Recent content by Dakota Houligans

There are charts that tell you how many ounces of beads you need to have per tire size. Add them and drive. I've used them many times with good results from car tires to 35s on personal vehicles and trailers. In the winter they can freeze together with the moisture in the tire. But will...

Then time for exhaust. 2 1/2" into 3" high flow cat and out. All mandrel bent. Lots of cutting and fitting later and it was welding time. I put v band clamps strategically to make removal easier.

Radiator and fan in. Trans cooler and power steering cooler in process. Door internals in. And door panels on.

Some engine wiring fun. I have a lot of systems to combine and verify wiring. Removed a few.. Cleaning up the hvac box under the hood. Cleaned and painted with trim black.

The cover for the auxiliary battery and wiring is done and fits decent. Cleaning up lower and upper intake manifold. Then it was time for some port matching. Opened up with 120 and 240 grit cone sanding bits on a die grinder. A little material removed. Then it was time for some...

Thanks. Lots of practice and training. And being stubborn enough to beat yourself up until you pull it off.

Rear seats for the kids. If we like them I'll probably change the color in time. Also have worked on getting door glass prepped to reinstall. I will try to get some more up.

Lots of updates. I will try to get some posted.

In Minnesota Blue Mounds State Park is decent. I'm sure there are more but most of my camping in MN is near Duluth. South Dakota - east side of state Vermillion State Park, Palisades State Park, a lot of the small towns have city campgrounds. West side of state - Badlands National Park and...

After getting it put together. I put some extra sound deadening material on the back side. Along with covering the opening I made to clear some things with a speaker covering fabric. All cleaned painted and installed.

Had some time for more interior work. Got both rear panels trimmed to fit. Now it was time to make some repairs. So I cut some leftover parts into strips and figured I'd play with homemade plastic welding I used a hot air tip on a butane soldiering gun to melt the plastic together and...

Started trimming more of the interior panels to fit around the roll cage and other modifications. The kick panel and A pillar parts took the longest so far. 2 more to fit on drivers side and then long cleanup and color match work. But closer every time I make it out to the garage.

Put some matte clear on the dash parts. Also finished up the wiring behind the dash and got it put back in. Lots more panels to trim to fit around the roll cage and other modifications.

Only small progress. Garage furnace gave up. So waiting for it's replacement to show up. But managed to finish up the firewall wiring behind the dash. Ran the switch wiring and power and ground for the rear accessories through the firewall. And bolted up one slider. I seem to have...