OK all. Recently I've had my attention diverted by; retirement, taking on another job, a speed bump health-wise and the fact that I have no garage and am working on the baby HEMTT in my driveway.
M1075, thanks for being kind enough to add that I didn't specify a year, but yer right... I feel like I'm dragging my feet.
Tomorrow I'll take some pictures to post but in the meantime my progress has been slowed by getting to undo and redo some mechanical stuff. T-case turned out to be unsalvageable and the rear axle differential has too much slop to make me happy. T-case is now swapped out and the differential will be as soon as I figure out a way to safely lift the back of the truck high enough to get the differential changed.
Had to completely gut the cab since playing mix and match with the original wiring was turning me into an even less likeable person than I already was.
Now, all that's changed and I think I'm pointed in the right direction again.
So far I've; finished the chassis air line plumbing, gotten the engine to start and stop from the cab controls, laid out wiring sub-harnesses for chassis, marker lights, and engine controls, figured out how to make the steering work without a bunch of 'Rube Goldberg' linkage, gotten a bunch of small parts like NATO slave receptacles / marker light brackets / marker lights / the last of the bed tie-downs / etc. off of the kitchen floor and installed on the truck. Re-routed fuel lines to put the fuel filter on the suction side so the fuel pump would stop blowing out gaskets-- redesigned, made and installed a new and improved muffler bracket to support my new and improved muffler-- made all my battery power cables and ground leads-- re-positioned the battery box and installed my battery cut-off switch.
Thanks to all for the support and patience.
