Today was another one of those days where one will bounce around and put their hands on multiple things, trying to do a little bit of something on everything. There were a few things I had to address on three things during this session of work. One of the things was the battery on Stubby. I did get another battery to replace the unit that was in the truck as it was much smaller than what's in the full size Tracker, but it turned out to be too tall for Stubby's battery tray. One of the things I really did notice was that the terminals had the classic corrosion present around the posts and within the terminals. At first I had a couple episodes where the engine cranked slowly but still started. After a couple times the engine was cranking just fine so I figured the shitty terminals had to be affecting the conductivity so instead of worrying about changing the battery, I just pulled everything apart and cleaned the terminals off. The battery that I did get will be dedicated to the Dodge, since a 24 series battery is large enough to handle whatever load the Dodge has. With the battery issue taken care of on Stubby, the next order of business was to finish up the wall on the Dog Kennel Greenhouse. I ran out of screws when all I had left was the short 2ft panel that would cover the rest of the wall. After measuring and cutting out the panel, only to have to trim the excess to get the panel to fit, I secured that panel in place and took a moment to add more screws all around to get the rest of the wall secured. With the other wall fully taken care of, the next move for the Dog Kennel Greenhouse will be to finish sealing everything, using the expanding foam and caulk. Once that's done, I'll move to the next phase of that project. The last thing that I wanted to address was the hood on Truckstang. Since the hood is rusted underneath, the support frame or substructure under the hood skin was no longer supporting the hood, including where the latch portion is at. To help this problem out, I ground the medal down around the edges of the substructure where it would meet the underside of the hood skin, then welded three different beads around where the substructure makes direct contact with the underside of the hood. This held the latch portion more stationary compared to how it was initially. The immediate area where the latch was located was still floppy. There was no point where the substructure could make direct contact with the underside of the hood skin. The only option I could see was to drill a hole straight through the substructure, right behind where the latch is, up through the hood skin, then secure with a nut and bolt. The bolt I used was a regular slotted round head bolt, a little more flush than a hex bolt. With the bolt in place, I had to manipulate part of the latch so it would allow for the hood to close and fully latch. With this little bit of work done, I still have to determine what my next move will be. I still have to test drive Truckstang to make sure the overheating issue is resolved while doing my recording for the rest of the video. I need to source some more expanding foam and caulk for the Greenhouse. Little by little I'll be getting these projects done.
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