Got the Stainless Steel radiator mounting kit from Texas and found it was all too small. Guess it probably is for a car. All parts are much smaller than what came out of the truck. Sooo, I sandblased all the rust off the old bolts and springs and gave them a nice coat of primer and gloss black paint. The weather warmed up again the last tweo days so installed the radiator mount and radiator with the fan shroud. Looks good and measurements show I need the long water pump. The 17 inch mechanical fan I got from Texas will work fine I think. i will know after installing the water pump. I also installed the starter.
I needed to finish up making the clamps for the parking brake cables and also installed them.
The manifold elbows I got are plain steel and probably won't get used but is helping me figure out how to run the exhaust piping.
Sand blasted the transmission cover yesterday. part of it was rusted out and had a piece pop riveted to it. I now need to cut out the rusty part and weld in a new piece.
Cold out today so going to order some more parts. (It's only money, right?)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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Looks very good. You should fire it up with open hedders. But you will need one of these...
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