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Not a problem, looks really good! Did you see the one I'm building?

I did looks like a great start for a lubr

Thanks, no comparison to yours but it'll be pretty sweet when it's all done, just lemme know if you need that puller

My god man. This thing is going to be a work of art when you are done.

If you need a pitman arm puller modded to fit let me know.

well thanks to Phil, Jeff, Mike and Kirk we got her started... and driven.. with the help with some creative spacing on the front wheels ;)











have some video of the first start and drive.. but its uploading will take a while..

That's awesome, congrats! Looking forward to seeing it in person soon!

Nice. Can't wait to see it Chris.

Awesome Chris! Can't wait to see it

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Well did a few more things this weekend.

I went to the junkyard and pulled a couple more IAC's with the straight connectors and tried them however i couldn't get the truck to start with them hooked up.. I would assume these would work however neither would? I think I got them off a 6 cylinder pickup...





I guess they could be both bad.. or perhaps the computer is being picky? Runs fine with the mustang IAC i have.. so I will run that for now.. i put the older connector on the harness so it just plugs in instead of the wires we had on there...

I got the rest of the fender bolts in, the antenne installed, some more of the rubber installed, and started working on the interior since my carpet kit showed up...









I used some Frost King from home depot as its about 1/8" thick and should help with sound and keeping the truck cool/warm... iam debating on weather this is enough.. or should i put some of the thermal pad down that the Bronco Hut has, I think i should be ok as is.. surly allot better than just carpet ;)

Oh yes.. thats the interior color.. the carpet that sitting on the tailgate.

I didn't get a picture of all the wiring i ran but I will, there is quite a bit of it for future audio enhancements.

I noticed on my trips around the block i have no speedo.. so tonight I removed the VSS adapter and installed the stock speedo cable for now.. i will see if that fixes the speedo next time i drive but might spring for the vss with cable down the road once I tune the engine a bit more.

So awesome! Thanks for documenting the process and bringing us all along! You did an amazing job.

J.D.

Off to the exhaust shop :)

Got the carpet and hold downs installed today.. missing the tailgate hold down strips so maybe the bronco hut has them?









Got the doors on as well.. and aligned.. looking pretty good!







Then i went for a VROooooooooooooooooooooooom rwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr!

If needed I believe I have a set of tailgate straps, let me know.

Dash pad showed up.. had to drill a bunch of new holes.. just couldn't get it to lineup with the old ones - to be expected i guess... and the fitment.. while not bad was off to one side.. so a slight tear at the edge where it goes over the dash end - which I hope doesn't turn into a full blown cracked dash... at least not yet!

That body color and the green interior is really turning out nice, I wasn't too sure about the combo when you first mentioned it, but I'm on the wagon now.

i know lots of updates.. but oh well..

Got my fuel leak fixed, dropped the aux tank and all is good. Much easier and faster than i thought only took me 20 min.

Did allot of other little things, swapped out the IAC for the straight connector which worked after i swapped ends. I then went through the procedures to set my idle by unplugging the IAC turning the idle screw then turning off the truck.. then disconnect the battery, then reconnect after a few minutes and start and check idle. All seemed well was at about 700 rpm or so - However after driving for 10 to 15 minutes the idle returned to 1000rpm.. thinking the computer relearned itself and I should set the idle again? whatever the case it will have to wait until next week..

anyway some pics of the exhaust..

So that's what a real dash is supposed to look like? Haven't seen one in years!

Great looking ride for sure. How's the exhaust sound?

Doors are on, latches are latched.. windows and wing windows are in. .drove it for about 30 minutes today.. ran pretty good lots of little fine tuning to do to get it running good.. have a vibration at 10mph will have to track down, might be a rotor.

I decided to go ahead and try to re-coat the fake chrome on my original ranger door door panels since they were in such good shape.. so i picked off the fake chrome layer on both sides, taped then sprayed with a chrome rattle can paint.. then clear coat. The clear coat really knocked down the chrome paint but I think they came out ok.

I did not re-coat the top chrome looking strip of the door.. just the lowers. the top looks to be an actual piece of metal..

Lookin good Chris!

Yes indeed. Looking good. Hope to see it sometime soon.

I am just flipping amazed. That thing is so sweet. I want a ride man!