In process of collecting parts (master and adjustable proportioning valve) to revise the brake system and hopefully resolve the rear wheel lock up condition. I am planning to use a 1.250" straight bore master with the front brakes directly connected to the master and a 2 port adjustable proportioning valve in the line from the master to the rear brakes. It may require a little creative brake line work to connect everything and have it look decent but I do not expect it too be difficult. I'm hoping to be able to dial in the proportioning valve before winter.

It has been raining here a lot lately and I do not have functional wipers at this time so between the brakes and the lack of wipers the truck has been parked.

I am planning to add heat/sound deading materials to the interior of the cab before I install a head liner, sun visors, etc. (none of which I have at the moment).

I need to sort out why my interior light does not work. I know the harness I installed is setup for the light to be controlled by door switches (which I don't have) or the headlight switch but what I have now is a power lead (I think) going to a small rocker switch that replaced the original, feeding the light using the light body as the ground.

I found that my low beam headlights were not working but high beams were. I traced the problem to the foot operated high beam switch and found that when I mounted the switch the connector body had contacted adjacent bolt heads the pushed the electrical portion of the switch out of place. Once I pushed the electrical portion of the switch into place everything worked so I added spacers under the dimmer switch to provide clearance. I still need to aim the headlights.

I adjusted my drag link to get the steering wheel closer to centered when driving straight. I still need to get the toe in checked/adjusted.

My winter project list seems to grow everytime I think about what needs to be done.


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