Took her to the river and did some muddin'

 

Finished all rough sanding (220 grit) on body and pulled door panels off, removed mirrors (pass side bracket had been broken and rigged with tie wraps) to keep from having to mask.

Will wet sand all over tomorrow and be ready to prime.

 

I worked on my console some more. I fabricated the cell phone mount. In the thread I started the mount is going to go where the L is by the radio. I started putting on the body filler and sanding. Now I need to put in some cup holders, put in the door for the storage area, and cut a hole for my switch panel. Then she'll be ready to seal up and bed line

 

Cam pics/comments/questions on Wh1t3NuKle's truck moved to new thread.

 

Thanks very much sir!

 

Played around in a big ole dirt hole at the brother in law's house. Bottomed out on the gas tank

No worries, it's all good.

 

drained the oil, pulled off the oil filter, took tranny support brackets off, wrestled with the starter - i won and removed dust plate. also hammered out the bend i had in the dust plate.

 

Someone hit my truck with a damn shopping cart and put a dent in it just below the gas cap.....took a mallet and hammer to it and it's not as noticeable, gonna have some drinks and hopefully get over it by morning

 

Recently discovered that I *do not* have the original engine in my '88 D100.....in my quest to discover the exact engine, I've managed to find the casting numbers for the block (appears to b 12 digits) as well as the time (casting clock and Day/Night indicator) as well as the casting date (8/24/84). Now, the question - there is supposed to be a 7 (?) digit engine ID stamped on the engine (somewhere near the cylinder head) - can anyone give me some clues as to where this last ID is located?? Right now I believe it is on the driver's side (firewall side, of course) near the cylinder head - worst place in the world as far as access......I'm sure some of y'all have been down this road before. The real kicker (and reason) for this egg hunt is that the oil dipstick that came w/ the truck is the wrong one, so I need to rectify this situation if I'm ever going to be able to determine the true level of oil in the beast!!! Thanks in advance for your time!!!! Magruber

 

Washed the mud off my truck friday, strangely, it's actually dirtier now than it was before.