Ok, I got some bad news about the engine over the weekend. When they where taking out the cam to swap it into his new engine, it pulled 2 of the cam bearings out and the others are trashed. Well, that's $115 dollars I did not plan for in this build. That set me back some and decided to move over to something else that needs to be done and hopefully I can get the engine repaired in a week or two.
The firewall had a few spots in it that I could do a quick repair and got them in primer, no pics, completely forgot to take one. I plan to finish up the firewall tonight with a fresh coat of paint in the color I will eventually paint the outside.
I then moved onto the chassis wiring coming out of the plugs on the firewall. These have been in storage since the last time I worked on the truck. I found them and pulled them out. OMG, they are in bad shape!
Here is the worst one, this is from the connector that is on the driver side next to the master cylinder, the lower plug. This one has wires for the headlights, the horn, the power wire to the fuseblock under the dash, and the voltage regulator.
The plug is in REALLY BAD shape. I did some internet searching and found what looks to be the correct connector and the correct terminals. These are old Packard Series 56 connectors and terminals. I found this one on
Terminals & Connectors website. Took some digging on multiple sites to find the part number and someone who had them. The part number for the plastic connector is Delphi 2973903. The terminals for the wires on available on a number of sites, but I order the ones I needed from the same place.
Here are a couple more pictures...I plan to replace all the wires and loom them for a clean look and update some of the circuits to match up better for the LS swap. I will also add relays for the headlights while I am at it.
Here is the female plug on the firewall, its the lower 6 pin part in this picture. the upper 3 pin part is for the park/turn signal lights in the hood. I still have to find that harness and/or the male plug to match it so I can make a new harness.
