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Not sure that’s the right MUD Member. His profile says last seen in 2008. Different Drake?
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If it is possible to add character to character then you have done it. 
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Let’s go for the trifecta: Add character to character, by a character.
If it is possible to add character to character then you have done it.
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Clean/treated/painted the top cover on the Trans.
Before/After.
The remaining hardware is inbound so I should be able to button it up in the next few days.
Before/After.
The remaining hardware is inbound so I should be able to button it up in the next few days.
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Switched out the bulb in my under-dash light to LED. Tested during full daylight. Quite a bit of difference. The last pic is with the lense in place Light off. I'll try another pic later to see what it looks like in low light conditions.
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Still soaking the hinge hardware. I think I "bought" some movement using the Vessel. Just enough clearance to use a hypodermic body and inject the Kroil onto the threads. They are defiantly frozen in place 
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Mark -Apologies... I've missed your call twice. I'm demolishing part of my front porch/stairs and rebuilding. So I'm not totting my phone around.
UPDATE: I found a set of metal bottoms for the front turn signals to rehab my old ones. I wont need the left turn signal after-all. Also found a shift tower for the 4-spd.
What I do need, if you have anything in inventory, is the 4-spd linkage. REF up a couple post and you can see what I do have. I'm looking for everything else.
Again, apologies for the missed call(s). I'll try you 1st thing in the AM your time (0800-ish).
One last thing in passing. I've been following your hiking/explorations and I think I have something that every great explorer has that you are missing. I'll drop it in the post in the next day or so (porch/stair dependent).
Mark -Apologies... I've missed your call twice. I'm demolishing part of my front porch/stairs and rebuilding. So I'm not totting my phone around.
UPDATE: I found a set of metal bottoms for the front turn signals to rehab my old ones. I wont need the left turn signal after-all. Also found a shift tower for the 4-spd.
What I do need, if you have anything in inventory, is the 4-spd linkage. REF up a couple post and you can see what I do have. I'm looking for everything else.
Again, apologies for the missed call(s). I'll try you 1st thing in the AM your time (0800-ish).
One last thing in passing. I've been following your hiking/explorations and I think I have something that every great explorer has that you are missing. I'll drop it in the post in the next day or so (porch/stair dependent).
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I don’t have that connector linkage Jeff; I’m short myself. I’ve been collecting parts to put some floorshift kits together and haven’t put one full kit on the shelf yet, even though I have as many as 10 of one part. GLWS
Dont bother trying to reach me at 8; I will be on the side of another mountain.
Dont bother trying to reach me at 8; I will be on the side of another mountain.
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I don’t have that connector linkage Jeff; I’m short myself. I’ve been collecting parts to put some floorshift kits together and haven’t put one full kit on the shelf yet, even though I have as many as 10 of one part. GLWS
Dont bother trying to reach me at 8; I will be on the side of another mountain.
Aye Captain…
I’m following and somewhat living vicariously through your overland treks. But, I think the one thing that separates you from Mallory, Norgay and “myself“ is a really cool piece of headgear. Yep, every intrepid explorer I can recall from the last 500-600 years, has sported a really cool bit of headress. Lewis and Clark, Ponce De Leon, and Elmer Fudd have all had a singularity when it comes to their cranial covering.
So sir, I feel it my duty, to bring you into the fold….Coming USPS to you soon.
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Have you seen my canvas hat?
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Houston, I have a problem.
It's an H2O insurgency, the vapor scourge, the dreaded humidity infiltration. Unusually humid here on the mountain top (Foot hill to you folks on the divide) for this time of year. My AC vents run exposed in my garage and man-cave. With all the precip, hot and warm conditions, every time I open the garage door the condensation monster comes crawling.
To the extent that after an hour today I was mopping up moisture off of the T-Case/Trans. Pretty sure neither have ever been exposed to back east humidity. So, I popped the top cover and gasket on the T-case, Put a coat of oil on surfaces I thought were susceptible to flash rusting as a preemptive strike. Also, plugged all the ingress/egress outlets. Bolted up the PTO cover sans gasket etc etc etc.
I may need to mate these two pieces together and fill with oil. As of now I'm short a 4spd shift tower to button up the Trans. I'll post an add in classifieds and see if I can round one up.
Thought about wrapping everything up and sneaking it into the closet.
I may have to relocate everything west into a more stable environment. Open for suggestions, comments or remediation. Cosmoline and vacuum seal..
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Hey Jeff
If your looking for a better way to protect those parts. I have a suggestion. It doesn’t smell like stinky snatch fluid film and especially if your going to hide it in the closet you may get into big trouble. One who is un-named may think your hiding a girl some whereabouts. @Jdc1 and I use a product call Boeshield T-9. Backstory is Boeing developed it for their large castings they store outside in the PNW. They wanted something they could spray on for protection but that could be removed with a strong detergent when they wanted to weld on it. It works well, is safe on paint and plastic and can be removed using dish soap when you want to paint. It can be purchased by the gallon on Amazon. It’s pricey but it goes a long way. Don’t forget to get an upside down spray bottle so you can put it everywhere. I use it on my frame and exposed metal all over my truck. It dries to a mat finish. I included a quick pic of one of the tie rod ends I sprayed like 3 years ago. I just recently cleaned up my truck and hit it with a blue scrubby and reapplied the Boeshield
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That sounds awesome. 
Gotta‘ love the aircraft industry. I’ll give that a try. I’ve been wiping it down every other day or so with oil which is a PITB…
How does it hold up on your undercarriage?
Gotta‘ love the aircraft industry. I’ll give that a try. I’ve been wiping it down every other day or so with oil which is a PITB…
How does it hold up on your undercarriage?
Unlike the sheep oils, it is on there until a solvent is used to take it off. It also creeps better.That sounds awesome.
Gotta‘ love the aircraft industry. I’ll give that a try. I’ve been wiping it down every other day or so with oil which is a PITB…
How does it hold up on your undercarriage?
Here is a pic of it as a fresh application last week. Because I used soap I just misted it again. We’ve been using it for like 5 years and doesn’t seem like any new rust at all
And don’t worry about
It gettin on the paint it actually protects it
And you can use a good carnauba wax and they love each other
