starting them young 1972 K5

[warrpath4x4]

ordered up some stuff today from classic parts. new exterior mirrors, ignition switch, spacer, and bezel, headlight relay harness, and wiring diagrams for points and HEI systems.



the mirror heads just rattle around and the glass is broken. i tried to pull the ignition switch lastnight and got the bezel to come about halfway off and now it just spins, so ill probably have to break it to get it out of there.



lastnight i got the starter shimed right so it cranks nicely. got the new cap (since the new one that came on the distributor was broken in shipping) on with a new coil. still will only run in if you hold the key in the start position. diesel4me on CK5 schooled me a bit on when switching from points to HEI that points runs off 9 volts and HEI needs the whole 12 volts. so that gives me something to check out, hopefully its that simple.