That ZZ motor is a great package and should get your truck down the road really nice.
Good luck with all the little stuff, and please post up pics of the finished interior.
So, shame on me if this is in the directions and I didn't see it.......... I've never been able to get the heater control valve to work in my truck. I called Vintage Air and they told me that it was likely a bad switch. They told me how to test the switch with a DMM (ie: resistance readings at the extremes of the switch). I tested it and determined it was bad. They sent me a new one and I installed it. I still couldn't get it to work. My next step was to take the valve out -- messy and not easy to get to up under the dash. I decided to tear the little gear box apart to see what was going on.. I took the electric motor out and tested it with a battery and it worked. I put it all back together, plugged it in and still nothing. I have a new valve on order at this point.
So here is the kick in the shorts............ Dad just happened to turn on the fan/blower motor and the valve moved. Damnit! I had no idea that you had to have the fan on for the heater control valve to operate. I'm not sure why that is the case. It is fine now that I know it, but man I was frustrated............
If it is in the instructions, please commence with the Dumbass comments now!
I haven't wandered into this thread until tonight, but I am glad I did. I really like the whole look of the truck with the paint color and the steelies. The engine sounds good and strong. My wife has given me the go ahead to build a truck of this vintage one of these days so I will have to show her this one.
Thanks for the comments. This truck has been a long time coming. As I've said before there are things that I would change if I were starting on it today and there are some things that just didn't work out perfectly, but all-in-all it's a pretty nice piece. I'm looking forward to putting some more miles on it and then getting the interior finished up before next spring/summer.
The truck made it to Indy Goodguys! I had a great weekend.
We ran through rain on the way home. Also, I programmed my New Vintage Speedo and it clicks off exactly a mile from marker to marker, but apparently when it reads 70, I'm running well over 80. I thought I was passing quite a few people - -- - I gotta figure out if I did something when I was monkeying around trying to remember how to program it. If not I'll call New Vintage and they'll get me straightened out.
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I gotta figure out if I did something when I was monkeying around trying to remember how to program it. If not I'll call New Vintage and they'll get me straightened out.
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