{"id":2968,"date":"2022-01-02T13:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T21:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2022-10-30T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:44:03","slug":"2022-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2022\/01\/02\/2022-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 To-do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSCF9028\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/idiotking\/51162888405\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51162888405_59a9b088a6_b.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DSCF9028\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, I did a lot of things I wasn&#8217;t planning on, but needed to get done, like rebuilding the front bearings, replacing the front brakes, installing a cool bumper and then adding fog lights. Okay, maybe the bumper and fog lights didn&#8217;t <em>need<\/em> to happen, but it sure looks better.\u00a0Reviewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2021\/01\/31\/2021-to-do-list\/\">the T0-Do list from 202<\/a>1, there are some big things I thought I might be able to accomplish and some that were blue-sky goals; there will be some things that carry over to next year. And\u00a0I&#8217;ve got some new goals for 2022, in order of importance and realistic accomplishment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2022-04-30T11:36:06+00:00\">Refurbish the heater core.<\/del><\/strong> I&#8217;ve got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2022\/02\/05\/winter-parts-grab\/\">a used box<\/a> ready to go; it needs to be sandblasted and painted. Then I&#8217;ve got to check the original motor and either rewire it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partsgeek.com\/catalog\/1979\/international\/scout_ii\/climate_control\/blower_motor.html\">or buy<\/a>\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingscout.com\/products\/waiting-heater-blower-motor?_pos=4&amp;_sid=68fd52ac1&amp;_ss=r\">new motor<\/a>. <em>Done!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2022-09-17T14:15:44+00:00\">Replace the windshield.<\/del><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2016\/03\/20\/2016-to-do-list\/\">2016<\/a>)\u00a0I pulled a good clear windshield from a Scout this summer, cleaned it up and made it ready to put in. I&#8217;ll need to order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/windshield-seal-scout-ii\">a new windshield gasket from Super Scouts, <\/a>do some practice runs on the spare frames I&#8217;ve got, and then take a deep breath before I remove the old glass. <em>Done!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the goddamn wipers.<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2018\/09\/09\/2019-to-do-list\/\">2019<\/a>)\u00a0I still don&#8217;t know what the deal is with the wipers or why the motor works but the switch doesn&#8217;t, but I&#8217;ve now got a third switch to swap in and see if I can get things to work behind the dashboard. If it&#8217;s not that, there has to be a melted wire somewhere that I&#8217;ll have to chase down in the rat&#8217;s nest back there.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2022-05-02T12:47:35+00:00\">Fix the turn signal cam on the steering wheel.<\/del><\/strong> I&#8217;m 3\/4 of the way into the teardown on my spare wheel, and it all seems to make sense so far. Sure would be nice to have functional cancelling turn signals. <em>Done!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotate the tires.<\/strong> This is pretty self-explanatory, and should be easy once I get a decent floor jack. One thing I&#8217;d like to do while I have the tires off is measure the backspacing on the spare tire to see if it&#8217;s anywhere near the aftermarket wheels I&#8217;m running on the truck. This way I&#8217;ll know if I can use the spare on the front wheels without rubbing.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2022-10-30T22:42:04+00:00\">Pull the spacer on the starter.<\/del><\/strong> I&#8217;ve come to find out the spacer in between my starter and the engine block is meant for automatic transmissions, so it needs to come out. I&#8217;m a pro at swapping starters at this point, so this should be a 30-minute fix, tops. Humorously, in going through my parts bins this week, I found a second spacer.<em> Done 10\/30! Took all of about ten minutes, but I already had her up on the stands for exhaust repairs.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the battery tray.<\/strong> (2021)\u00a0<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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swap the gas tanks.<\/strong> I have the original steel tank Peer Pressure came with, and I&#8217;ve heard from several places that poly tanks will never seal at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/fuel-tank-gauge-sender-scout-ii-scout-terra-or-traveler\">the sender<\/a> properly. I&#8217;m inclined to believe this after eight years of suffering through gas fumes and leaks. The plan is to build a quick cradle\/turntable out of wood, mount the tank on that, and dump some gravel inside. A half an hour of turning it like a cement mixer should remove any rust or scale inside, and then I can test it for leaks. When that&#8217;s done I&#8217;ll spray it with undercoating, test the sender, and put it in. I&#8217;m going to dig out the original evaporator linkage I stored away to aid in venting it properly. But the first thing I have to do is get the existing sender off the tank; it&#8217;s on there tight and not coming off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get the spare engine on a proper engine stand.<\/strong> The problem isn&#8217;t the stand, but how I can lift the engine up onto it. My garage is in no shape to support a chain hoist or any kind of overhead block and tackle, so I&#8217;ll have to borrow an engine hoist from somewhere for a 15-minute operation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy a Scout Shed.<\/strong> My garage is pretty full, and I spend a lot of time reorganizing stuff just to move around in there. I&#8217;ve been considering a premade shed to store all of the parts I&#8217;ve got squirreled away, which would free up a lot of space in there. I&#8217;m earning some scratch on the side working on the schoolbus, and if I&#8217;m careful I could pay for this with a couple of weekends&#8217; work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, I did a lot of things I wasn&#8217;t planning on, but needed to get done, like rebuilding the front bearings, replacing the front brakes, installing a cool bumper and then adding fog lights. Okay, maybe the bumper and fog lights didn&#8217;t need to happen, but it sure looks better.\u00a0Reviewing the T0-Do list from [&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-2968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-do-list"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-LS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968","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=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}