What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

I finished installing a rear Antirock Swaybar on the K5 Blazer and had the muffler put back on. (I had to move it forward.). It handles so much better.
 

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Installed a drop bracket for my track bar and broke two bolts in the steering box. Ordered a new steering box spacer and removed the broken bolts. Got my JCR off-road DIY bumper all mocked up ready to weld and checked on the block at the machine shop. Should be ready for the weekend to begin reassembly. A productive day overall, considering a full day of work beforehand.IMG_20200506_222231.jpg
 
Added frame mounted recovery points from Treaty Oak Offroad to the front of my 4Runner. Is it overkill having these and points on my bumper? Possibly. Is it a belt and suspenders approach to recovery points? Yes, yes it is. Does my paranoid brain ever need to worry about whether the force of a recovery will be too much for my bumper? Nope.
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Yesterday, I put on my lift shackles, and idler Arm brace. Also go my rear bumper welded, and mounted, and fabbed up a swing arm for it.

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Today, I got the first two coats of primer on the bumper.

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Clean up from Quarantine Jailbreak #2 (a fictional story of isolating in real isolation)

Returned from an alleged 3 day camping trip last night. I did put up another post on the trip planning forum "Nat'l Forest Rd 81" report or something like that. It's allegedly still below freezing in the wee hours at altitude in the Sierra Nevada by the way, and the high country roads and trails snow is still a problem.
Today vacuumed all the wood gathering debris out of the carpet. Also had a tire patched that got a screw on the trail (go figure... allegedly way out in the middle of nowhere and get a screw in the tire).
Fixed gear as I put it away. Coleman stove had a mystery rich burner. Found and removed a wad of spider web from the mix tube. Modified main upright poles for my Kodiak 8x9 tent (a known complaint, the locking mechanism stripped out and we allegedly had to use a stick carved as a wedge and a hose clamp to hold it together under tension). Replaced very cheap hardware with standard hardware today. Added an eye bolt for a tie down or foot peg to help in setting up the poles. If you have this tent you know what a PITA the system is.
Also the cooling mod did ok, I think I finally have a happly set point for the electric fan controller. Never hit 210 degrees, bounced between 195 and just below 210. And if you decide to make an alleged trip, we allegedly packed everything inside the WJ behind tinted windows with nothing on the roof, and wore collared shirts and such and looked like we were headed to work as we allegedly broke the blockade and allegedly drove all over the Sierra National Forest.

Some pics for the fun of it. Photo shopped of course. PS, the Ranger station in Prather had a notice that you are welcome to cut as much wood as you want without a permit since they are closed. Since wood is essential for heating your house- work the math.

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Really like that alleged cabin ! Thanks for the alleged pictures on your alleged trip too.