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Another day, another parts order | |
February 05th, 2019 | |
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With daycare closed last Friday, and family time on the weekend, I | |
didn't get much time to work on the truck over the past several days. | |
Come Monday, I still didn't have a ton of motivation to tinker on | |
things, but I did go out and take inventory of what parts I need to | |
replace before the truck is ready to be driven again. Here's a list of | |
the latest order. | |
- Heater Hoses, Clamps, and fitting | |
- Aluminum Heater Core | |
- Felt dust covers for crank cross shaft | |
- Front and Rear Motor Mounts | |
- Clutch Fork Boot | |
- Radiator draincock - I got the radiator rodded but the draincock was | |
broken | |
- Flywheel Inspection Cover | |
- Spark Plug wire set | |
I still need to track down a few things | |
- Oil filler cap | |
- Breather tube grommet | |
- Battery Cable (maybe) | |
- Column shifter rubber boot | |
- Possibly a carb fuel pump plunger - I've read these dry out but I | |
recently replaced it and I think it will still be supple. Need to | |
inspect. | |
- New vacuum line and fuel line | |
- Possibly a new water temp sender and wire | |
With my leave from work drawing to a close, I'm not sure how much | |
farther I'm going to get on the project. I've told my wife that I'm | |
stressed about not being able to carve out time to finish, and I'm | |
really eager to get the truck back on the road. But I also want to do | |
things right and get the engine bay cleaned up and pained, as this is | |
going to be so much easier to do with the engine out. | |
I'm still on the fence about whether I am going to pull the front | |
clip. I don't really have the space to do this, but might be able to | |
swing it for a long weekend to strip, paint, install engine, and | |
reassemble. Installing the engine/trans as one connected piece is | |
going to be infinitely easier with the front clip pulled, so I should | |
probably just do it. | |
I do feel like this project has turned into death by a thousand cuts. | |
But it will be really rewarding when the truck is back on the road | |
with a brand new engine. | |
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