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Message: [QUOTE="slowcoupe, post: 1303266, member: 5146"] Pulled the bed back off to get everything tied together underneath. Now a few things I couldn't find much about in the other threads. I had read the brake lines needed shortened and the e brake cable as well. No one really talked about how they secured the e brake cable once cut. Here is how i did mine and it looks factory. I used wire cutters to shorten the actual cable. Looking at how the factory setup was secured I then went to home depot to look at wire clamps. Ended up purchasing a ferrule clamp kit and a swagging tool used to secure the ferrules to the factory cable. Measured and marked where the e brake would need to be positioned and clamped the ferrule into place. The factory cable had one ferrule in place but to be safe I backed a second right behind the first as a safety. The fuel lines also need to be shortened. A good amount actually... I wanted to keep the factory vibrolock connectors atop the pickup so I cut the lines down at the frame and used 5 1/16" compression unions to connect the lines back together. While I had everything out I did the Hutch and Harpoon mods in the tank and installed a Wix pre pump filter set up. Go my new one piece driveshaft mounted up and bolted in place. My shaft total measurements from the rear diff housing to the face of the trans input was 56 1/8" in length. Now this is with the rear dropped 5" and the pinion angle at the proper position.I would suggest getting your suspension all setup before making these measurements as this could make a difference in how well your shaft fits. [ATTACH=full]158789[/ATTACH] Now it was time to fire up the truck. Fired right up and ran for a whopping 5 minutes and died. [/QUOTE]