1987 R10 Driver

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Sunday, April 13th, 2014: Pulled out the Retrosound Model 2 and began the installation.  Got all the wiring soldered put in the new speakers from RetroSound (forgot to take pics of the rear) and plugged it all in..

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2014: Took a pic of the display on the RetroSound Model 2 during the day.

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Sunday, April 27th, 2014: Got all of the AC vents out to get them put back in.  (For got the pic of the one going to the driver in all of these..)








Pulled the deteriorating foam off and leaned all the vents up with Super Clean



Picked up some insulating foam tape from Lowes.   and reinstalled the new foam on.

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014:  Picked up new rear brake lines from Advanced Auto.  PN PAJ-330



Also installed a new AC diverter valve connector to replace the broken one...

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Monday, May 12th, 2014: Test fitted the AC duct in the truck.  Found I am going to have an issue on the way I routed the ECM wires.



Mounted the RetroSound microphone behind the A-pillar for hands free talking on my cell

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Thursday, May 15th, 2014: Driving home found a huge leak in the floorboard from the heater core.



Saturday, May 17th, 2014: pulled out the old heater core and cleaned up the AC box and reinstalled the new one, didn't get a chance to upload those pictures yet.  Coming soon.

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Sunday, May 18th, 2014: Started bending the lines for the rear disc brake setup.

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Monday, May 18th, 2014: Got the tabs I had made for the brake line locks bent like I wanted them and had a buddy weld them on.




Got the tabs welded where I needed them



Flared the new lines and attached the new 1972 C10 front brake hoses to the D52 Wilwood calipers.  Now it is read to be installed...

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Friday, May 30th, 2014: Driving home and close to home something didn't seem right pulling into the driveway.  As I put it in reverse and backed up and then went to go back in drive I realized something wasn't working.  Turned the truck off and found that the shift linkage had fell off.  Spent the next day puttting it back on.  It was also at this time I found a slight oil leak coming from who knows where...

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Wednesday, June 18th, 2014: Driving home and close to home something didn't seem right again.  As I was pulling into the gas station to fill up,  (since I haven't routed the gas fill yet, I am limited on where I can fill this thing up) I noticed something fishy going on with the front end like the whole side of the truck was moving.  I carefully drive it the mile home and discovered that the shims were all gone from the passenger side.



Had to go out of town for a week so the Suburban pulled daily duty for a while.

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Monday, June 30th, 2014: Drove the truck very carefully from my house to the alignment shop and dropped off my lower control arm bushings that I had and had them replace both upper and lower bushings and get an alignment on the truck.  While I was there I took this pic from underneath.

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Sunday, July 6th, 2014: Started back on getting the AC duct modified for missing the harness so the wires won't be pinched.  Heated up the duct to put an indentation in it.  Did this a few times but need to get the new Dash in before I can find the proper clearance.

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Sunday, July 6th, 2014: Pulled out the new OE style vinyl skinned dash and started fitting the trim panel and AC ducts to it.  The middle duct required a little trimming to get the vent in.  Used a 3/8" nut driver, razor and heat gun (just in case)

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Monday, July 14th, 2014: Test fitted the new dash in the truck, had to trim up the sides and rear of the dash but still need to tweak the top duct to allow the dash to sit flush, more to come.

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Tuesday, July 15th, 2014: And now for the best worst news... 
As of today, the turbos are making a metallic sound.  I am not sure what it is yet, but I am wondering if the cartridge is bad...  Going to have to pull them off while I am on vacation the following week.