After hauling a load of trash to the dumpsters and then some cedar post for kindling. I blew out the cab and gave it a bath. Taking my wife to lunch tomorrow and hauling home a steer from the butcher shop so thought she deserved a little cleaner truck then what it often is since it is a farm truck.
So what did you do with your truck today?
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Hell, just slap a bucket seat to it and call it good. Do you really need more than that?
DougBoy66
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@ericwilliam That is looking super clean. Good work sir
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Yes. You'll need your WW1 leather helmet and pilot's goggles too.
FrozenMerc
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Looking Good Eric! Keep up the good work!
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Tonight I decided to enjoy the celestial light show. I drove about 1 1/2 miles west of town, which is far enough when most of the 500 people town you live in is on the east side of a hill and you went west. I was out for exactly 40 minutes, somehow. I saw nothing. I'm sure that there was clouds in Nebraska that blocked my view. It was strange though. I've seen pictures on Facebook taken tonight farther east and farther south in Kansas. They showed the auroras. This must explain why I haven't been too wound up about trying to see astronomical things like this since the Hale-Bopp comet back in the late 90's. I did see Saturn and Jupiter in conjunction two or three years back, but I just happened to be coming back to town right after sunset. I wasn't trying to see them.
The only proper way to work on a van is with the body off
Seriously: 4x4 vans are awesome
and I would consider the IDI 4x4 van the most awesomest 
They are and held in high regard by fly fisherman who want to get into the backwoods and stand up in the back while they admire all the gear they brought, even if they only use their trusty 3 weight.Keep the pics coming, looks like it's gonna be a sweet rig.
divemaster5734
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I'm in a semi-mountainous rural part of W. Washington. Last year my family begged me for some northern lights pictures.
You get used to seeing them here, so you just never take pictures, until I did.
A camera shows the lights in much more detail than you can see with your eyes.
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I was surprised, my phone did a much better job.
If you see an anomaly in the sky, take a picture, you might be amazed.
I could not see all the colors just by looking up.
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Here's an update. About 45 minutes ago, I was in the grocery store here in town. I talked to a young lady who said that she saw the lights last night and the night before. They were MUCH brighter Tuesday night than last night. She also stopped looking last night at 9:15 and went back home. Earlier, she had been driving home and she said that she had seen them better just 5 miles east of town. I had no idea that 5 miles would make that much difference. Apparently I just had a location and timing issue. I was ready to take a picture, but I saw nothing to take one of.
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divemaster5734
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Indeed. City lights totally mess up the sky.
Going up in the mountains on a clear night you can not only see the billions of stars, but you can watch satellites crisscross, and if you time it and know the coordinates I'm told you can see the space station go by.
I've never personally seen it, if I'm up there late at night it's because I'm elk hunting so I'm asleep early to be in place before sunrise.
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
I was outside of town. Only I went west, not east.
bulletpruf
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Got it out of the storage unit and drove it home. Checked shrieking belts; tightened alternator belts, now A/C belt still has a slight squeal.
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divemaster5734
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Added an inline filter in front of the Holly Red at the same time I deleted the mechanical pump and OEM water separator and installed a Racor 500 clone.
Have run about 1/2 tank so far, mostly just testing out various mods and upgrades.
The truck sat for 13 years.
Checked the inline filter yesterday.
That's one dirty dang filter.
Probably the best $5 I've spent on this project so far.
Have run about 1/2 tank so far, mostly just testing out various mods and upgrades.
The truck sat for 13 years.
Checked the inline filter yesterday.
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That's one dirty dang filter.
Probably the best $5 I've spent on this project so far.
