Craig emailed me and said the tie rod ends he received are in fact wrong again. It blows my mind that these items are so impossible to find and so hard to imagine so many so called experts who claim they know the part and have it in fact do not have a clue. So, he will send these back and the research continues again without much hope. The solution may be to buy a rebuild kit and of course - rebuild them. Another huge waste of time but it might be the only way.
I found a web site called
Golden State Auto that has old car and truck parts. Craig thinks our motor mount issue might be that everyone has sent us mounts for a three speed not a four on the floor. Will call them tomorrow to discuss this.
Craig said the front exhaust pipe we thought was good actually has small holes in it and is weak.
The used green tailgate arrived today complete with two rusty chains. Now I have a "piece of my truck" with me!
This will complete the body parts.
