Had a little more progress this weekend. Saturday I went over to JPistheman's(Justin) house and helped him with his wiring for his power windows and showed him what he had left for the dash. On the way home I stopped and had a new flare and end on a brake line for me.
I spent Sunday replacing the brake line from the master cylinder back to the frame crossmember by the fuel tank. I used the Explorer rear brake line and had the shop flare and put the propper end on the master cylinder side. After that, I figure since the master cylinder had already drained all the fluid, now would be as good of time to install the extended brake lines as any.
Well, learned something new. After 20 years, the brake lines are really hard to get apart with out breaking them. So off to Schucks I went to purchase my very own double flaring tool and some new fittings for the front brake lines. It took a little longer than expected, but it's all good.
Oh yeah, Friday night finished topping off fluids and decided to throw the battery in so I could hear if the fuel pump was cycling and check lights. Satisfied with the lights and fuel pump and fuel gauge reading, I bumped the starter just to ensure that that wiring was correct and to my surprise, she fired right up. I sat there for a few seconds in shock cause all I thought I did was bump the starter, but then woke up, grabbed the water bottle and started filling the radiator. The lifters were a little dry, but after about 5 minutes of running, the ticking and clicking went away. I've got a CEL but I am pretty sure it's just an bad O2 sensor or EGR sytem as the motor idles smooth and some quick testing of the top sensors (MAF, IAC, and TPS) checked out okay.
I'm sure I'll figure something out for them though. That remoinds me, I still need to track down all the wiring for thoses. I found some marine grade wiring under the hood coiled up neatly under the air box so I figure that wasn't stock and left it for future use.
