The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Thanks guys, and buddy, anytime you want to take a road trip just let me know. The shop is always open.
Stephen, I take some time to get pictures and I take some time to document but my goal here is to keep myself motivated... If I feel a bit discouraged (as I have these last couple of months) I find it helps to go back into the thread to see what Mel and I have already accomplished. We are well on the way to completion even with all of the little things still left to do. I have to remind myself that all of the big stuff is done and we are even looking at paint in a few places...
Here are a few more pics of the bracket building process from yesterday.
Drilling and tapping the little clamp brackets.

Same process for the junction block. this is an old part that I pulled out of the "parts" bin and cleaned up.

i have also gotten all of the fittings around for the Hydroboost lines. The return line was a real P.I.A. I really didn't want to use the straight barb that came on it. I wanted to get the line routed back across the van to the reservoir without a big loop of rubber hose.
The fitting on the left came with...

The threaded hole in the unit is a -2 (5/16-24) with an O-ring seal. Getting that to match up with the 3/8th return line required a few adapters but it worked out. I got the line pointed where I need it with a combo of to 90's and a -4 to -6 adapter.
This is a -2 to -4 90 degree.

And this the -4 to -6 adapter with a 90 degree push on from Speedway. This will route the hose down along the firewall.

Thanks for following along. I plan to get brake lines ran on the diff this week and Mel and I will hit it hard next weekend.
Mark