We have gone for probably the last 12 years or so. Always enjoyed it. Last year noticed that the Expo Center one was maybe only 50-60% of the booths that were there before. The lower parking lot was now just parking (used to be all booths), and the buildings were pretty empty compared to...
Just a wild guess. Have you pulled the cap and made sure the cam is actually spinning the distributor shaft/rotor? Rotor center button contacting the cap when seated?
I replaced all the smaller factory gauges in mine with some basic 2" oil, volt, temp, and tach gauges. Just opened up the factory holes and taped over the printed circuit in the area so it didn't short out. Good enough for my daily driver
Whenever I hear people talking about 3" exhaust, I think back to my high school days when you had to pay extra to upgrade to the big 2" exhaust. Looks great. Reminds me that I haven't done anything on my 70 for a few weeks.
Pegged past full means an open circuit. Look for a disconnected, broken, etc wire. You may be able to see the connection on the tank while installed at the bed gap.
Just remembering, I think the headlight circuit doesn't work like a traditional circuit. Something like it's the ground side that is switched , so if you were trying to use a different harness, it's tough to integrate the two. Could be way off, so hopefully those more knowledgeable will chime in.
If it's an aftermarket harness, I would guess that if you have the main power input hooked up to the new fusebox, a good ground, and a complete circuit with fuse, that circuit should work. If it's a factory harness, check the fusible links as they feed most of the circuits.
If you can't see any active leaks, you may have a problem with the master cylinder. Either defective or needs bleeding. Did they ever work for you or just go out? Is it a project you just got and had no brakes?
Hate to state the obvious, but you will probably just have to start tracing wires to.see where they go. You will probably find one of the added wires will go to the HEI, since it wouldn't have that provision on a diesel.
My 83 also was a diesel to gas conversion. Mine was such a mess, I...