Paddler Ed
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Great truck ed.
Btw. You can edit the thread title yourself. Between the title and your first message there is a button 'thread tools' with edit title behind it.
Thanks Firewout - I edited the thread title last night after a few beers and in the car on the way home, so had a good typo in it... so I've now corrected that.
We got a bit more done yesterday as well; we now have functioning front indicators; it turns out the relay was dead, but as it was a 2 pin relay I just stole the one from one of the motorbikes (the XT was already in pieces that gave me decent access to it) and used that to diagnose the problem. Quick trip to SuperCheap (they were the only ones open at 430pm on Saturday) and I had a new relay in there.
Today has been a quiet day; a mate is coming to make the bumper tomorrow, and we didn't get anything else done. However, I've been working out what knobs are missing on the dashboard - so far it seems to the cigarette lighter and the knob for the heater... as the heater core isn't connected, this isn't a real surprise anyway!
I do have a few more bulbs to replace though - the one behind the BRAKE light is dead (I swapped that one around to somewhere that was more necessary) and I need to pull the cluster (again) to do the main beam light as well. Main beams work, but the light in the dash doesn't.
So this week's list is:
- Tail lights: Trying to get the local Auto Sparky to come and do them - he'll do a much neater and stronger job than I will.
- Mount the tray at the front 2 mounts (currently located on a bit of 25mm x 100mm timber that is bowing a bit
- Fit the weatherstrips (which means taking the windows out... and therefore that becomes an optional job... as long as we don't get more rain)
- Get the windscreen fitted (I may get them to fit the weatherstrips for me...)
- Sort the front bumper out
- Work out if I need a working heater for the NSW Blue Slip...
- Get a weigh bridge ticket for the unloaded weight (the only problem is I think I have a nearly full tank of fuel)
- Get some new headlights as the current ones are a bit manky.