{"id":5826,"date":"2026-04-22T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:18:01","slug":"tires-and-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2026\/04\/22\/tires-and-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tires and Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having swapped one of the tires on to the new wheel I bought last week, one of the comments the guy at the tire store made got me thinking. I&#8217;d bought a set of 16&#8243; tires for this truck when I first got it, but wasn&#8217;t aware they were only rated for trailers, and it was a fight to get them to balance it. I don&#8217;t want to be driving this truck on tires that are only meant for occasional use, so I think I&#8217;m going to have to buy a new set and have them swapped on. From what I understand, I can put a set of 195\/75R16 tires on these wheels with no issues. An inexpensive set of van tires are only ~$400, and I can maybe sell the trailer tires on Marketplace for cheap.<\/p>\n<p>Next up on the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fix the fuel gauge.<\/strong> It was working a few years ago, and I&#8217;d sure like for it to work again.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2026-04-24T13:17:35+00:00\">Fix the exhaust hanger.<\/del><\/strong> At some point last week the rubber element in the replacement part I bought snapped, so I&#8217;ve got to fabricate a replacement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjust the idle faster,<\/strong> just a touch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clean up the tie rods and measure for new ones.<\/strong> This will be critical for getting the truck ready for long-distance trips, along with researching other suspension repairs\u2014bushings, greaseable fittings, and linkages.<\/li>\n<li><strong><del datetime=\"2026-04-24T13:17:35+00:00\">Paint the other wheels.<\/del><\/strong> I have to wire-wheel, prep and paint the passenger side wheels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replace the steering wheel?<\/strong> I&#8217;ve been waiting to do this until after the power steering is done, but the hell with it, maybe I&#8217;ll just put the new wheel in to make it look better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two things I brought back from Brian&#8217;s are a whole stack of aluminum\u2014two C-channels and a bunch of flat bar\u2014which will eventually be formed into a proper roof rack. There was also a 4&#215;4 sheet of 16 ga. steel, which will be formed into the patch for the driver&#8217;s floor. Those two projects may wind up being cold-weather pursuits; we&#8217;ll see how the summer shakes out.<\/p>\n<p>On the 800, I&#8217;ve only got one major task in mind: I&#8217;m going to drag it out of the garage, dribble a little oil down the cylinders to build up compression, and get it running off the boat tank. Then I&#8217;m going to let it run for a good long while to see if I can knock the rings loose. I&#8217;m also going to dump some Seafoam down the carb and smoke out the neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having swapped one of the tires on to the new wheel I bought last week, one of the comments the guy at the tire store made got me thinking. I&#8217;d bought a set of 16&#8243; tires for this truck when I first got it, but wasn&#8217;t aware they were only rated for trailers, and it [&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":[84,56,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scout-800","category-to-do-list","category-travelall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-1vY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826","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=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5831,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions\/5831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}