Recent content by wreckdiver1321

Thanks man, we're pleased with it so far. A lot of work to go, but it works for us. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. It's been a terrible road getting her all cleaned up, but I think the truck deserves it honestly. It drives so well, the mileage is so low, and the interior is...

Pro tip: when dealing with rusty metal, wear safety glasses with wider coverage than your average pair of sunglasses. This weekend, I was cleaning up some rusty spots and cutting some metal from Sandy, and something got into my left eye. I didn't think much of it until Monday morning when I...

This weekend allowed me to really get some things done for once. I got cracking on Sandy by jacking her up in the air, putting her on jackstands, and pulling the rear tires off for better access. I took a look at the areas of damage, mapped out what needed to happen, and then got cutting. My HF...

BIG things have happened! I did a few things on the shop to get it prepared, but the cold weather moved in, took away the already meager humidity, and caused flooring temps to drop. As such, I won't be getting the floor coating completed until conditions improve. However, I did make some big...

This was quoted by the Aussie gent over on the ih8mud forum discussion, but as @hoser noted, it should be on the door jamb sticker.

My 2003 came with a Front Runner, it was damned loud and added considerable height to the truck. I ended up selling it in favor of roof bars. My cargo solution involves a Yakima SkyBox, so I needed a rack to mount it to and preferred something lightweight, low profile, and quiet. I tried a few...

Oh, I almost forgot! Here's the pictures of the new digs. The all-important backyard getaway with proper shop. Thankfully, the S10 does not come with the property.

My original welds didn't take very well, so I had to go through a bit more cleaning before everything started to go my way. Once I had this sorted out, I was able to get decent fill. Then I ground back and did more fill-welding until I got a pretty smooth result. This is a "half-way" stage...

Please forgive the low-quality pictures, I haven't gotten my camera over to the shop in far too long. I wanted a quick fun project to take my mind off of the rust prevention before I got back into it, so I got my Rhino Rack Batwing Compact awning mounted. It's a little far forward, so it...

Hahaha! I love that. Should have named her one of those. Thank you sir! We're excited to finally get into somewhere with the space for us and our kids. Our house we're moving out of is a massive 765 sqft, so we'll have more than triple the space. Plus a bigger yard. Plus a garage and a shop...

In other news: We close on a house 9/3. Took us a couple months of searching in the hottest real estate market in America, but we found what we needed. 2400 sqft in a nice neighborhood, nicely updated, original wood floors, big yard, and plenty of trees. Importantly, it has two garages. An...

I had a chance to get over to the shop last week and put my rust buster to the test. Good news: it worked. Bad news: it worked briefly. The drill attachment was hokey at best, so I ended up figuring out a way to slap an electric impact on it and used that for a bit. Unfortunately, I melted...

My ARB has arrived! Need to go pick it up after this weekend's backpacking trip. Hopefully I'm able to get that installed soon-ish and not have to have it laying around the shop taking up space. Trying to figure out what to do there.

That's really cool. Be a fun thing to keep on the shelves for sure.

After cleaning up the rear quarters a bit, I had to attempt grinding a small rust bubble behind the driver's side rear door. Well, this rust bubble turned into it's own special circle of hell. Turns out, it had rusted through a couple layers, so I cut wide to get all of the remaining...