Well, I thought I had written a post about this, must have been on the Gbody forum that I post on for my Caballero, but I ordered several more parts for the Pinto. Several days ago when I installed the water pump, thermostat, and clutch kit, I wanted to swap the pulleys from the older engine to the newer engine, but didn't have the correct pulley puller. I went online to RockAuto and checked the price on an alternator with the ribbed belt pulley, got a price, then called my local NAPA whse/store. They had one in stock for only $1 more than RockAuto, so I bought it from NAPA (they were also having a AAA member 25% discount sale). While I was on the RockAuto site, I browsed Pinto parts and found/ordered a new headliner, and a carpet, and also ordered a ribbed belt for a non-AC 2.3 engine (87 Ranger), and a Dave Graham CD repair manual. The manual and the belt arrived very quickly. I was not expecting the carpet or the headliner to arrive until late September, but I arrived home from work today, and the carpet was sitting on my doorstep. Parts are arriving too fast, I'm going to have to slow down....not! LOL!!
Instead of working on the Pinto this last weekend, I got my earlier mentioned Caballero steering pump and steering gear box installed, got the AC compressor and the condenser mounted, and got a few other relocation/add-ons taken care of. Now its time for the AC appointment to get the system flushed and charged.
This coming weekend will be Labor Day. So far nothing else is planned, so I think that I will drop the engine into the Pinto, possibly install the transmission, then work on mechanical finishing touches. Soon, I will begin stripping the interior carpets and headliner, still need to reinstall the fuel tank, buy an electric fuel pump (maybe I should order a new sending unit before I reinstall the tank), and no doubt find other things that I need to do (have not yet begun to clean up the electrical wiring).