[americanmusc1e]

August has been a busy month so far!

For starters, My trusty white 98 3/4ton chevy developed a bottom end knock on it's 290k mile motor This has pushed me to get the 49 on the road.

I feel like i've been working on the bed forever now. Here's more pictures. It's pretty much done besides the wood bed floor and eventual stake sides.








Then came a lot of frustration building a brake light switch bracket that I didn't take pictures of and getting the turn signals working. I finally took it for a real, road legal test drive last weekend. I still have a host of things to complete, but it's very roadworthy. I had some trouble with reverse in the transmission, but a band adjustment solved that. Here's a picture from the first offical gas station visit.



Last night I swapped the 195* thermostat and 210-195* fan switch for a 180* thermostat and a 195-180* fan switch. My gauges indicated that the thermostat was actually opening about 210 and the fan was turning on at nearly 220. Now hopefully I'll stay below 200.