I have had the top of my 72 off a couple of times. I made a simple pulley system in my garage ($ 50.00) material and its very simply to remove by yourself.
The only problem i had was with the realignment of the area around the windshield when putting it back on.
Making sure you have solid rocker...
Dont expect any where close to what you have in it. 84 and 85 are not hard to find. Its worth more to you than you could get out of it. I have a 79 sq body restored completely. I have 10000 hard cash in it a d i would be lucky to get 6000 in my part of the country. I have a 72 k5 blazer. I have...
If memory serves me 69 to 72 had mechanical guages and an oil line from back of intake manifold ran to oil guage in dash
If it is in fact an electrcal guage it will have a tan wire running from the sending unit on the back of the manifold to the connector on the firewall and i believe it is...
Get you engine at tdc on #1 and adj ext values 1 3 4 and 8...then adjust intake valves 1 2 5 and 7......get #6 to tdc and adj ext valves 2 5 67 and int valves 3468.
Using this method you will only turn the engine twice. After final adj i work recommend using poly locks
I usually pull the rad and add vinegar / water solution. Let lay overnight and wash with clean water the next day. Youll be surprise what will come out
Electric fuel pump should be fine for your carb prime. It wont hurt it to put a small amount in the carb. Most definitely prime the oil pump. Rent a tool from auto zone( no charge). Remove the valve covers and prime until u see oil coming out of the pushrods. May take a while but stay with it...
Take the arms and bushings to your local mom and pop garage and have the pressed in and out. Cant cost that much and will save alot of tkme and aggravation