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NOT KNITT PICKING. You just ruined my entire build.
. Would you like me to send you 2of the clamps and the hardware to do yours that way? I can do that if you like. I have been doing that hose routing. I like it better then the hoses laying under the battery tray. I think it looks neater and keeps the hose from laying on Gen 2. Today I am back pedaling. I filled the transmission last week with fluid and this AM I looked and have a big puddle under the truck. It is a rebuilt transmission and the switch for the kick down is leaking. Oh well. No use crying over spilled transmission fluid. I just bought 2 5 gallon pails of fluid. I can use this spilled stuff to polish the concrete floor. I had the truck cranking last night. That is progress. That was my goal and then in the house I went. More progress report later. Complete with pictures. Have a great day. I know I am having a blast right now.
Thank you to who ever sent me this starter relay. i don't know who. It was in the mail today. It may be a gag gift since you all know I use them. I am OK with it. Matter of fact I needed one for my project. It is a brand new AC Delco. It must have been someone I sold parts to. Thank you anyway. I will keep the plug also. I did a few reverse conversions. Freebie. I like it.
It is a ground cable for my Gen 1. Works awesome. And the electrical system is working perfect from ytthe first turn of the key. 
Oh yea that leak. Nailed it. The O ring was split. From cranking the truck over it drained the transmission pan and that is all the fluid that was in it. So i lost about a gallon. Don' like it but I can live with that. In about 1/2 hour the pan was back on the O ring changed and the truck was running. 
Front bumper is sanded and primed. The brush guard is scuffed. No need to sand and prime the brush guard. that paint is 20 years old and in great shape from painting it back in 1997. I will seal it and paint it separate from the main body. 
Over view of the engine room. 99.9% complete. i need a few odd pieces and a hose. But the truck is up and running. Still need to bleed the brakes and then move it outside to another shop so the cargo bed can be completed. that I have special plans for. Have a great productive day and rest up. Hot weather is coming.
Driven out of my barn bay under its own power and parked in another out building for a while so the cargo bed can be stripped sanded and sealed. I am getting the inside of the bed Line X ed up to the rails. I bled the brakes tonight and adjusted the rear brakes. I even bled thru the load sensing anti lock device. I had my doubts with no bed but it worked fine. Took about 1/2 hour to get the brakes up to firmness.
I used the Mule M1009 to drag the trailer frame out of the field/yard to the shop. I unloaded the cargo bed with my sky hooks and ratchet straps. Now I have this trailer frame to trip over again. I had some ideas rolling around as I wheeled the frame up by the wood pile. Some of them involved a cutting torch. Evil thoughts they were. Have a great day. The bed does not look all that bad. I suspect it will be edge painted and ready to remount in 2 weeks. Any helpers? 
Evil thoughts. 
I have been dragging behind on my M1008 project. I kicked it up a bit today and worked on the front bed wall. It was bulging at the bottom front. Years of use. I last painted this truck in 1996. Moving right along now. It keeps raining here and the grass is growing as fast as I can cut it and the mowers are getting old and tired. Not really the mowers the belts and bearings have been giving me fits this year. More then 28 years of use have. So I guess they deserve a few new parts. Same as the M1008. Next week I want to get cranking.
The M1008 cargo bed is all ready for primer. Getting real close to getting the bed edged and installed back on the chassis. 
Mean while the neighbor kid is in the process of destroying a perfectly good M1028 that I used to own and cherish. Oh well his Dad gave me $$$$K for it 4 years ago. It's his truck now. He came to me for assistance. I offered advise only. I told him I want no part of the defamation. I can see it now. Right up next to to the other one. 
Nobody home.
I did talk the 2 young men into doing some lawn mowing the entire time I am changing the rear brakes. What a deal. But they never talked me into helping with the lift kit. I was cutting wood and making noise the whole time they were doing the front axle and suspension. They just unloaded an original spare tire and tire rack from the back of the truck. Now comes the hard work for them. Plus side is they gave me all the spare parts. I
wouldn't let then cut anything.
Yeah those rims look like they should come with a free hair bun
I think you need an M1009 project truck to compliment The Dude. Still in the barn waiting for you.
When will the madness stop? This is my latest project. To clean up the bottom side of the cargo bed and undercoat it. So much fun here in Jonestown. The geniuses ordered the wrong U bolts for the rear axle. They never allowed for the auxiliary leaf spring of the M1028. Check back later. I must get back to my fun. Have a great day.