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thanks for the heads up, got a set ordered just now from a facebook marketplace contact that i ordered the blackout light switches from. hopefully they work lol Updated todo list on post 1

Well let me start todays progress by saying WHAT THE **** CHEVROLET! HOW DUMB ARE YOU? okay so i decided to go ahead and swap out the turn signal switch and stalk should be an easy job you say right... yeah NO id like to say i did this exact same job to a 1990 ford bronco process took me all of...

i plan to cut it out using the new floor pan as a template, that will give me the best fit then just weld in the new floor in place of the old one, im not sure to what extent the new floor pans are complete, if they run up to the floor seam i will have to just adjust for that once i get to that...

so pulled out the sill plates to replace the weatherstripping and buffed the rust with my wire wheel, found a couple small holes on the drivers side... going to say F it and just replace both floor pans, thats a future project this should be good enough for now and heres the new...

Anyways I found my blackout switches back there so now I have a spare set should make really nice offroad light switches

Hrmm

it was not in fact Amelia Earhart good guess though

while swapping out the headlight switch guess what i found stuffed up behind a wiring harness? 3 guesses

SHIPMENT TIME!!! Okay so heres the pics of the floors as promised like i said this is temporary in order to just clean up the truck permanent fixes and repairs will be made this summer once i find a good place to paint the entire truck Shipment of goodies, what could they be? Oh happy day...

To be fair I work outside all year round little cold and rain doesn't bother me that much, dedication is what I call it hopefully it'll be at about 80% come June

Day 7 (Friday) decided today to take a look at the floors in my rig because of the condition of the passenger inner fender (Pretty rotted and will get ordered for replacement), and it was a bit nice out there today. the rubber floor mat was in pretty rough shape and we all know what mouse piss...

So day 6 (Wednesday) is nearly in the history books, today i decided to dig in and look into the issues i was having with the heater. both heater hoses were warm but not hot, and it was blowing cold air in the truck so i looked further only to find that the heater core housing was detached from...

Well all i can do is try, this isnt much different from a civy truck and i have gone through some mechanics school just out of high school, hopefully i can figure this thing out thats exactly my plan once i order some new door panels, not sure these will survive being pulled off and re mounted...

So went out and picked up my first MV on friday a 1986 M1008 CUCV. purchased off a guy in annandale mn for the sum of 3000 american pesos, started the truck up and headed for home, it was a hard (55 mile) recovery. anyways on to the good stuff Day 1. (Friday) Pickup waited until after work to...

Registered and washed the beast today, because you all believe nopics

yeah id like to believe so only issue after replacing it with the 4X4 light because well ill know if the 4x4 is on at least until i can get a replacement bulb and holder it still doesnt fire... but now the gen 1 light works flawlessly

unfortunately uncle sam decided i didn't need a 5 ton and "Offset" my tax return so heavily ($8200) i cant come up with the cash at this time, still trying to see if i can figure out a way but doesn't look good so i guess i will be out $500 on the deposit and learn another life lesson

HWY 10 N to Main St (W) To address on right, its next door to Menards in riverdale should be ample parking for large vehicles as well

ripped the whole dash apart, removed the instrument cluster, cleaning electrical connections, removing the black goo from the firewall connections scrubbing the **** out of everything then applying dialectic grease liberally... on a positive note ive pulled about 700' of wiring from the fire...

Address added for lunch meet up I've got something so I'm not empty handed come the event :D