Start your engines!

This weekend was very exciting as we did the initial starting of the engine to make sure activity so far has been correct.  Since this was my first crack at weeding out and re-configuring the wiring harness, I wanted to make sure all was correct.

Below is a video of the first firing of the engine.



Since this was a success, I started to look around for the next steps and quickly realized I need to start back on the body of the car.  Aside from tiding up the harness and possibly working on the side exhaust, there not much else to close out the chassis.

One thing I have been putting off was painting the brake calipers since the weather here has been hot and humid.  This morning was amazingly cool with low humidity.  So, I took this opportunity to finally paint.



Here are some closeup pictures of the engine even though the wiring harness hasn't been tided up to the final configuration.  I wanted to makes sure the system was working fine before closing everything in just to learn I had an issue or needed to change something.




Temporary fuse block and relay setup for test purposes

The temporary fuse block was just straight wire end connectors that fit over the
automotive fuses.  I still need to shorten some of the harness from the original truck harness.


Yes, I used all the old spark plug wires except one that was damaged.
Just wanted to keep the new ones for later to keep everything clean.

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