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Bear in mind, it’s not the largest IK you can get: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Your dog would have to really work at puncturing that material, and it would have to be puppy teeth doing the work. It’s tough stuff. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It’s an Advanced Elements Straightedge, and I love it: Because it lets me go places like this: It’s a little bulky & heavy, but nothing unmanageable: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It just has to let air & water pass unhindered while excluding bugs. I haven’t really devoted much energy to a solution because so much other crap has been going on. Some sort of screen sounds about right. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

What’s an “IK”? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ohh, it gets better… or worse, really. No kidding, right? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The vent is the upper black plastic hose in this pic: going from the top of the tank out through the camper wall. When I see water running out between camper & cab, I know the tank is full. Usually. I’m not seeing the “chrome” piece you’re referring to. I think the only chromed item in...

Seemingly no sooner than I got this solved, another train wreck came my way. I’d just learned about Cat Scales, and I was excited to weigh the truck so I could order rear springs. I’d looked around town for a couple years, didn’t find any easy options, and then I find out I can get my truck...

Look up the Omni Arena in Atlanta: corrosion holes big enough to climb through contributed to its demolition after only 25 years. I just did a little reading on Corten, and no thanks; IH’s rust enough. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

An issue lingering from the Hagerman trip was a problem with the water fill-up line: I had relocated the fill fitting from the side of the camper to the rear to clear the tool boxes, using 3/8 hardline all the way. Why not? Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Wrong, again: Alaskan didn’t see fit...

Thank you! I’m glad to hear this benefits somebody in some way. As for hurdles, it occurs to me that subject could be seen at least a couple ways: 1. With respect and admiration in the way it seems you’ve expressed. 2. With a questioning of my intelligence, in the way I do pretty regularly...

Replaced the front output seal on the 205, also: The old one flowed oil like a downspout, and made a top-off a daily routine on trips: Leaks nary a drop now, even though I was not able to access the breather & clean it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

With this epic undertaking behind me, I could take care of some odds & ends. Installed me rebuilt brake booster: After setting the pushrod length with a jig made from a template in the factory service manual- Vacuum issues were one of the factors contributing to my Hagerman mishap...

Quite a project that was. First, I obtained the eye-to-eye distance from several Binder Planet members who were owners of unsullied 4x4 IH one-tons, averaged them, sent that figure to the fabricator, then waited for the Brown Truck while I worked on the dead one: And then this arrived...

So here’s where we’re at: An essential unobtainable part rendered unfit for further highway service. A three-year project sitting inert, and likely to remain so. It was recommended I call a vendor/fabricator in the PNW about having a new tie rod fabricated, and he recommended swapping the...

Here’s what to do: meet Ed & Kate at Red Canyon & treat ‘em to the scenery, serenity, and fun that damn rock tried to deprive us all of - A BBQ, some red wine, and a great time was had by all. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

They were, as I said, brothers, touring the Colorado mountains on an annual outing. They waited while I removed the remains of the tie rod, grabbed my bag, and secured the truck as best I could. All the while, they were graciously making room for me in an already-overstuffed vehicle. They...

A mile or so after the pic in #175 I reached a turn to the right and steeply uphill. It had been a glacially slow but fully-engaging crawl to that point, with that adrenaline undercurrent that I’ve loved about four-wheeling since a drive in an FJ-40 in the mid ‘80’s, but at that particular turn...

Here’s the very next pic I took: With a shiny new weld on the far end of that goddamn tie rod. Long story, many details to follow. Gotta get back to the barndo build. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So, up Hagerman Pass we go, me & the Strugglebus. Actually, with a 6+:1 first gear and 4.89 axle gearing, there wasn’t much drama to the climb— I just had to do my best to dodge any rocks that could take out the low-hanging steering tie rod. The first crux is at the top of this hill. It’s...