the truck.... It occurred to me today... After bleeding the 4 corners for 30 min.... I had very low, but ****** pressure as all 4 corners..... Never very heavy pressure... And when I STOOD on the brakes, 1 back tire would kinda lock up in slick terrain.....
IT'S THE ABS UNIT!
I bet ANYTHING it's got air in it, and without the proper equipment, it'll never bleed... Has valves and **** in it I can't bleed without a high tech scan tool.
Regardless... Abs never worked right anyway, and I certainly don't need it on this rig.
So I'm just gonna bypass it.....
Next issue was the hot rodded ps pump that liked to splash out everywhere when I hit bumps.... I modified the metal clip on it to seal tighter... Issue should be solved.. Screws on nice and tight now.
Correct me someone if I'm wrong, but I should be able to bypass the abs, run the front wheel lines to the proportioning valve, and that'll fix the issue with the front brakes not even trying to grab... Correct?
The overall system not having enough pressure is due to the 1/2 ton mc just not producing enough pressure.
The national forest opened up yesterday, which means everyday the s10 isn't done, is a day I missed abusing it on the trails.
Turns out everybody that was gonna wheel with me isn't even ready anyway.
So the last issues I have to correct :
Braking.
Pedal is still spongy asf, even with a brand new 1/2 ton cylinder... No go, I tried a 94 k3500 MC, no luck, didn't fit.
What I have learned is, a 92 c3500 mc will fit, as well as a 88 chevy caprice wagon master MC will work as well... The wagon master will evidently push the fluid alot faster to the tires... I'll figure out one or the other, move on.
Now... Onto addressing why a brand new 1/2 ton mc just falls to the floor, and barely stops the truck.... It occurred to me today... After bleeding the 4 corners for 30 min.... I had very low, but ****** pressure as all 4 corners..... Never very heavy pressure... And when I STOOD on the brakes, 1 back tire would kinda lock up in slick terrain.....
IT'S THE ABS UNIT!
I bet ANYTHING it's got air in it, and without the proper equipment, it'll never bleed... Has valves and **** in it I can't bleed without a high tech scan tool.
Regardless... Abs never worked right anyway, and I certainly don't need it on this rig.
So I'm just gonna bypass it.....
Next issue was the hot rodded ps pump that liked to splash out everywhere when I hit bumps.... I modified the metal clip on it to seal tighter... Issue should be solved.. Screws on nice and tight now.
Correct me someone if I'm wrong, but I should be able to bypass the abs, run the front wheel lines to the proportioning valve, and that'll fix the issue with the front brakes not even trying to grab... Correct?
The overall system not having enough pressure is due to the 1/2 ton mc just not producing enough pressure.
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I add to this by saying.... In the past when I had not even 1/2 the knowledge I do (which Is already very very limited) I would throw a lift kit in a squarebody, put some big 40" tires on it, and a fuckn clapped out 198x master cylinder would stop the tires on a half bled brake system...... IT'S THE ABS UNIT!!
