Sweet!!
Now it's just finish the remaining 15 items. First the alternator.
Got that done now modify the header for the steering shaft. I cut the shaft in half above where the hoop was on the header. I ordered a coupler that won't be here until wednesday so I made a temporary one out of a large rod coupling and put four stainless steel set screws in it with dimples on the shaft. Works good for a temp. Ran the steering through 6 or 7 no rolling cycles with no slippage.
This side is cool. Just remove the smog stuff that comes on the S-10.
Then finished the heater hoses. It's hard to see but I put chrome 90° hose adapters on the pump and manifold.
Then the throttle cable. I bought the one that pep boys had, a spectra, and it actually pretty nice. It was like 26 bucks. All I had to really do was get a clean bracket for the carb and cut the old cable flush with the nut that screws in the fire wall. I drilled and tapped it (it actually really hard plastic) for the new cable threaded end and screwed it right to the firewall like factory.
Then I drilled a hole in the ball end and ground it so it would the spectra provided cable end. The bracket was a spectra too from summit.
Alright. This is going quick and easy, Until.........
I put the fan on and discovered 2 or three more problems to be solved. The fan I bought was way to big at 18". Thought a smaller fan would work until I measured it. Nope. Problem was that the fan blade was hitting the lower radiator outlet. I would ha need a 13" fan to clear. Another 100 bucks!! Electric fan. It will be a pusher that fits on the front. Crap!! Then I try to bolt up the V-belt pulleys I bought from March. Waterpump check! Alternator check! Main pulley crap!! The main pulley on the "vortech" motors, post 84', have a small pilot on the back of the pulley to locate it on the damper concentrically. The "other" small blocks have a large pilot. Not to big of a deal. I knock off the pilot on a mill and run it just with the bolts. Nope. now it is also sitting 5/16 to far forward. I can't find a serpentine that will work beside the stock one and there is no way i'm putting huge acc drive in this truck. I want it clean so I stay with the v-belt. Took it to a machine shop today and he's going to cut it down from the side so I retain the flange or backing. I'll take it over to a welder and have him weld the flange back in. To make sure it's true I'll have it set up in a jig so he can tack it real good then remove the jig to finish weld it. Add another piece in the pilot hole and true it up raised 3/16 so it can be cleaned up. Take it back to the machinist to surface it and cut in the small pilot and viola!! A new piece is born. Yeah another 200 into the 250 dollar pulleys. And I will still have to polish it myself. Man this is a lot of work.
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