Just bought this

(The gauge inlays. Not the whole thing lol).

 

Also machined these.

 

What are those for?

 

It's mounting bosses for the bed... I'm gonna still 1-1/8 holes on the square tubing and weld them in so I can just bolt the bed on. Instead of bolt and nut

 

That's where I got mine from. He does great work.

 

Those inlays look really clean.
I like em a lot.

 

Azzy's Designs. One day i'll get a set for sure

 

Today I machined an adapter out of stainless steel... M10x1.5 female to male 1/2-13.



The AX15 shifter cane was threaded for M10x1.5 , and the shift **** I bought a while ago had 1/2-13 threads on it.

What makes it so special?

I wired the shift **** to have two switches (thinking maybe I ll add one more, not decided yet).






The red button on the side is momentary, meaning it only is energized for as long as the thumb is pressing on it.

The black one is on-off switch.

The plan is to use the red for air horn and the black for the front led light bar.









Yep

 

HA Ha! cool.. Looks like a fighter pilot control stick.. Missile button and guns. Thats badass.

 

or it could be low gears to high gears switch like a big rig..lol

 

It's from a big rig lol. It's the shifter **** for Eaton Fuller 18 speed.

 

HA! cool.

 

Did some stuff; reinstalled the alternator back on the engine, discovered I had a spare renix alternator as well. HOW I GOT IT, I have no idea. So I'm thinking I ll ship it to an alternator rebuilding shop and see what magic they can do with it.

Cut the old dizzy cap so I can have a window but realized I don't have the old rotor so I think I ll just go buy new stuff tomorrow so I can index the dizzy.

Started cutting the template out for steel flares with CAD (cardboard aided design). Lol

Also installed the new knock sensor.

Reinstalled the fan clutch.













Yep.

 

I'm disappointed the alternator bracket isn't painted

 

Me too. At this point I just want the truck to run and be back on the street.