haha, thanks Rex, that means you EB! Edmonton is more local than VA lol. Nice road trip to Winnipeg over Remembrance Day weekend?

I might have to try convincing the wife to lend a hand "well you want to park in that garage don't you?"

 

I honestly would love to come give you a hand but that's a 13 hour road trip from Edmonton, and my wife wouldn't forgive me if I left her with the kids to pack all weekend. We just bought a house and take posession in a week so we're getting ready to move.

On the snow note, It's snowing here right now.

 

congrats on the house, might not be the best time for a road trip then haha

yeah it's snowing here too

 

Looks like it's about a 40 hour drive for me!

 

So I think I got a decent amount of work done today.

- Last bolt on the motor mount I was having trouble with is in, motor mounts 100% done
- trans cross member and mount are in place, bolts need tightening still
- passenger side inner fender installed
- coolant reservoir installed
- computer installed
- front diff in place, still needs 1 bolt installed and rest need tightening
- passenger side knuckle, wheel bearing and cv shaft installed

Not bad for 4 hrs

 

Driver side suspension is all put back together as of yesterday, also tightened up all of the front diff mounting bolts. Front diff just need the actuator installed, otherwise it's 100% done.



Today I was able to clean up the garage and made enough room to get a vehicle in. Also mostly finished up the passenger side suspension, just need to install the brake caliper into the bracket

 

Looks like you're making good progress! It's exciting to see.

 

Saturday I was able to get the driver side inner fender installed and finished up the passenger side brakes

 

Well I didn't go to work today due to not being able to see the road a foot in front of my car...


So I worked in the garage most of the day.


I was able to get the exhaust installed, figure out some more electrical connections, install the front diff actuator, put the rest of the passenger side fender bolts in, install the battery tray, and install the driver side fender

 

Paul came over and we got a bit done on the truck today.

We got the new parking brake cables ran, just not hooked up to the brakes yet. It's hooked up inside though.
FYI: Do NOT buy dorman stuff, fitment is horrible.

First the rubber grommet where it goes into the cab was way to big, so we salvaged the old one



Then the next piece of the parking brake cable had ends that were way to big to fit into the bracket, so Paul ground it down on the bench grinder



Then the next part of the cable had a different part of the end that was too big, so I filed some of it off until it fit in.

Next we replaced a couple pieces of vacuum line and then bolted the inner fender to the outer fender which turned out to take a lot longer than expected. The capture nuts were all pretty rusted so we had to swap most of the out. The inner fender was a bit bent or warped which made the hole not line up.

We also bolted up one of the tires onto the front and installed the hood.