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[KOWBOY]

So with ev'rythang fitted and finish welded, time to slap on some paint.

Black is beautiful.

 

[KOWBOY]

... and on the brackets for the traction bar and air bags as well.

 

[KOWBOY]

... and don't forget the front axle.

 

[KOWBOY]

And gotta paint the parts and pieces too.

 

[KOWBOY]

So ev'ry day Vince works on my Junk, he patiently takes pics of the progress along the way for our entertainment and posts 'em up on a website.

We all know I ain't no mechanic ... but so far I think I've done a pretty fair job of postin' up them pics on this here forum and tryin' to explain what's goin' on.

'Cept now.

Here's some pics that I flat-out ain't gotta clue what they are. But Vince posted 'em up so they must be important.

 

[KOWBOY]

But this I do understand ... please follow along as ya witness the most bad-ass ... and expensive ... trailer plug housin' ever installed.

 

[KOWBOY]

... even has it's own lil' skid plate.

 

[KOWBOY]

I like it.

I like it alot.

 

[KOWBOY]

And the manifold for the air system ...

 

[KOWBOY]

Thangs are gettin' crowded on the ass end of this rig.

 

[Skrewball]

The cable pics are of the shorter van cable needed for the driver side e brake. Notice the difference on the end of the cables. One has a hook and one has a hoop. The old axle is hook, the new axle is hoop.

The modified hook is made to work in place of a hoop, I hope....

You are doing an impressive job with the descriptions since you are just looking at pics!

I check on this thread most nights. It was every night until Lady Sonya left....

 

[KOWBOY]

I check on this thread most nights. It was every night until Lady Sonya left....

Without a doubt ... that sucked the life right outta this thread.

 

[66fj40x2]

Vince, before he leaves the shop with that way cool rig, for gawd sake, show him how to use the brake controller.... or at least bump it up 6 or 7

 

[KOWBOY]

I'm sure Butch would 'preciate that.

Meanwhile ...

For the loyal followers of all my silly projects ... let's go back in time to the ill-fated Rubi and 'er Kamper.

With the air source on the Warn winch on the front bumper, Josh and I had to jackknife the Kamper in both directions in order to reach the trailer tires. Would of been a lot cheaper and easier to buy a longer hose but we were too focused on buyin' beer.

The result was destroyin' the high-dollar, piece-of-s*** hitch that married the two together.

 

[KOWBOY]

So the lesson learned is to put the friggin' air source on the rear.

 

[KOWBOY]

And in order to get air to the outlet ... gotta plumb in the 4-gallon tank and compressor.

 

[KOWBOY]

The location of the tank made the original fender brace shown here unusable.

So Vince whipped up a new one.

 

[KOWBOY]

The under side of this shortbed truck is gettin' really jammed up now. But the 4" exhaust has gotta go somwheres.

Looks like Vince used a piece of pipe to note the upward travel of the traction bar and a jackstand to show the upward travel of the driveshaft. So the exhaust goes in the lil' space that's left.

 

[KOWBOY]

In order to do that ... here he illustrates how to turn a ten dollar exhaust hanger into a hun'erd dollar exhaust hanger.

 

[KOWBOY]

So that's it for this week.

Judgin' by the progress, lookin' like an on-time deliv'ry two weeks from today's realistic.

And one last picture.

A picture of a box.

What's the big deal?? ... it's the last of the parts and pieces I gotta buy.