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I just started working on the truck a little, It's hard to get anything done with 2 small kids
I
just bolted the battery tray back in and picked up a battery, plugs, cap, rotor and new battery cables
just fired the engine up after sitting for about 8 years, it was good to here the truck coming to
life after sitting for so long
here are some specs on the truck
I bought this in 1989 with
a rotted out frame, a friend of mine had a perfect frame and a set of 4 brand new springs, and a front
and rear axle in his backyard and his wife wanted it out of there so he said take all of it for free
I measured the frame to make sure it wasn't bent or twisted and bolted on the springs with new shackles
that I bought and bolted on the rears then put on new shocks
The truck had a new wiring harness
so I carfully removed it and unbolted everything and another friend had a tow truck and we lifted the
cab off of the old frame and sat in on the new one and bolted it back on
The truck then went to
Jack's jeep service and we installed a pontiac 400, turbo 400 trans and a 10 bolt rear. then we switched
the front pumpkin out with a 2 wheel drive front axle with a 2 inch drop, then put in a late model colum
with power steering, power brakes and hanging pedals
I wired the wiring harness up for the lights
but I had to wire all of the electrical for the engine from scratch and bought a 12 volt to 6 volt reducer
for the gauges so I can use all of the original ones
I trashed the bed it was way too rotten to
use but I did save the tailgate with the w-o and I bought 2 new fiberglass rear fenders
I will
add more when I have some more time
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