Luvrv8 wrote:
Why did you pull the cab to install the engine??? Looks like you are doing alot of unneccesary work. Do you have a plan for the truck. I did mine and had it mapped out so I would not be duplacating work. Why do things twice. That is also why I asked you what type of rear end you had planed. Do you know what size tires you want to run????
I'm with him on planning. E.g., one of my ultimate goals is to put A/C in my LUV. But to do that, I have to do the following things, in roughly this order:
-Eliminate stock air cleaner, replace with open element,
-Rebuild carburetor so the truck will run well enough to have AC,
-Eliminate smog pump and smog equipment to mount the AC compressor where the smog pump was (notice I had to take care of the air cleaner before this),
-Find A/C compressor and fab a bracket (no point in doing that until I do the above)
-Dynamat the interior,
-Replace interior/door weatherstripping,
-Replace cracked windshield and old grommet,
-Block off/make manual louvers for the fish gills in the back of the cab,
-Fortify cooling system by having radiator recored to three row and adding 5 blade flex fan,
-don't forget to add a bigger alternator (GM 10si 63 amp)
Then, and only after all that crap, would I even consider ordering a condenser, dryer, evaporator, and whatever actual AC parts I need. It won't pay to buy all that stuff and install it now because the truck won't run, it'll overheat, and I'll waste any cold air I do get because of bad weather stripping.
YMMV, and I decided to put in $0.03 because hopefully that is not yet worthless because of inflation.