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Impressive. Can wait to see this beast in person.....
 
Great highway test drive. Made it to scout camp. Seats are really comfy. Honda prelude donor.
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With the amount of work we put in to have a moving rear window, I'm not ready to silicone it shut. The rear window needs to stay mobile, going up and down. Much like our side windows a small amount of rain can enter through the corners or through Fault in the seal.

ohhh, I thought you meant from around the outer edge. Agreed, don't glue it shut!
 
Got some time off the pavement.
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Did great off-road Ing, I did notice the turning radius is larger.

Not sure why; but had a high idle, about 1k after offroading. No check engine light, however have not confirmed it's not burn out. Forgot to bring my scan gauge tool If it continues I'll pull the battery and let the computer reset
 
Just want to point out this car was Pretty peppy before, now after the diet, I think I could keep up with my super charged 80
 
Did great off-road Ing, I did notice the turning radius is larger.

Not sure why; but had a high idle, about 1k after offroading. No check engine light, however have not confirmed it's not burn out. Forgot to bring my scan gauge tool If it continues I'll pull the battery and let the computer reset
Keep an eye on the idle. My TPS went from bad (1K idle) to REALLY bad (2.7K idle) on my 20 mile commute home from work. At 2700 rpm it becomes difficult to stop an 80.
 
Got back from scout camp, and I am mediately started working on building the sliders. 24 hours of work later, shot some rattle can on for temporary protection.

was running a little hot, so installed a blue fan clutch.

Only bad news is that the AC has a leak at the Schrader valve. NAPA sold me the wrong parts, so there goes $100 Ac charge.
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Pics of the sliders

As suggested, I sanded the interior of the sequoia hatch and seam sealed the entire bottom edge, filling in the holes and then drilled holes out there we are toward the bed. We use a garden hose to test it, and appears to do the trick.

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While my old man was at a meeting I did 2 things, 1 was just easy, the other I'm very proud of: I tightened the steering wheel cover and I installed the truck bed top for the trip! In the last photo you can also see the jack mounts we installed yesterday!
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We need to post some pictures of our wheeling in SD and Colorado. What an epic trip. Lots of miles on the road, and lots of checkmarks next on the bucket list. Here are some action shots.

I have to admit, I was very disappointed with SD wheeling. First we could not find anyone to share ideas of where to go wheeling there. Posted up several places and it seemed people are not willing to help. I have several maps and information to share with anyone now, so if you want information, let me know and I will gladly share what I have.


Here are pics from SD wheeling
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I love the articulation of the rear without a sway bar.
 
more pics of SD.
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more
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and more
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finally
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Then on to Wyoming.
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More pics. The bug and fire damage to Yellowstone is amazing. Hard to image it with full forests.

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