Well it's been a little over a month and I have gotten quite a bit done. The fuel system is done. I had a ton of questions about it, and bending steel lines is a talent I don't posses. So, I swapped fuel rails for a newer 8.1 that was return less and went with Dorman nylon fuel lines.
I asked a few questions in this
thread and posted plenty of photos.
I gave up on painting my inner fenders and core support and took them in to get powder coated. They are now installed and I got all my cooler plumbing done.
I took Pyrotechnic's idea and put a Trans-Dapt filter housing in on the core support and got that all plumbed in.
The exhaust is done. I had to use a different shop than I had planned, but it worked out. It saved me some time and cash.
I did run into a small issue with the driver's side knock sensor rubbing on the header.
Thanks to DirtyLarry, that got fixed by getting an ACDelco 213-298 and moving it down by the pan rail in the hole next to the brass plug in the picture.
I broke the plug that GM put in the driver's side cylinder head and had to dig that out to put a temp sender in. I also got all the wiring figured out on the truck side of things. In the beginning, I was scared to death of it and was really struggling with it. But, again thanks to DirtyLarry that got figured out and completed. The truck now turns over!!
I got my throttle pedal installed and wired.
But, I still have a fair amount of wiring to do.
That's all for now. I'll get some more posted up this weekend.