Looking good! Having AC will be nice with how hot it is these days.
The clutch switch isn't required. You can bypass it by jumping the two wires that interrupt the signal to the starter solenoid, which are usually pink or red with a blue stripe.
Are you adding cruise control? The clutch switch will also kill the cruise when the clutch is pressed in.
Here's the pinout from my 1992 Ranger evtm. I imagine yours will be similar if not the same.
ha! Interesting.. thanks for the diagram. didn’t think of cruise control. Maybe later? I’ll just jump the wires to starter relay for now and live dangerously.
Driveshaft is in, almost done plumbing the fuel lines w braided an fittings and hoses (inline filter feed, inline filter return), started hooking everything up to the harness and trying to find a good spot for all the relays. I have a tendency to put amber shellac’d 1/2 plywood everywhere around me and I’ve toying with the idea of building an entirely new interior with wood cup holders, wood shifter plate, maybe a 2din slot with carplay radio (shifting climate controls down to where the ashtray is) and wood dash with the new gauges I’ll need (oil press, water temp, boost, fuel gauge that works, etc).
Some pics from today:
One of the many power distribution bars that’s going in without there being a real plan for where I’m going to actually need power..
these things are great.
And this is how the driveshaft sits now. Might have have cut too much
The transmission is tilted to the left for some reason. I’m hoping it’s the suspension throwing everything off balance and that this and the non-connecting steering shaft issues get resolved once the wheels turn a bit.
Cab before I managed to install the tremec shifter w a black ball. The thunderbird dash probably isn’t staying, although it would be very cool to just have all those gauges fitted in. Still juggling ideas on that front. Shiny single stage urethane custom wood dash would be cool too, but pricey given the amount of gauges I’d have to get (mechanical speedometer?! Custom turn signals). and getting the cuts right the first time including the vent and climate/radio area...
I also got a cheap $28 power door kit off eBay, not sure but I think it was inspired by your build Blackbll.
of course, it would also rock to fish wires through the roof into the little hole by the rear view mirror and power... anything really. Switches, a radar detector, maybe... a dash cam?
“possibilities”
-joe biden