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Camping in the rain.
Clutch fixed and suddenly we have a seemingly reliable machine, finally. Above we’re picking up a local batch of dumplings for lunch. Tasty! So now that the machine is running again, its time to rebuild our confidence in it.
Things causing trouble:
Fuel tank sender is now binary! Fix!
Rear differential seized up. Fix.
Carburetor is flooding all over! Fix.
It wont go anymore. Fix.
New differential is leaking oil like crazy. Fix.
Frame to bell housing grounding strap is falling apart. Fix.
Tie up the main power cable better under truck.
Fuel system looses prime. New fuel pump fixed this!
Headlight switch gets so hot it burned my finger. Look into this.
Roof leaks in the rain.
Passenger side wall leaks in the rain.
Passenger window box has dissolved. Need solution to this.
Put the window back together.
Expedition upgrades:
Get a five gallon bucket for washing things.
Find the bucket, I lost it.
Some sort of awning for rain.
Pretty impressive.
Julie’s next in line..
The rivet that holds the fuse connector to the power switch had worked loose. This caused a high resistance and all the heat. I could possibly fix it, maybe..
Side note: There was always this annoying buzzing, scraping sound coming out of the generator. I was told that this was “Just the way they were”. So I tried to ignore it. Ever since I swapped out this switch, the noise is gone!
Go figure!
Two thumbs up!
And we found that the truck does leak.
We got up before light because we were getting wetter and wetter inside the truck. Made a big breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon with coffee. Then jammed everything back in the truck and..
This was the first time taking the machine off island camping that it made it home under its own power!
WTG Franklin!
These two hit exactly over where I stashed my pants and right in the middle of our sleeping bags about two thirds of the way down.
Blek!
This leak fills up the area where Julie’s pillow sits. So I can’t just ignore it.
I almost put duct tape over it. Now I kinda’ wish I had.
But the bottom of this box is completely missing. The outer side, or what remains of it, is that rusted strip hanging there.
The outer plate that I removed holds the cranking mechanism. All of the weather stripping came out as dust and fluff.
The interesting bit was when I started to clean out these nests I found they were actually chewed up books!
I looked up Perry Mason novels.
The Perry Mason novels and short stories by Erle Stanley Gardner, published from 1933 to 1973.
Knowing nothing about sports, I looked up John McGraw
John Joseph McGraw, nicknamed "Little Napoleon" and "Mugsy", was a Major League Baseball player and manager of the New York Giants. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. While primarily a third baseman throughout his career, he also played shortstop and the outfield in the major leagues.
This stuff could have been hidden in here at the factory! I wonder if someone stole somebody else’s books and stashed them in here?
But the real deal now is. How in the world am I going to...
• Get the remains of the window box out to get at the holes in the wall?
• Fix the holes in the wall?
• Get/Build a new window box?
• Put all this back together?
Monday, October 8, 2018