Uh, is just me or do parts of my engine bay look disturbingly like H.R.Gieger’s artwork from Aliens?
Month: January 2022
Paging Dr. Leaky
The list of what my truck is not leaking is shorter than what is seeping out of it’s various mechanisms, reservoirs and hoses so lets start with that: Diesel Fuel* Transmission oil Washer Fluid (I’m counting anything positive as a win at this point) * Fuel is not leaking out of the truck, but I…
De-Stickering
Removing all the various interior and exterior decals, warning labels and placards required way more effort than I would have originally thought. Many of the decals were composed of different materials, including plastic, paper and foil and different adhesives making it a multi-step process. I used a combination of heat gun, razor blade, plastic scraper…
Removing Rooftop A/C Unit
I discovered rather late that my truck’s height specification of 9’6″ had been substantially increased to 11′ with the addition of a Coleman-Mach rooftop A/C unit and diamond plate guard. Upon measuring the overhead door height of the garage where I was going to be doing several months of conversion work I determined that I…