blazer skid plate that bitch!! 
haha
driveways probably
hahadriveways probably
CK5
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71 C20 gets a 5.3
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have any info on that filler neck?
The gas tank in the cab gets interesting on a hot day. I go everywhere feeling like I am about to spontaneously combust. I did the swap more for the capacity and the tank baffles. If I corner to fast on a low tank with the current setup it'll suck air and stumble. So I have to keep atleast a quarter tank in there which only leaves me 12-14 gallons between fillups.
Departure angle shouldn't be a problem. It's hard to get it out of my head that not everything needs to be built like a wheeler
Here's the filler neck I ran
http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-255302
Departure angle shouldn't be a problem. It's hard to get it out of my head that not everything needs to be built like a wheeler
Here's the filler neck I ran
http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-255302
Gas tank has been in for a bit now. The extra capacity is pretty nice to have and the lack of gas smell in the cab is awesome. I still need to get the bed wood put back together, but its on the back burner. I just ran a bolt through the stock cap to close up the hole in the cab. I got some little mini LED light bars from roughstuff. They kinda fit in the '69 grill. I have a couple more things to mess with but its pretty much where I want it for now. About time to start working on the k5 again
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Bump.
The ugly thing is still my dd. Ive been building a brewery for the last year, so it has been getting a work out. UPS should be dropping off the last few things to redo my front brakes today. Ill post some current pictures when I get all that done.
Brewery?
details!
details!
I love this truck, and the fact that you dd it is even better. 
Perfect timing. I was literally thinking bout this over the weekend
I'm about a month out from opening a little 15bbl (465 gallons/batch) brewery and tasting room in Davis. It's called Dunloe Brewing. Little bit of everything beer wise, hoppy IPAs/pales to mixed fermention sours and some fun stuff in between.
Bookface page or IG? I'll come check it out when you open up.
The 71 looks great. Forgot you are in davis, that's where my wife and i both went to school. Where in davis? Looking forward to checking it out! Also, if you need distribution help, my buddy (another alumni) is doing distribution for small breweries just like yours in the bay area. Shoot me a message if you could use the service!
I have a buddy that does distribution and another that sells bottles. So many people are in the industry these days.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Awesome you are dd'ing this. When I bumped it I figured we would get, "I sold that thing a year ago."
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We're on both under Dunloe Brewing. I am pretty bad at updating them, kinda like how I am with updating this thread.
Its over on olive drive way east, down by the olive exit of 80. I think there was still a boat shop next door when you were in town. I am going to try to avoid big distribution as long as possible, it makes things pretty complicated. I am going to push as much as I can through the tasting room, then do a little self distribution locally to make things work.
I put on new pads and fancy rotors today. I have had a pretty haggered/gouged rotor and a wicked brake squeal for way too long so hopefully that goes away. Like any project on old trucks it wasnt as simple as it should have been and the angle grinder came out. I also swapped the fitting on the back of my power steering pump. I have been running a hodgepodge of adapters and AN fittings to get from the LS pump to the original box. They were pretty good at leaking over time. Apparently the steering pump hasnt really changed much over 40 years so you can pull the 1" pressure regulator off the new box and swap in one from an older pump and run stock 71 lines. I wish I'd have done that the first time. The last picture is some hops last summer, apparently I dont take too many pictures of it, cause it has had some interesting loads since then.
Is it you alone in the brewery, or do you have partners?
Martin
Martin
Added you on bookface....
Just me and the not quite wife. I have seen how partners can make things complicated so Im trying to avoid all that
Well its been a bit... I still DD the truck and the brewery is still surviving even with all the craziness right now
Odometer is right about 60k miles now. It carries empty cans, malt, kegs, a row boat and all sorts of other stupid stuff while putting a smile on my face every time I get on the freeway. Cruises pretty happy at 70-80 and gets a steady 14-16mpg.
Fall 2018 I had a leak in my clutch hydraulics, while I had it on my neighbors lift I noticed both lower control arms were cracked. Contacted porterbuilt and got some beefed up replacements under warranty. Pulled out of the driveway Monday and stuffed the drivers tire into the wheel well at about 50. Any idea why I'm going through control arms? Its a pretty light front end. Alignment is dead on, I can drive with a knee and no funky tire wear. I think these arms were .188 wall.
I haven't had a chance to dive into it yet, but it looks like the front side cracked and then the bolt on the back sheared and the whole thing let go. I had it at on the highway in the rain a couple days before... glad it held on for that.
Odometer is right about 60k miles now. It carries empty cans, malt, kegs, a row boat and all sorts of other stupid stuff while putting a smile on my face every time I get on the freeway. Cruises pretty happy at 70-80 and gets a steady 14-16mpg.
Fall 2018 I had a leak in my clutch hydraulics, while I had it on my neighbors lift I noticed both lower control arms were cracked. Contacted porterbuilt and got some beefed up replacements under warranty. Pulled out of the driveway Monday and stuffed the drivers tire into the wheel well at about 50. Any idea why I'm going through control arms? Its a pretty light front end. Alignment is dead on, I can drive with a knee and no funky tire wear. I think these arms were .188 wall.
I haven't had a chance to dive into it yet, but it looks like the front side cracked and then the bolt on the back sheared and the whole thing let go. I had it at on the highway in the rain a couple days before... glad it held on for that.
Nice to see you still rolling around in this.
Sorry about the broken arms. If you are going to stick with PB, maybe plate/gusset the length of the new arm. The freeway break was the replacement arm right? Ekk
Sorry about the broken arms. If you are going to stick with PB, maybe plate/gusset the length of the new arm. The freeway break was the replacement arm right? Ekk
