OK.....bought the stuff at the Auto-Zone up by Brandon's.......that's right.....I drove past with Joe......I was gonna pose a pic w/ your truck but I figured either you would spot me or your neighbor would hit on me.....hehehhehe

 

Just stoppin in to say hello...

Hello!!!

hahaha

 

so one of those nagging, not-so-fun, PITA projects was Joe's hood. whatever paint was used on the inside of it was crap and peeling and some attention was going to be needed before it went back on.



sooooo....commence with the wire wheel and vacuum and compreesed air sprayer , repeat, repeat, repeat..

and you get this



add in some Joe and some Bar-B-Q grill paint.......



and you get this



and leads to a nice simple happy moment of being able to close the hood

 

dork....

 

Verry nice guys!

 

thanks man. it's the details that take the most time but have the greatest reward

 

Fooooooooo show

 

Lemme tell ya...Very impressed!!! You guys did a great job on that old girl!

 

tanx...

still quite a bit to do:

alternator
emergency brake cable
exhaust leaks
fender
inspection

enjoy


OK...that's not a BAD list after all.

 

That's about the list I have on my 4Runner...and much more!!! Except for the alt just replaced that 2 months ago.

 

sooooooo......

the ONE can of that alternator cleaner I bought, lasted about 1 minute and I got about 1/1th done.....boooooooo.

gonna have to pick up a few more cans tomorrow......boooooooo again.

cleans very nicely...stinks...but does the job.

 

At least your smiling now!!!

 

wait you stink or the cleaner...he he he

 

your face

 

is beautiful! Thanks!

 

Dear BBP's Wife,

Please come home soon.

Your husband is getting stranger by the minute.

Hope your boat doesn't get a flat tire.


Thanks,

Everybody in the World

 

soooooo.....some pics.

not so sure what I am accomplishing, if anything, spraying that stuff in there.....seems like I'm just gonna be moving crud around and it's going to accumulate somewhere else.

but anyhoo...

here is the stud that I think may be some, if not ALL of the problem. the nut that holds the wire on is damaged......my assumption is that something bad happened once causing an arc.

probably not the best pic.....but.....I'm going to work on these threads a bit more.....???sandpaper???....what else??



and .....ummm....it does this to the driveway



here's the nut...does not look good. mid you, this is the way it was when I was putting it back on.

 

wow....why are the pics small?? did the same thing as always. think my phone is messed up.

 

I think you just need new nuts...

 

thanks for noticing.

actually, that's the same nut....so i need 1 nut.

maybe i will take the alternator for a ride to work tomorrow and take it to Auto Zone after work and see how it testes and maybe get a new nut.