Saturday, April 04, 2009

drivability

bedside ready for holes.

the bed now at 71.25" instead of OEM 87" i curved the ends and bent the sides around to front to match OEM design. i wont have front stake pockets. possibly not rear but still not sure.

my wife's legs holding down the carriage bolt heads while i attach fasteners from underneath. GREAT JOB HONEY! thanks for putting up with it. =)

plastic wood installed. ready to move towards the truck. i am going to buy stainless strips to match the trim on the windshield.

The inching on of the bed a one-man job. slow and steady-these boots aren't steeltoe.

Adoring fans and songs about redneck trucks...

here's how she sits now with my DOT approved hold-down devices.. LOL! They held over 75MPH out to the shopping cart on Thursday. I helped Dad pour a slab for AC condenser and grabbed some steel to make official bed mounting. Maybe after the race tomorrow. =)

I've been putting a few miles on it now. I pulled valve cover, did some serious grinding, adding gasket goop, and other various attempts but I'm still participating in Jeep's factory oil change program... poor valve cover sealing design means adding oil between stoplights.(not really but a real PITA and smokey from burning oil leaking out of valve cover)
i messed with carb more and got a touch more power, not gonna check MPG since been doing a lot of running in place whilst tuning.
bed mounting is HIGH priority. even redneck mounted it has been used almost every day. sure nice to have a truck that doesn't look like a honda CRX
Visited my niece and helped my brother tile their dining floor today. Nice visit and nice break and great food from brothers wife-great cook-thanks!.

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