Forward to last fall, I brought it home from the farm so I could work on it more often and really start fixing it up. My goal really was to get the mechanical issues sorted out before I deal with the body.
First things first it needed new shoes. I can't do hubcaps so a nice freshly powder coated set of factory ralleys, new centercaps, beauty rings and new 32" Mudstars were in order. It will also be getting a 2" lift and I already have a new set of Tuff Country springs i'll hopefully be installing this weekend as these factory springs are absolutely shot...as in both rear springs have broken or missing leafs and the fronts are so sagged out. I also ripped off the old corroded running boards.
HVAC controls and cruise wasn't working so i knew right away the vacuum pump was dead (very common), fortunately I hoard 6.2/6.5 parts so I had a spare lol. Unfortunately the cruise still didn't work due to what i suspect is a bad cable since the speedometer doesn't work and the needle is also broken off.
