75-K5
3/4 ton status
No pics to share from this past weekend, there was not a lot of progress that was visually oriented. Just wanted to share some of the progress that is being made with the fellow diesel guys here. Memorial Day weekend yielded the following:
1. Motor and tranny/case are completely mounted and bolted in! Just need to drill a couple holes for the crossmember (have the beefy style that goes through both frame rails)
2. Got fuel cell placed (not mounted yet) in truck, got all necessary fittings sourced, and fuel filters in place. Mounting firewall spin-on filter to back inside wall, any known problems with this?
3. Completely refurbished wiring harness. Robbed carbureted harness out of the '82 K20 that I disassembled, got all stock gauges to work, rear taillights work properly, all wiring completely cleaned and wrapped in electrical tape.
4. Reset odometer to 0 just for fun (title reads Exempt anyway, so no legal ramifications for this)
5. Set up switches for starter (used tractor switch mounted to floor and dash switch for power to floor switch to prevent accidental bumping), fuel pump and IP hot (on same switch), and cold advance.
6. Reinstalled gauge cluster and dashboard and tied up most of the wiring.
7. Installed zero-rates.
It's starting to look like a truck again! Now all that's left is finish the hydroboost, new brake lines, shoes, and rotors, plumb the fuel system, mount glow plug (Ford starter) solenoid, hydro clutch, wastegate control spring, shorten driveshafts, get exhaust done
, and about 10 billion hours of body work
. It sounds like a lot on paper, but after everything that's been done so far, it really seems like it's downhill from here. All the "hard stuff" is done!
Going back next week to do "catch up" and take care of a couple minor things before tackling the big list the following week. I'll try to snap a few pics then.
1. Motor and tranny/case are completely mounted and bolted in! Just need to drill a couple holes for the crossmember (have the beefy style that goes through both frame rails)
2. Got fuel cell placed (not mounted yet) in truck, got all necessary fittings sourced, and fuel filters in place. Mounting firewall spin-on filter to back inside wall, any known problems with this?
3. Completely refurbished wiring harness. Robbed carbureted harness out of the '82 K20 that I disassembled, got all stock gauges to work, rear taillights work properly, all wiring completely cleaned and wrapped in electrical tape.
4. Reset odometer to 0 just for fun (title reads Exempt anyway, so no legal ramifications for this)
5. Set up switches for starter (used tractor switch mounted to floor and dash switch for power to floor switch to prevent accidental bumping), fuel pump and IP hot (on same switch), and cold advance.
6. Reinstalled gauge cluster and dashboard and tied up most of the wiring.
7. Installed zero-rates.
It's starting to look like a truck again! Now all that's left is finish the hydroboost, new brake lines, shoes, and rotors, plumb the fuel system, mount glow plug (Ford starter) solenoid, hydro clutch, wastegate control spring, shorten driveshafts, get exhaust done
, and about 10 billion hours of body work
. It sounds like a lot on paper, but after everything that's been done so far, it really seems like it's downhill from here. All the "hard stuff" is done!Going back next week to do "catch up" and take care of a couple minor things before tackling the big list the following week. I'll try to snap a few pics then.
