So I ordered a whole bunch of parts, I knew this part was going to snowball on me. Ordered a new radiator, water pump, motor mounts, heater core, radiator hoses, heater hoses, new EGR, new air injection for passenger side. Probably forgot some things...I also painted the frame and undercoated the firewall again, since the previous owner did a half ass job doing it.
Motor going in:
Its In!
Took the passenger side fender off to get better access to heater core:
Some more rust on the inner fender....
So I got the new motor in running good, broke in the cam. Truck runs really good. Drove it for 60 miles took it to the smog and it failed the NOX over 2000 ppm also I must have bumped the distributor because the timing was at 18 btdc, California allows between + - 3 degrees, so I put the timing at 8 took it in for a 2nd test and it failed the 25mph test by 80ppm...poo. Extremely frustrated that I put this new motor in and out of money, I triple checked all the vacuum lines and it turns out I had the EGR hooked up wrong so it wasn't working. Took it to the smog station and it passed!!
So I rushed over to AAA and got my tags and drove it around "legally" for the first time. My windshield is still cracked but at least I have registration. Next up is the brakes....