[Highcountrybulls]

Wrapped up assembly of the front axle this weekend. It feels like progress is painfully slow but it is moving forward. I’ve been sandblasting and cleaning each part then painting most of the pieces with POR15 then topcoating that with enamel prior to assembly.

My adapter kit to bolt the 6L80 to my NP205 arrived Wednesday from Advanced Adapters and I took the transfer case housing to a machinist to get the input bearing bore enlarged to fit the bigger bearing on the new shaft. Hopefully it will be done soon and I can get the t-case reassembled quickly.

I picked up a set of Camero exhaust manifolds from a fella on LS1tech that look like they’ll fit well and engine mounts arrived on Friday. Will be starting to clean up the engine very soon then on to building a crossmember for it to ride on. Then I can work on fuel delivery and wiring after that.

Right now I just need some warmer weather to get the frame outside and sandblast it for paint.