'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist

Van starter and starting solenoid cable were cut to length, a new end soldered on, and the cables wrapped for looks and neatness. The starter end has both cables fused to match the mini-starter, so I figured it would do well. Torched the smaller wire a bit, but it'll do:



At the solenoid below the bulkhead - the brown solenoid wire (from the van) was also soldered with a different connector:



In other news, my thermostat water neck arrived, but the thermostat sits in the thing loose. The designers of this thing can't expect me to mill the bottom of it to spec...or do they?



-Kurt