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Worked it in the mountains. First 450 mile round trip!
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Finally had a moment to try a repair to the Mirror. Have been using twisted wire to keep it together. Used some electrical conduit and all thread with 2 bushings to keep the all thread centered. Worked like a champ. Not as heavy duty as the original but will do the job quite well and was under...
Made some cribbing blocks out of some leftover engineered material from the construction site and sealed it with clear polly.
Installed some rubber matting to keep this dry in the tool boxes. $22 at Lowes did both boxes
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Installed the troop cover the correct way this time:cookoo:
Sewed the rear window in so the zipper is not just hanging there. and looking for another zipper for the front window.
Fixed the fuel gauge on the truck by replacing the float on the sending unit. A good friend pointed out that it is the exact same float bulb from a 1965 Ford Mustang.
Less than $5 to fix and took all of 10 min. A big thank you to Robert.
Finished the rebuild of the Shutter Stat and installed it. Works so far!
Removed and lubricated the heater fan so I can buy some time to find a replacement. Now it works too.
Started to install the fire extinguisher mount but ran out of daylight.
Started u the truck and aired up the tires! Used air regulator with a splitter and two hoses with Locking valve attachments and aired them up 2 at a time:clinto:
Was great because I did not have to hold the air hose for 8 minuets pre tire and was able to do the rest of my walk around while the...
Note to self!
Standard vacuum air hose is not suitable for replacing the wiper hoses.:cry: When returning from my camping trip my three passengers were all almost asleep when my new wiper hose burst. Its a good thing they had seatbelts on:mrgreen: never seen anyone wake up like that. I'm going...