BettyBlue

[TheWarBeast]

Last night I had to drive up to Statesville to look at a car with a friend. Old Betty started howling on the way back. With the dual glasspacks i couldn't really tell where it was coming from. I pulled the fill plug on the diff today. It took full 2 quarts. Hopefully it will be a bit quieter.

 

[TheWarBeast]

I stopped for gas Friday and I noticed the back bumper on BettyBlue had been hit and the rusted part had broken through.


The bumper swap (and receiver hitch install) went flawless.We had to make 3 small changes to the bumper to make it fit the stepside. However, we made the tail lights mad. It took us 4 hours to figure it out. There was no power to them at all. No power off the fuse block. I unhooked the fuse block. Nothing amiss. Hooked them back up. Suddenly we had power. Odd. Then I tried to get the lights to work. Nothing. Finally I pulled the tail light harness off of Spooky's bed and put it on BB. Problem solved. Still don't understand why since everything tested good.



5 hours and all 7 rechargeable batteries for the flashlight and it was all done. 8pm. We were all worn out. Heath fell asleep on the couch with a piece of pizza.



Only thing I have done today is take a picture of BB's rear end.

 

[TheWarBeast]

After having to hunt for air for a trailer tire that went low I decided to fix the problem.


I snagged some scrap lumber. Some amp wire from a junk car, some screws, and turned them into a compartment for onboard air. I already had a compressor and tank so all I have invested in it is time.

 

[TheWarBeast]

I'm 6'3". Steph is 5'2". A bench seat is a wonderful thing, as long as I am driving - which is 99.7% of the time. However, after surgery she had to drive me a good bit until the doc released me to drive myself. It was a good thing the transmission in the Blazer lasted till I was released to drive.

Most 60/40 split benches are split on the passengers side where the passenger has almost a bucket. Great, unless you have to have a car seat. To move the seat you have to adjust the seat belt on the car seat. A PITA.

Thursday I went to the junk yard to get some parts for my nephew's Toyota Sienna. Poor van has been beat to death. While I was there I took a look in the full size truck section. I found these out of an extra cab pickup. Not in bad shape at all.

You can kinda sorta see the tear on the drivers seat.

Friday night I got out the upholstery thread and needed that Steph bought me and got to work. Betsy Ross I ain't

Heath is pointing it out in case you can't see it.

Saturday we got out and installed it.
For some reason the passengers seat is higher in the middle than the stock seat was. I will have to find a solution for that at some point. Anyone have any ideas?

Then we installed a roller door pin and spring in the drivers door so it doesn't slam back out on the fender any more.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Is the seat meant to be that high in the center like that? I kind of, sort of remember them being kind of high for comfort or some kind of support. You could always pull the lower seat skin off the foam and trim the foam down. A lot of work tho.

 

[TheWarBeast]

Is the seat meant to be that high in the center like that? I kind of, sort of remember them being kind of high for comfort or some kind of support. You could always pull the lower seat skin off the foam and trim the foam down. A lot of work tho.

The back of the seat goes up towards the center.

 

[TheWarBeast]

No big changes. I did have to put a better set of tires on it. The bicycle tires that came on it nearly caused a couple of interesting collisions when the truck refused to stop on dry pavement.

I also bought a dump trailer. It wasn't all that happy to pull it home, but it did it.

And I bought a Furd

 

[07Burb]

Glad to see your still bee boppin' around

 

[TheWarBeast]

Glad to see your still bee boppin' around

Things have been hopping. Steph got a new job teaching a special ed class. My oldest daughter moved in with us. Oldest daughter had to have appendix out. Lots of cars and scrap metal have been hauled. Back has been much better since the surgery. And much more.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Things have been hopping. Steph got a new job teaching a special ed class. My oldest daughter moved in with us. Oldest daughter had to have appendix out. Lots of cars and scrap metal have been hauled. Back has been much better since the surgery. And much more.

Good for you!