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'72 K5 - Greg's @MightAsWellK5 Build

This is the build description. I will improve this later. (GB)
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bp71k5 said:
See if you put all that money into the k5 instead of the 401k you'de be dollars ahead right now.:wink1:
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If I only put my recent market "losses" into the K5, it would be finished already.....and I mean FINISHED! Cage, 4-Link, Coilovers...powdercoat, bodywork, paint, wiring, stereo, interior upholstery.....all of it. :doah:

I know that the market will eventually turn around, and it will all come back to me at some point but it's just an unfortunate buzz-kill reminder that I need to keep "reserves" of cash too. Simply paying off credit cards isn't enough. BAH!


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Greg72 said:
If I only put my recent market "losses" into the K5, it would be finished already.....and I mean FINISHED! Cage, 4-Link, Coilovers...powdercoat, bodywork, paint, wiring, stereo, interior upholstery.....all of it. :doah:

I know that the market will eventually turn around, and it will all come back to me at some point but it's just an unfortunate buzz-kill reminder that I need to keep "reserves" of cash too. Simply paying off credit cards isn't enough. BAH!


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Nah, spend money on the K5, the US is falling apart and you'll need the K5 ready for when everything goes Mad Max. :D
 
Oh yeah.... I forgot to mention it.

It's all finished now. It turned out great.

Thanks for watching.







































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I've got all the days off between Christmas and New Years, and a semi-annual bonus check coming in 11 days (cha-CHING!!). Having a little extra cash and some time off to enjoy it should help get this project jumpstarted again. :deal: :saweet:



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Greg72 said:
Oh yeah.... I forgot to mention it.
It's all finished now. It turned out great.
Thanks for watching.:D

I've got all the days off between Christmas and New Years, and a semi-annual bonus check coming in 11 days (cha-CHING!!). Having a little extra cash and some time off to enjoy it should help get this project jumpstarted again. :deal: :saweet::usaflag:
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:rotfl::rotfl: what a jackass :D wish I was getting a bonus...guess you actually have to have a legit job to get one of those....
 
eheheh


I can remember when we talking about air compressors and where you should put yours.

The build is lookking great! We read but don't post because we don't want to read through out stuff, we want to see your stuff.
 
Greg72 said:
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I'm here....like most of you these days, I'm watching my 401K disappear and wondering how safe my job "really" is. :mad:

It probably wouldn't be a bad time to think about an All-Chevy Yard sale. There is an awful lot of stuff that could be cleared out to make more room, and put a little cash into the build fund:

  • TH400 - 0 mile, Lots of beefy upgrades
  • T56 6-Speed (From 2001 Viper GTS, 800 miles)
  • D60 Front with ORD Hi-Steer and X-Over, 4.10s Open diff
  • 14BFF Rear with Detroit and Disc Brakes, ORU diff cover and 4.10s
  • Alcan custom 4" Front Springs, with ORD HD shackles
  • ORD rear Shackle Flip w/Greaseable bushings
  • (Qty 5) Used 38" TSL Swampers on double-beadlocked wheels
  • (Qty 4) !NEW! Hummer H1 non-recentered wheels with PVC beadlocks
  • Jethro-bilt 14BFF Diff cover - !NEW! Never installed
Maybe I should spend some time getting this stuff photographed and posted in the FOR SALE area before the snow flies?


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I e-mailed you awhile ago about who rebuilt your turbo 400. You replied you had it rebuilt in CA. If you want to sell it , I'd like to hear all about it. Get back to me when you decide. Thanks, Phreddei.
 
Mark's Transmission Service here in Fremont, Ca. is who built the 400 for Greg. Mark is a close and personal friend of mine and has been doing all of my trans work for about 20 years now. I don't know all the details as to what was done with this 400 but i can say that he upgrades everything possible and doesn't use cheap parts.
 
phreddei166 said:
I e-mailed you awhile ago about who rebuilt your turbo 400. You replied you had it rebuilt in CA. If you want to sell it , I'd like to hear all about it. Get back to me when you decide. Thanks, Phreddei.
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PM sent.... let's talk. :deal:


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EDIT: I just noticed someone added a new "tag" to this thread.... when I find out who it was they're going to get hit with the ban stick! :haha:
 
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2008.12.14 - UPDATE! - PARTS GATHERING FOR THE HYDRO-BENDER CONVERSION...

Hello All!

Thanks for being patient... this time of year is always a bit crazy at work, and with the holidays approaching there's even more to keep me distracted.

I was able to steal enough time yesterday to sit down and spend a LOT of quality time with my www.SurplusCenter.com catalog and spec-out a complete conversion for my ProTools 105HD Bender. I've paid my dues bending tube manually, and since I don't really have room to bolt the bender to the floor in my shop, I decided it was time to finally do the conversion to hydraulic and put the whole setup on a nice compact mobile cart! :saweet:

There was quite a bit of available reading on the topic (Pirate4x4, OFN, etc), unfortunately most of the links to part numbers (Northern Tool website) were obsolete, so simply copying someone else's parts list wouldn't work. Plus, I'd read a few instances where Northern Tool was careless with their packaging and had damaged powerpaks in shipment to customers. I don't need that hassle (or delay) so I decided to try a different vendor.

Here's the quick summary of the main items I ordered yesterday:

SPX PowerPack (2HP, 115V, 1.3GPM, 2500PSI) - $389.
Prince Hydraulics 3" x 24" Double-Acting Ram - $175.
Prince Hydraulics RD-2575-T4-ESA1 DA Valve - $ 75.
Misc Hydraulic Hoses (36" & 24" lengths) - $ 38.
Lots of Adapters to convert SAE to NPT ends - $ 40-ish
Pressure Gauge to observe PSI while bending -$ 17.

All tolled, the order came to just over $800 with shipping (almost 130 Lbs!) and with any luck it will all arrive just before the Christmas holiday. That will give me time to lay everything out and finalize my design for the cart and mounting scheme.... :thinking:

This isn't the sexiest update, but it's been on my mind as an unresolved project for a LONG time. It probably took me 3 hours to identify the proper 3-way, 4-port valve, and it took a lot of careful planning to map out exactly which fittings were needed to make each hose mate correctly with the ram, powerpack and valve. Some are SAE 6, some are SAE 8, some are 1/2" NPT, some are 3/4" NPT. I hate coming up short for parts, and I hate ending up with fittings that have the wrong ends on them...or having to use 2 or more adapters on a single fitting because I didn't plan properly. Where possible, I also bought swiveling style fittings...the hope is that I will be able to keep the hoses more tidy by being able to position them more accurately before snugging down the fittings.

That's all for now. Based on what most people here in the Northeast are dealing with these last few days, I'm just grateful to have electricity and heat (and an internet connection) to get this thread updated!


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Uhh, where's the pics? :D Does this mean the cage work will have started after the holiday's?

It's fun to plan stuff like that. I've been cleaning up my garage to make room for projects during the mandatory 2-week vacation they are forcing us to take.
 
4X4HIGH said:
How come you decided to build your own system rather than buy a nice compact system like this? Cost is about the same as what you spent but this is air/hydraulic.

http://polyperformance.com/shop/JMR-Air-Hydraulic-Upgrade-Kit-p-2396.html
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This setup is hydro/hydro... a step up in performance from an air/hydro setup, and should be a little quieter while actually running. I priced out a few "packaged" solutions from Trick Tools, etc. The hydro/hydro solution was $1608, so I lost interest.

Basically, for the price of a pre-engineered air/hydro system, I get a hydro/hydro system. I figure no matter what I bought it would still come as a big box of parts, so I might as well assemble it myself and save a few bucks. :deal:

Brian, I don't know how much tube I'll be bending over Christmas. I think I'll be doing well just to get this all put together and get the new mobile stand built.... but obviously, this paves the way for that sort of progress in the future. Cagework creates a big visual change to the build, so I know that will be inspirational once it starts coming together.


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Yeah i figured you probably wanted full hydro instead of air/hydro. From what i've read and people i've talked to there really isn't much of a noise difference but the speed of full hydro is about double of air/hydro (twice as fast so half the time). I think i can deal with 45 second bends though with the air/hydro and not have to build everything from scratch. All i will need to build is a cart and i don't really even need to do that if i want to keep the bender bolted to the floor.
 
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