Continuing assembly. Just pieces at a time, working through each thing one at a time. I got the fender brackets mounted on each side. That was pretty straightforward.
I rounded up the parts to mount the radiator. I did a little minor painting on bolts and etc. I had new hoses also. It's not shown in the picture, but there is a short piece of hose to extend the filler neck. I'm not sure, but I'm guessing the filler neck was extended to allow antifreeze to be filled enough to fill the heater core. Otherwise, it would be about impossible to fill above the radiator top itself. I don't know how long the brass extender will stay bright like that, but it looks pretty nice now.
When I went to install the cab grab handles, I used original bolts. The problem is that I didn't clean up the threads after having them re-chromed. The bolt turned too hard and broke off before being tight enough to not wobble. This got me worried, thinking I may have really ruined the handle. Fortunately, I had lots of experience removing broken bolts while disassembling the truck in the first place. There was enough of the bolt sticking out to be able to weld a nut on to the end of it. Once it cooled a bit, I was able to get it removed. I think the combination of a nut welded on for grip and the heat helps in the removal process.
So, lesson learned on that one. I used a tap to clean out the holes and cleaned up the bolts with a die and wire brush. Once they were all clean, it went together nicely.
