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GB SISSON · 04-06-2025, 11:33 PM

Wow! Lots of great info and I'll give it a go. Is the end of our 1/4" hose a tapered pipe thread into the block? IIRC the '71 block is factory swedged to the brass block. So I cut it flush, bore and tap? I see no problem with a vent hose under the bed, so I'll save a step, and Pete, I still think your enlargements are either more clear or larger than clicking onto the FTE small photo.
I have the housing in primer now. Stripping brakes next, but those darn contractors are in a dither now with summerfolk soon to be coming in droves. This coming week is shot, but my best vehicle repair bay is taken up anyhow with an ongoing restoration of a maritime artifact for a client.

04-06-2025, 11:33 PM	#94
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: 9" rear in a jailbar truck Wow! Lots of great info and I'll give it a go. Is the end of our 1/4" hose a tapered pipe thread into the block? IIRC the '71 block is factory swedged to the brass block. So I cut it flush, bore and tap? I see no problem with a vent hose under the bed, so I'll save a step, and Pete, I still think your enlargements are either more clear or larger than clicking onto the FTE small photo. I have the housing in primer now. Stripping brakes next, but those darn contractors are in a dither now with summerfolk soon to be coming in droves. This coming week is shot, but my best vehicle repair bay is taken up anyhow with an ongoing restoration of a maritime artifact for a client. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)