Have you posted in the vehicle help section yet?

My buddy said that there is a hole under the fan shaft on the water pump that if drained off coolant the seal there can dry out and develop a leak and when the fan is turning it will blow it back and make it look like it's leaking from somewhere else.  So for $33 bucks (and just to be safe) I picked up a new water pump and I'm gonna swap it out.  Still need to figure out the smoke, hope it goes away but we will see.

Right now  all the old weather stripping is out of the doors (sans the door seals)  I put the newer door panels up and marked the holes where I needed to drill the holes for the bottom.  I drilled those out and and panels snapped into place.  Just need to notch the right side a bit to make it sit flush.  So to see what it was going to look like I masked off the passenger door and painted the inside of the door white where it used to be tan.  It looks pretty good.

I need to get someone to help me take the seats out now that I have the holes marked so I can drill those then finish painting the rest of the interior and put in the new weather stripping.  Then I can put the sound deadner down and the new carpet.  I then need to pick up some Bulldog adhesion promotor and "Sims" plastic/vinyl paint so I can change the dash and door panels to black.

I also got the 91-93 bumper brackets in, so I can install the bumper this week then figure out how I need to run the wires for the 4 Off road lights. 

Ok, no big update but I did swap out the the water pump tonight, and I picked up some chrome alternator brackets and put those on.  Was looking in summit for some chrome alternators but they are pricey.

But I am trying to find some pics to make sure I put the brackets back on right cause it looks like the alternator is leaning back a bit.

Im sorry for your loss.

sorry to hear about your cousin.  i gather it was unexpected and way to early in his life 

on a positive note..... since he was excited about the direction the truck was going in that seems like a perfect reason to finish out a stellar resto on it to know he's looking down and admiring the hard work you did on it.  outdo yourself and make him proud

hang in there

Oooo i vote dakota. Make a nice r/t clone.

Finished hooking all the coolant hoses, belts back up and fired the truck up and let it run for about an hour.   Coolant leak is now gone  but Alternator is still squealing and the truck is still smoking.  I'm gonna swap the alternator out to see if the squealing goes away  then I'm just gonna worry about getting the interior back together so I can take it over to my buddies shop so we can tackle the smoke and leaky trans together.

I bought the complete bumper like that off ebay.  It is a Rampage pre-runner bar.  Can't wait till I get the 4 Offroad lights mounted on it. Still messin' w/ the interior @ this time.

Looks like your getting closer!!!

 Nice project! Git er done!

Took the alternator off today so I could get a new one to see if that gets rid of the squealing.  Then I took the dash out and started scuffing the inside of the cab so I can finish painting the interior.  Now I just gotta decide wether to dye my old dash and stay w/ just heat or find a donor truck and find a complete A/C system while the dash is out.

Looking good ............I was pretty much in the same spot not to long ago. I sort of wish I painted my truck white............. Something about a big white Dodge Truck

 

Sounds like a nice color combo!!!

I hope so Jungle.

Nah I haven't checked anything.  I know nothing about servicing alternators and there is no one around here who does so I'll probally just take it to O'reillys and use it as a core for a new one.

Well I got the interior wetsanded today. Gonna shoot another coat of color on it and wet sand it again as there was a few high spots that didn't get enough paint.  Then it will get shot will clear and wet sanded and buffed.  Then the weather stripping can go back in while I dye the dash, door panels, & visors.

No lol.  No one ever answered me I was gonna go to my buddies and look at  his 81 part truck and see how it's hooked up.

if you are talking about the two little wires on the back of the alt. it doesn't matter on witch post they go on. (this is with the "old" round alt. whick iirc you should have with a 84) two little wires one bigger wire right?

yep thats the case both wires do the same thing/ have the same voltage excites the generating field or something like that. have never really paid attention to which wire went where and have not had any problems.

Is it metric or sae.

Ok I went yesterday and got all the stuff I need to try and finish all the painting I have left this weekend while it's supposed to be warm.

Picked up some high grade wax and grease remover to clean the interior peices
Got 1 can on Bull Dog Adhesive Promotor
3 Cans of SEM Lyndel Black Interior Paint

So today I'm gonna spray the clear coat on the sheet metal, then wet-sand and buff it.  Then I'm gonna move on to the interior peices.  After that I'm gonna repaint my wheel wells and fix the rust spot under the water channel above the windshield.

pics???
pics?
Pics??
 

That turned out really good!! Thanks for the pics!
What did you use for the color?
Jim

I've herd that paint works out really nice on the plastic trim.

thats exactly what I want to do to my interior also.  turned out great....good job

I managed to wrap up the driver side door Thursday while I was off.  I got the weatherstripping put back in and put the vent glass back in:



And while my door pads are out being reupholstered I done a mock up pic to show what the door panels will look like mounted:



And just cause i didn't have a picture of it on my new phone (that's what the pics were taking with), I took another of the motor