Did a little exploring today

 

By the shadow and scenery, look to be heading east out of Denver. Letting the "bird" fly in the prairie, nice. Sure wide open out there. Glad the old girl is treating you right now.

Brian.

 

For the record, old girls treat you like a King..... Nothing like showing a problem the pasture it's gonna get buried in if it doesn't shape up.

 

MagPie came with an annoying rattle from the back of the truck, did a little poking around and discovered the rear spare tire carrier was the culprit. Looks as though someone else had already been in there to "fix" the carrier based upon the shi-ty welds that you can see below. What happened is that the metal that the OEM carrier is made from is so thin and the lug studs are just welded to it. With an OEM spare i'm sure its find but with an oversized spare, the weight difference can be quite a lot.

Found several cracks which you could hear / feel when closing the rear tail gate. Tried my best to fix the problem (which i did) but to be honest, I could have spent a lot more time than the 20 mins i had today to grind / weld. Naturally, i didn't have time to take a pic of the finished product but i have to take the carrier off again in a few days to paint everything so i'll share then

Might just fab up a whole new rear mount in the future but for now, things are silent!

Pics.







Looks weird.

 

 

3 Amigo’s are nothing. I always recommend Option B as a mod on the “to do” list. Once that’s done it’s normally ABS sensor faults/connections.

 

Made some new L/H and E-brake boots out of some random pleather i found. Came out alright, not sure if like the brown but.. it was kinda fun making them. Never used a sewing machine before

 

Looks nice

 

Best $30 I ever spent on an interior upgrade:


The best part, no annoying white stitching...