Project: Long Time Coming

[mechanic350]

lets see if i can fix that.

[mechanic350]

and now for the third try

[mcbassin]

Very nice! Looks great!

[colgad]

Originally Posted by mechanic350

ok so here is the link for the 12 pin connector. its from a website called del city.net. they have a lot of great stuff to clean up and customize your wiring setup. be warned though to make the 12 pin connector you need both the male and female sides, male and female contacts, plus the wedges for both. so depending on how much you get it can get pricy. but i think its totally worth it in my book. ill make sure to take lots of pictures during the install. they have a few different styles of connectors. i got lucky and was able to borrow a very nice crimper from an electrician buddy to crimp my contacts for the plug.

and thanks farmyard. she has seen better days but the white has grown on me.

http://www.delcity.net/store/AT-Seri...0.h_797548.t_1

Wow, could there be a harder plug to configure? Housings wedges connectors receptacles and then again for the male side!

[mechanic350]

yeah it seems much harder than it really is. i was initially a bit scared of what i got myself into but the results are great. it will be worth it in the long run

[mechanic350]

so here are a few pictures of the new gauge cluster and me getting the custom bracket made to hold all of the gauges

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and here is it closer to being done. more pictures to come when its all wired up.

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I was able to get a few more things done today. got the fire extinguisher mounted on the trans hump and finished the wiring on the gauge cluster. but as it turns out i don't have the pigtail that i need to connect to the transmission. so ill be ordering that tomoro. i am going to try and make a digital copy of the template i made for anyone who wants to use it. gonna take me a few days to get it done though.

[mechanic350]

So i meant to post on here earlier but had my grandmother pass away so i had to head home to attend the funeral and help out my grandfather. my grandmother went out as best as can be expected. coherent of what was happening to her but comfortable and with all of her family with her.

in other news. last month i was able to finally tackle rewiring the truck with the help of 2 guys here in Washington. sadly during the rewire someone forgot to tighten down the wire loom that plugs into the firewall to the engine harness and thus the truck didn't start. After returning from seeing family i was able to get some help trouble shooting and found the ignition feed not getting power to the ignition control box (MSD digital 6AL-2). we trouble shot it and now she runs great. now all i need to do is get the speedometer calibrated and the water temp gauge to read and i will be all set.

[mcbassin]

Very nice work on the cluster.

[mechanic350]

Thanks. Took a little bit of time ot get it right but once I did it worked great.

[kehstr]

do you have any video of the truck running?

[mechanic350]

here is two of the videos that i have.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJdmLdXD...shortbox&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJhA324D...shortbox&hl=en

[mechanic350]

so here are a few pictures of the work that it took to rewire the truck. and the result afterwards

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and a few more

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just picked up a few of the components for changing my leaf springs over to a trailing arm rear suspension.

[mechanic350]

So my amazing wife let me buy some new parts as an early Christmas present. I made the decision to get a set of Richmond Gear 4.11:1 gears, Eaton Performance Detroit TrueTrac limited slip Diff carrier, Moser Diff Cover, Yukon Gear and axle master install kit with Timken Bearings, Moroso lug nuts and Royal Purple Gear oil to keep it lubed up. heres a few pictures of the pile of boxes/parts and the install.

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and a few more pictures

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getting the final torque on the pinion nut by myself was interesting to say the least.

[mechanic350]

next step is a pair of Moser Axles and new axle bearings. hoping to swap those in when the 500 mile break in has finished on the new gears. so far so good. just have to not get crazy until the gears are properly worn in.

[mechanic350]

been a busy few weeks i ended up buying a few things to get the truck going. Holley sniper EFI, new fuel cell, braided steel fuel lines, and then went to the local pick a part and got a donor fuel door and part of the surrounding panel to make a fuel door in the bed. also relocated the tailgate handle and started to shave the tailgate. heres a few pictures of the progress so far.

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more pictures

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more pictures

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last few and my new toolbox