This past Wednesday I worked on tacking pallet boards to the sides of the fuel shed. Since the boards were a few inches short of being able to span the whole 2ft width of the sides of the fuel shed, I had to tack the boards starting at the middle stud going out. This then had pallet boards extending out past the front and the back of the wall, so after tacking enough boards to reach the point where the lower side of the roof starts, I took the reciprocating saw and cut all the way down, using the stud wall as a guide to get the cuts straight so when done I ended up with a nice shingled wall and a pile of short cuts of pallet boards. The pallet board cuts ended up on the pile of outdoor firewood cuts next to the fuel shed.
As far as how the shingles were done, I tacked the bottom board on first, perfectly flush against the studded wall. The next board went above but slightly overlapping against the top of the bottom board, putting it at an angle. I placed several brads into the board along the length, top and bottom to make sure the board is secured against the bottom shingle board and the stud wall. The next board went on the same way, overlapping. The brad/staple nailgun made quick work of these boards, using 1 1/4" brads. The boards went on the same way all the way to the top, so it looks like a wall with siding/shingles like an old style house. After getting the boards tacked on the one side I started tacking on boards on one side of the front of the shed, working my way up to the bottom drum. I'll stop when I get to the point where the bottom pipe will come out of the drum, since I'll have to cut a notch in the board to be able to place the board over and around the pipe. I only got so far on the front side wall of the shed before I ran out of time. On to Thursday.... Thursday I ended up installing the new fuel pump in the S10 after finally getting it in the mail earlier. I was planning on continuing with the pallet shingles on the fuel shed but the S10's return to the road was more important. I had already pulled the fuel tank and old fuel pump so everything was ready to accept the new unit. Everything was plug and play for all intents, I just had to seat the fuel pump into the tank and lock it down with the snap ring, then position the tank where I can plug up the fuel lines and electrical plugs. I had to put a jack with a piece of 2x4 under the fuel pump to jack it up into position so I can put the two straps into position. After a little bit of wrestling I managed to get the straps into position and secured. I got the filler tube in position and secured to the rubber hoses in the fuel tank then secured to the filler port in the quarter panel. With that I went ahead and attempted to fire the truck up. When I turned the key on I didn't hear anything so at first I had to double check to make sure everything was hooked up properly. When that checked out I hit the valve on the fuel rail to bleed it to see what happens and pressurized air and soon after a trickle of fuel also came out. That was a good sign as that meant the pump did come on and push air to the valve. I went ahead and cranked the engine over and shortly after the truck sputtered to life. Everything ran smoothly like it used to and surprisingly the fuel pump was dead silent, which tells me that the old pump was probably on its last leg for a long time due to the fact that thing was noisy as hell. Either way, the S10 is back online and on the road again.
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