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It was laying on the floor and the bottom rubber was next to it. I stooped down and looked up and saw it was the front cab mount from the mule right under the brake pedal. Interesting. I thought that's nice. I bet that bolt will be fun to get out. I sprayed PB Blast and put the cordless 3/8" Snap On impact on the bolt. I hammered it back and forth and sprayed it again. I left it sit and went outside and mowed some grass. I came back every once in a while and hammered on it with the impact back and forth. About 2 hours later I decided it was time to get ugly with this thing. So I put the 1/2" Snap on cordless impact to it. That was a breeze. The bolt came right out. I gave it thought about the cage 
nut breaking loose in the body. It did not. 
The bolt was not really as bad as I had imagined it to be. I dug around in my bins and found a new cab washer from back in the day when these type of trucks were new. 
I put a 1/2" grade 8 bolt and some pure nickel never seize on the bolt and drove it in tight. I thought about changing them all but just decided to check them all. They were all good. Strange. I sprayed some undercoating on the new front inner fender aprons. That was about all I completed on the Mule today. More grass to mow and ribs to cook. 
The right apron was from a Youpullit score yesterday. I cut out for the quad shock and the other left one is a Genuine GM restoration part. Made in Taiwan. Sorry I had to say it. Genuine GM restoration part made in Taiwan. Thank you for looking. I must move on to Mr Rusty the rest of the day.
Today i got out the rear roof section and reattached it to the super structure of the Mule. It is sanded and if all goes well this vehicle will be painted on Saturday AM. Thank you for looking. The left side and the rear is all sanded.
Both inner fender aprons installed this evening and the right side and complete roof was sanded. 
I am trying for the complete paint on Saturday AM. Thank you for looking. I think I am boring you guys at this point.
I have it all taped up and ready for paint tomorrow AM. I want to get it painted early in the AM to avoid the heat of the day. I will spray it with epoxy white sealer. I am top coating it 686 tan Sherwin Williams CARC. It is the single stage CARC. A lot easier to spray then the Niles Chemical Paint. That is 2 part CARC. Thank you for looking. I have the cowl covered to prevent the paint from getting on my black plastic cowl screen. The cowl and the front lower valance have already been painted. I should have painted the D ring attaching tubes but I over looked them. They will be painted tomorrow also. Along with Mr Crusty's left fender inside. I am using up decals that we use at work to wrap trucks as my mask and hole filler. Works well and is better than just discarding it. Keeps in my low budget project that turned out to be a total re do. I did not plan it this way it just went this way. If the engine would have kept going this would have never happened. I would still be driving it and have the patch work repair panels with the hot caulk and rivets. Thank you for looking have a good day.
All sealed and ready for paint by 1000. Thanks for looking. It is a nice day out today do not waste it.
The Mule has been painted with 3 coats of CARC paint. I have a few spots that have some dry edges. i will sand them out and do another coat to smooth things out. Not sure it may have been to hot today. Overall it looks real good. Just a few areas need attention. Anybody ever have this happen to them? CARC is not exactly user friendly stuff. It is not for smooth perfect paint jobs. Thanks for looking.Saw some NOS 1009 wheels on E-gay today 53$ each.
I noticed post 101 and 102 someone was looking for wheels and he had a 1009 in his avatar,and saw some on ebay being sold by deuceseller out of Brackney,PA. Rick if you search on the site under cucv m1009 you can find them if in need.Sorry has nothing to do with your build but its where I saw it so was just trying to help a brother out.
Thanks for the heads up but I think I'll hold off for now. Rick has me motivated to rebuild my engine.
