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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/28/11 01:49 PM
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mark, they have that ultrawrap in the split style as well as the full wrap[non split ?]. i like that style a LOT better than the oem plastic ridge split loom. they do have a bunch of neat stuff it seems ! i need to go back and check it out more too !
Eric,
I bought the Summit brand sleeve, and I like it a lot. Been making some progress on the wiring. I decided to put the relays, solenoid, and fuse panel in an easy to reach location, the glove box!
I am trying to make this thing easy for an old guy to work on! 
Mark
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 12:00 AM
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I think, that as a member of the "old guys" club, we build this stuff so its easier to work on IF we ever have to, hoping we are not the ones that would have to do any repair work. We have all seen some of the stuff the engineers have given us over the years, and we are determined our project will be better for the guy that has to do something on it in the future.
At least that's what I would like to think........Gene
Gene,
I couldn't have said it better. I have many times said I would love to see the guy that designed this ,,,, what ever, take it out to replace it. If they had to do that, they would think more about servicing these parts when they design them!
Mark
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 01:28 PM
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Escondido, CA. Ron Podsiadly,...
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I agree with you Gene, I am working on my race truck and my 46 coe PU on the dakota chassis and It takes a little longer making something just so it will be easier to do something later. I am working on the floor and engine cover and am making the top cover so it can come off with a few latches and the lower floor area needs to be removable to get at the valve covers and spark plugs, I also had to make the firewall removable so the engine could be removed with out having to take the cab off the frame. on the race truck I made the mounts for the frontend so I could just take out a few Dzus clips and the whole frontend can be removed, also it has fenderwell headers and they can be removed with the fronend in place or with the frontend off and you don't have to remove anything else  I made it so the bed is mounted on (6) 3/8 studs and it can be removed in about 2 minutes with 2 people... Oh and Mark the car is looking great   Ron...
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 01:44 PM
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Ron, It seems we are all thinking along the same lines as far as serviceability (is that a word?  ) This is what mounts the tilt front end on my car . It allows the front end to pull forward and clear the doors before rotating up. Thanks, Mark
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 01:47 PM
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Before, it took two guys to hold the bottom edges of the front fenders to keep them from scribing an arc into the doors when the doghouse was tilted. This cures that problem. Mark
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 02:54 PM
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thats a nice setup on your tilt nose mark. does the slider pin have an internal stop in the tube to keep it from coming out of the frame horn ? also, did i ever ask you what your front and rear spring rate was ?
Eric,
Yes there is an internal stop.
I don't know what the spring rate is. It was chosen for me. I have always been suspicious of the way the coils "sit"!?
Here is another shot of the "hinge".
Mark
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 03:04 PM
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another view.
I have since reinforced the stop on this hinge?
Last edited by Hemi Allstate; 12/29/11 03:07 PM.
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Re: How is your progress ?
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12/29/11 05:27 PM
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That is so COOL!!!!
its all the little things people dont see that make a project take so long to get done. but it IS worth the extra time when it's finished and you know how nice it works because of how you did it Ron...
 I have to admit that I did not design this arrangement. It was an idea I had, that my friend Craig designed and built.
Mark
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