I got the junk cab off today and it occurs to me this is as far as I've ever torn a vehicle down with the intention of rebuilding it. We were really already at that point with the rear axle swap, but seeing that much frame brought it home. And the only connection I missed was the emergency brake rod that runs from the pedal to the rear. It's ruined but I can deal with that.
I guess I can discuss where we go from here. I think I'm going to go ahead and start with the brakes. With the cab off I can easily access everything that will be replaced, which is in fact everything. Plans are to swap to a power master cylinder and disc brakes for the front and new lines front to rear. I ordered a new timing cover and oil pan gasket but the timing cover has a ding that I don't like so I'm going to get another. I will pressure wash everything but with a winter storm headed this way this weekend I doubt it will be soon. Cab mounts are ordered but I'm leaning on doing some sandblasting and prep to the new cab before I put it on. I'm not entirely sure how deep I'm going to get into that, but we'll see.
That's the plan for the time being and it's subject to change. Onward.
