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Yes I would put some dielectric compound on there if you have some. I am glad that it is all working for you. I got tied up yesterday and didn't have a chance to dig for my older manuals.

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Thanks Dale and BO....I've gotta run to parts store today so I'll pick some grease up while I'm there...

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Put the wiper motor back together..added the dielectric grease to it..so it should be good to go..

...they finally got us some help on the off shift at work so that should help ease up on the overtime some...thank goodness..This was my long weekend off from work....But I spent the whole weekend doing mostly notruck stuff...its just so dang hot/humid...miserable i tell ya..
Still got a little more wiring done though...i needed to put the front end together so I could route the headlight/turn signal wiring in and around the various places it goes...so I grabbed a pic of it in place...hopefully this wont have to come back off..

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It's starting to look.like a truck.......yeah!

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Yeah...I really need to get the cab painted,then I could hang the fenders... but it's just so dang hot/humid...

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Looking good!

I hear you on the hot/humid! The folks that don’t get the 95/95 days just cannot appreciate how miserable it is to try and do anything during the heat of the day.

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Oh, I appreciate it all right! I lived in Virginia and Alabama as a kid and then Virginia again a few years back - that’s why I live in Colorado At 6500’ now! :metal: no such thing as humidity here!

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Love the way this is coming along - it’s going to be a very sweet truck! Awesome job Greg!

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Thanks 67c and Scott....its amazing at how fast your energy level can go from wide open to 0....
Somebody else told me the humidity in Colorado was about 8%...that would be unreal...

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Nice progress. It kind of reminds me of the tow truck from the Cars movie so hurry up and hang some fenders. Kidding of course.

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The annual average humidity is 37%. In the summer like now it's in the 60% range, in the winter months it gets down in the 20% range or lower and we run humidifiers to add moisture and try to keep it up around 35-40% indoors. Otherwise you get too much static electricity and anything wooden gets too dry, shrinks and cracks, not to mention your skin gets dry, chapped and cracked. Some humidity is a good thing, but you can keep the 95% levels to yourself!;)

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Your work on that truck is awesome. The truck is looking great. Very thought out.

You are right about the heat, when it gets that hot and humid, sit in the shade and you can survive in shorts and a t-shirt. Try that when its freezing outside.

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Thanks BO...haha...
Thanks Scott...we have to use dehumidifiers to keep things from molding...
Thanks Robert...its even miserable in the shade...humidity so thick you can see it in the air...

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When I diseasembled the truck I saved all the little clips and things...plan was to clean and paint and reuse them...these clips were used to hold the brake/tail light wiring to the frame and also the fuel line to the frame...while doing the wiring I got the clips out to beadblast and got to wondering if I could just find new ones...well they still make them...they're called push on wire clips...I got these from wire depot, but theyre all over Ebay and other places...I got 3 sizes small, med ,large,,,,I doubt I'll use the small ones but who knows..I may find a use for them..
The clips in the bottom of the pic were used to hold the wiring to the inner fenders,...I'm not using those again ,as im running the wiring in the least visible spots I have....

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I bought those clips in various sizes at ACE before

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Yeah Dale,,,after I bought em I found lots of places that hadem..

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I also picked up these terminal strips...rated at 600v 25a...I figured these would be good for all my switch on and ground connections...i like the barrier strips and that they're covered also...

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Nice progress! You’re good at getting the details right

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The strips are nice, they look good too. Gonna be clean looking.

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Thanks Kirk and Dale...

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Sandblasted and painted the bumper mounts and bolts...
oh well, theres 6 more IH logo bolts headed to a obscure place where no one will ever see them...
one of the mounts was in good condition...the other was a total mess..if you remember how bad the bumper was , well the mount was just as bad..it was bent so bad I couldnt get the bolts out of it..a little heating with the torch and a lot of bending and hammering, and having to weld up a 1 inch long crack and I've got it back in good shape...

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Getting down to the small stuff. You are almost there!

When are you going on the cross country trip to show it off to the world?

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Thanks Robert.. there is a LOT of small stuff though...
There is a IH rendezvous in Colorado every yr that I plan on making next yr ,,good Lord willing ..

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Well..that's a new one....humidity is high....as usual....sweating like a borrowed mule...as usual ...
so bad so that sweat was running down inside my power tools and shocking the piss outta me...
So time to call it a day.....

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That doesn't sound like fun!