Sunday morning I got up and finished connecting the park brake that I had modified last weekend. Once the cable was attached and the mechanism bolted in the park brake works perfectly. I still need to tie the cable down with the clamps from the 89 and I will have to relocate the dimmer switch by a couple of inches since it is now tucked up under the park brake lever. After that I set the front clip on and threaded in a couple of bolts. By then it was time to go to church.
Following church I tried setting the radiator in the 4-core lower mounts that I had moved to the new position. Oops, the drain petcock hits the power steering box! I removed the petcock and now the radiator clears the steering box by about 3/16th of an inch.
Today I dropped off the radiator from the 89 to be re-cored with cut down tanks. They said it will be ready on Thursday
I will still need to get new radiator hoses, hopefully finding something to fit wont be to big of a challenge. I will also have to re-engineer the battery tray as a modification that I made a few years back is encroaching in to the area where the wider radiator needs to sit.
I must say that as little time was spent setting the front clip back on the truck, it registered as a huge accomplishment; it put the fire back in me
In making this post I realized I haven't done as well taking pictures, I'll try to fix that next weekend.
Have a good week everyone!
-Richard