Canadian Rust Bucket
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Started cutting away the rust on the bottom of the driver's door. I'm stuck fixing this one up, since the nicest part-out is nearly three hours away and at least $250 for the door. I have an 8' break for bending the sheet metal, so I shouldn't have too many issues making the replacement pieces.
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Found another squirrel nest behind the radio, turns out the rodent got in through the cowl vent, and chewed his way through my new blower motor and heater box. Got it patched up with some heavy plastic for the structure and foil tape to cover any leak potential.
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Pulled the ductwork and wiring out of the dash to replace some wires and clean it out really thoroughly. Cleaning up the rust and painting the metal while I'm in there.
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Picked up a roll of stainless mesh. Still playing around with how to install it, but the goal is to cover the whole cowl vent just underneath the plastic trim. No more squirrels in the cab, and hopefully no pine needles in the heater box either. It'll need cleaning fairly frequently, but might also keep my fenders in fighting shape longer, since the cowl drains dump a lot of garbage down inside the rear side of the front fender.
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Bonus: my new seat moved up on the timetable, since this one is missing a significant bunch of foam from the tunnel the squirrel dug. That's what I get for letting the truck sit, I guess. Lesson learned.