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Got a lot done the past couple days. Seats installed. Dash is almost complete, just need to smooth out the welds but it's starting to look snazzy. Back wall is back on, just need to finish stripping the lacquer off and repaint. Also need to fill the rust holes. That is fun given the thin...

So I've been doing a lot of thinking on the direction I want to go with my build and after talking it over with the wife I've decided to mix together a couple things. I'm no longer doing a restore project. I'm full on moding it. Right now I've got a 939 series dash cluster in my dash panel...

I'm glad they didn't eat the screen. It was on the table and when we got home there were paw prints all over the table with everything on the floor. These beagles are to smart for their own good. Can't keep them out of the kitchen as they find a new way to get in, either climb over the gate or...

Well it turns out my dogs decided I didn't need my brand new 7" touch screen for the truck project. Right now the electronics side of the project is being put on hold till I figure out if I want to spend another 200 on a new screen, warranty doesn't cover beagle damage. So I will be redoing the...

Got some more goodies in today and stripped and painted the inside of passenger door. 8 channel spdt relay board for the arduino 500 psi transducer for fuel pressure

Got some work done today. Pulled the dash and had it stripped of components and paint withing 3 hours. First picture is the relays that replaced the master power, run and start switches. The single relay with the white wire is for the horn. Second one is the warranty sticker, I'm torn on...

Parts have started to arrive. Started on the coding matrix, and I have a complete revamp of what I had planned but I'll wait before I divulge it. Found some capacitance type fuel senders that output a digital signal so I'm going to ditch the floating senders for these and tie into the system...

Here's a couple videos from youtube showing what I am planning to do with the idle control. My setup will obviously be cleaner, no zipties and tape, lol. I will also use cable instead of a solid wire so the servo doesn't move when I am depressing the pedal...

Concerning emergency vehicles, taking it out of park or pressing the brake is still sending the signal to a software controlled device. As far as fail safes. There is the clutch, ability the put the truck in natural , and the emergency shut off pull. Out of all the things my computer is...

High idle will only be for when vehicle is stationary, not moving. This is where the speed sensor comes in also. Same as on emergency vehicles, brake is pressed idle returns to normal. Air pressure warning will be a mechanical warning not controlled via the computer. All major functions will...

Alright so I ordered some stuff last night to start the electronics project. Micro controller is going to be an Arduino Mega 2560. I ordered an eight channel relay board for now, might upgrade to a 16 channel later if needed. Got 3 pressure sensors, 1 500 for fuel rail, and 2 150 for oil and...

Yeah I was thinking that, might get with one of the surplus places that has them and see if they would want the old axles if I bought the disc ones from them.

I like making things difficult, lol

I thought about that. I know it has the manual drive shaft brake also along with the air spring brakes on the rear. I might make a run down to the scrap yard and see about pulling parts off the mrap axles if I do switch over. I would love to do the disc conversion but I don't think my...

So I've been pondering the past couple days how I want to approach my parking brake rebuild and make it better and I believe I have come up with a solution. Going to remove the manual lever and replace it with a standard air brake pack with spring brake. While I'm under there I'm going to go...

Managed to get a couple coats on this today. Gonna get some clear lacquer tomorrow and put on them before they go in the truck. I want the paint to last a little bit.

I first tried a rubberize paint but didn't like it so I peeled it off, took the orbital sander to it again and put 4 coats of brown camouflage from home depot on it. Has two coats on the underside. This is my first attempt at bondo and I think I did an alright job. It's the dash that will...

Finished stripping the transmission hump today and filled in the holes I drilled and filled in the one little dip where something could go. Gotta finish sanding tomorrow but I'm liking where this is going. I went with bondo as a test bed as the usc metal filler is twice as much as bondo.

Alright so it's been awhile since I've done anything with the truck. Today I pulled the center hump and started stripping the multiple layers of carc off in preparation of filler, blocking and painting. Next will be the upgrade to a completely digital dash setup. This will involve new...

I will get to the storage yard and take some good pics of everything done but here is a 11 min video of the final product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnfThfh62M&list=UU5KDWp1n7cLpxpuQg0B0Ctg