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Old 03-21-2018, 01:10 PM
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Picked up a dead NP203 lock light and replaced the bulb, had to get creative... My kid actually came up with the way to replace the bulb without destroying the housing.... Things are hard to find so now I have a backup...

so so none of the trucks I’ve had has this light.. where does it go?
 
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Old 03-21-2018, 05:58 PM
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It is for the NP203 full time transfer case only, and I believe it ended with the divorced cases in 77, so usually found in automatic highboys with the the NP203, dont know the full date range, maybe ND or someone can jump in, but if I had to guess 73-77.5 Autos with the NP203 full time, no locking hubs. The lights are kinda hard to come by, not sure if they were ever re-produced by anyone....


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Old 03-23-2018, 05:56 PM
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Smogged my 78 for the first time in 30 years. Passed perfectly.
 
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Old 03-24-2018, 05:15 PM
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I successfully transitioned from a worn out column shifter to a Hurst mastershift shifter.��
 
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Old 03-24-2018, 05:35 PM
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Had betty running for the first time in two months today, fully rebuilt the steering system and cut a coil off the fron springs. Sitting right where i want it now.
 
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Old 03-24-2018, 06:32 PM
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New master cylinder and brake booster.... Finally got a stiffie.

 
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Old 03-25-2018, 04:42 PM
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Hung my parts truck grille up. Its been to cold to do anything else
 
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Old 03-28-2018, 02:09 PM
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Finished my fuel system. Posted detailed update to the build thread. Very little left to do.

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Old 03-29-2018, 09:15 AM
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Finished my fuel system. Posted detailed update to the build thread. Very little left to do.



I,m really starting to like that green paint now that it,s together. Good job on the serpinetine setup too.
 
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Old 03-29-2018, 09:29 AM
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I,m really starting to like that green paint now that it,s together. Good job on the serpinetine setup too.
Thanks man! I appreciate the feedback.

I tried to keep the green as the base colour without overdoing it. That's why anything fluid related is in silver (oil pan, intake, and water pump), but the block and heads are green.

I really like how it turned out. I do have some final touches to do with the pulleys and the headers, but I'm almost ready to throw this thing in.

After that, I'm going to drive it like I stole it.
 
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Old 03-29-2018, 12:07 PM
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That green looks to be close to the same hue as Ford Engine Dark Blue. I'll bet that in a black and white photo, the engine looks like it's blue - most folks would assume that it is... I would probably go ahead and paint the valve covers green too.

I ordered up a new turn signal switch for mine, from David Carpenter.
 
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Old 03-29-2018, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BeauF0RD
I successfully transitioned from a worn out column shifter to a Hurst mastershift shifter.��
Nicely done! Looks like that shifter is a really far reach though. You must have extra long arms!

Install looks great IMHO.
 
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Old 03-29-2018, 02:29 PM
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The shifter actually sits right next to my leg and it is a short throw shifter so it's not to bad at all.
 
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Replaced my intermittent headlight dimmer switch and hooked the ground back up on my tach so it works again.
 
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Old 03-29-2018, 09:21 PM
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Finished my fuel system. Posted detailed update to the build thread. Very little left to do.



Looks really nice! Where did you get those pulleys?
 


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