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Has it eeally been 5 years aince i took this truck off my sons hands?

Man time flies.

just replaced thw gas tank and pump gave up.

New one on order.

cleaned up and painted the tank straps.

skid plate was a b*@$£. Will be drilling and tapping several bolts. Probably need to paint the skid plate too.

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Painted and reinstalled skid plate for fuel tank.

Welded in some new studs.

cut out and repaired a small frame rust spot.

new brake calipers. 1 was sticking so just replace both.

now if it will just dry up a little outside so i can get it out of the barn.

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You have done a lot of stuff to this truck, I had forgotten how much and I just reread a lot of this build again. Great stuff!  I said in your mjotm page I will add this to my list of things to look for, I definitely want to find one now...finding one in good shape is going to be tough.  

 

 

 

Interesting. Is there any way to adapt the Dakota brackets for those of us that can't weld?

 

Beats me.  I can't weld either... :shake:

 

I just got a welder and started to melt stuff together.

 

Hilarious!!!

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IT is a rubber foam mat I bought and just cut and glued it on with contact cement.

It does not like to stick to the roof when the weather gets real hot, though. Not falling off, but bubbles.

 

I plan on redoing it to insulate it from the bare metal roof sometime this year.

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Not big at all.

Pretty close to the stock rubber pieces.  

Other than the brackets, it was like it was made for it.

 

It does not fit with the comanche hitch bar though.  I have to modify that to fit. It hits the receiver so I'll have to lower the hitch just a bit.

 Should be an easy fix whenever I get around to it.

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