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The transfer case has been repaired and reinstalled, now on to other problems...
The wiring harness has been cut in several places, and the connector for the light switch assembly was cut off as well.
Picking up a new switch assembly and connector was easy, but it's a bit of a task to make...
1) Discovered a puddle of gear oil under the transfer case.
2) So we pulled the transfer case to see what we had
3) There was some corrosion where the seal makes contact (red arrow) that caused the lip seal to be worn away as if it had been sanded (blue arrow)
If anyone caught the SyFy Channel Friday night (June-15) one of our videos with the camo track was featured on their program "Insane or Inspired?"
Considering the name of the program, they really handled our video in good taste 8-)
Here's their promo of the...
Here's some examples of zinc-rich powder coat primer on the parts along with bedliner on an engine cover along with some of the hatches with the final color coat and bedliner in select areas.
Thank you! I will need to get back with you on the deuce floors. For the time being we're trying to get caught up on projects already on the floor.
Here's the top going back on and you can see how the interior is starting to look.
With most of the detailed prep work behind us we're just about ready for the epoxy primer to go on. All the doors and a ton of misc parts were sent out for stripping and powder coat with zinc rich primer.
Here's an example of what we're finding on this rig, which is not really that bad considering it's age and the service it's seen. We cut the bad part off, ground the hull to clean metal then welded a new part made from stainless steel. Rust, twisted and broken parts along with stuck bolts are...
I've purchased everything to convert this one to a slant back. I'm putting the late variant gun ring with the gearbox operator...just as soon as I can finish the V150 and V100 we're working on...
2012 marks 75 years for the Georgia State Patrol and 50 years for the Sky Marshal Program :beer:
I have some great friends in both agencies who presented me with these really cool commemorative gifts that I thought I'd share :mrgreen: