Front Suspension Done, Water Pump In

Front suspension is complete, all bolts good and tight and cotter pins in place.  Inserted grease in all three grease fittings on both king pins.  New boots also installed on steering rack.  Installed new wheels and tires on front, looks very sharp:

Tackled water pump.  Turned out it would have been easier to just remove the radiator at the beginning, after working around it for about an hour it was much easier to just get it out of the way.

Had an interesting issue, the water pump uses two 5/16 inch steel dowels to position is relative to the block, probably to maintain clearances between the block and the rotating pump vanes.  These dowels were retained in the old water pump, and one would not come out even when gripped with my best vise grips.  Quick trip to parts store for replacements, no luck.  It's such a simple part, after some thought decided to make one of Ray's 5/16 inch drill bits about 3/4 inch short.  In this picture you can see the one dowel that came out sitting on the vise jaw, the one retained in the old water pump, and the 5/16 drill bit about to be attacked by an angle grinder in the area of the red mark.  Sorry, Ray, but the drill bit will still work.

Rest of the installation of the water pump went fine.