Project: In over my head (again)

[brute4c]

NICE!!!
I love what you are doing here!

[Old_Red_Jeep]

NICE!!!
I love what you are doing here!

Thanks!

I've been slowly chipping away at the 715 as time allows. Last weekend has some extremely nasty weather most of the time and it knocked out my power. Plus, who wants to be in a garage in a sever thunderstorm with 80mph winds? haha. When the weather finally broke, I took my radiator over to my buddy's place so he could TIG on some mounting tabs.







After that, I painted the face of the radiator with paint from Eastwood to try to hide the fact that I have a large engine in the truck.



After doing that, I also painted the engine bay with the same rust-inhibitor that I coated the frame and firewall with.





On top of all this, I even managed to get the brake pedal installed and the pushrod fabricated. It looks like it will all work.



Once I get my proportioning valve in, I can finish the brakes. next will be the steering and the clutch. I need to figure out how to sneak a master cylinder onto the clutch pedal where there was never supposed to be one. After that, I'll tidy up the wiring a bit more, rebuild the axles, install the driveshafts, then maybe, just maybe, be able to give it a test drive!

[jhartings]

Digging the build! Keep it up man. Looking good.

[Old_Red_Jeep]

Digging the build! Keep it up man. Looking good.

Thanks man!

[Mikel]

Yes, it looks great! Love the unique engine selection.

[plumas.placer.miner]

Looks great! It's going to be a powerhouse.

I wish I could weld like that...

[venominjected]

Keep at it.... your doing great work!