Project 7.3

[dubob]

Glad to see things went well.  It will only get better from here on.

[Bduck]

Bob, Doc keeps telling me I'm a bionic man now. I asked him where's my $6Mil   

[Bduck]

I'm back with my truck project, about a week before my surgery on my other knee I ordered the rear bumper for my truck. Once I received it I unpackaged it (with a neighbors help) to make sure all pieces parts were all in order as bumper was going to be sitting for a while as rehab starting. Finally got around on Aug 9 to install since weather temps cooled off for install. I was unable to kneel down on my knees but this was a good lay down task after another neighbor dropped by to help me get the bumper mounted. Since this was at the back end of the truck I addressed a long time issue purchasing a new spare tire. The old one was as old as my truck and was in maypop statis for last 15yrs. When I bought the truck it was 2yrs old at the time. Previous owner had a spaghetti of a mess with wires at the back which I did contribute to the mess a little. All that wiring is now straightened out. The wire bundle for trailer connection was a bit too long which I cut about 10" of it off leaving enough for possible future repair and installed a new trailer receptacle.


Bumper came with 2 sets of different 
size LED lights. The inboard lights on 
each side of license plate are connected 
to the backup lights while the bumper 
end lights is on an independent switch in cab.




What was cool with purchase of bumper,

it also came with license plate lights. The 

in board portion of the light shell was a

LED white light directed onto plates. The

back of the shell has 3 small red strip

lights



The long red strip light was
an add on about 4yrs ago. These
are set up to work with run, brake, &
turn signals.

[wiperhunter2]

Looks good Roger, how long dd it take to get it installed?

[Bduck]

Looks good Roger, how long dd it take to get it installed?

Removal of old bumper & install of new didn't take very long at all. The wiring was the time consumer.

[Bduck]

I managed to get outside under the cover of darkness to get a couple of pics.


     
Backup lights on        Backup lights with
backup circuit            outer lights on separate 
                                  circuit

[wiperhunter2]

I managed to get outside under the cover of darkness to get a couple of pics.


     
Backup lights on        Backup lights with
backup circuit                                 outer lights on separate 
                                                     circuit

Looks like plenty of light for backing up.

[Bduck]

This is my everyday toy, I like doing ad on installs. I currently have new brake lines to install which is a must but will be recruiting another set of hands. Also, been treating frame and other underbody parts for rust.
 




This is what it does when applied
turning rust black





Found on Amazon. I use a
cheap throwaway brush

[wiperhunter2]

Looks good but what about the area on the top side, where you can't see from your pic, do you treat it as well?

[Bduck]

The inner channel & top can be treated using a spray effect but can be very messy. I have a siphon nozzle that attaches to an air press source I bought from Harbor Freight that I have used on many other applications that can be used. Just need to find a sacrificial area other than my driveway to apply. For now, I'll apply to areas reachable using a brush.