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It’s been a while since the last post. I found a new air cleaner

Update, the M-37 is going to be put on the back burner for now. Got to get a truck delivered including all its pieces parts. Once that’s done, the G506 is going to get put back into work. Not sure how much will get done. The parade and open house season is starting and I need to make sure the...

Got it running well enough to move it outside. Gonna have to do a complete lube, fluid and oil change. Once I get everything back inside, I’ll figure out what to do next.

Update: had to replace the temp gauge. The original 12 volt one was literally falling apart. It’s installed. I plugged all the gauges back in place and made sure the wiring was attached. Cleaned up the toots and supplies from around the front of the truck. Hooked up the battery and tested what I...

No luck so far. I’ve got the horn working properly. Also have the starter doing it’s thing. I haven’t tried to start it yet, there’s no power to the gauges for some reason. Got to swap the wires on the electric fuel pump switch. Got them backwards. Since there’s so many different things going on...

Thank you! Really appreciate this info! Other than the coil to distributor center wire, there’s only two wires to the coil. One (positive) goes to the ballast resistor and the other (negative) goes to the distributor. (See photo). I’ve got a 50-50 chance on getting it right the first time. Wish...

Finally able to get to the barn. I downloaded several training schematics of wiring harnesses and components. After much head scratching, I think I’ve got part of the issue figured. There has to be a 12 volt power source in order to power up the truck. Wire #10 was one of two wires that were...

Haven’t been able to get out to the shop. Drifts a bit too tall for even me.

Weather is a pain in the drain. Blizzard is hitting this area pretty hard. So far it’s dropped about. Foot or so. Kinda hard to tell with the wind blowing at 30+ mph. So, no outside to day. I’ll use the time to see where I mixed things up. I suspect it could be either wire #10 or #12. #10 comes...

Got the battery cable attached to the starter solenoid. Going over everything one more time. Just figured out that the two barreled carburetor is a Motorcraft 3DM2, originally installed on 73-77 AMC Jeep’s. Gonna be interesting getting everything reattached correctly... Hooked up battery...

Getting closer to finishing the truck. I need my son to help me with one last nut, the one that attaches the cable to the solenoid. Just can’t maneuver my hands in that tight of area. Been finding tools in the cab, in the bed, the engine compartment, the brake/clutch master cylinders and...

Haven’t done anything yet. Bad weather mixed with a disorganized barn makes for a slow day. Still finding tools in really strange areas. Continuing the clean up. Hope to get something done today. Got to get my new truck inside the barn!

Starter is installed but still needs the starter solenoid connection hooked up. Started clearing all the tools, parts, supplies and trash from the work area. When I try to start it, the less stuff in the way, the better off it will all be. Also cut my hand on the cut off end of a zip tie. That...

Got all electrical connections completed except for finishing the starter installation and then plug in the battery. If all goes well, I hope t have it running by Tuesday. Keeping fingers crossed it all works!

Finished up the passenger side headlight and parking/blackout light. List is getting shorter. Reinstall the starter. Connect the air horn, turn signal system (got to rebuild the whole thing from the turn signal, flasher unit to all the lights). And finally, wires 10 and 12. Both are the primary...

Got the instrument cluster installed after making all the necessary connections. Had to replace the temp sending unit to temp gauge. The wire was too short and was in poor condition. I think I’ve got everything connected except the passenger side head light/black out marker and the #10 wire...

Got most everything laid out and just need to do final connections. It’s been interesting getting it set up. The original connectors were the metal type. Interspersed are several of the rubber connectors and when all else failed, used the connectors you can get from Harbor Freight. Almost...

Drivers side headlamp, blackout parking marker and blackout headlamp are all wired. I’ll have to dig through my humongous stash of little bitty screws to replace several that are badly corroded. Started getting the dash panel set up. Everything is in place for next time. Not much more left of...

Got the wiring harness routed to the high beam floor switch. Got the brake light switch wired. Keep finding little things that need fixing. Frayed wires, incorrect connectors (my fault) and a total lack of info on how to integrate the wiring for the engine with the stock wiring.

Today I was getting the little details that I missed earlier. The brake switch needed rewiring. The two connectors were just plain nasty. I think their wires were originally used on the Titanic! New wires and connectors installed. I’ll tag them into the harness next. I think I figured out the...