A big box showed up yesterday. :D I got a phone call from my father asking if I could go over after work and get a big a** box off of his front porch.

It's a new bed side, found a killer deal and jumped on it.

Sweet!!! You have a good dad!

I ship everything to their house, keeps me from having to worry about my parts growing legs.

My '14 F150 has been in the Dealer's shop for the past two days...trying to figure out why the USB port doesn't work. :)

2005 Tundra just got new timing belt, water pump, cam seals, plugs, serpentine belt and belt tightener pulley put on it. First major work done to the truck since I have owned it. The only other thing I have done to it is replace the fluids and one set of front brakes, still has the original rear brakes after 135k on it.

When I had the 2" lowering springs put on the rear I also had Belltech Street Performance shocks put on. Well after 6 months of ridding around with jaw breaking shit on every bump we hit, I finally emailed CPP. I told them that their tech guy steered me in the wrong direction on the shocks. I did some looking and found the Belltech shocks were for "G" body cars.......mine is a "A" body. They wouldn't own up to the mistake but did tell me that KYB shocks makes a shock for 2" drop. I got the correct shocks and put them on today..........man what a difference.

Still in the shop. Funny how a non-working USB port has everyone stumped. :D

Really. Just put a new one in. Lol

So far they've replaced the USB socket itself...then the wiring harness...now after contacting Ford, their thinking it's some control module.
At every repair step, the part had to be ordered and shipped overnight then installed upon arrival.
I've got a new Edge for a Loaner. Wanted a Mustang...;)
Actually owned one of these when they first came out in '07. Our son now owns that one. Not much difference between those model years.

Hauled off the rest of the carcass Tuesday. :(

Just gathering parts, I have a few jobs to do that are in my way currently. Going to get his C10 finished up by the end of this week. Then paint the hood for the LeMans next week. After that, I should be able to start on my truck. And possibly get back to work on my 72' by the end of the year.

Thought some of you might find this interesting.

The hydoboost on my C3 exploded last weekend at Road Atlanta. Thankfully not while on track but in the paddock with the hood up and the engine off. It sounded like a shotgun went off when it happened. I was under the rear of the car looking at my half shafts and thought the front tire popped.

Crazy...

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When the cylinder blew off, it had enough force to crack the reinforced section of the hood completely through and spider the paint on the top side

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Holy crap Eric, I bet you about shat yourself. Any idea as to why that would have happened?

Wow ,that is scary .

Replaced the front anti-sway bar on the motorhome with a heavier duty one. Checked oil level in front hubs. It's down to minimum level so guess I'll have go get some. Need to check level in diff, maybe today if it stops raining.

Wow on the hydroboost eric.
Ive worked on quite a few over the years and never seen that happen.
Thats the accumulator cylinder that blew off correct?
Gota be a bad check valve that didnt bleed pressure down
But would love to know for sure.
Please let us know what you find out.
atb...mick.

Honestly don't know what happened. Obviously the casting cracked and allowed the accumulator to rocket off, but as to why is a guess at this point.

I am now in the process of going back quite a few decades in technology and converting to manual brakes on that car. Don't want to run a booster and the manual pedal feel should be better at the track anyway.

Definitely could have been bad if I had been working around the front of the car! The vette always draws a crowd at the track so also good no spectators were standing around when it went off. Also thankful all that power steering fluid did not catch fire on the headers!

Yeah, this is a first for me as well... I found the blue internal valve laying behind the motor once I started cleaning up. Did not appear to be damaged so not really sure what happened.

Sounds like it was just a bad casting. If it was a good casting how much pressure would it take to blow it apart? I'm thinking one hell of a lot.

Wife hooked up the car trailer today, but forgot to lock it down. Might need a new tailgate now. Glad the car was not on it. Was unloading the utility trailer that was on it, when it came off in down sloped driveway.

Ouch! That's a mistake you, hopefully, only make once in life.

Quote is for $1500 to fix

And the lesson you learned is priceless.

That's the truth, Finally gives me a good reason to go buy the new truck I've been trying to buy all year. Wife been saying no, but after the otherday maybe yes. Lol

I love my new Colorado and I get a lot of thumbs up now with the bigger tires and getting 22 mpg with the V6.

Day off, so I went and shuffled around a few vehicles at my folks. That allowed me to put the doors off of my old truck in the shop. I got both of them sanded down and some filler spread on two spots. I'll mask them both, finish the body work, and prime them over the weekend.

Oh, and because I know everyone loves pictures...

This was inside the driver's door. I didn't see it, and had my hand in the door to fish out a bolt I dropped. It hit my hand and I almost ripped my hand off trying to get it out of the door. It's funny now, but at the time I was panicking.

Dang!! Looks like he built his web out of 1/4" round stock! I would be in panic mode too!

Doors are in primer, masked off, etc. The jamb side is ready for some color, but the weather isn't playing along today. I'm hoping to get them completely painted this coming week.

Barely touched 70* today, made a last minute decision around 2 PM to lay on some paint. Came out decent, I'll let them dry the next two days and flip them over Friday morning.

Have been doing some research on rear bumpers, supposedly the stepside is the same as one from an SUV. Scored a nice, used bumper off of craigslist last night.

My father purchased a complete stepside bed with the bumper a few weeks ago. I brought the bumper with me today and compared it to his after lunch. Nearly identical, I had to remove two small plates that were riveted on after I pulled off the plastic trim. This was the last piece of that puzzle. Now if I can get the bed painted before the weather turns cold on a regular basis.

WHOA!!!!!! What is this "cold" weather you speak of? In Florida????

Anything under 70*, and painting gets sketchy. We are having a mild winter so far, last year it was about 20* cooler.

Where we stay in FL, southwest of Miami, they'll say a cold front is coming. That means the high will be 80 instead of 82.

Last trip I made to Orando it was a high of 62 and 30 at night. Still looking for a good used tailgate for the Tundra

Got one door and both door handles painted yesterday. One still needs some fine finishing, hoping to knock it out today and paint it tomorrow. Also trying desperately to get the bed ready and sprayed soon.

Got my doors painted after work today! I'm off tomorrow, going to get them on the truck in the morning if they dried well. I'll have non-dented doors and door panels that aren't falling apart. My next project will be to swap out the rest of the interior pieces and get a radio in it once again.

Good deal it always nice when a plan comes together.

Driver's door on. My father disagreed with me, and did not mix the pint and quart I had. As a result, the door handle doesn't quite match the door. (He used the pint to paint my handles, and I used the quart to paint the doors.) It is something I will have to fix at a later date.

A little before and after, the dented door and black handle vs. the freshly painted door and color matched handle.

Make the other door handle look like this one and your all set.

Passenger door is on. Going to swap in the rest of the interior and wire up the radio tomorrow. The past eight months without a radio has been hell. Hoping I can make everything I have planned - happen tomorrow.