The whole truck:
Kinda thinkin' I might just throw the 31's on for an upcoming car show and then pulling it off the street until I can do a D35 swap over the winter and then have it aligned.
I also went Junkin' today, got a bunch of stuff for it.
Factory tach cluster (any input on how to convert and tune to work with a V8 would be great)
Against my non-tach cluster out of my '86 parts truck.
Most of the cab wiring in my truck is dated '88, and mine has all the idiot lights so I am hoping it won't be too tough. It will be nice to have a big tach rather than the little aftermarket thing I have now between the gauge pods. The gauges won't be missed, I already have mechanical temp and oil pressure gauges. In 11 years of ownership I never have seen the ammeter do anything.
Also got a new contact for the horn contact ring, wiper switch (the variable speed in the first detent of mine quit working) factory premium sound rear speaker boxes and brackets (to end the infernal squeaking of the vinyl seatbacks against my homemade ones), 3 D35 Warn lockout hubs. I even found a D35 with the right gearing but since they have the vehicle sitting with rims under the axles I am not sure how to remove it. It was too hot to pull something like that by myself today anyway, so I grabbed the Warn lockouts off of it and another Explorer that was already missing one.
After about killing myself in the JY because of the heat and humidity I bounced up to Nebraska Furnature Mart and discovered that "since new cars come with such great radios we are getting out of aftermarket mobile audio" and that they were blowing out their inventory.
They had about half a dozen of one model HU left, an Alpine. It had been marked down to $175, $145 and finally $129... I have been wanting a USB input but for the rear but for the price difference I can live with it in the front. It is already set up for Sirius, so depending on how I like it (5 days for free) I might not need it much anyway.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500CDE124X/Alpine-CDE-124SXM.html?tp=5684
I like it, has kind of a simple '80s look to it.