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The roof looks excellent from here. It’s a cruiser man, if it looks good from a thousand feet …………… I’m liking the all black theme with white roof to reflect heat. My current build is emerald green but 3/4 of the paint is bad off. I’m...

I got the Raptor shot yesterday, but not without more trials. Raptor primers lay down really rough. Since it sat for a day and there was overspray everywhere, I though I'd drag a tack cloth over and remove the dust. WRONG! The tack cloth...

Fancy pants front bunpstops installed. That should keep the tire and the flare from arguing in the future.

I also intend to add an intercooler, which will further tax the heat exchanger stack..... What do guys who aren't into cars and guns do with all their money? I really want to know. ha ha ha!

Quick update here on the Stage 1 Turbo. I have about 2k miles on it and just finished a trip from Portland to Bend Oregon (500+ miles) with a ton of steep inclines through the mountain passes. The truck is completely transformed. Often I’m using...

Moved some wires out of this very convenient grommet in the firewall to the less convenient main seal below it. Radio power and Switch Pro wires.

Then we explored Idaho or was that Iowa?

This is an indication of poor charging whether it be a failing alternator or poor power and ground connections. Has it ever cranked slower than normal or intermittently failed to crank?

Smart Ass !

I’m not familiar with the name Up Chuck. Where about is it along the trail. Good driving by the way.

Had a good time at the Rubithon

Kernal, I found your Chevron XSP 400 15W-40 at Walmart -$57 for 12 quarts (not bad) and I will do the oil change this evening. I am expecting to get a leak down test sometime next week (I will be back in Maryland). I would like to put the...

WEEKEND TWO Many new, unexpected challenges this weekend. Over the week, I got it mostly ready for bodywork. On Thursday night, I went to mix my filler, only to find the cream hardener already hardened, and therefore, useless, so I bought a...

I just got this from @TK470

Some fun with friends at a local car meet this weekend - pondering some oem window defectors down the road like @roaminglost

Fabricated a bracket to allow mounting of the front turbo logo on the OEM us spec grille. Also cleaned up the wiring for the Lutzauto gauge inside the engine bay! Much cleaner in there now

2.5 inch Custom Exhaust is in and it sounds great. We weren’t able to fit a resonator but I’m doing some research to see if I can find a very small one to put in near the tail pipe. This one took a couple of weeks to get installed and I had an...

Next up is a 2.5 inch custom exhaust from the downpipe back - working with a local shop to see if we can do a full stainless system.

She’s up and running. A couple more days of finish details and 🌵🌙 will be back on the road 🙌🏼

It looks like it's 47327-60080, but that looks like it's for a 92-95 80 series w/abs. But I've been known to be wrong. But you can also make your own hard line. I made my own hard line for the front line on my 81. It wasn't bad at all. Bent it...

The neighbor boys are off school now and just in time. The down pipe is finally wrapped. They did the job I didn’t want to do.

Written like you’ve read some books and been on plant earth a few decades. Bump stops matter as a matter of fact. I thought everyone knew this.

Thought it was time for an unfortunate update. Remember when I showed (previous post) a pic of the Timbren external bump stops contacting the truss? I removed them before a trip to UT and everything worked out well. I then went on a second...

How was your latest adventure? Good I’m sure…