[cmperry4]

Well, that is a nice sequence of pictures, Rob - I will refer to them when I come to put mine back together.

I didn't know you were lacking the gas-tank kick plates. Luckily I have both of mine - I see Phil gave you measurements.

This week's progress out at Worby was chiefly involved with trying out a new pressure sandblaster outside the shop (bit of a learning curve here, but I got a few parts cleaned up, 100+ lbs of land and some leftover aluminum oxide later. Still beats the dinky little cabinet, and less hassle and cost than toting stuff to and from the commercial sandblaster.

My other extravagance was buying a frame jack to shift the left front frame horn (previously damaged) about a quarter of an inch to get the bolt holes of a replacement shell section support channel to line up. A bit of finicking and the job was done. About 15-20 mins work @ $145.00.

Another nifty tool in use is one of those transmission lift cradles that mounts on the floor jack. Have the transfer case on it now, and it should make reinstalling the lump a little less hairy than removing it was.

I need to have some machine shop work done on brake drums, involving shifting left and right hand studs,drilling and tapping holes for the front sling hub fixings, and what the heck, having the new grease seals pressed in at the same time.

Speaking of seals, I'm still looking for the rear inner hub seal, but CR/SKF part number 25455 looks promising. Following up on that one tomorrow.