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Thanks! I'm doing what I can since it's going to get really cold in a few months. I'd like to be able to test drive it in early fall.

I've got my '67 Jeep M715. Not out on the trails yet though. Still rebuilding it after an engine swap.

After fiddling with the radiator and power steering for a while, I realized that those hoses I was trying to use didn't have the right end (they are flared where they should be o-ring style). So while I'm waiting on my new hoses, I figured I'd start work on the clutch. First thing was to figure...

Today I got my exhaust manifolds back from the ceramic coater's. They look pretty good! I went with silver since the two options they had on hand were black or silver and I wanted to try to dissipate heat a bit. I also decided to go ahead and get the truck box I wanted. After I get it bolted...

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...

Last night I was able to fabri-cobble together the driver's side radiator support. I used a sheet of 1/8" steel and a section of angle iron. It's simple but should be effective. Now I just need to TIG some aluminum brackets onto the radiator to mount up. the brace itself holding it in place...

It's been a busy week this week at work and home but I've still managed to make a little progress on the truck. This week my reproduction rhino grille came in from a gentleman over on the ifsja forum. It looks pretty good! I can't wait to get it mounted and painted. I also ordered a bunch of...

Yesterday I was able to work on the fuel tank a bit. I cleaned it all up and painted it with the chassis saver paint that I used on the frame. When I was installing the module, if I use the o-ring, I have trouble getting the retaining ring to thread correctly. It jumps off the thread. If I...

I made a lot of progress today. I spent all of this morning going through the 2500's wiring harness. I removed the ABS, cruiser control, HVAC, lights, radio, and other circuits that I won't be using. The harness is a lot less menacing now that it's a bit smaller. It was still an intimidating...

So today, the big milestone happened! The engine was turned on!!! After a minor problem with fuel pressure, we got it to run!!! It worked 95% of the way it's supposed to. Cylinder 4 doesn't appear to be igniting. We did a compression test and spark test and it all looks ok. I think the...

I got a little more done with the fuel tank last night. Since it has a giant new hole in the top, I figured this was the perfect excuse to clean it out. I had had rusty fuel problems a couple years ago when I first started driving the truck so I'd like to avoid a repeat of that. Luckly, it's all...

I was able to make decent progress this weekend with the wiring and fuel system. When I put the 2500's harness on the engine, I quickly discovered most of the connectors were different. There were the same number of pins, same color wires, just different shaped connectors. I think it's because...

I was able to remove the wiring harness from the donor 2500 yesterday. It only took about 3 days... My hands are beat up from the IP metal and everything hurts from contorting into strange positions, but it's out! And now I can hook it all up and see if I can't get the engine to fire for a few...

I was able to get my ignition coil pack relocation done and painted yesterday. I think it came out pretty good. As far as wiring everything up, I've been thinking about it and talking it over with my friends and co-workers. The harness that came with the engine (the one in the pics) is only...

Ok, weekend summary time! After going back out to the garage Saturday morning and being pleasantly surprised by the engine still being in the truck, I decided to try to get it to a point where I can test fire it. This will require putting on the intake, hooking up all of the electrical bits...

what did you get a hydro-boost out of? I think my Wagoneer booster is going to fit. but we'll find out. I was definitely thinking of putting a double cardone joint in the front if I can. I'm not sure they make those with 1410 ujoints though. If not, I'll just do a normal drive shaft and...

It finally happened! We were able to to install the V10 for hopefully the final time! It's sitting on it's own mounts and it looks good so far! It's bee at least 9 months building to this point. To say I'm excited about it would be an understatement. I can't believe how relatively easy it went...

I was able to sneak in a bit more work today on the truck since parts came in! The heat shielding ins mostly finished (I ran out of tape) and I got parts to begin making the bed top tent rack. It's going to be pretty simple. Two 1" & 1/4 bars across the bed with feet that bolt together in...

Made some decent progress this weekend but I wish I could've done more. We tarted by painting all of the mounts and cross-members and I think they turned out really nice. We then pulled the powertrain for what was hopefully the last time. While it was out, I added back a gasket between the Tcase...

I was able to make some more progress today and got the engine mounts finished! I've added bracing everywhere I figure appropriate and I hope they can resist movement enough. They may not be pretty, but they should work. Plus this was my first time making mounts. One may be more intricate than...