thanks! i'm pretty happy with the way the dent pulled out, so it'll last me for a while

Ian you did pull it out nice and a little putty over your worked metal I am sure you would make it look perfect . nothing to lose if you are getting a new one just able to gain some experience

...except some much needed cash
i would like to learn how to do body work, but on someone else's dime

Body work really is an art. I liked it better then playing mechanic, eventhough there is definitely an art to that as well. To me the hardest part of being a 'collision technician' was mud work & metal work. Straightening metal to the point it is flat can make you crazy, just when you think it's flat the painter puts some black with clear-coat and it looks like you did the mud work with your feet. Then you are fixing it on your dime and paying the painter to re-shoot it. I really did like that job, but I like my freedom more now. Definitley a skill to have!

Most definitly would agree. I did not like being the body guy. I spent three years at school for auto collision. only 6 was spent learning collision tech, the rest was refinish and custom. Much more my speed.

thanks rb and zach... i feel more confident about doing that stuff, but i'm still saving my money.

also, as i drove home with all the lights on, they all dimmed (noticeably) whenever i let off the gas. :sigh: yeah, new alt is needed. no time soon, though. first up is a new radiator/coolant flush (after the bed-dent-thing)

can of mud , couple cans of primer and paint not that much $ as compared to the learning experience

ask your buddy swimmer his first attempt turned out nice.

ha, i added all my loads up, and they added up pretty quickly. if i had the headlights and hellas on with the usual stuff i have on while driving at night, i draw close to 40 amps, leaving 20 for charging. plus i want to put dual batteries and inverter in sometime... hmm...

i can get a 200 amp for less than $200, as well as any other high-output alternator (off of ebay or rock-auto). anyone know a specific model gm truck that uses the alternator used in the swap? or will any of them pretty much work?

http://www.alternatorparts.com/cs130_sbpage1.htm
http://www.alternatorparts.com/cs130...uv_upgrade.htm
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/c...nstall-209649/
http://www.off-road.com/trucks-4x4/t...ade-18551.html
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/alternator/
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...hlight=OOP%27S
http://www.rocketcityrockcrawlers.co...%20Project.pdf
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f37/...-mount-139305/
http://www.toyotaoffroad.com/Article.../Chevy_Alt.htm
http://www.extreme4wheelin.com/tech/...ators/tech.htm
http://www.nwtoys.com/tech/chevy-alternator
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/c...nstall-209649/
http://www.alternatorparts.com/cs130...uv_upgrade.htm
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=207958
http://www.extreme4wheelin.com/tech/...ators/tech.htm
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthrea...hreadid=207958
https://www.yotatech.com/~corey/tech...orns/corey.htm

this is what i know

this one was the most helpful!

naw, but that's a lot to take in! thanks a million, rb! i'm sure this will come in handy

oops, sorry, i guess my bookmarks got dropped in the wrong folder.
If you are going to do a horn install, the Land Rover Discovery horns work the same way the toyota horns do...just splice the wires. No relay needed.

naaah... i want one of these

uh...scaring children and old ladies is fun, but i can think of cheaper ways to do it!
Plus, with those, you can't pull up to a friends house and give the friendly 'toot, toot...i'm here' anymore.

hahaha! nah, i have connections in the world of trains. i could probably find a set of horns for cheap. and then run them off of on-board air.
i could still give the friendly "honk-honk", and they'll be dam sure to hear it!

just a pic to make every page have something besides text on it



it snowed a bit the other night

have you started building the platform for the back yet? looking forward to see how that looks. nice work on everything else.

How's it, Ian? Watching for that platform, here, as well!

Any news on that bed for 700$ or so from that other poster?

You live in VA, right? From Code of VA 42-1060:

It shall further be unlawful for any person at any time to use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning or to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning device. However, vehicles of common carriers or extraordinarily large and heavy vehicles may be equipped with such type of warning device as the Superintendent may require or permit.

I've seen lots of tickets for non stock horns. Scaring the bejesus out of another driver seems counterintuitive. And childish.