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So where were we.....right, the dumb engine thing. So today when I got home from the office I first cracked open the oil filter seal and then put compressed air into the oil filler with a rubber seal around it. I read someplace this will help to prime the pump. So did that for a while until a...

Had to do yard work and paint a bathroom this morning, but did make some time for some garage work today as well, of course. But first, had to do my normal Sunday "drive all the old cars for 10 minutes" since they're not getting much use with this stay-at-home order. So I generally will take...

I mean, fresh brake fluid isn't totally clear like water, it has a slight tint of yellow to it. The one one the right looks like new fluid to me. I miss them making ATE Blue - so when doing fluid changes from ATE Blue to ATE Gold and back, you KNEW when you had flushed the whole system :)

On to today.... First order of business was fabbing up an extension bracket for the pitch/torque-stop thingy on the transfer case. I thought it would just bolt up, but apparently the ONE thing they did on the actual chassis for the automatic vs. the manual was to move the frame bracket by 3-4...

My engine rebuild kit by Mahle came with the valve cover gaskets and they seemed to fit very well. got to make sure you put a little bit of our TV at the corners where the cam caps go, since that is recommended by the FSM and is probably a leak area.

oh no, lol....I mean, maybe getting close to running the engine (maybe in a couple weeks) but not really that close to finishing this build. First order of business is making it drive and be reliable, then will hopefully spend some time on some more "custom" stuff (nothing too crazy, but I have...

So, let's get into this afternoon/evening's effort. First spent some more time getting wiring and stuff hooked up (everything in the engine bay is hooked now), and setting up the ground wires (took some figuring out). Also put the battery in (need to buy a tie-down of some sort), and cleaned up...

Good thought, I should have thought of that seeing as I have a boat and my parents own a marina lol...

I think that Delco hose is for the throttle body coolant hose, which is U-shaped. The heater hoses kind of go upward, turn and go like a foot, and then turn to the side.

Spent a while this afternoon hooking up electrical wiring, figuring out where it all runs, where the clips attach, etc. Plenty of stuff (especially smaller wires) that look frayed or crushed, so taking the opportunity to cut and splice good wire in so I don't have to chase electrical issues as...

Thanks, good to know a few people are following along :) I usually would just go to the auto parts store and browse the hoses, but with all this COVID stuff I'm guessing they won't really want me just walking around touching all their backstock haha....

Thanks I will check when I get home!

Yeah that is my current plan just wanted to see if there is an easier solution!

I know I can just order the OEM ones from overseas for way more than heater hoses should cost - so far RockAuto and another place have sent me the listed hoses and they've been wrong. Anyone located a "local auto parts store" part number for heater hoses that are close enough to work? Again...

Thanks for the tip, will give that a try! So made some good progress today, doing things the hard way. First, transmission up....my trans jack is at someone else's house so had to do it with floor jacks, which wasn't fun. On my small cars, I can usually just "bench press" the transmissions up...

Got a few parts in today I was waiting for to (almost) get this engine ready to drop into the truck in the near future. Rockauto had a closeout on various belts so I picked up a few of each for about 10 bucks total. And a new clutch slave cylinder hose since the old one looked ready to die...

Headed back to my (almost empty) office today since I'm one of the 4 senior analysts, and we're taking 2-week turns for a pair of us to cover for our 50-person department. So took my "essential" (hah) letter from the government and headed into the totally-strange DC beltway rush hour commute...

lol, well the only help these two are is in sitting in the car and pretending to drive and playing music. The older one used to like helping me put tools away when cleaning up, but now that she's a tween, she's over that. The younger one insists she wants a minivan because for some reason she...

Chugging along... This morning did some car rearranging to get the Raider in a place easier to get it into the garage bay when the time comes, etc etc. This of course means coasting it down the driveway and pushing it back up the hill. And since I hate pushing cars up a hill, I once again got...

cool, will check both those things out. Thanks for the tips! I assume the headlight sprayers just come on when you use the windshield sprayers?