I apologize for it taking me so long to get back on, things have been hectic lately. I have gotten a lot more done lately, and actually had the truck running for a few minutes yesterday until some problems came up I have to address. It would run for a couple of minutes and then die.... I think it might be pulling a vacuum on the fuel tank and starving itself of fuel.Next time I'll start it w/o a gas cap on and see if that solves the problem. There is also a leak around the no. 4 injector... you can hear it leaking compression after the engine is shut off. Ordering the seals from Mitsu, but can't be here until Friday.

Here's my progress as of late. Fabbed up a fan mount/shroud. Used an electric fan from an early 90's Subaru - it was the slimmest design I could find in the junkyard. Still really tight clearance. Wired it up through a Hayden fan relay and temp sensor that goes in the radiator fins.







Had to relocate batteries from under hood due to a lack of space. My first choice was behind the seat in the cab but there wasn't quite enough room for a good vented box and I don't like breathing battery fumes. So they are now in a toolbox mounted in the bed.



I was almost certain the accelerator cable from the Ranger was a perfect fit. It wound up being around 3/4" too short. In order to make it work I had to make a spacer between the plastic firewall grommet and the firewall, as well as opening up the existing hole in the firewall. This left the cable coming up about 1/2" - 3/4" short inside the cab. I pulled the pedal and put a bend in it to make up the difference. I forgot to snap the after pic, so the red circle is where I bent the pedal and the green is roughly how far it got bent - just a few degrees towards the firewall.



Hopefully I'll get the leak solved soon and be on the road.