1971 Longbed Build Thread

[gonline71]

I had originally posted news of the truck and the fact that I had just gotten the cab back from the painter after a year and a half. Long story. Anyway, the past three weeks have been busy and here is a list of accomplishments.

1) radiator painted, installed, and filled with fluid.
2) wiring harness figured out
a. headlights/high beams work
b. engine starts and idles
c. removed all crimp-on connectors, soldered the wires and sealed with shrink tubing.
d. Order Russell wire wraps.
e. I will wrap the wires once I verify everything is working.
3) master cylinder installed and connected
a. bled the brakes.
4) Aligned the starter.
5) Found, cleaned and painted the shift linkage
a. Connected the shift linkage
6) Removed, cleaned and re-installed the neutral safety switch
7) Rear glass is tinted and installed
8) Ran plug wires and installed them in the wire looms
9) Installed heater core hoses and the heater control assembly…..fan works!
10) Painted the tranny cooler and installed it
11) Began filling the tranny with fluid…..hard to check the level because the truck is so loud. Scares my kids
12) Found my throttle cable bracket and installed it.
13) Painted and installed my new battery bracket.
14) Installed my billet air cleaner and breather valves.
15) My fatmat sound deadener is on its way.
16) Filled my power steering pump with fluid. Still need to purge the lines because it has been sitting so long.
17) Grounded my fuel tank to the frame.

I have been seriously contemplating throwing a lawn chair inside and taking a cruise around my court. Wife is not too crazy about the idea. Here are few pics of where it is at. I will post more pics shortly.