{"id":4302,"date":"2024-01-17T04:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2024-01-17T04:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:28:07","slug":"2024-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2024\/01\/17\/2024-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCF0268.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCF0268.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCF0268.jpeg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCF0268.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCF0268.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spent most of my time in 2023 focused on the Travelall, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2023\/01\/23\/2023-to-do-list\/\">there were a couple of issues I sorted out<\/a> with the Scout; the main one being the exhaust leak. That sort of sidelined her for a good chunk of the summer, but I got her fixed in August. There are a couple of small issues that need to be addressed that I&#8217;d like to tackle in the spring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fix the turn signal canceler.<\/strong> Left turns don&#8217;t work but right turns do. Why? Probably because I put the plastic return ring in the wrong position when I reassembled the column. At least now I&#8217;m not as afraid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ClEP6IK1u40\">tear into it<\/a> as I was the first time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get the exhaust manifold fixed.<\/strong>\u00a0One side leaking again and making lots of noise; I haven&#8217;t been able to figure out which is the culprit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replace the wing window seals and spring hinge.<\/strong> My wing windows are leaky and loose. The gaskets are dry and brittle, and the spring hinges inside the door are both broken. I have new rubber on the bench in the basement, and I&#8217;m trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dtk4D16x2YY&amp;t=1s\">assemble two working replacements<\/a> from the six spares I&#8217;ve got (this is more of a problem than it sounds; there are two failure points on these windows and most of mine have fallen victim to at least one of them). I&#8217;ll probably bite the bullet and pull the working windows from the truck.<\/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. Having looked at the inside of the tank and cleaned up the outside, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2022\/06\/13\/saturday-tinkering\/\">there&#8217;s a new sender mounted and ready to go<\/a>. The next step is grounding the tank and checking the wiring before it goes onto the truck, and then actually swapping it out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get the spare engine on a proper engine stand.<\/strong>\u00a0I&#8217;ve been saying this for a couple of years now, but I&#8217;d really like to get it done. 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<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent most of my time in 2023 focused on the Travelall, but there were a couple of issues I sorted out with the Scout; the main one being the exhaust leak. That sort of sidelined her for a good chunk of the summer, but I got her fixed in August. There are a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-do-list"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-17o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302","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=4302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4305,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions\/4305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}