Truck Update 7/1/18

  • Drilled 2 1/2″ hole through floor for airhead composting toilet fan
  • Drilled and ran wiring from lower driver side corner to airhead composting toilet fan
  • Fixtured and clecoed lower 4 corner caps
  • Torqued and sealed all 4 wired gland nut bulkhead fittings
  • Milled outer round contour of spare tire mount plate
  • Fit checked spare tire mount plate on spare tire wheel hub
  • Milled side gussets for spare tire mount plate
  • Cut vertical rails to mount spare tire
  • Trimmed spare tire mounting lugs
  • Bonded forward upper driver side corner cap
  • Bonded 5 more corner caps
  • Received 12/24V LED fog lights
  • Received 12/24V size 194 LED marker light upgrade bulbs
  • Received 3 additional Grote amber marker lights
  • Bonded final 2 corner caps
  • Received 4 of 6 100W solar panels
  • Sand blasted plating off tire mount studs
  • Final welded tire mount plate
  • Received final 2 100W solar panels
  • Weld prepped tire mount plate support straps
  • Tack welded tire mount support strap assembly
  • Welded tire mount assembly onto rear frame
  • Drilled holes through rear frame for sand ladder mount studs
  • Reviewed battery options
  • Cut steel box beam for final tire mount structure
  • Removed clecos from corner caps
  • Countersunk cleco holes using aircraft microstop
  • Filled cleco holes with Korapop 225
  • Sealed all internal habitat joints using 225
  • Sealed forward driver side vertical joint using 225
  • Sealed habitat side passthrough frame joint with 225
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