{"id":5632,"date":"2026-01-05T03:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=5632"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:12:04","slug":"2026-master-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2026\/01\/05\/2026-master-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Master To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I&#8217;m going to consolidate the annual To-Do lists into one page for simplicity. As usual there are several carry-overs from last year, mainly with the Scout II and involving smelly gas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travelall:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pull the front springs and have them rebuilt.<\/strong> The rears are coming back in the second week of January, and I&#8217;m excited to see how much of a difference this makes. the guys at the shop figure I&#8217;ll get 3&#8243; of lift out of them, which would help the stance out a lot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the brake system once and for all.<\/strong> It&#8217;s locking up intermittently, and I believe that has something to do with gunk in the last original section of brake line going along the frame rail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wire in some dome lights.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got the door switches and a hot wire from the dashboard; I just need to drill and install the switches, run the wire, and get it set up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drain the tank and put new plug washers in.<\/strong> The original brass washers aren&#8217;t sealing anymore so I&#8217;m getting a slow drip from the drain plug and the outlet hose. I&#8217;ve got new fiber washers waiting for a warm sunny day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bolt the rear floor into the truck.<\/strong> It turns out I didn&#8217;t need to take it out to reach the rear springs, so I&#8217;m going to pull it out one last time to hit any last bare spots with chassis protector and then install it for good.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2026-02-11T20:09:10+00:00\">Find or fabricate four mounts for the last two headliner bows and install them<\/del>. <\/strong>Found them at ACE hardware.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Order and install new headliner.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourautotrim.com\/yopehesari.html\">I know where I can find the raw material<\/a>. More on this later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy and install a C-series windshield wiper motor.<\/strong> They\u2019re about $200 and apparently bolt right in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Figure out why the fuel sender isn&#8217;t working.<\/strong> It functioned fine when I first put the tank in, and now it&#8217;s dead.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Figure out a better fuel tank venting solution.<\/strong> It&#8217;s currently backing up when I fill it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electric steering conversion.<\/strong> For this I need Brian&#8217;s help, but I think it should be straightforward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cut out and replace the driver&#8217;s side floor.<\/strong> This is getting on my nerves and I&#8217;d like to get it cleaned up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scout II:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pull, refurb, and replace the power steering pump.<\/strong> It&#8217;s leaking and has been getting worse lately. I&#8217;d bet the 40-year-old seals are too tired to deal with the extra pressure of the Hydroboost system. I have a spare in the garage, and will have to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wRNJYDfUzuQ\">how difficult<\/a> it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zZ3lvpLZRFc\">to rebuild<\/a>. And I&#8217;ll need to get <a href=\"https:\/\/leepowersteering.com\">new specialty seals<\/a> (pressure #40620, return #40630) for the Hydroboost hoses as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the gas tank.<\/strong> This is just a perennial entry on the Scout list. I have to get over my fear of burning up the dash and sort out the sender issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work out the overfilling issue<\/strong>, which has to do with proper venting from the tank. I have the original vapor separator sitting on my shelf, and I think I&#8217;ll need to put this back in and hook it up to the charcoal canister to help the tank breathe properly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix the turn signal indicator.<\/strong> It\u2019s not locking in or canceling on the right-side indicator. I think it just needs to be re-centered, which involves pulling the steering wheel again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Re-adjust the snaps around the doorframes on the soft top.<\/strong> They should go all the way around the metal doorframes and back into the canvas, instead of snapping into the frames.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add snaps to the vertical flaps.<\/strong> I\u2019ve just never done this, and they need it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Install a rubber grommet for the emergency brake.<\/strong> I can see down through to the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scout 800:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I&#8217;m going to consolidate the annual To-Do lists into one page for simplicity. As usual there are several carry-overs from last year, mainly with the Scout II and involving smelly gas. Travelall: Pull the front springs and have them rebuilt. The rears are coming back in the second week of January, and I&#8217;m [&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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-do-list"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-1sQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632","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=5632"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5700,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions\/5700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}