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A little advice, if you paint it yourself make sure you have a plan to control the bugs. They are attracted to paint. I redid my gas door 4 times and a fender and a door 3 times each. JUST when I thought I was safe a damn knat would buzz down and land in my fresh clear.

Yeah, I was wanting to fix all the little things wrong and then post some of them for sale. A guy in Canada claims he wants the harness from the whole truck. Don't know if he's full of it or not. Any idea what it would be worth? The radio wires are also cut but I won't be able to fix those unless I get the end from a salvage. I could drop the trans down and see if I can find the rest of the wires there but that sounds like a lot of work.

Ok, i pulled the harness out of the whole truck I'm parting out and I'm trying to repair a few things. The previous owner cut these green wires that go to a box by the battery. They crimp together as pairs but I don't know which ones go with each other. Any ideas? Also there are a couple wires that were cut on top of the trans. Any idea what they go to? Violet and black and blue and brown. Thanks for any help.

I have one I pulled from an '86 with a 2.5. No idea if it's any good. Let me check tomorrow and see if it looks like it's worth selling.

'86 Comanche with a 2.5 and 5 speed. I pulled the wiring from the entire truck and it will be for sale. I have a guy wanting some of it and I promised him 1st dibs. After that deal is done I will post the rest.

Like this one I just pulled tonight?

I can't wait to see it finished. You are doing a helluva job.

I have to agree with Pete on this one.

This is for sale locally for $1500. I drove by it last night and it actually doesn't look to bad. He has put some money into it lately and I'm guessing he is tired of the never ending outflow of cash. Needs some work on the driver's floor plan and the seat is trashed along with some small stuff. I told the boss I could take the 4wd from the one I am parting out. My only thing is I seem to have so many other things that need done do I really need a other project.

Oh wait, it gets worse. Lol

I don't want to jinx myself but so far the engine hasn't messed up once. Onto something else. I have a 700R4 trans and for those not in the know they surge when the torque converter locks up under any kind of load. When I got the trans from a friend it had been rebuilt and it had a TCI lockup kit installed. It has a switch to turn power on/off and also vacuum to the trans to make it work. When accelerating I turned the lockup off and when up to speed turned it back on. Kind of like an extra gear if you will. I had an idea that under load if it had more vacuum to the trans it might not surge. Tonight I took the vacuum reservoir off the old Comanche I'm parting out and hooked it up to manifold vacuum and plugged everything needing vacuum to it and took it for a test drive. It never surged once and the engine didn't ping so I'm cautiously optimistic. There would still be times I would still turn the lockup off such as when accelerating quickly. It locks up at about 42 mph so you can feel it. I just layed it on top of the engine for now to see how it works for a few days and if I like it I will find a permanent place for it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Super-White-36MM-4014-Festoon-LED-Canbus-Interior-Dome-Map-Light-Bulbs-DE3423-/401762757137?hash=item5d8aed2a11 I put some like these in mine. Much brighter.

If I were you I would put LED bulbs in the interior lights. I put the new Euratecs in mine and it was still really dim. It's only a few bucks and they make a big difference. I even put a cheapie LED strip in the middle of the headliner above the window. Now it is really bright.

Good progress

Looking forward to more updates.

Heck of a score

And...it has been a frustrating couple of days. I put the exhaust gaskets and the starter in and all was good....for a couple hours. After running it for awhile you need to tighten the exhaust bolts again. I tried starting it and....nothing. I was like what the heck? No fire. GRRR. I traced it to the ignition tab in the fuse box not having power. I put the ignition wire in another switched tab and put a Spal relay in to power the HEI for good measure. A bit of overkill perhaps but 35 bucks isn't going to kill me. Oh, and let me be clear, it took a couple hours to find the problem because I wasn't sure if it had to do with the fuel injection, a sensor or what so I of course found the problem after looking at everything else first. Anyways I got it. Another thing I did was double nut the header collector bolts. I had lock washers on them and they still worked loose over time. I checked them this morning and they were still tight. Fingers crossed. As for the Powermaster starter, it is a gear reduction and it stays engaged for a second or so after starting. They say to make sure as long as it is shimmed correctly it is perfectly normal. Sounds a bit disconcerting. We will see. But there is a LOT more room in that area. I finally got all the wires rerouted and taped/loomed like I wanted. I have a new found respect for the engineers that have to route wires and make them look good. I have redone so many things because I want it all to look factory. Well, anyways it is running as good as it ever has. I'm thinking the bad connection in the fuse box was my problem all along with the other distributor. Part of me wants to put it back in to see but the practical part of me says to leave it alone. I added some pics to show the new, improved parts.

Yep, pretty dumb

Very nice work

I had to change out the leaking collector gaskets and I had a heck of a time with the inside bolt on the passenger side. It is a pretty tight fit with a full size starter so I bit the bullet and bought a Powermaster. It is a mini size similar to the factory ones. When I first put the engine in I had a mini Hitachi style and it always ground and eventually wore the flex plate out. I put a full size factory style in and replaced the flex plate. This one has good reviews and I'm hoping to get it installed tomorrow. Oh, and I welded the troublesome bolt to the flange so that should take care of that little problem.

Ready for more

Spotted one on the big island. Pretty good shape. Seen another one and it was ragged out.

I don't know why but a lot of the lifted pickups on the big island look like this. Big lift and little tires. There are tons of Wranglers and Tacomas here.

Jeep Driver, so far so good. Awinski, your fab skills far exceed mine. I will keep looking for Mustang 2 stuff. The guy told me the widths of the frame and spindles but when he sold them I deleted the conversation.

We went to Sonic and grabbed a burger and on the way home I may or may not have went a wee bit over 100 mph and she ran great. My problems started when I put the distributor in. I'm going to put it up for sale and get rid of it. That was an expensive and time consuming lesson. Awinski, i love your truck and I think yours would be a perfect build for a small block. Perhaps even an LS. I want to someday lower mine and do IFS. I was talking to a guy who had an aftermarket Mustang 2 front suspension for sale but he had a guy interested and the guy must have bought it.