I'm just checking in to say some of the stuff I did when I was 19 to 20 years old was stupid... I removed so much stuff to "clean up" the engine bay and just tossed it out... Now 35 year old me is like WTF dude... I'm chasing down hardware and little parts (that actually have a purpose) that I just didn't care about as a kid I guess

. Luckily I hit two junkyards and was able to find all the little odds and ends I needed. I will have functional windshield washers, a factory steering wheel/horn, a better performing A/C, a shift knob that doesn't fall off, a gear indicator that works and so on...
This week I realized the previous owner clipped the vacuum line for the AC flush on the firewall and I never noticed... Working on PB actually made me realize that nightmare was missing a vacuum line... That means while my ac and heat have worked, they weren't fully working as designed because it's supposed to be vacuum controlled.
New plan with this truck is to bring it back to 100% operational. All the little things I lived with are getting fixed. I have no deadline to hit so I can take my time and really do it right. I have most the little parts gathered up and a bunch of things showing up this week

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Nothing major in the works but a renewed interest and progress coming.
This week I replaced my smashed and non functional reverse lights with new pods in a safer location. So here's to hopefully a new start/chapter with this rig.
