[Tx Firefighter]

I appreciate the dialog from everyone on the rear shock mounting.

I looks like the project is going to keep moving forward soon. I lit off the fresh engine in the 4x4 today. It seems good so far. I didn't have antifreeze in it so I only ran it a short time. No funny sounds and strong oil pressure. Now I just have to cross my fingers and hope the TBI tolerates the vortec roller cam without any further tuning or chip burning. I've heard it both ways on the Internet.

I still have to round up a few serpentine drive brackets for the 4x4. It has the steel horseshoe type on there now and of course they're cracked and bent so I'm going to swap to the 91 and newer aluminum brackets. That's my project this weekend, to find the brackets I need. Hopefully only two or three more paychecks and the 4x4 will be driver quality and I can dig back into the stepside.

Also, another member on here just offered me some front bag plates that he had laying around.