ADHD build

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

Ah, the old-school Lightforces.

[Snowracer]

was to cheap to by exhaust elbows so bought a stick and wasted time and welding wire making a Y pipe





used the same muffler from the last truck but exhaust is quite a bit longer on this one

[Snowracer]

started laying stuff our for wiring. autometer gauges and warning lights for battery and temp in the stock cluster



ignition coil, ignition module and fan pwm controller on the driver side fender

[Snowracer]

been chipping away at this thing, mainly wiring and thats not super photo worthy. pretty much wired up other then some aux switches



got the important stuff wired up, lights





got the dash back together, no sold on the tach placement so might see if i can move that around



with the wiring done i started adding coolant and found the rad i had leaked, was able to pick up another one and it seems to be holding. dumped fuel in it and sure enough the fuel shut off valve and fuel cell fittings leaked, so took the valve out and got new fittings and that fixed the leaks. with the leaks taken care of i hit the starter switch and after a few fuel primes it fired right up and idled have some tuning to deal with but its getting close now

so made a list of what all needs to be done before wheeling this thing

[HMF]

Oh yea!! Lights for the win!!

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

Can't forget the cup holders.

[Snowracer]

Can't forget the cup holders.

those are important as i got the doors on this weekend and stereo hooked up so have tunes but nothing to hold the wobbly pops

[Snowracer]

can cross that off the list now

[Snowracer]

finished up some wiring in the cab and got the aux switches in place with the stereo controller

[Snowracer]

made a simple front bumper





feel like it needs some lights in the bumper to make it look less square



didnt have any lights that fit so have to find something, but added a fender/grille bar and called it good enough for now



need to time and tune the efi a bit then load recovery gear, tools and some spare parts in the truck. otherwise i think its ready for shake down run next weekend

[Snowracer]

started laying out the trail gear last night. looks like a spare 44 will fit just fine, bolted an ammo can in for recovery gear and cooler mount



did round stock around the cooler to hold it in place then an old seat belt to keep it there but still easy to open

[Scoobienorth]

The seatbelt is a good idea

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

Seems surprisingly well equipped. Almost like you're planning to need a spare and recovery gear.

[Snowracer]

spent some time setting timing and playing with the efi getting the IAC set and that went well. while all that was happening my fan decided it didnt want to work, even bypassing the controller it wouldnt power up. block heater started to leak and so did the rear main got a frost plug to replace the block heater. going to try some 20w50 shit box oil and see if it slows the leak enough that i can get out this weekend to see what else is wrong with the truck before pulling it back apart

[Snowracer]

started off swapping fans out, had a big dual fan set up that i made work. it hangs over the side tanks a bit and i had to cut the bottom corner to clear rad hose. it moves something like 4000cfm so thats a plus



wanted to test the new fan make sure it was working and no issues. fired up the truck and it ran for about a minute then just shut off. fired it back up and ran for 30 seconds then shut off, did this about 3 times then just would not start at all. so swapped my new ignition box that has maybe 10mins of run time on it for an old 1970s one and truck fired right up no problem



figured with the new fan working and having the old ignition box in and working i would drain the oil and swap in the shit box 20/50 to see if the rear main leak would slow down enough to wheel this weekend. as soon as i started to loosen the oil drain plug coolant started to come out. might just be an intake gasket but between that and the rear main ive decided to just pull the motor and put i back on the stand and do new seals and gaskets and probably bearings as well. will deal with the leaking block heater at that time and toss new head gaskets at it as well. maybe a cam if got the cash