- Started trip route planning
- Replaced cabinet hinge pins with small stainless steel bolts and lock nuts
- Added foam shock cushion to air heater fuel pump mount
- Added footman’s loops and Velcro straps to secure kitchen cabinet doors
- Modified/improved engine pre-heater switch mounting in truck cab
- Turned off axle fording air supply (turned off air regulator)
- Researched:
- Other locking fuel tank cap options
- Air heater ducting insulation
- Speedometer upgrade options
- Entry ladder modifications and storing options
- Electric air compressor wiring modification
- Engine pre-heater use procedure
- Bonded and cut foam for Fantastic Vent plug
- Fabricated pour spout for gallon alcohol cans (for stove fuel)
- Organized spare parts, extra material, and provisioning
- Researched electronic maps for route planning
- Received 2019 Milepost Alaska trip planning book
- Corresponded with electronic speedometer company
- Ordered programmable electronic speedometer and sending unit
- Filled, pressurized, and tested fresh water system
- Filled and test drained gray water tank system
- Rewired inside of ARB air compressor
- Ordered and received material for new speedometer bezel
- Ordered, received, and installed food grade rubber hose for faucet to sink
- Received and installed new locking fuel cap
- Purchase pneumatic components for air compressor installation
- Purchased hose to drain gray water tank
- Received heater duct insulation
- Installed heater duct insulation
- Fabricated rubber compressor mount pad
- Installed electric air compressor
- Plumbed air compressor into truck pneumatic system
- Started routing air compressor wiring
- Started laying out new folding ladder design
- Ordered and received components for auxiliary air take-off system
- Purchased wheels for new folding ladder base
- Removed and cleaned section of forward gladhand stainless steel line from truck pneumatic system
- Added regulated air take-off from high pressure side of truck pneumatic system
- Removed old speedometer and speedometer calibration gearbox from transmission
- Cleaned up speedometer calibration gearbox
- Cut up (newly purchased) folding ladder to make parts for new folding habitat ladder
- Machined new Delrin bezel for fitting new speedometer in old dash panel hole
- Started bolting new habitat ladder together
- Fabricated compression plugs for inside tubes of new ladder assembly
- Finished wiring electric air compressor
- Tested electric air compressor and filled truck tanks with engine turned off
- Started fabricating ladder wheel mounts
- Received new programmable electronic speedometer
- Wired lights for new speedometer
- Fabricated wiring harness for new speedometer
- Fabricated steel upper mounting tabs for new ladder
- Modified existing habitat ladder mount to accommodate old and new ladders
- Re-installed ladder mount on habitat sub-frame
- TIG welded new ladder mounting bar assembly
- Match drilled pit-pin holes in new ladder mounting bar assembly
- Sand blasted and painted new ladder mounting bar assembly
- Wired and installed speedometer
- Finished fabricating ladder wheel mounts
- Sewed cloth cover for Fantastic vent fan plug
- Received hall effect sending unit for speedometer
- Sewed drawstring bag for portable propane stove regulator
- Sewed drawstring bag for portable propane stove
- Started designing transmission mount for speedometer sending unit
- Started planning local test trips
- Started populating truck with provisioning goods
- Finished fabricating new folding entry ladder (new folding ladder also doubles as a step ladder)
- Added footman’s loops under bed for securing cargo
- Tested stowing and setting up sewing machine and OLFA cutting mat
- Tested invertors and decided to purchase pure sine wave invertor
- Tested hall effect sensor proximity range
- Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
- Bench assembled and tested hall effect sensor assembly for speedometer
- Installed hall effect sensor sending unit assembly for speedometer
- Opened up padlock hole for securing spare tire
- Designed bathroom door
- Made bond test sample for bathroom door assembly
- Working toward making final orders to prepare for departure
- Calibrated speedometer using GPS and radar speed indicator
- Purchased bathroom door material
Replaced cabinet hinge pins with small stainless steel bolts and lock nuts
Modified and improved engine pre-heater switch mounting in truck cab
Turned off axle fording air supply (turned off air regulator)
Turned off axle fording air supply (turned off air regulator)
Bonded and cut foam for Fantastic Vent plug
Sewed cloth cover for Fantastic vent fan plug
Filled, pressurized, and tested fresh water system
Ordered, received, and installed food grade rubber hose for faucet to sink
Filled and test drained gray water tank system
Purchased hose to drain gray water tank
Rewired inside of ARB air compressor
Fabricated rubber compressor mount pad
Fabricated rubber compressor mount pad
Installed electric air compressor
Removed and cleaned section of forward gladhand stainless steel line from truck pneumatic system
Ordered and received components for auxiliary air take-off system
Added regulated air take-off from high pressure side of truck pneumatic system
Added regulated air take-off from high pressure side of truck pneumatic system
Added regulated air take-off from high pressure side of truck pneumatic system
Tested electric air compressor and filled truck tanks with engine turned off
Received and installed new locking fuel cap
Received and installed new locking fuel cap
Received and installed new locking fuel cap
Removed and cleaned old speedometer and speedometer calibration gearbox from transmission
Removed and cleaned old speedometer and speedometer calibration gearbox from transmission
Removed and cleanded old speedometer and speedometer calibration gearbox from transmission
Received new programmable electronic speedometer
Ordered and received material for new speedometer bezel
Machined new Delrin bezel for fitting new speedometer in old dash panel hole
Machined new Delrin bezel for fitting new speedometer in old dash panel hole
Machined new Delrin bezel for fitting new speedometer in old dash panel hole
Machined new Delrin bezel for fitting new speedometer in old dash panel hole
Wired lights for new speedometer
Wired and installed speedometer
Received hall effect sending unit for speedometer
Tested hall effect sensor proximity range
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Fabricated hall effect sensor mount for speedometer sending unit
Started laying out new folding ladder design
Cut up (newly purchased) folding ladder to make parts for new folding habitat ladder
Started bolting new habitat ladder together
Fabricated compression plugs for inside tubes of new ladder assembly
Fabricated compression plugs for inside tubes of new ladder assembly
Fabricated compression plugs for inside tubes of new ladder assembly
Fabricated steel upper mounting tabs for new ladder
TIG welded new ladder mounting bar assembly
Sand blasted and painted new ladder mounting bar assembly
Sand blasted and painted new ladder mounting bar assembly
Sand blasted and painted new ladder mounting bar assembly
Purchased wheels for new folding ladder base
Started fabricating ladder wheel mounts
Finished fabricating ladder wheel mounts
Finished fabricating new folding entry ladder
Finished fabricating new folding entry ladder
Finished fabricating new folding entry ladder
Modified existing habitat ladder mount to accommodate old and new ladders
Modified existing habitat ladder mount to accommodate old and new ladders
Re-installed ladder mount on habitat sub-frame
Finished fabricating new folding entry ladder
New folding ladder also doubles as a step ladder
Received heater duct insulation
Installed heater duct insulation
Opened up padlock hole for securing spare tire
Made bond test sample for bathroom door assembly
Sewed drawstring bag for portable propane stove regulator
Sewed drawstring bag for portable propane stove
Sewed drawstring bag for portable propane stove
Tested stowing and setting up sewing machine and OLFA cutting mat
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