1972 Chevy 4wd Longhorn Project: Never Ending Changes

[Dieselwrencher]

Well, lost TOTM to a pretty nice SWB. Thanks Meatwagon83 for nominating the truck! Anyhow, I took last Friday off to get some badly needed work done to the pumpkin truck. I didn't get any drive time in the 72 this weekend. About the middle of last week my daily driver, 98.5 dodge 2wd 2500 with a 24v 5.9, 5 speed with 470k on it, started having issues with the fuel pressure. I limped it for 3 days back and forth to work. I decided the first day that Friday I would be taking off to work on the 72 to hopefully get it longer distance drive able. My heater core was leaking and I unhooked it, I never took the time to install any of the heater ducts, control cables, and never wiried in the hvac circuit when I installed the new aaw harness. (Those punks don't include the hvac harness in the new harness assembly. Really??)

Also, my ford project I've been working on has been one pain in the ass right after another. The block is back at the machine shop and may need line bored. Apparently 7.3psd blocks tend to move when arp main studs are installed. I also found conflicting info about the switch from powdered metal rods to forged and decided just to have the bottom end balanced to prevent any early failures or issues. So, now that project is on hold-ish, I finally got a 12v cummins block and crank back from the machine shop. It is a full rebuild that I need to have done by October 16th. I also have a 24v at the machine shop that should be done mid week. Then I need to put that back together. My wife thinks I have a crank problem. I swear they're not all mine!

I knew my time was going to be very little to work on the my truck and with the Dodge on it's last leg, I knew I had to get work done on the 72. I've had some led bulbs and a new RH head light housing, since it cracked, setting on the table for a while. (LED in LH head light in pic for comparison to standard bulb) I got all that installed. I got the heater core replaced, installed a new blower motor, and started working on more wiring. I had all the wiring ran from under the dash up to the cargo lamp, but never finished hooking all that up. I was lacking a cargo lamp switch at the time I did that work. I had one, I just couldn't find it. So I ordered a new one. Yeah, I found the other one after the 2nd new one showed up. Haha Now I have an operational cargo lamp, 3rd brake light, I finally wired the gauge lights in for the dakota digital cluster, got 1 light wired in for the hvac control head, and wired in the hvac circuit. Who guessed all day Friday would not be enough time to get all that done? I had to go drive semi on Saturday. I got to work on it Sunday evening about 2 hours.