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Hey, that guy does nice work!:D

Yeah most all the surplus dealers have the valve cover gaskets. They are cheap too.

Nothing wrong with the cover sitting that low. Those bows and uprights were probably made for a non dropside truck or something. That, or your cover stretched.

No they won't. I have a pair of the brackets for you.

Well done. A proper diagnosis and repair.

This isn't an argument about rivets being good or bad. We all know that rivets can loosen and fail. Even the frame rivets on our trucks are supposed to be inspected periodically. If you have any doubt about the wheel, just weld it.

Weld the centers into the rim. Some people have had the rivets come loose. I understand that was the standard repair in the military.

They can be. You'll know real quick if one starts to fail. Best practice is to just go ahead and weld them up before you have a problem.

If your current paint job doesn't have any bad peeling or chipping spots it could take 3-4 days. Generally a week of straight work and good weather is what you should budget for. If your paint now is in real good shape we could probably do it in 2-3 days. I get high quality PPG paint cheap too...

When are you coming south again? I forgot. If you have time, and I'm healed up when you come through, we can put a nice paint job on your truck that won't cost you a fortune. That is, provided you have time.

Glad to hear you got the solar figured out. There are a couple other members here building campers and incorporating solar systems, and it seems that minimum panel requirement is around 1000 watts unless you like pi*sing in the wind.

Degrease the whole thing, then sand the areas that need it, wirewheel areas that call for it, and use aircraft stripper where the paint is real thick, then prime the whole thing and spray color.

It has some gloss to it now but it will go away as it cures. Mine was the same way when I painted it.

It is unburnt fuel. Are you sure your truck is running on all 6 cylinders? It can be hard to tell sometimes.

You'll want more than one panel. Probably four at the least, at 250 watts per panel. You want to have more charge capacity than your minimum draw with the fridge and air conditioner running, this way the batteries recover quicker.

I hope there wasn't any trash in it that ended up in the injectors. Did you check the fuel line ports before install?

So you run everything from a generator while stopped, or do you run some things from a battery bank and inverter? You should be able to run everything you need from solar with enough battery bank and good panels.

Yes, power to the fuel pump comes from the master switch.

Glad you found the issue. Let us know if you need help with getting other parts or new injectors to you.

Cool. That is nicely fitted out. I hope you are going through all of your hubs before you make the trip.