What did you do to your SMB today?

[Greggd]

God bless you Scatter , you truly have Your Ducks In A Row !
Greggde

[alta825]

well, after the last adventure in the van a couple of weekends ago where we found ourselves on a jeep road that was ever narrowing and becoming more and more overgrown, tonight i repaired the damage. Funny how wide these roads look on a mtn bike when I road it earlier his summer...

End result - Rocky Mtn Pinstriping at it's finest. Especially on the Red paint it shows - trust me....at least nothing was so deep to be permanent

2 1/2 hrs later after polishing the scratches out and waxing her - she looks awesome, no evidence of he pinstriping. All I can say is thank goodness for the Porter Cable orbital polisher. I'd still be out there if I was doing it by hand.

Next on the to do list - finally install the pass cargo hoop step i've had for the last few months...

[Greg In Austin]

After a nice exterior cleanup last week, we bought McBeast a new hotch mount bike rack. We got a Hollywood Sport SE 2+2. Now we need 8 inches of extension and we are ready.

[lactic]

Lots of projects finalized today in preparation of our trip to Banff next week!

1- RAM Mount for mini Fujitsu tablet computer. Hooks up to Microsoft Streets & Trips with USB GPS, iTunes through van stereo, Slingbox, and internet access with a USB modem.



2- Scanguage mounted to the left of the steering wheel. Sometimes it's better not to know your mileage! Ignorance is bliss!



3- Mounted a wireless weather station with the outdoor sensor attached to the rear spare tire carrier. Thanks for the idea Jage!





4- Mini Maglite holder on the side door for late night dog walks and bathroom breaks.



5- Bottle opener on the rear basket. I love beer.



6- Fly rod holder attached to the bottom of the bed platforms. $12 at Dick's Sporting Goods.



Hope to add before we leave:
- Anti-rattle attachment for the rear receiver bike platform
- Paper towel dispenser
- Extra weatherstripping to keep out the dust
- Cooler that fits between the front seats for the dog to sit on.

My wife gets a little upset that I spend more time doing chores around the SMB than the actual house!!

[alta825]

Nice placement on the ScanGuage - that's exactly where mine ended up the other day as well. It was previously mounted on top of the steering wheel but it was blocking my view of what gear I was in and I think I was staring at it too much.

Pretty wild what kind of MPG you can get when you stomp on it getting onto the highway!!

Can you re-program the ScanGuage to read/calculate MPG per tank or even better just display the AVG MPG??

-d

[lactic]

Pretty sure those are standard readings if you scroll through the data. I can pull up the current avg for the trip, the tank, real time, previous day, etc, etc. Also, check out the Scanguage website for the X-Guage add-ons.

[alta825]

I'll do that - thanks for the reminder.

cheers


-d

[cellularSTEVE]

lactic,
nice mods.

I have the same weather station mounted in the same place as yours and I really like it. Also got a bottle opener last week and haven't decided where to mount it. I like what you did.

steve

[pjpvi]

Finally tracked down the source of additional engine noise that popped up suddenly about a month ago. I thought it was an exhaust leak on the drivers side and searched quite a while for the leak. It turns out that their is a plastic sleeve on the steering shaft where it goes through the firewall that slipped up and out of the boot that seals it. This opened up about a half inch gap right next to the engine allowing quite a bit of extra engine noise into the cab. A few taps with a small hammer put it back in place and my 6.0PSD is now as quiet as before (yeah, not that quiet).

Phil

[deminimis]

Re-torqued leaf spring u-bolts to 180 Ft/lbs (was supposed to do it a month back).