{"id":4729,"date":"2024-09-06T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2024-12-20T04:10:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T12:10:04","slug":"fall-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2024\/09\/06\/fall-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the roof project has pretty much wrapped up, I&#8217;m turning my attention to the next tasks to tackle. Keeping a list handy will keep me focused on the right stuff. I do have a tendency to wander so I want to make sure I&#8217;m working on things in the right order and staying on task. Given that it&#8217;s September and the weather is starting to get colder, I&#8217;ve got to hustle to get some final things done before I&#8217;m unable to. So here&#8217;s a list in rough order of importance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Continuing work on the wiring:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got to chase down the problem with the turn signals, add a dome light, add a license plate light and see if I can rig up some reverse lights. Oh, and maybe I can scab a radio in place.\n<ul>\n<li>10.12: the turn signals are back! One of the connections on the temp gauge came loose.<\/li>\n<li>11.10: License plate light is mounted and working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continuing to troubleshoot the clutch issues:<\/strong> I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more adjustment I can make to the clutch to get it to engage; I have to figure out what that might be and re-bleed the brakes again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cleaning off and painting the headliner bows:<\/strong> The ones I&#8217;ve got are good but covered in surface rust. I have to get them cleaned up and prepped for gray paint.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steering wheel repair:<\/strong> My brother-in-law scored me a very old and very tired wheel from a yard up in New York State. I&#8217;ve seen other folks online effect repairs with two-part epoxy and fancy OEM-grade paint; I&#8217;m going to take a whirl at this when the snow is flying and see how well I can make it work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjusting the front doors:<\/strong> Both of them have some sag. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/index.php?threads\/c-series-doors-weatherstripping-seals-window-tracks-hinges-rustproofing.132167\/#post-965521\">I tend to believe this is from the hinges needing work<\/a>; further investigation is required. Luckily, I&#8217;ve got spare hinges from the Green truck that I can disassemble and refurbish without taking the Red truck apart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Building out an aluminum roof rack:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got some basic plans for how I&#8217;d like to construct a rack for the back 3\/4 of the truck, but I&#8217;ve got to do some calculations for how I&#8217;d construct it to bear the weight of things like a rooftop tent, spare tire, and\/or solar panels. I&#8217;m thinking that I&#8217;d rent a TIG welder and get some basic aluminum and do a bunch of practice welding before I go nuts with this, but it&#8217;s definitely on the list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Send out the spare hood, 4 doors, and inner fenders for sandblasting:<\/strong> The hood on the red bus is covered in three thick coats of paint, but I&#8217;ve got a green hood sitting behind the garage that would swap in very easily. The passenger doors are in very rough shape outside; now that I&#8217;m more comfortable with shooting paint, I would love to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/index.php?threads\/rebuilding-a-c-series-front-door-of-wind-water-plastic-and-panic.148489\/\">the rear passenger door broken down<\/a>, stripped of paint and ready for IH Red.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Completed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Building out the bench seats:<\/strong> This is a primary project for the winter. It&#8217;s going to take some time and effort to get both seats covered in foam and built, and I have to do some quick work to the frames to clean them up before going to fabric.\n<ul>\n<li>11.1: Foam ordered!<\/li>\n<li>11.17: I&#8217;ve got all of the materials, and I&#8217;m ready to start on the upholstery process.<\/li>\n<li>12.1: The rear bench seat is complete.<\/li>\n<li>12.11: Seats are complete and mounted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removing the insulation on the roof &amp; adding sound deadener:<\/strong> Now that the roof is covered, the nasty, thin fiberglas that was glued to the inside roof needs to come down. This is going to be a dirty, messy job and I&#8217;m not looking forward to it, but I&#8217;d rather do it in the fall when I can wear a Tyvek suit and stay warm as opposed to sweating out a hot July afternoon. The goal is to get things as smooth as possible so I can replace it all with sound deadener\/insulator.\n<ul>\n<li>11.17: Insulation is gone. The roof is wire-wheeled and ready for paint.<\/li>\n<li>11.24: Sound deadener is installed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Weatherstripping:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got to replace it on the front two doors now that the rears are done. And the barn doors need some love pretty quickly, too.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>11.1: Front doors are complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mounting the mirrors:<\/strong> I&#8217;m going to weld threaded studs to the tops of the doors that I can use to mount the mirrors without drilling through them; this way none of the hardware will interfere with the weatherstripping on the other side. The bottom bolt holes still exist from the original mirror set.\n<ul>\n<li>9.8: The mirrors are mostly mounted and just need some finishing work.<\/li>\n<li>9.15: Mirror brackets are mounted, but I need to fix the mounting post on one of them.<\/li>\n<li>11.10: Both mirrors are mounted and complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matching paint and painting the door cards\/heater:<\/strong> I need to get the heater re-installed pretty quickly, so this one is high on the list. There&#8217;s a place locally that can match and mix automotive enamel, so I think this will be the priority in the next couple of weeks\u2014before the weather really gets cold.\n<ul>\n<li>9.8: The paint is matched and shot. I still need to spray clear coat over this.<\/li>\n<li>9.15: Clear coat is sprayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Re-installing the heater box:<\/strong> this will be one of the priorities in the next couple of weeks; I want to get the whole thing put back together before it gets real cold, test it out, and make sure all the moving parts work.\n<ul>\n<li>10.12: the heater box is finished and installed; all cables are connected and the box is wired back into the panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/index.php?threads\/how-to-rekey-ignition-and-door-locks-on-72-d-series-and-others-made-in-usa-even.148385\/\">Rekeying the door locks<\/a>:<\/strong> I&#8217;m going to pull the locks out of the green spare doors and <a href=\"https:\/\/vehiclesecurityinnovators.com\/product\/kenworth-ignition-two-door-lock-set-unbranded-aftermarket-replacement-part-2\/\">see if I can get spare barrels<\/a> to put inside so that I can actually lock the truck.\n<ul>\n<li>9.15: Door locks are pulled from all four doors, and new tumblers are on their way. I do need new retainer clips though, which are very pricy. Maybe I can steal one from a spare Scout II door&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>10.12: Door locks are installed and working. That took some doing, but it&#8217;s done!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classiccarstereos.com\/Blog\/how-to-bench-test-your-radio.html\"><strong>Testing out the radio:<\/strong><\/a> Speaking of, I&#8217;ve got a stock 1967 radio from the Green Truck that may or may not work. I&#8217;d like to put it in the Red Bus but not if it doesn&#8217;t work.\n<ul>\n<li><em>9.8:<\/em> this is actually a Ford product from the mid-60&#8217;s, so it&#8217;s not original. Still, it would be cool to use a period-correct radio. We&#8217;ll see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjusting the barn doors to close properly:<\/strong> the passenger side door doesn&#8217;t like to latch, so I&#8217;ve got to sort this out. And it&#8217;s the one with the lock.\n<ul>\n<li>9.15: I took a look at this and have it closing better now. It&#8217;s not perfect but it closes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the roof project has pretty much wrapped up, I&#8217;m turning my attention to the next tasks to tackle. Keeping a list handy will keep me focused on the right stuff. I do have a tendency to wander so I want to make sure I&#8217;m working on things in the right order and staying [&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":[3,56,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future-plans","category-to-do-list","category-travelall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-1eh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729","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=4729"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}