New pig day

[Ol Yeller]

All good, my bro owned a 6 bay shop till he retired, he always hated them so I just stay away.

 

[acy76]

All good, my bro owned a 6 bay shop till he retired, he always hated them so I just stay away.

Totally, see prior post clarifying I was just joking with you a little

But I am fairly certain the model I ordered is much better than these economy models that take so much flak online. RockAuto had them at $1 each the other day, which I could not resist given the local store wants at least $10 per for a decent Wix or similar.

 

[DTC72]

The ear was stripped on the alternator that came with the truck.
Looking more and more like a proper engine bay.

Looking good. Reminds me of how i wince a little each time I open the hood of my 1969 with a transplanted 1985 2F. I went with a Denso one wire alternator…which is great but the base wouldn’t allow the use of the alt bracket nor tension bracket. Had to rig one up. Looks fair but all I see when I look is “not the real thing.” But then I realize most of my engine bay is not the real thing anymore.

 

[acy76]

Looking good. Reminds me of how i wince a little each time I open the hood of my 1969 with a transplanted 1985 2F. I went with a Denso one wire alternator…which is great but the base wouldn’t allow the use of the alt bracket nor tension bracket. Had to rig one up. Looks fair but all I see when I look is “not the real thing.” But then I realize most of my engine bay is not the real thing anymore.

I’m with you. One goal of this project is to return the truck to mostly stock form. It won’t happen all at once but I have purchased, for example, a complete factory wiring harness and dash from a ‘76.

Getting it to driving condition is foremost, of course, before that will happen.

 

[acy76]

Did a bunch of wiring and general underhood cleanup today.

The coil and distributor are more or less permanently connected, at least with this wiring harness.

Extra wiring, battery tray, FI harness and so forth removed.

Next tasks are to finish the carb rebuild and install the voltage regular so I have a charging system.

 

[acy76]

One note I will add here is that the coil you use matters in terms of securely connecting the coil wire to the distributor cap. Of the coils I have only the Nippondenso has that reassuring snap when you hook it up.

The others (aftermarket) were just wrong. Poor depth and/or the wire boot was too tight and it kept falling off.

 

[acy76]

Getting the carb back together, Hoping to be done this weekend.

Made an attempt at getting the charging system together only to burn up the regulator. It was well-used when I got it, and had some evidence of moisture inside, so perhaps that’s it? I wired it slightly differently than factory to account for the custom harness but I plan to change that around a bit when I get the new regulator next week. It might even be solid state, at least based on the RockAuto photos.

 

[acy76]

Carb finished. Chalk up another one… it’ll get installed and tested some night this week I think.