That is all. Been super busy, wheeling a little here and there, work too much and bought into a local business. And been away from the 'Wire too long.

Just thought I'd stop in and say howdy. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Howdy! Nice to hear from you. What sort of a local business did you buy into?
Jeff

MIKE!!!!!!!!!!

How the hell are ya? and you can't just do a drive-by - elaborate, man!

Well, let's see...

I bought into a local machine shop, probably best timing ever since the economy tanked. We're busy, maybe a little too busy and we have a couple of really nice accounts. January is going to be "clean house" month, so I'll be one of the few in PHX hiring. Weird how things work out.

Wheeling, well, It's been restricted to the '05 since I've torn the old junk down to bare bones for a major overhaul. The wiring was on the sketchy side, and that's being nice. I've gone through every terminal, wire, connection, etc. and freshened it up where needed. For someone who is a self-proclaimed wiring idiot, I got a quick edumacation! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> This weekend was spent finishing off the sound deadening of the cab, headliner and carpet. I'll get the doors back on this weekend and then finish off the flatbed. The "only" thing left after addition of some tube is to put the 4.7 gear in the rear transfer case, clean up a bit of sheetmetal and install the rear disc brakes. Couple of pics:


ECU relocate and new fuse panel


Front bumper cleanup, Sky's widening kit and new fenders


Celica GT seats

Hmmmmmmmmm, what else. I got into collecting beer. Not like PBR or Coors, I mean good (real?) beer. It was a shock to pay $40 for a four pack, but it sure is tasty! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> Family is good. Not very well behaved, but that's to be expected. LOL. Overall, life is good, just staying busy and trying to keep my head above the rising dirty economy water like everyone else.

Good to have you drop in and say hi! So that's been the wiring project, eh? Move the fuse panel from the left to right, correct?

I've still got my '83 to work on. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

All the OEM stuff remains, the new fuse panel is a Painless kit I found for $19. The OEM wiring was in such disrepair I didn't want to rely on anything more from it than just operating the vital stuff, even though I did clean up and repair EVERYTHING on the harness. By everything, I went from the grill to the taillights, it was quite the job. There were crap splices here and there, loose grounds, in fact the ground strap at the OEM interior fuse panel was hanging on by one strand of wire.

The new panel will run the stereo, GPS, CB and LED rock lights. Moving the ECU involved splicing a 12" section into the harness. The harness almost made it into that position, but why chance stretching 20 year old wiring...

Funny, at one point there was more stuff scattered all over the garage than there was installed on the chassis. Sucks being anal retentive. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Howdy fellers and gal!

Joe is moving along? Wow.

Stuff is like usual, just popping in to say hi. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />