My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

Rather than fighting algae and crud in my tanks, I just swapped them out with new ones. The whatever is coating the inside of the tank would come off in sheets, and I'm pretty sure it was was plugging up the fuel pickups, causing fuel to pull from the other side and run it empty. I'll keep the non smahed old one for a spare, and maybe some day I'll figure out a good way to clean the inside properly? I'm thinking hot water with a acid cleaner and some kind of aeration would knock the stuff off.



Pulled evap and heater coils to clean and pressure test/inspect. Normally I'd replace, since they're 11 years old, but they're easy to change and didn't have much organic material other than dirt caked in them. Cleaned up the blower motors and as much ducting as I could. The main box in the dash is buried pretty good, so unless I get 3-4 days where I'm bored, it's not ALL coming apart and I'll just try to get as much cleaned as I can.

I decided yesterday was as good as any to climb around on the roof.



Pulled the cab lights and spent some time with a foam wheel and rubbing compound to remove a decade of oxidation and road grit...



Finally got the roof covered with stainless trim and installed some new LED cab lights.



I have a LOT of buffing to do to clean up the rest of the paint, but at least I can do the rest from a ladder and the ground.