Okay, so I didn't get all the brakes and shifter done, shockingly enough. I had to tackle an issue that I had noticed, but not really paid attention to in the past. The front left brake seemed almost frozen, but when disassembled, it moved freely. I couldn't figure out why it was so hard to turn the wheel when it was assembled. It turned out that the hub was not fully seated to the knuckle, which was pushing the rotor hard into the outer pad at its max travel. I feel like I probably torqued it to spec, but the stud not being new and clean kept it from seating completely and I just didn't notice. Oh well, all solved now.
I moved on to brake lines. Rears were easy, as the kit came with new flex lines that fit perfectly. However, it seems that while I kept the intermediate flex lines for the front, I don't have the outer lines that are supposed to connect to the caliper (from the rear of the donor). Apart from that, the intermediate lines are gross. With those two factors, I figure it's just easier to go ahead and order the stainless flex lines from DF. That's also 2 less potential leak points on each side.
Moving on to the shifter. I pulled the tunnel cover out of storage and unwrapped it - first time since it came back from powder almost 2 (?!) years ago. I do still plan to cut it in half and thread the tunnel so I can bolt it in instead of riveting. After laying the cover in, I tried getting the cables put in place. I guess I was a little too hesitant to bend them hard - after some searching, I see that they need to be routed under the rear trans mount, but I had them behind it and the tie rod mount, which left them considerably short of the bracket on the tunnel cover. I'll have to go back and try again. I did get the shifter itself trimmed and ready to install, so I guess there was some progress.
On a more annoying note, it seems my gauge cluster isn't working quite right. The speedo needle is pointing straight down (well past the zero mark) and not moving at all, and the tach seems sluggish and inaccurate, so I might have to pull it apart and see if I can find any obvious issues.
Other than that, getting really close and excited. Sorry for the novel with no pics for today.