To me, everything looks better lowered....
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I have no idea if it helps.... But I did a similar power steering swap on a 70 C20 a few years ago. I sourced everything from the yard. I used a PS bracket & pump off a '79 motor home, BUT! All the fullsize van brackets looked to be the same.
There are some pictures in this thread. Also check out the water pump pulley.... If I remember correctly it used a long style pump but had a huge dished pulley to use the old style brackets.
I won't junk up your thread with my pics, so here's the link. There are a couple OK pics of the bracket.
http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...1-c20-longhorn
Oh!! My buddy LOVED the power steering!!! They had used the truck on the farm since he was born and he used to blister his hands from muscling the dang thing through the orchard as a teen! You'll LOVE the 3.25 turns lock to lock compared to 5!!
And the wheels look sooooo good....I don't know if I could snap a trim ring into that beautiful powder coat!Last edited by andy30thz; October 3, 2014, 03:10 PM.
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Originally posted by Scott Liggett View PostI have no plans trim rings or caps. After they were stolen off the caprice, I kinda got used to the look without them.Last edited by 68scott385; October 3, 2014, 06:29 PM.
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Originally posted by Scott Liggett View Post
Several people here told me the same thing. Shovel snow into truck. Instant ballast. No cleaning it out in spring. Just melts away.Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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My Suburban has enough weight in the rear that it really gets around great in the snow, even with the 295-50-15 rear tires.
I've contemplated lowering it about 3" all around, but if I hook the car trailer on the back, and haul one of the cars to the drags, I don't want to be scraping every driveway I enter. I'll probably leave mine at stock height, and keep using like a truck.
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Originally posted by Huskinhano View PostThe last time I drove a 2WD PU in the snow I had a 55 gal drum tied over the rear wheels filled with water. That helped.
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Originally posted by 1946Austin View Post
Hope it is really tied down well! Hate to see nearly 400 lbs. of barrel and water coming at the back of the cab if it got loose in a crash!
I had a few hundred pounds of tractor weights in my C10 for improved ride, they fit between the wheel well and the tailgate pretty good but I should have bolted them down. They are not as intrusive as sand or gravel or water barrels, it doesn't take a big piece of steel to be really heavy. The thought I had about sand or gravel is you can shovel it under the tires if you get it stuck... Scott lives in tractor country now?Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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