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[jpizzle440]

Just seeing how it looks. Not going to install it until I get the new A/C in and I am still waiting on the new guage cluster. Was a 4 week wait time on it and I believe when i ordered it a week or 2 ago. That's all I was able to squeeze in these several few weekends. Hoping to finish the a/c in the next 2 weekends. I only get to come home on sundays at the moment.

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I had heck last week getting the top left bolt to line up coming through the firewall. Also the heater lines was hitting on the bottom passenger side of the hole on the firewall plate that come with it. I adjusted the HVAC mounting plate best I could to avoid having to trim the holes but ended up getting the dremel out anyways. So instead of fighting the bolt again this weekend, I threaded the bolt through backwards, and grabbed a lock nut. Went right in first try and the bottom lines right up.

Went to install the condenser and ran into more problems. Was hitting the transmission cooler. I drilled out the rivets and brackets before I thought about snapping a picture. Set the unit back in and another problem, bracket hit a bolt on oil cooler. I figured it has 3 bolts it can live without the one and backed it on out. Then it bolted right in. Now I have to brain storm how I'm going to remount the trans cooler. Will worry about that later running out of time this weekend. Grill is pretty brittle, probably will order a new one.

 Got the wires half routed across the dash and through the firewall. Leaving them all loose until I get all the vents run and my new dash gauges installed that I'm still waiting on. I was hoping I'd have this 90 percent done this weekend but I wasn't anticipating the new problems a ran into.

Still have to mount the compressor, looks like I'll have to do some modifications to a bracket. Didn't run one of the heater lines because the fitting on the intake was covered in rust when I pulled the old hose off.  Fixing to go look at my old dash and see what I can swap over on it.

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I come home last weekend and realized I had the wrong brackets for the compressor in my kit, most likely a miss communication error when I ordered the kit. So I called them up last Monday and got that ordered.

Pretty much didn't do anything last weekend. During the week I did some reading after work on the aftermarket a/c I got, and the warranty is voided if not using distilled water. Well when I pulled the old heater hose off the intake it was rusted. So I decided to scrap the radiator. Will be flushing the block. Got a new 4 core, aluminum shroud, fans. Also ordered a new grill, bezels, dash trim insert, vents.

I've got everything in now except the gauges and fan shroud. And the dash pad isn't molded right to except the new trim.so basically i spent most of my Sunday building a new trans cooler mount. That actually took a lot longer than I excepted. If I measured everything right and the new grill isn't different than original, it should have plenty of clearance.

 Until next Sunday.

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Emailed the company that made the dash they said a little heat will let the trim insert fit right in. Haven't gotten to that yet. New gauges haven't showed yet, said they are waiting on a part to show up to finish. Electric fan shroud hasn't shown due to a cnc issue that recently got resolved.

So got a full weekend off, flushed the block. Got a new fitting for heater hose, thermostat housing, pulled 3-way intake vacuum out of intake for a single hose barbell for th400, new vacuum lines also. PCV valve was loose, tried to pull grommet, ended up pulling valve cover because grommet was falling apart. Found out what heads I have. I believe this motor is stock with cam swap because core support has been cut. Breather grommet on passenger side wasn't but 2 years old and was trash. Threw that breather in the dumpster. Ended up putting a PCV grommet in it, bought a 3/4" 90 to stuff in it and hose to rout it to the air cleaner.

Bought EFI carb and dual sync distributor, again another issue... distributor and th400 bracket is MIA, got to call and find out about that.

Painted the compressor brackets, installed all of that. Got the heater core hose to intake hooked up. Deleted water pump bypass.

Had new hose in the shop laying around that I had put on the power steering reservoir to pump. That ended up seeping through the hose so I ordered what was put on stock and replaced it.

Got WAY to many accessories, fixing to order an aftermarket secondary fuse box. More tomorrow before I leave for work.

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When I drove this truck it took forever to fill one of the tanks. Figured I had a swollen or clogged vent hose. Well it was most definitely clogged... and deleted...

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I was going to attempt to open the vent back and use the filler neck for my return line off the carb, but thought better of it. I'm still waiting on parts and I got other stuff to work on. I'll just order a new one

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I was going to recover these seats and add aftermarket heat&a/c... but after pulling them I think I'm going to dig around for something different. After I put the time and money in it I think I can buy something new for the same price and just add the heat&a/c. My k5 has Cadillac seats and I like them but the seats done cool.

I think I'm going to stop here for the weekend, all these wires I need to hook up are going to overload my fuse box. I need to order a secondary kit. Found a pretty nifty one last week I think I will go ahead and get.

Most likely going to order something new for the floor. It has some cancer I want to look at closer. Probably will do a quick temporary fix on it until I get some of my other trucks finished while I drive this one.

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