{"id":2645,"date":"2021-01-31T20:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T04:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:54:51","slug":"2021-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2021\/01\/31\/2021-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the annual List Of Things I Really Hope I Can Get To for the year of 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2019\/12\/27\/2020-to-do-list\/\">Looking back on last year&#8217;s list<\/a>, I was able to get a bunch of things done\u2014and do some others that weren&#8217;t even on the radar. The engine got degreased\u2014I wound up buying a pressure washer, which made things much easier. I swapped in a new starter, fixed the speaker cable, and sandblasted a bunch of spare sheet metal to get the rust neutralized. Beyond that, we started work on lockable storage, I fixed both front shocks, and replaced all of the bulbs in the dash with what turned out to be bluish LEDs. So what&#8217;s in the future for 2021? Let&#8217;s review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Empty and flush the radiator\/engine block.<\/strong> I did the radiator in a hurry and did not flush it before refilling. It definitely needs some love this spring.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2021-03-23T17:51:14+00:00\">Fix the driver&#8217;s side manifold-to-exhaust leak.<\/del><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2018\/07\/09\/to-do-list-2018\/\">2018<\/a>) Yeah, it&#8217;s been on the list for a while now. <em>Done 3\/23\/21! I didn&#8217;t replace the whole thing, just swapped out a bolt and tightened it up.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Repair and upgrade the battery tray\/holddown situation.<\/strong> This too is on the list; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/battery-tray-scout-ii-gas-engines\">Super Scout Specialists has new trays in stock<\/a>, and I&#8217;d like to get rid of the ghetto bungee cord I&#8217;ve been using for 11 years. The only question is how to attach it to the inner fender\u2014is it welded or bolted? Either way, it needs that and a plastic housing to keep the crud away from the engine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the wiper motor and linkage.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2018\/09\/09\/2019-to-do-list\/\">2019<\/a>) I struggled with this last spring, trying to get the motor to bolt cleanly to the underside of the windshield frame, but did not succeed. What I have to do is disconnect the linkage to the arms, which will free up the motor to go in correctly, and then rotate the motor slightly to re-align the wiper arms. This will not be easy or fun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replace the windshield.<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2016\/03\/20\/2016-to-do-list\/\">2016<\/a>) Again, mine sucks, and I&#8217;ll have to put it in myself if I want it done; I&#8217;m sure Safelite won&#8217;t touch my frame based on how much rust I&#8217;m guessing is around the cowl.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2021-11-25T17:53:56+00:00\">Finish the locking ammo can.<\/del><\/strong> At this point it&#8217;s just waiting for the front lock mount to go into place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rust repair and sandblasting.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got a white driver&#8217;s fender from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2009\/06\/01\/weekend-update-5-30\/\">the Wheaton scout<\/a>, which has a dent in the front edge and a sheen of surface rust on the back side. I&#8217;d like to sandblast it clean, weld up any holes, lay a skim of Bondo over the repairs, and get it primed. Some basic practice with the parts I&#8217;ve got will go a long way to the eventual goal of&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Painting the tub.<\/strong> Since I last spoke to my neighbor&#8217;s father, I haven&#8217;t heard a peep, so I&#8217;m pushing this off to the <em>maybe<\/em> column and moving onwards. I don&#8217;t have thousands of dollars to drop on this right now anyway, so the priority is low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the annual List Of Things I Really Hope I Can Get To for the year of 2021. Looking back on last year&#8217;s list, I was able to get a bunch of things done\u2014and do some others that weren&#8217;t even on the radar. The engine got degreased\u2014I wound up buying a pressure washer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-do-list"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-GF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}