Finished putting four coats of Dupli-Color Bed Liner on the inside of the back fenders. This stuff has small rubber particles suspended in the paint. With these fat fenders you need some kind of protection against rocks being thrown against the underside of the fender and putting a little spider star in the paint on top. This may not be a cure all but should help. A little trick I learned from the "Car Guys". Still haven't figured out how to run the air conditioning duct work yet.
I made two new rear fender brackets that connect the outside of the fender to the bed. This keeps the fender from flopping in the breeze.
Another problem rose it's head yesterday. Last time I started the engine, the goose neck on the intake manifold leaked antifreeze. That type of goose neck is notorious for being warped. I had removed it and flattened it by rubbing the flange part on a piece of sandpaper on a piece of glass. Then I applied some RV sealant and put the coolant back in the radiator. Yesterday I wanted to hear the engine run again and thought this was a good time to see if my fix worked. Ran the engine up to 180 degrees ( I have a 180 degree thermostat installed), but the temperature kept climbing to 220 degrees when I shut it off. The good news was, it did not leak.
While telling my friend Bob about it today, he said I just might have an air lock in it an to try it again before I tore it all apart. I did just that and the gauge again climbed to 220 degrees. After I shut it off I checked the radiator and the bottom was warm and the top was cold. I loosened the radiator cap and got a burp of air out and all of the radiator turned hot. I started the engine again and now it runs a flat 180 degrees like it is supposed to. Thanks Bob.
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one of Melissa's old boyfriends painted the bottom 1/2 of his truck with that paint so he could off road with out putting any nicks in his paint. I must say it did work.
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