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Great job Rick!

Great job Rick! And cudos to Chuck for all his handiwork!

That looks awesome! Looking forward to hearing it run.

Wow Rick, that engine looks like a showroom piece! You should encase it in a glass box so it doesn't get dirty

It's up to Rick now to get it in the Smokey Blues Bus and on the road for Kelleys Island, Don't wait til October 6th to get going on it....

Been busy prepping the bus for the motor. I started by running a 6 wire cable from front to back of the bus. The safety fuel pump relay needed 2 wires, and the gauges needed 3 wires so the cable worked out great. I wired up the relay and I installed the 3 gauge cluster with a mini tach, oil pressure, and oil temp gauges. The gauges fit nicely between the bottom of the dash and the parcel tray. I used the mounts for the headlight and hazard light switches to hold the cluster up and only had to drill 1 little hole. Then in the back I mounted up the Carter rotary electric fuel pump with some rubber isolators. I put the pump on top of the transmisson and as close to the fuel tap as I could. These pump dont really pull fuel like a stock mechanical pump does. They just push fuel so they need to be mounted close to the tank.

Now your safari's can leak on your gauges

Will those gauges push your bus to 70mph? more engine installation, less accessories...

Rick, you'll soon learn that gauges just make you paranoid. What you don't know, won't bother you! Nice job on the motor btw.

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