Jim's (It'll Buff Out) Re-Build

[Obi..]

Dain bramage hurt Mongo nol. I've been hurt worse flying over the bars on my MTB bike

LOL..BTDT. Nothing like cracking the top of a Giro full-face open at Downieville after having knee skated your shin guards through the rock garden.

[04 Rocko Taco]

and not all that slow. I love it. Keep up the good work. After my roll, my steering wheel was the same way. I checked all of my linkages, and everything appeared to be fine... I just pulled the steering wheel off and re-centered it, and bolted it back on. This may be tougher in anything new enough to have an airbag, I am unsure of that. Mine is an '84, there is nothing in my steering wheel except horn contacts.

[Crinale]

an 89 does not have airbags either

[Smiling_Jim]

Mine has one. But it's behind the wheel, not in it.

Anyway, got the new PS cooler hoses on this evening. Plus the E fan and switch arrived. The headlights came on OK, and aligned pretty well. So, almost ready to mount the new grill and modified bumper. Pics later...

[Smiling_Jim]

A 'Door' pic...

[Smiling_Jim]

'Door' and kick plate. It's actually easy to climb in and out, but I will weld some grab handles onto to EXO when I build that. I drove it around the neighborhood like this. Really nice how much more you can see without the doors on. I always planned to build Summer doors, but gonna like this more, I think. I may need full doors to pass DMV safety inspection (get the salvage title back to standard title), don't know yet.

[Smiling_Jim]

Here's some expanded metal, cut out for a rock screen for the radiator. Gonna mount the PS cooler to that.

[Smiling_Jim]

Here's the SPAL fan and DERALE Therm switch. The truck never got hot, but the SPAL will take some load off the little 22RE engine. Plus, I can switch it off from the cab for water crossings.

[Smiling_Jim]

Since the truck is apart for the rebuild, I am taking the opportunity to chase threads that were buggered up by the PO.

[Smiling_Jim]

PS Cooler almost ready to mount...