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Hello all;

Thanks for checking in and following along.

It has been quite a while since my last update. April 27 thru May 22 I worked 12-14 hours days straight thru. Work wise we were prepping for the annual outage and then executing it. We also took possession of a new-to-us home May 20th which was the last day of the outage. Leading up to moving day on May 29th, we were packing and preparing for the movers. We are now settling in the new place, finding places for everything. We had been in our previous home for 20 years and were quite cozy, uprooting everything and then settling in a new place is sure difficult. I can't find a thing in the kitchen!
I was able to get in to the shop today. I have been avoiding it actually as I figured I had a major issue I brought on myself. Spoiler alert, it all worked out okay. The last things I had been working on were the rear cab reinforcements and then putting the doors on for body working.
I put the doors on and then used the epoxy adhesive to glue the reinforcements in place. I left the cab with the wedges and clamps in place and as such could not close the doors. When I made it back in to check on it, after I removed the clamps I tried closing the doors...."ummm, that's not good" the drivers side door was waaay out of alignment and sagging by about 1/2-3/4"
At the time I had only been stopping in to check in and when I saw that, I was filled with dread that I had somehow twisted the cab while securing it to the dolly. I had then glued the reinforcements in place and I was thinking the worst, that I had fixed the twist in permanently. Sooooo much work to sort that out...
So today I started by confirming that I had not mixed up the hinge locations. When I removed them, I engraved each part with the location, so I didn't think I had it wrong. The issue wound up being that I had flipped the cab hinge and installed it essentially upside down. When I got it in correctly, the sort fits as it did before removal. The one lower hinge 1/2 had been "adjusted" at some point to align the door. When I was cleaning it up I thought briefly about straightening it and then I came to my senses and left it alone.

Whew!!!! Glad it all worked out.

That sorted, I dug out the latches and handles so the body person can latch the doors closed and not have them flopping around.

Stay safe,
Steve